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Paul Gover

Paul Gover

Paul Gover has rallied, raced and reported since the 1970s in the most varied career of anyone who has picked up a pen in Australian motorsport.

Toyota Outs Itself

Toyota Outs Itself

The clearest picture yet of the Toyota Yaris that Harry and Lewis Bates will drive in 2021 has emerged from . . . Toyota. The Australian Rally Championship contender is under intense development at Toyota’s design and engineering offices in Melbourne and also at the Canberra workshop of Neal Bates Motorsport. Bates

Punchy New Subaru BRZ

Punchy New Subaru BRZ

Here’s something you don’t see every day – a Subaru BRZ doing a burn-out. It’s an obvious sign of a major performance boost for the second-generation BRZ, which is likely to arrive in Australia in the second half of next year. There is no official confirmation yet of

Spring Has Arrived For TCR

Spring Has Arrived For TCR

The first green shoots are sprouting as the carsales TCR Australia series emerges from Covid-19 hibernation. The turbo tiny tots will not fire a shot in 2020 but there are positive signs for 2021 with a renewed commitment from Honda Australia and a contract extension for marquee driver Michael Caruso.

A Speedy Read

A Speedy Read

It’s book season as Christmas hovers just over the horizon. For motorsport fans, John Smailes has done the heavy lifting for Santa with his latest effort, ’Speed Kings’. It’s all about the Indianapolis 500 and the Australians – and New Zealanders – who have tackled The Brickyard since its earliest

Defender Enters The 21st Century

Defender Enters The 21st Century

If you want to turn heads in Double Bay and Toorak then the thing to have – right now – is a Land Rover Defender. Think of it as a Range Rover in a boxy new set of duds. But it even has a hose-out cabin with rubber floor mats, in case

Hammer Time In Turkey

Hammer Time In Turkey

Formula One needs more races like Turkey. On a day when grip was harder to find than a taxi on New Year’s eve, Lewis Hamilton drove a master class to claim a record equalling seventh world championship. There were plenty of spinners and sinners in Istanbul, but The Hammer

Mir Takes Suzuki To The Top

Mir Takes Suzuki To The Top

For the first time in 20 years, Suzuki is on top of MotoGP thanks to Joan Mir. Almost everyone expected Marc Marquez to add another victory to his championship total in 2020, but an early-season spill cleared a path to the crown and it was Mir who stepped up. The