Motorsport News Podcast

Who wins the Forest Rally? There are drivers aplenty chasing the leading Toyotas and a hot, dry weekend will play into the hands of those down the leaderboard. The RallySport Magazine team chat all about this weekend’s round of the Australian Rally Championship set to be run on familiar, yet favourite roads around Nannup, and reminisce on their memories of a rally that’s been a part of the series...

This week on the Motorsport News Podcast, Will Dale chats with Connor O’Brien, editor of v8sleuth.com.au, about the key storylines and what to watch out for at this weekend’s Repco Supercars Championship round, the Bosch Power Tools Perth SuperSprint at Wanneroo Raceway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s Special Stage episode focuses heavily on the much-anticipated World Rally Championship round in Portugal. The event is one of the long-time favourites in the series and there are plenty of talking points to delve into. RallySport Magazine’s Luke Whitten is joined by international rally journalist Luke Barry to discuss the upcoming rally, including the hopes of Australians Lewis Bates a...

This week on the Motorsport News Podcast, Will Dale chats with Red Bull Ampol Racing’s Broc Feeney, who talks about that late-race battle for the win with teammate Will Brown, what he’s doing to try and reel in Brown’s points lead, and how he’s filling the four-week gap between Supercars rounds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Brad Jones Racing Run Down, driver of the #96 Macauley Jones and BJR general manager Chris Westwood are joined by team owner Brad Jones to look back on a banner weekend for the squad at Taupō, headlined by Andre Heimgartner’s victory in the Saturday race. They also chat about the huge fan turnout - and the challenges of getting out of the venue - as well as the challenges pr...

The Rally of the Heartland challenged competitors with almost 450 competitive kilometres over three days near Burra and victorious driver, Nathan Quinn, joins us on the podcast. Quinn talks about the series of issues he had to overcome to win the rally and also about his ambition to get to the seven day Silver Fern Rally in New Zealand at the end of the year. Elsewhere in the podcast, the RallySpo...

This week on the Motorsport News Podcast, Will Dale chats with Supercars general manager of motorsport Tim Edwards, who reflects on his first few months in the role, gives us an update on the continuing pursuit of parity between the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro, and what else the technical department is focusing on at the moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taylor Gill has become just the third Australian driver to finish on the podium in a Junior World Rally Championship event, while Dan Brkic becomes the second such Aussie co-driver to do so courtesy of their fine result at the Croatia Rally. Gill joins the podcast as guest to talk about his efforts on tarmac where he clinched second on only his third ever tarmac rally. He talks to Luke Whitten abo...

This week on the Motorsport News Podcast: -   We unpack all the Supercars action from Taupō -   The awkward facet of Triple Eight’s internal battle for the Sunday win -   Brodie Kostecki’s return to racing -   Rebounds from Brad Jones Racing, Dick Johnson Racing -   Cam Waters’ title prospects -   The boys also choose their Autobarn Aces from the weekend and tackle a question from the Mailbag The...

On this episode of the Brad Jones Racing Run Down, driver of the #96 Macauley Jones and BJR general manager Chris Westwood talk about this weekend’s round at Taupō. They look at what we can expect from Supercars’ return to New Zealand at a brand new circuit, the logistics of how the teams work out of containers and the choices on what equipment they bring. They also give their thoughts on Brodie K...

The Otago Rally is a favourite event for many and Special Stage Rally Podcast host Peter Whitten was there in New Zealand to see all the action first hand. Peter and Luke Whitten discuss all about the rally – from Kris Meeke’s Classic Rally victory right through to how the Aussies fared. Winner of the event, Jack Hawkeswood, then joins the podcast as he talks in detail about how he took his first...

This week on the Motorsport News Podcast, Will Dale chats with rising star Rylan Gray. The second-generation racer made a strong start to his rookie season with Tickford Autosport in the Dunlop Super2 Series in February and last weekend joined George Miedecke in giving the Ford Mustang GT4 a winning debut on Australian soil - as well as the car’s first pole position anywhere in the world. We chat...

The Rally of Canberra was controversially cut in half with just Sunday’s action taking place due to weather. It didn’t stop Harry Bates and Coral Taylor, though, with their new Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 on song all day. Luke and Peter Whitten talk about all that happened in a wet and wild event before they welcome former World Rally Championship star, Kris Meeke, to talk briefly about his Otago Rally...

This week on the Motorsport News Podcast, Will Dale is joined by V8 Sleuth founder and managing director Aaron Noonan to analyse and understand the news that Brodie Kostecki will drive for Erebus Motorsport at the next round of the 2024 Supercars Championship in Taupō. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Brad Jones Racing Run Down, driver of the #96 Macauley Jones and BJR team owner Brad Jones talk about the difficulties they experienced at Albert Park and the work that is going into turning their form around, and run through some of the good points of the Grand Prix weekend. They look ahead to Taupō, with Macca giving his thoughts on the track having done his first laps the...

The first round of the Australian Rally Championship has arrived and RallySport Magazine have their ear to the ground on all things happening before the biggest season in memory. On this episode of the podcast, Luke and Peter Whitten discuss the treacherous Safari Rally Kenya that was run and won over the Easter weekend before they go deep into their thoughts and predictions ahead of the Rally of...

This week on the Motorsport News Podcast, Will Dale chats one-on-one with Tickford Racing team manager Matt Roberts: -   He outlines the damage and repair job on Cam Waters’ one-race old car after Albert Park -   How the team is adapting to being a two-car team instead of a four-car team -   The team’s preparations to race at the Taupō circuit for the first time -   Life at Tickford after Tim Edwa...

There's been a hive of activity around the country with the top teams testing for next week's Rally of Canberra, and Luke and Peter Whitten go into detail on ARC testing and this weekend's Safari Rally. Luke attended the official Pedders Rally Team launch yesterday and reports on that, while we discuss the other testing activities of the Bates and Maguire brothers, the father and son Rullo team, M...

This week on the Motorsport News Podcast: -   We unpack all the Supercars action from Albert Park -   The resurrection of Nick Percat -   Blue Oval barneys: Waters vs Payne, Mostert vs Payne -   The latest on ‘hatgate’ -   Is this now Triple Eight’s title to lose? -   Appendix Sleuthing -   Fernando Alonso’s late-race move, fair or foul? -   Previewing the Australian Rally Championship season-open...

Lewis Bates is one of only two Australians to drive a current specification WRC Rally1 car, and he’s on the podcast this week to talk about it. Bates tested the Ford Puma Rally1 with fellow Aussie Luke Anear in December and tells Luke Whitten about the experience in detail, describing the car as ‘a rocketship’. The 2022 Australian Rally Champion also talks about his entry into WRC Rally Portugal l...

This week on the Motorsport News Podcast: -      Cars and stars of the Adelaide Motorsport Festival -      Craig Lowndes on driving F1, V8s and more -      Unpacking the TCR turmoil in Tasmania -      Curveballs await Supercars teams at Albert Park -      Form guide: Who will strike in sprint races? -      F1’s race for second place at AGP -      Sydney Speedway’s grand return explained -      The...

On this episode of the Brad Jones Racing Run Down, driver of the #96 Macauley Jones and BJR general manager Chris Westwood talk about this weekend’s round at Albert Park, how being moved out of the support pitlane garages will impact how much data the engineers can process in each session, and hinting that the Pizza Hut Chevy Camaro will be carrying new colours at the Grand Prix. They also chat ab...

Luke & Peter Whitten from RallySport Magazine keep you up to date with all the news around rallying in Australia and across the world, with a remarkable influx of high-class AP4 cars to Western Australia and Safari-spec, snorkel-equipped Rally1 cars all on the discussion topics for this week. Then, we welcome renowned co-driver Bernie Webb as guest on the podcast to talk about his career. He also...

This week on the Motorsport News Podcast: -      Stunning debuts in F1 and MotoGP -      MD Shannen Kiely exits Erebus -      What Supercars sale really means -      Cam Waters gets a new car -      Ricciardo’s struggles continue -      A Super2 Series stat attack -      Adelaide Motorsport Festival set to shine The Motorsport News Podcast is hosted by V8 Sleuth’s award-winning journalists Will Da...

On this episode of the Brad Jones Racing Run Down, driver of the #96 Macauley Jones is joined this week by BJR owner and team principal Brad Jones to run through the aftermath of the Bathurst 500, in particular the team’s struggles in qualifying. They also give their takes on the new Live Pitlane Order and Full Course Yellow procedures, the use of the hard tyre at Mount Panorama, the performance o...