Bathurst 12 hour to stream live
Sunday, February 7th, 2010 Posted in Motorsports | No Comments »Next weekend, for the first time, the Bathurst 12 hour race will be streamed live on the internet. The broadcast will feature full screen video and live commentary. Also included in the coverage will be some behind the scenes footage ...
Jaguar back at Le Mans
Sunday, February 7th, 2010 Posted in Jaguar, Motorsports | 1 Comment »With seven outright victories Jaguar is one of the most famous names when it comes to Le Mans. Yet, the big cat hasn't been seen loping around the Circuit de la Sarthe since the early 1990s. In 2010, the JaguarRSR ...
MINI John Cooper Works Challenge Edition
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 Posted in MINI, MINI Challenge | No Comments »MINI Australia brings us news that followers of the brand will have already known for a few months now. That is, the exclusive availablilty in Australia of a MINI John Cooper Works Challenge Edition. Essentially the Challenge Edition is a ...
Godzilla on track for GT1 championship
Monday, January 18th, 2010 Posted in Motorsports, Nissan | No Comments »Nissan will be hoping this is the view the new FIA GT1 field sees in 2010 after announcing four new GT-Rs will be taking part in the upcoming season. Nismo have signed agreements with UK-based Sumo Power GT and Swiss ...
Carlos Sainz and Volkswagen win 2010 Dakar Rally
Sunday, January 17th, 2010 Posted in Motorsports, Volkswagen | 2 Comments »Carlos Sainz has avenged his disappointment from last year's Dakar Rally on the way to headlining a clean sweep of the podium for the diesel powered Volkswagen Race Touraegs. It is the first time Volkswagen have claimed a one-two-three finish ...
MINI CHALLENGE 2009 - Round 8 TV highlights
Sunday, January 10th, 2010 Posted in MINI Challenge | No Comments »The 2009 MINI Challenge season wrapped up just before Christmas at the Sydney 400. This was a new street circuit for the series, held in Homebush at Sydney Olympic Park.Coming in to the round Paul Stokell held a reasonable safe ...
Kimi Raikkonen wants WRC challenge
Thursday, January 7th, 2010 Posted in Citroen, Motorsports | 1 Comment »There's an interesting interview with WRC-bound Kimi Raikkonen over at The Red Bulletin website. Despite claiming he could return to F1 at a time of his choosing Kimi gives the indication his WRC debut cannot come soon enough. "It’s definitely the ...
Renaultsport Clio 197 takes on Bathurst 12 hour
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 Posted in Motorsports, Renault | No Comments »Here at AUSmotive we like hot hatches, and the Renaultposrt Clio is one of the better ones around. So it waswelcome news to read that a privately entered Clio 197 will be taking part in the Armor All Bathurst 12 ...
Walter Rohrl returns to Nürburgring 24 hour race
Saturday, December 19th, 2009 Posted in Motorsports, Porsche | 1 Comment »Porsche test driver, dual world rally champion and all round motor racing legend Walter Rohrl will be driving a Porsche 911 GT3 RS at the 2010 Nürburgring 24 hour race. Rohrl will be 63 when the race takes place in ...
Volkswagen launches Dakar iPhone app
Monday, December 14th, 2009 Posted in Accessories, Motorsports, Volkswagen | No Comments »Volkswagen are not new to complementing their activities with iPhone apps, and now we can add another to the list with the launch of 'Volkswagen Rally mobile – 2010 Dakar'. It's a free application and is available for download now ...
VIDEO: Snail’s pace II
Sunday, December 13th, 2009 Posted in Motorsports, Random videos | No Comments »More super slow mo YouTubery from the same creator featured in the first Snail's pace post. This one goes for longer and fits in more cars, more bikes and more overall goodness. Enjoy.
MINI CHALLENGE 2009 - Round 8, Race 1
Monday, December 7th, 2009 Posted in MINI Challenge | No Comments »The final round of the 2009 MINI Challenge saw the series arrive at a new street circuit in Sydney's Olympic precinct. On paper, the track layout look quite bland, but in reality there's plenty there to keep the drivers on ...
Kimi Raikkonen signs with Citröen junior rally team
Friday, December 4th, 2009 Posted in Citroen, Motorsports | 4 Comments »Kimi Raikonnen will take part in 12 of the 13 rounds of next year's World Rally Championship. The news was confirmed earlier today by Citröen Sport, who announced Raikonnen will form part of their Citroën Junior Team racing in C4 ...
MINI CHALLENGE 2009 - Round 7 TV highlights
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in MINI Challenge | No Comments »The penultimate round of the Australian MINI Challenge was held at Western Australia's Barbagallo Raceway last weekend. Like last year, the event involved a race ending incident for Uber-Star driver Leanne Tander. The accident happened early in Race 3, and ...
Don’t you forget about me
Sunday, November 29th, 2009 Posted in Audi, Motorsports | 1 Comment »Another great TouTube clip here from DTMEnthusiast. Not so much DTM goodness in this one, though. No, it's mostly Quattro rally footage, with a bit of circuit racing just so we don't forget Audi doesn't mind the black stuff too. Make ...
