Author: Shane Lawrie

Shane Lawrie

Head unpaid intern of Behind the Sport and former gimp at Drive Tribe, he might not be the most technical motorsport fan, but enjoys a good race!

The Australian Motor Racing Series (AMRS) and its sanctioning body, the Australian Auto Sport Alliance (AASA) will reach a significant milestone in August, visiting Melbourne’s Sandown International Raceway for the first time. The Sandown race meeting, which will be held on 28-30 August, forms part of an expanded 2020

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Tommy Smith has confirmed that he will contest the opening three rounds of the VHT S5000 Australian Drivers’ Championship with Team BRM. The 18-year-old will drive for the South Australian team at Sydney Motorsport Park (August), Sandown (September) and Phillip Island (October). Smith could take in more S5000 rounds too,

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Ken Collier, general manager of operations at Australian Racing Group took time out of his hectic schedule to join us on Behind the Sport where we learnt about his background in motorsport and which two drivers he would put onto a grid and in what cars he would have them

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Daniil Kyvat returned to Monaco after the aborted start to the 2020 Formula 1 season and unlike other drivers who took to sim racing, Daniil said it wasn’t something that interested him and he only ran through a few simulations with his race engineer. Ahead of this weekend&

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When the Australian Formula 1 grand prix was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Frenchman opted not to return to France to put his family potentially at risk and instead embarked on a 58 day training camp in Dubai. Here’s what he had to say about the

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Overseeing the Red Bull Racing team’s return to the track for an official day of filming at Silverstone ahead of a season start at Australia, Christian Horner sat down for a quick Q&A discussing the shutdown, condensed season and Alexander Albon. Talk us through how the

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After putting in 100km during an approved filming day at Silverstone, Thailand’s Alexander Albon sat down for a quick Q&A session ahead of the Austria grand prix. What have you missed most about racing? I’ve missed just the feeling of the speed, being in

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Max Verstappen believes that the Formula One drivers will “try and put on a good show for  everyone watching at home on TV” when the 2020 season finally gets underway with the Austrian GP at Aston Martin Red Bull Racing’s home track this weekend in Spielberg.

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As Formula 1 teams finally get to go racing again this weekend, Scuderia AlphaTauri asked their drivers Pierre Gasley and Daniil Kyvat how they would deal with a specific race scenario: namely, you’re running P7 with good pace. Do you settle for that or risk pushing for P6?

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Australian GT have locked in their calendar for a return to competition upon the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions, with four dates confirmed for the remainder of this year, with rounds shared between Supercars and Motorsport Australia events. “We’re pleased to be able to confirm three additional dates to that

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