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!

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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The AMG Petronas Formula 1 Team has announced that they will be running in an all-black base livery for the remainder of the 2020 season, a statement that they stand against racism and discrimination in all forms. Upon making the announcement they also pledged they would be further improving the

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With motorsport in Western Australia slowly making a return, the Japanese styled Nishi-D events were the latest to return with over 55 entrants on a soggy Sunday. Each Nishi-D event runs with a layout similar to a Japanese drift track organised and layed out by the master of these events,

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The 1969 HT Monaro 57D race car fetched three quarters of a million at auction this weekend selling under the hammer to an Australian enthusiast. “We are extremely excited that the car will remain within Australia, this important Holden achieved the highest price for a road registerable Australian Holden ever

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The BP Ultimate Sydney SuperSprint and continued today at Sydney Motorsport Park. After an exhilarating day back at the race track yesterday, the teams and drivers stepped up the action even further with two back-to-back qualifying sessions followed by two 32-lap races. As with yesterday, the race and engineering formats

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On Saturday 27th June 2020, 20 virtual racers headed to RaceKraft Simulations in Western Australia for the first-ever LUXE Performance Racing for MNDi Sim Cup. An array of people lined up to race from ages 10 to 50, skilled and the not so skilled, real racers, sim racers and those

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For the first time since Winton 2016, Brad Jones Racing has claimed a race victory with their #8 driver Nick Percat after starting from 6th on the grid in Race 8. Starting from the third row of the grid in P6, Nick got a great start making up two positions

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Scott McLaughin ended up with pole position, the win and the track record in Race 9 at Sydney Motorsport Park during the return to Supercars. Despite sacrificing track position in the opening stint, Scott McLaughlin stormed home to a position on the podium, finishing Race 8 in P3. The Shell

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