The Auto Action Rev Limiter

Strap in because the latest episode of the RevLimiter is firing on all cylinders and 'confecting' all the stories from a big weekend of motorsport! We kicked things off under the Bahrain lights, where Oscar Piastri was cooler than a cucumber in the sand, delivering a textbook takedown of McLaren teammate Lando Norris. Some say it was domination, others say it was daylight robbery — either way, poo...

Max Vertsappen was unheaded on his way to the Japanese Grand Prix after a stunning qualifying lap set him on the path to victory. McLaren mucked it up, though. It missed the chance to undercut with Lando Norris and then left him to waddle around an unthreatening distance from Verstappen while the faster Oscar Piastri wanted a crack. We pull it apart with typical honesty. As we do the news that Bra...

Liam Lawson has been dropped to the reserves for the Japanese Grand Prix, and Yuki Tsunoda has been promoted as his replacement. But why? Is it fair? Can it work? Supercars in Thailand and Singapore... the hype is real. It is also getting set to announce a non-change for you and me TV deal that changes everything for Supercars. And we've got all the news in MotoGP, NASCAR, Speedway and whateve...

Oscar Piastri has his first win on the board after dominating the Chinese Grand Prix last weekend with a pole-to-flag victory. Lando Norris was second and George Russell third. But the Saturday sprint race was all about Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton, who scored his first win for the Scuderia. But then it all turned to disaster in the main race when he was disqualified for wearing out his plank too mu...

Lando Norris has won an incident-packed wet Australian Grand Prix after a couple of extreme heat. Oscar Piastri challenged him until he was told to 'hold', and then later spun out of the action. Max Verstappen and George Russell wereon the podium, but how did it all play out? The Supercars lost their Sunday race to rain but had three full-on races in the lead-up. Broc Feeney had four posit...

It is one of the best weekends of the year for motorsport people in this country, the Australian Grand Prix. A heaving motorsport festival that drags 450,000 people onto thestreets around Albert Park Lake in Melbourne, and billions on TV sets worldwide. And we are back in pole position as the first race of the year, which means the unknown. Testing suggests the pecking order is McLaren, Mercedes,...

Cam Waters dropped a marker in the ground with one of the most dominant weekends we've seen in a long time in Supercars. If he weren't blocked in the pits on Saturday, it would have been how far rather than giving us one of the best closing laps in the sport's history. But what about the rest? Andrew Clarke, Bruce Williams and Melinda Price take a deep dive into the weekend. And we've got the late...

It's the start of the Supercars Championship Series this weekend, and Andrew, Bruce and Melinda look at the season ahead as well as some of the big news this week, including the Daytona 500 and the stunning WRC3 win to Taylor Gill and Dan Brkic in Sweden. And if you are on the ⁠⁠⁠ AC Delco⁠ ⁠⁠ site, use the code AAREVL25 for a 25% discount on all your parts. All this and more on the latest episode...

This week, it is just Andrew and Melinda as Bruce takes time to look after sick animals. We have a quick chat about what is happening in the motorsport world as we get ready for the Daytona 500 this week, Supercars next week, and then the Speed Series the week after. Plus, Andrew was at Volusia Speedway Park in Florida for the World of Outlaws and a Kyle Larson masterclass at the fastest half-mile...

It was the news that shocked the motorsport world, and we have all the analysis on Triple Eight's move to Ford for 2026 and what it means to have Jamie on a stage alongside other Ford luminaries, like Christian Horner. On the track, we look at the Bathurst 12 Hour and BMW's one-two and plenty of big crashes. Jamie McFadden's win in the Australian Sprintcar Championship taking a very rare double. '...

It's the first episode of 2025, so join Andrew, Bruce and Melinda as we take a look at the 24 At Daytona sportscar classic and an amazing season of Speedway to date, including James McFadden's win in the Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic at Premier Speedway. Plus, there is the WRC and a look at the Meguiar's Bathurst 12-Hour which is running this weekend. And if you are on the ⁠⁠ ⁠AC Delc...

The motor racing season is over, and so in this, the last episode of the year, we wrap it all up and talk about the things that made us smile. And there was plenty from #F1, #Supercars, #IndyCars, #NASCAR, and pretty much everything else we can think of, including a big chat about Speedway. The most interesting people, the best races, the best rookies, and the most significant moments of the seaso...

The most extended F1 season in history is finally over on the edge of Christmas, and McLaren has taken its first F1 World Constructors' Championship since 1998 after a stunning and dominant win by Lando Norris. Our Oscar—and yes, we say ours because he is our columnist—was taken out on the first corner by a clumsy Max Verstappen, but he set a marker in the ground as the only driver in the field wi...

Formula 1 is in its final two races of the season, and the whinging behaviour of its drivers has finally become too much to bear. Find out which driver lost respect for who over allegations of dobbing, but then turned around and did the same to someone else in the race. We love conflict, but not this epidemic of being sooky la-las? Why can’t they just person-up and race like racers? This is all pa...

Max Verstappen has been crowned the 2024 World Drivers' Champion after doing just enough in Las Vegas to kill off the threat from Lando Norris mathematically. But Las Vegas was more than just about the title; it was a cracking race with a Mercedes one-two and action up and down the field. We’re looking for a sponsor to get to this race next year, that’s how much we enjoyed it! We have a pile of ne...

It was double trouble for the Supercars Championship Series, with Will Brown his first Supercars title while spearheading a Red Bull Ampol Racing one-two that left the squad dominating the Teams' Championship. And because it was the Adelaide 500, there was heaps happening. Turn 8 was tearing up cars again, and we think there is a simple fix or two to keep it challenging but to reduce the danger th...

This week’s Auto Action RevLimiter is all about looking forward. We are looking forward to the final round of the Supercars this weekend. We’re looking forward to the McLaren letting Oscar Piastri off the leash. We’re looking forward to return of Targa Tasmania… and really, we’re looking forward to more motorsport. But we also have to look backwards at the crowning of the three-time NASCAR Champ,...

Max Verstappen likely sealed his fourth F1 World Championship with a storming drive from 17th on the grid to win a wet Brazilian Grand Prix. Lando Norris still has a mathematical chance, but that is it. Alpine also set up a $50m payday with dual podiums, elevating it a few spots on the constructors' battle. MotoGP has also experienced some weather events, with the deadly floods around Valencia for...

All the major motorsports championships around the world are closing in on their finals rounds, and all are trimming the contenders. Supercars and MotoGP are down to two, F1 is also maybe two but that is a stretch, and NASCAR still has eight… but only for one more week. So how did it all happen? We debrief Supercars on the Gold Coast and wins to Cam Waters and Brodie Kostecki, but a shocker to Cha...

It is episode 42 for this year, which means we need to explore a little of life, the universe and everything. But we’ll start with the Ferrari one-two in Austin, Texas, and talk a little bit about the bullshit penalty handed out to Lando Norris for being forced off the track by an out-of-control Max Verstappen – we tend to think he’s not out of talent; however, his race craft is pretty poor for a...

Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood dominated the 2024 Bathurst 1000 in the #1 Chiko Camaro. Kostecki was back to his brilliant best, and Hazelwood was the best of the co-drivers. Red Bull Ampol Racing filled the minor spots on the podium in the fastest ever Bathurst 1000, with only one Safety Car at a convenient, for some, 29 laps from home - or one full tank of fuel. Plenty of other stuff went do...

Join the Auto Action RevLimiter crew for the latest news and our preview of the Great Race. Who are the contenders? What does it take to win? And we're not shadowing anyone. Plus, there's all the news from #NASCAR to #MotoGP and a chat about Joey Mawson's three-year drug ban and how that appears excessive compared with other sports. All this and more on the latest episode of the  ⁠⁠ Auto Action Re...

This week on the Auto Action RevLimiter we reflect on the career of Daniel Ricciardo, who deserved a lot more respect than Red Bull showed him. We also look at Renault shutting down its engine program and what that may mean for the Alpine team. And what about the anti-trust? Does this all open the door for Andretti? What is happening with the Ford engines for Bathurst? When did we all go there for...

Lando Norris has asked for the Jaws music after dominating the Singapore Grand Prix and closing the gap to Max Verstappen to only a fraction more than two race wins. The title hunt is alive, and with Oscar Piastri ready to take points off the reigning champ, it may only be a matter of races before Norris snatches the lead in the drivers' title, just as McLaren did to the constructors' cham...

It is a news story more than 20 years in the making, but the largest vehicle manufacturer in the world, as opposed to the manufacturer of the largest vehicles in the world, has signed up to go Supercars racing. Toyota joins Australia’s largest motor racing series in 2026 with Walkinshaw Andretti United and one other yet-to-be-identified team for at least five seasons. But what does it really mean?...