Peter McKay

Supercar import Engel parks himself in Australia

Peter McKay Maro Engel hasn't left a career in the high-profile German touring car (DTM) championship and a heady life in Monaco to move halfway around the world and then fail in Australia's highly competitive...

Motorsport

Mercedes royalty at Bathurst

Mark Fogarty Mercedes-Benz is sending its most successful driver to spearhead a two-car assault.

Motor Sport

Mercedes off to a flier at Bathurst

Mark Fogarty, Bathurst Erebus Motorsport's domination of Bathurst 12 Hour bodes well for its V8 Supercar ambitions.

Motorsport

12 Hour offers glimpse of Supercars' future

Peter McKay As the Australian car market moves inexorably away from traditional dominators Holden and Ford to a varietal mix of small imports, SUVs and upmarket European brands, this year's Bathurst 12 Hour race...

Motor Sport

Winterbottom, Whincup on V8 front row

Winton Ford's Mark Winterbottom has given himself the best possible chance to push Jamie Whincup in the V8 Supercar title chase, grabbing pole position for the opening race at Winton this weekend.

Motor Sport

Whincup closes in on fourth V8 title

Winton Jamie Whincup has put himself on the cusp of a fourth V8 Supercar championship with victory in Saturday's opening race at Winton in Victoria.

Whincup almost too hard to beat

motor Sport By Guy Hand WHILE Jamie Whincup is on the cusp of V8 Supercar greatness and a fourth championship after winning at Winton disaster struck his only title rival Mark Winterbottom.

Motor Sport

Whincup... today?

Mark Fogarty, Winton Jamie Whincup tightens his already vice-like grip on the V8 Supercars championship.

As close finishes go, it was right up there

Stephen Ottley It was the final Holden-versus-Ford duel at the Mountain, and it was arguably the best.

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Motorsport

Jamie wins cup as rough, ready street fight goes down to the fire

Josh Rakic JAMIE Whincup has won his third V8 Supercars championship amid carnage and flames - race two of the Sydney 500 all but finishing under the safety car as Ford's Mark Winterbottom claimed his first win...

Whincup red hot in Desert 400

Liam Fitzgibbon Ford hot shot Jamie Whincup has continued his flawless display at the Desert 400 in Bahrain by winning the second race of the event.

Whincup wins opening V8 race in Bahrain

Liam Fitzgibbon Ford star Jamie Whincup significantly extended his V8 Supercars championship lead with a comfortable win in race one of the Desert 400 in Bahrain.

Courtney says Holden drivers 'too old'

Leonard Siragusa Ford V8 Supercar pilot James Courtney has further inflamed tensions with Holden, saying their driver line-up is simply too old.

New V8 enduro format gets backing

Robert Grant Australia's leading V8 Supercar drivers have thrown their support behind this weekend's radical format for the 500km Phillip Island enduro.

Winterbottom keeps pace in Hidden Valley

Ford's V8 Supercar championship leader Mark Winterbottom has recorded the fastest lap in practice for round six of the series at Hidden Valley Raceway.

Talks set to determine WA's V8 future

Guy Hand Perth is set to find out on Friday whether it will join Sydney on the V8 Supercar championship's endangered list.

Shake up on the cards in V8 Supercars

Cameron Tomarchio V8 Supercar chief executive Wayne Cattach is considering a major shake up to the race formats of marquee events.

Bahraini to test with V8 Supercar outfit

Fahad Al Musalam will become the first Bahraini to test with an Australian V8 Supercar outfit when he steps into a Garry Rogers Motorsport Commodore next month.

Whincup wins as Ford turn on each other

By Cameron Tomarchio Ford drivers turned on each other at the Clipsal 500 on Sunday, but Jamie Whincup steered his Falcon clear of the carnage to win the V8 Supercar season-opener.