This weekend sees the 40th running of the Nürburgring 24 hour race. In the build up to the big event, race organisers have released a few facts. You can read them all after the break, but it’s the first point that has the headline numbers. There’ll be around 170 cars competing around the 25km track […]
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So the 2012 Bathurst 12 Hour has been run and won. We’ll start by saying this race should be one of the premiere events on the Australian motorsport calendar. It should comfortably form part of a ‘big three’ alongside the traditional V8 Supercars 1000km race at Bathurst and the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. At […]
We bring you the full audio from the post-race press conference at the 2012 Bathurst 12 Hour race. Asking the questions was Richard Craill, the order of drivers responding is as follows: Team Phoenix (Audi R8 LMS): Christer Joens, Darryl O’Young. Christopher Mies Erebus Racing (Mercedes SLS AMG): Jeroen Bleekemolen, Tim Slade, Brett Curtis, Peter […]
The #1 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS wins from the #20 Erebus Racing Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and the #33 Clearwater Racing Ferrari 458 GT3. #1 Audi R8 LMS (O’Young, Mies, Joens) 270 laps #20 Mercedes SLS AMG (Slade, Bleekemolen, Hackett, Curtis) +1:13.2 #33 Ferrari 458 GT3 (Sun, Baird, Griffin) -2 laps +1:16.1 Report to follow.
Broadcasting live with Ustream UPDATE 26 February:Â (1815) The #1 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS wins from the #20 Erebus Racing Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and the #33 Clearwater Racing Ferrari 458 GT3. (1715) With eleven hours safely locked away it now looks like it is Audi’s race to lose. The #1 car enjoys a lead of […]
The #1 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS (Mies, O’Young, Joens) has claimed pole position for tomorrow’s Bathurst 12 Hour race. On aggregate time they finished one second ahead of the #17 Maranello Motorsport Ferrari 458 GT3 (Simonsen, Farnbacher, Bowe, Edwards). The #33 Clearwater Racing Ferrari 458 GT3 (Sun, Baird, Griffin) was just two one hundredths […]
Bathurst 12 Hour organisers today announced the 2012 race will have live television coverage for the closing 90 minutes on pay TV channel Speed. The 12 Hour broadcast will start after the live coverage of the World Superbike event at Phillip Island on the same weekend. It’s expected the Bathurst broadcast will start at 4:45pm […]
US publication Motor Trend has assembled a group of 11 incredibly desirable cars, sent them to an empty airstrip and planted the go pedal. Check the list below, form your opinion on which car you think will be quickest. Also consider which cars you reckon will make the top three. Which one will be the […]
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VIDEO: Porsche’s magnificent seven
Double-clutch transmissions are fast becoming the norm, even in high-end sportscars. Think Ferrari 458, McLaren MP4-12C and Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG to name a few. We’re unlikely to see a manual box in a Lamborghini ever again. On that count, then, Porsche is to be applauded for sticking with tradition and offering a manual transmission in […]
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VIDEO: Open to enthusiasts
Mercedes-Benz has just released this promo clip for its new SLS AMG Roadster. To be honest, the clip does a pretty good job and, if you ask us, they could have saved Jay Leno’s plane fare. We’d still prefer a Gullwing, though. Check out the clip below and let us know what you think.
Mercedes-Benz clearly holds a lot of faith in the Australian International Motor Show. While their Munich competitors took a more streamlined approach to their display, the world’s oldest car maker made a statement of another kind by going for quantity. Good thing, then, that recent Benzes have plenty of quality about them as well. Getting […]
True to their word Car magazine has posted their video results of the McLaren MP4-12C supercar group test. Former Mr Stig, Ben Collins, took to Rockingham Motor Speedway in a veritable orgasm of supercars to see if the McLaren could walk the walk, after talking so much talk. Up against the MP4-12C were: Audi R8 […]