Motorsport News Podcast

This week host Andrew van Leeuwen speaks with Supercars’ newest team owner Peter Xiberras about PremiAir Racing’s journey to the 2022 grid, including news on where the squad will be based and its testing plan. V8 Sleuth’s Stefan Bartholomaeus joins to discuss the bid to bring back the Adelaide 500 as Supercars’ 2022 finale and whether the category has a back-up plan in place. The boys later reveal...

Host Andrew van Leeuwen and V8 Sleuth’s Stefan Bartholomaeus dissect the big news in motorsport. This week they celebrate the end of a Supercars ‘shiftstorm’ and analyse how the war against paddle-shift was won. Was the decision really unanimous? And was fan feedback actually taken into account? The boys also unearth a few other challenges currently facing Gen3 after the recent Ipswich tests, run...

Host Andrew van Leeuwen and V8 Sleuth’s Stefan Bartholomaeus go through all the big news in motorsport around the world. Supercars has released its race formats for 2022 and sent this year’s rule book to teams, and the boys break down all the key changes for the season ahead. They give the latest update on PremiAir Racing’s search for a home, Gen3’s latest round of testing, ARG’s unexpected move t...

Host Andrew van Leeuwen and V8 Sleuth’s Stefan Bartholomaeus are back for 2022 to go through all the big news in motorsport around the world. This week they unpack Supercars' move to delay the Newcastle round and open the season at Sydney Motorsport Park, look at new Supercars CEO Shane Howard and what Mark Skaife's role will be in the sport's new management structure, what's going on with Team SY...

Host Andrew van Leeuwen and V8 Sleuth’s Stefan Bartholomaeus do a deep dive on the controversial Formula 1 World Championship-deciding race in Abu Dhabi, from the Lap 1 incident to Sergio Perez’ blocking of Lewis Hamilton, to the late Safety Car that allowed Max Verstappen to snatch the title from Hamilton’s grasp on the final lap, and how the finale played out could impact the new Netflix-driven...

Host Andrew van Leeuwen and V8 Sleuth’s Stefan Bartholomaeus wrap this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000, looking at the speed of the winning #25 Holden of Chaz Mostert and Lee Holdsworth, Erebus’ lightweight doors, the performances of wildcard Broc Feeney and the driver he’ll replace next year in Jamie Whincup. They also cover the Gen3 reveal, the 2022 Supercars calendar reveal, S5000’s ‘spectacular’ de...

Host Andrew van Leeuwen and V8 Sleuth’s Stefan Bartholomaeus preview this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000, running the ruler over through the top-tier contenders and who’ll be the best of the rest, plus how they expect the Feeney/Ingall wildcard will fare and who’ll be the co-drivers to watch, plus their take on the late race start time and the best support race. AVL also chats one-on-one with Jamie Wh...

Host Andrew van Leeuwen and V8 Sleuth’s Stefan Bartholomaeus unpack a truncated Supercars weekend where Shane van Gisbergen was crowned 2021 Champion elect at the end of a race that was controversially cancelled due to wet weather, a bit of insight into why Supercars doesn’t have a dedicated wet-weather tyre, the abrupt end to Sunday’s broadcast, unpacking highly-touted rookie Matt Payne’s bruisin...

This week on the Castrol Motorsport News Podcast, host Andrew van Leeuwen and V8 Sleuth’s Stefan Bartholomaeus cover this week in motorsport. They unpack a fascinating Supercars weekend including first-time winner Will Brown and Jamie Whincup’s hard racing of both teammate Shane van Gisbergen and good mate Will Davison, DJR’s good car/bad car routine, plus a busy week of news from the paddock. F1’...

This week on the Castrol Motorsport News Podcast, host Andrew van Leeuwen and V8 Sleuth’s Stefan Bartholomaeus cover this week in motorsport. The Gen3 Supercars Mustang has hit the track, but not with the gearchange type it was meant to have, we look back at the big talking points from last weekend’s ARMOR ALL Sydney SuperNight, the biggest ever field for a Bathurst enduro, S5000’s Tasman Cup race...

This week on the Castrol Motorsport News Podcast, host Andrew van Leeuwen and V8 Sleuth’s Stefan Bartholomaeus cover a very busy news week in motorsport. We unpack the David Reynolds vaccination saga, take a look at what the 2022 Repco Supercars Championship calendar, a look at the new RACE consortium that is buying Supercars, the dummy spit between NASCAR’s title contenders, our tips for this wee...

Introducing the Castrol Motorsport News Podcast! In Episode 1 - the 'Collectors Edition' - host Andrew van Leeuwen and V8 Sleuth's Aaron Noonan analyse the announcement that Supercars has been sold and run the ruler over the driver and personnel changes that have recently been announced for the 2022 season, they look at Formula 1's resurgence in the United States and this year's ripping title batt...