MEDIA RELEASE/ASBK – Photos: Velocity Magazine The 2024 instalment of the mi-bike Motorcycle Insurance Australian Superbike Championship presented by Motul (ASBK) has added another layer of recognition via FIM Oceania status. The FIM Oceania appointment will apply to the Michelin Superport class of the 2024 ASBK Championship, based on points accrued over the final three rounds at Phillip Island (September 7-8), One Raceway (October 4-6) and The Bend (November 8-10). The event will officially be known as the ‘FIM Oceania Circuit Racing Championship’, with FIM Oceania choosing Michelin Supe ..read more

MEDIA RELEASE/Love Racing – Photos: supplied Sam Brabham and Antonio Astuti will join an already stacked 2024 Monochrome GT4 Australia Series grid after linking up with family team Love Racing. The third-generation racers will join the team formed last year, with Astuti partnering father Rob Love and Brabham driving alongside son Bailey in a pair of Mercedes-AMG GT4s. Astuti and Brabham add to an exciting list of drivers contesting the inaugural round of the Monochrome GT4 Australia Series at Phillip Island as part of the Shannons SpeedSeries bill on April 12-14. The Love family team is new to ..read more

MEDIA RELEASE/Motorsport Australia – Photo: supplied BFGoodrich will make its grand return to Australian off road racing this year, with the world-famous tyre brand to join the Motorsport Australia Off Road Championship (AORC) as the official naming rights partner in 2024.   To be known as the BFGoodrich Motorsport Australia Off Road Championship, the arrival of the BFGoodrich is a major boost for the championship.   This year won’t be the first time BFGoodrich has been involved in the championship, with the tyre brand having been the naming rights partner of the AORC between 2017 an ..read more

MEDIA RELEASE/Jay Robotham – Photos: supplied Jay Robotham’s busy motorsport schedule for 2024 will expand into the world of GT3 racing, with confirmation of a partial campaign in the Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia aboard a Mercedes-AMG for Climax Racing. At this stage, the events at the Chang International Circuit in Thailand, Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia, and the Fuji International Speedway are confirmed, with Robotham set to line up alongside Chinese driver Min Heng. The Chinese-based Climax Racing, meanwhile, are highly credentialled across the region, with success in GT compe ..read more

That line may well have been taken straight from the pages of the race strategy for the Secure Wealth Advisors Miedecke Motorsport BMW M4. For more than five hours the Simon Hodges, Jayden Ojeda and George Miedecke piloted #1 sat close to the leaders, though never quite close enough to share the television kudos of a stint at the front. That all changed with a little more than an hour out from the chequered flag. SEE OUR FULL 6HR GALLERY HERE For the second year in succession that late charge was spearheaded by Jayden Ojeda, who dragged the Secure Wealth BMW on to the back of the Bruce Lynto ..read more

MEDIA RELEASE/TekworkX Motorsport – Photos: Velocity Magazine David Russell and Danny Stutterd have fought back in race three at the Australian Grand Prix, to secure a strong finish for TekworkX Motorsport at the opening round of the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Championship in 2024. Driving the Hire A Hubby Porsche, Russell showed his pace from the outset with the third fastest time in the weekend’s sole practice session. Qualifying was heavily punctuated by red flags and local yellows, impacting Russell’s ability to set a representative time, leaving the #2 10th on the grid for race one ..read more

MEDIA RELEASE/Christian Mansell – Photos: Velocity Magazine Christian Mansell headed home to pick up more crucial points in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship’s second meeting at Melbourne, Australia, in front of the F1 crowds this past weekend (22-24 March). The young Australian from Newcastle, New South Wales, entered the third and fourth races of the latest FIA F3 season holding a strong third in the Drivers’ Championship after a podium in Bahrain – a result he hoped to repeat at his home event in Albert Park, Melbourne. In front of the waves of ..read more

MEDIA RELEASE/Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia – Photos: supplied New Zealand duo Tim Miles and Brendon Leitch will mount a full-season attack on the Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS in a Melbourne Performance Centre-prepared Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo 2. Gold Coast-based businessman Miles has previously featured at rounds of Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS notably being partnered by Jack Smith in the three hour event at the Bathurst International in 2022. Vastly experienced in Porsche Carrera Cup Australia racing in the Pro-Am Class, Miles also contested a ..read more

Carlos Sainz may well have given Ferrari management some second thoughts about their driver roster in 2025 after a dominant win at the Rolex Australian F1 Grand Prix. An early retirement for Max Verstappen left the Spaniard with a handy lead over Lando Norris and was one that Sainz was not about to relinquish. The biggest issue for Sainz was his post operative recovery after having his appendix removed during the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with his seat only confirmed as the teams prepared for opening practice. SEE OUR FULL PHOTO GALLERY HERE Verstappen placed his Red Bull RB20 mid track as h ..read more

MEDIA RELEASE/FIA Formula 2 – Photos: Velocity Magazine It was redemption day for Isack Hadjar as he claimed his second Formula 2 victory, winning the Melbourne Feature Race for Campos Racing. After losing the Sprint Race win to a post-race penalty, the Frenchman drove a measured race to the top step, beating Hitech Pulse-Eight’s Paul Aron and Rodin Motorsport driver Zane Maloney, who finished second and third respectively. Dennis Hauger got the perfect start to lead Andrea Kimi Antonelli into Turn 1. Contact further back in the pack between Zak O’Sullivan and Roman Stanek left the Sprint winn ..read more