HOT SHOTS: Gutted.
"I’d never wish this feeling on my worst enemy," says Scott McLaughlin.
Paul Gover
Race Rap: Monday, May 26
More Kiwi influence. Historic Ruapuna Raceway near Christchurch has won the race for the second New Zealand leg of the 2026 Supercars championship. The circuit beat out the Tony Quinn-owned Highlands Park, and Hampton Downs near Auckland, as Supercars head to the south island for the first time.
Marquez loses.
HOT SHOTS: Castaway.
What to buy when you have a spare $25 million burning a hole in your bank balance and you already have (of course) a private jet?
A superyacht, naturally.
This is Max Verstappen's new floating palace, parked up in a top spot during the Monaco Grand Prix.
It
HOT SHOTS: Red dirt racer
Kiwi rally ace Hayden Paddon faces the biggest challenge of his Australian championship chase this weekend in Perth. After falling victim to an errant kangaroo at the season opener in Canberra, he now faces the treacherous 'ball-bearing' red gravel which has brought many WA rookies unstuck.
PENSKE STILL AIMING TO WIN
Roger Penske is still intent on winning the 2025 Indianapolis 500 despite the biggest cheating scandal in the history of his team.
'The Captain' has fired three of his longest-serving lieutenants and publicly apologised for the behaviour of Team Penske during the lead-up to this year's
HOT SHOTS: Happy Jack.
Jack Perkins has every reason to smile after confirming a deal to race NASCAR for the first time in August. The second-generation Supercars racer will drive a Toyota Supra backed by Shaw and Partners Financial Services, fielded by legendary Super Bowl winning coach Joe Gibbs, in the Xfinity series at
DOWNSHIFTING: Thomas Randle
It's Thomas, not Tom or Tommy. That much is clear when you ask the driver of the Castrol Mustang what he prefers to be called. But it doesn't really bother him when Amanda Keller goes for something else during the episode of The Piano when he