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Paul Gover

Paul Gover

Paul Gover has rallied, raced and reported since the 1970s in the most varied career of anyone who has picked up a pen in Australian motorsport.

Commodore Gets A Supercars Aero Tweak

Commodore Gets A Supercars Aero Tweak

The Commodore contenders in this year’s Supercars championship will benefit from a front-end aero tweak. But it’s not what it might seem. The update to the nose of the ZB Holden has been made in search of better reliability, not more speed to combat the Ford Mustang. It

Formula One Firing Up For 2021

Formula One Firing Up For 2021

Saturday races could take the place of qualifying in Formula One. As the build-up to the 2021 Grand Prix season gathers pace, with everything from an extended Honda engine deal to the reveal of Daniel Ricciardo’s latest helmet, setting the grid is a hot new topic. Trials of a

Top Teams Turn Up The Heat In Supercars

Top Teams Turn Up The Heat In Supercars

The torrid top-end tussle in the Supercars pitlane is more than just a four-way fight between the drivers at Triple Eight Race Engineering and Dick Johnson Racing. Dozens of crew members and headquarters staff are equally invested in the bitter battle for the Teams’ Championship and the coveted #1 garage,

RACE WRAP: Monday, February 15

RACE WRAP: Monday, February 15

DAYTONA GOES RED A 16-car pile-up changed everything in the Daytona 500. And then the rain came. With Denny Hamlin looking to make history with a record third straight victory at Daytona, the Bathurst 1000 for NASCAR in the USA, the event was thrown into disarray following the giant crash

Alonso Fast-Tracks His F1 Recovery

Alonso Fast-Tracks His F1 Recovery

A broken jaw will not stop Fernando Alonso from making his grand prix comeback as scheduled. Even as rumours swirled about super-sub Nico Hulkenberg being put on stand-by at Alpine, including time in the team’s simulator in England, Alonso has made things clear. “Thanks for all your wishes, I’

Family Travel In Business Class

Family Travel In Business Class

Turn on the television at the moment and you’re likely to be struck by competing commercials for Australia’s two newest SUV family wagons. Both advertisements are quirky and fun, show a cavernous cabin and plenty of happiness, and push the case for an early test drive. Yet, ironically,

The Best Electric For Now

The Best Electric For Now

There is endless talk about electric cars in Australia but the showrooms numbers show their lack of real impact. Tesla was the favourite battery-powered car down under last year, but even Elon Musk’s giant vanity project only produced 3430 deliveries in 2020. To put that into perspective, Tesla sales