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1966 Bathurst 500: How Mini tamed The Mountain

1966 Bathurst 500: How Mini Tamed The Mountain

March 21, 2013 | No Comment

The Mountain. It’s a compelling, evocative and powerful name for a place which has forged the legend of some of the greatest machines, drivers and events in Australian motorsport history.

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Video: 90 Years in 90 Seconds

March 20, 2013 | One Comment

For the past 90 years, since 1923, BMW has been making bikes to take on the world.
In this video, they celebrate those years and the improvements, victories and battles that have driven them through the …

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Photo Gallery: 2013 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix – Paddock & Atmosphere

March 19, 2013 | One Comment

Enjoy these shots from the paddock at the 2013 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix

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Photo Gallery: Phillip Island Classic

March 18, 2013 | One Comment

With over four hundred historic sports and racing cars taking over the grounds of Victoria’s iconic Phillip Island circuit for a massive weekend of historic motorsport, the Phillip Island Classic is one of the world’s …

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Video: Rush movie preview

March 17, 2013 | No Comment

“This is a racing movie. It is not Driven.” Those are the words of award-winning director Ron Howard about the film Rush, which goes on general release in October.

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Photo Gallery: Group C & Sportscars from the 2013 Australian Grand Prix

March 16, 2013 | One Comment

Enjoy these details shots of the International Sports cars from the support paddock at the 2013 Australian Grand Prix.

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Photo Gallery: Celebrating 20 years of the Sauber F1 Team

March 15, 2013 | No Comment

This weekend in Melbourne, the Swiss Sauber Team celebrate their 20th year in Formula 1. Peter Sauber’s squad debuted at Kayalami in 1993 with JJ Lehto and Karl Wendlinger, and scored points. With thanks to …

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Allan Moffat’s ‘Cologne’ RS3100: Australia’s Wildest V6 Capri

March 15, 2013 | No Comment

It’s one thing to be a born racer, with talented toes, fast fingers and the guts, determination and drive to put them to good use on the track.
It’s another thing all together to secure and …

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Seventeen classic racing logos from the 2013 Australian F1 Grand Prix

March 14, 2013 | No Comment

We snapped these luscious logos whilst wandering around the Formula 1 and support paddocks at the 2013 Rolex Australian Grand Prix. Enjoy

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Video: Recollections from 60 Years of the Australian Grand Prix

March 14, 2013 | No Comment

To celebrate 60 years since the first Australian Grand Prix was held at Albert Park, the organisers have tracked down some of the blokes who were on there and in the videos below they share …

Alfa Romeo

Video: Never Enough Alfa

March 14, 2013 | No Comment

“I started buying cars like some people would buy.. tacos.”
Alfa Romeo collector Manuel Leon Minassian readily admits that he feels a bit loopy about his huge collection of Alfa Romeos. But often enough people with …

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Photo Gallery: Top Gear Festival Sydney

March 13, 2013 | No Comment

We’ve been to many, many events at Sydney Motorsport Park over the years, but never have we seen it as packed with action, stars and spectators as it was this weekend for Top Gear Festival …

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Fifteen classic Formula 1 TV commercials

March 12, 2013 | 2 Comments

Shell celebrated its 50th anniversary in racing with one of the most creative TV/cinema commercials with Ferrari. For us ‘retro’ists. It was $4m well spent. Let’s take a look at some other classic Formula 1 …

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Photo of the day: Chaparral Power

March 11, 2013 | No Comment

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Video Documentary: Racing the Silver Arrows

March 9, 2013 | No Comment

Born out of the golden era of motor racing, and a turbulent period in world history, the Silver Arrows were technologically-advanced, innovative and dominant.