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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.

Testing Times For Molly Rally

Testing Times For Molly Rally

Molly Taylor thought the biggest break of her motorsport career was a prank. An email from Nico Rosberg completely wrong-footed the only woman to win the Australian Rally Championship and she dismissed it as a great gag by one of her mates. Now, after three days of testing in Europe

Peroni Re-groups In America

Peroni Re-groups In America

Alex Peroni’s grand prix dream is over. Despite winning the Peter Brock medal and scoring some promising Formula 3 results this year including three podiums, his future is now in the USA. Like so many other Aussies before him, Peroni’s efforts to make it to the top of

Tickford Loses A Car in 2021

Tickford Loses A Car in 2021

Tickford Racing is headed for a three-car future in Supercars. A last-minute scramble for an extra Racing Entitlements Contract has failed and Lee Holdsworth is near-certain to lose his drive as one of the Melbourne team’s Ford Mustangs is parked for the foreseeable future. Tickford lost one of its

A New Drive For Australian Motorsport

A New Drive For Australian Motorsport

The future of motorsport in Australia will be driven by a single umbrella organisation. The newly-created Australian Motorsport Council will provide a united approach by combining the resources of the bodies responsible for car, motorcycle, kart and drag racing. The Council is not replacing any of the functions of its

More Supercars Sprints in 2021

More Supercars Sprints in 2021

Lessons from the Covid championship in 2020 will be carried into next year’s Supercars title fight. Short sprints will again form the bedrock for the battle, with seven of the 12 championship events carrying over with the three-race SuperSprint format that worked so well this year. There will also

Consolation Prizes In Abu Dhabi

Consolation Prizes In Abu Dhabi

Too little. Too late. If only the 2020 grand prix season had begun the way it finished in Abu Dhabi, with Max Verstappen and Red Bull finally taking a win on merit from the Mercedes-AMG super-team. Mighty Max converted pole position into a solid success in the desert, even surviving

Supercars Grid Filling Fast

Supercars Grid Filling Fast

Tim Slade at CoolDrive. Fabian Coulthard at Team Sydney. David Reynolds at Kelly Racing. Brodie Kostecki at Erebus Racing. That’s the way the final places on the Supercars grid for 2021 are looking, although only one deal is currently confirmed. CoolDrive Auto Parts is finally going public with its