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 ...
Golden years
Saturday, November 28th, 2009 Posted in Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Motorsports | 1 Comment »It's been a bit of YouTube week so far on AUSmotive, so I may as well continue this trend with another clip of awesomeness. This time from the DTM series with footage from around 20 years ago. Cheesy pop, again, ...
Back to the future
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 Posted in MINI, MINI Challenge, Motorsports | 6 Comments »Here at AUSmotive we like to keep you up to date with the Australian MINI Challenge series. Now, with these videos you can imagine what the category would have been like back in the 1960s. There are two clips for ...
MINI CHALLENGE 2009 - Round 7, Race 3
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 Posted in MINI Challenge | 6 Comments »The MINI Challenge action from Western Australia's Barbagallo Raceway has just finished. And, like last year, Leanne Tander was in the thick of the action. In the footage above you will see the aftermath of an incident involving Tander and ...
Group Cex
Friday, November 20th, 2009 Posted in Motorsports | 1 Comment »If you're of the right age then Le Mans Group C cars will hold a special place in your heart. They are beautiful. Well, if you do happen to be of that age then get ready to get all excited down ...
Smash up derby
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 Posted in Motorsports, Random videos | 5 Comments »Ouch! Here for your enjoyment, if you can call it that, is 10 minutes of YouTube carnage titled "Crazy Finns Crashing". Seems noone bothered to the tell the Finnish the old motorsport adage, to finish first, first you have to finish. Given ...
MINI CHALLENGE 2009 - Round 6, Race 3
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 Posted in MINI Challenge | No Comments »Last weekend the MINI Challenge gang tore around the streets of Surfers Paradise. Race 3 was broadcast live across the nation by Channel 7 and if you missed the action, you need worry no longer, because here it is for ...
