The Pitlane Punters Podcast

In the first episode of 2025 we discuss: 🚗 2025 Supercars Testing & Liveries – Who’s on fire (literally), who’s not, and which teams nailed their new designs? 🏆 Pitlane Punters Dream Team League – Build your ultimate Supercars fantasy squad! 🇺🇸 Daytona 500 – The Great American Race is won and done! We discuss the last lap carnage. 🏎️ F1 Livery Reveals – Our favourites and world champion pred...

It’s the finale of the Pitlane Punters this week. We wrap up the Abu Dhabi GP, and look back at the year that was both personally and on the track. Join Anthony Lewsam, Zac Dowdell, and special message from Joshua Groch for one final time in 2024. We wish all of our listeners a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and a safe summer season.

In this penultimate episode of the year, hosts Joshua Groch and Anthony Lewsam explore Cadillac and General Motors' highly anticipated entry into Formula 1, speculating on how this move could shake up the grid. The pair also have fun envisioning their dream lineup for Team Australia's second team at the 2025 Race of Champions, debating which drivers deserve the nod and why. Finally, they break dow...

We attempt to gather our thoughts after one of the most wild, bizarre, and entertaining Supercars race weekends in a long time at the VAILO Adelaide 500. Though Will Brown claimed the title on Saturday, all bets were off on Sunday, as the streets of Adelaide resembled something more of an automotive all-in street brawl. There were crashes aplenty at the notorious Turn 8, whilst two stars of the fu...

A look back at the NASCAR championship weekend in Phoenix, some F1 news, and a complete preview of the VAILO Adelaide 500 - including title deciders for Supercars and Super2 on the latest Pitlane Punters Podcast!

It was quiet week on Australian race circuits, but there's still plenty of news in Supercars. There's big changes coming for Super2, Dick Johnson Racing, and several enduro line-ups for 2025, whilst Zach Bates will get the chance of a lifetime with Triple Eight's wildcard alongside Craig Lowndes in 2025. A wet and wild Brazilian Grand Prix saw Max Verstappen claim a sensational win to all but wrap...

Will Brown has all but secured his maiden Repco Supercars Championship after the Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500. Cam Waters and Brodie Kostecki split the wins, whilst Chaz Mostert's championship charge fell apart through no fault of his own. An exciting season of the Toyota GR Cup also came to a conclusion, with Max Geoghegan putting his famous surname back in the spotlight with a series victory. Geo...

The Supercars are already back on track, with Surfers Paradise set to play host to a pivotal chapter in the 2024 season. Will Brown is 204 points ahead of teammate Broc Feeney, however both drivers have less than flattering records on the Gold Coast. Could this be an opportunity for Chaz Mostert to storm back into title contention, or maybe even an unlikely Cam Waters comeback? The boys also react...

Brodie Kostecki, Todd Hazelwood, and Erebus Motorsport have put on a Bathurst masterclass to turn around a difficult 2024 season. It was a remarkable Bathurst 1000, as records tumbled in a rapid race on Sunday, after a chaotic build-up that saw crashes galore. Kostecki and Hazelwood became the 65th and 66th drivers to conquer the Mountain in what was a career-defining weekend for both drivers. It...

On this special bonus episode of the Pitlane Punters Podcast, Anthony takes the reigns to talk through arguably the biggest rule change in Australian Touring Car Championship history. This morning Supercars announced that the 2025 champion will be crowned at the end of an all-new Finals Series, inspired by the NASCAR Playoffs. Our inside man, Supercars.com's Zac Dowdell, talks us through all of th...

Happy Bathurst week race fans! 52 drivers will take to Mount Panorama this weekend, but only two can be crowned 2024's Kings of the Mountain. Josh, Anthony, and Zac look at all 26 cars that will compete in this weekend's 161 lap classic, and pick their smokeys and favourites for the Great Race. There are plenty of stories to tell up and down the pit lane, and it will all culminate with what will n...

Daniel Ricciardo is now officially off the Formula One grid, with RB promoting Kiwi Liam Lawson into the seat for a six-race audition for 2025. What does this mean for Daniel, and where will we see him pop up if he does want to continue racing? We also look at a Will Buxton article from 2021, where he looked into the F1 crystal ball and tried to guess the makeup of the 2025 grid, with very interes...

So, is this the end? Well, not for the Pitlane Punters it isn't, but it seems almost certainly the case for Daniel Ricciardo, with all indications suggesting he won't be on the F1 grid at the next round in America. However, Danny Ric was able to capture one last moment of glory whilst Lando Norris dominated the Singapore GP, and Oscar Piastri claimed another podium. Shane van Gisbergen is...

Yes, it is. 20 years of courtship and rumours are finally put to bed as Toyota announce a game changing Supercars program beginning in 2026. Walkinshaw Andretti United are set to spearhead the campaign as there will be three makes for the first time since 2019, with superstars Chaz Mostert and Ryan Wood set to become factory Toyota pilots. The massive announcement just days after Triple Eight domi...

The Sandown 500 takes centre stage this weekend as the 2024 Supercars Championship switches into enduro mode. With 600 points on offer over the next two races, and 198 points covering the top three in the championship, it's all to play for at Sandown and the Bathurst 1000. There are new drivers, new liveries, new teams, and the usual Pitlane Punters predictions. All of the Supercars news, plus...

Shock driver moves, exciting driver moves, mid-season driver moves; it is all happening in the racing world! The Supercars silly season has gone into absolute overdrive in the past 48 hours, with three moves confirmed between 3pm Tuesday and 3pm Thursday. Formula One couldn't even wait for the end of the season to start their driver moves, it's just been that kind of week... There was some...

The final sprint round of the 2024 Supercars season featured action aplenty, with plenty of controversy, surprise results, and a tightening championship battle. Nick Percat's remarkable career resurgence continued with his second win of the season, whilst Cam Waters won on Sunday in a tale of two races for Tickford. The boys also look back on their pre-event predictions, with some ageing bette...

Is NASCAR sport or entertainment? That is the topic of Pitlane Punters discussion this week after Austin Dillon hit everyone but the pace car to controversially win the NASCAR Cup Series' return at Richmond. NOTE: This podcast was recorded before NASCAR sanctioned Dillon, including stripping his Playoff spot. There is also plenty going on closer to home, as the Australian Rally Championship wa...

Whilst the eyes of the world remain fixated on an Aussie gold rush in Paris, the Supercars silly season continues to evolve. Kai Allen is now officially taking Richie Stanaway's seat for 2025 and beyond, and the Pitlane Punters take a deep dive into who else could go where for 2025. The boys have also been thinking about how to get motorsport into the Olympics, and have also been thinking of c...

The racing circuits of the world are starting to go quiet as all eyes turn to Paris, but that only means silly season takes over as driver markets around the world begin to ramp up. Lewis Hamilton claimed his 105th F1 Grand Prix victory in a highly-competitive Belgian GP, after heartbreak for Mercedes teammate George Russell, and a missed opportunity for Aussie Oscar Piastri. Attention quickly tur...

It was a momentous weekend for Australian motorsport, as Oscar Piastri claimed his maiden F1 Grand Prix victory in a dramatic Hungarian GP. The Pitlane Punters analyse just how McLaren almost made a 1-2 finish a disaster, and also look at which driver/engineer combination needs to have some relationship counselling in the summer break. Closer to home another of Zak Brown's teams in Walkinshaw...

The Supercars Championship is set to duke it out for the only night race of the season at the Sydney SuperNight this weekend, complete with a stacked support category lineup. The Pitlane Punters team look ahead to what they think could happen this weekend, and also look back at their predictions from the previous round in Townsville. There's also plenty of news surrounding the Haas F1 team, pl...

Join Josh and Anthony as they take the reins this week, with Zac dialing in for brief insights. Dive into the high-octane world of 2024 Supercars on the Streets of Townsville, get the scoop on Nascar in Chicago, and dissect McLaren's controversial strategy choice in a wet and wild 2024 British Grand Prix. Buckle up for a thrilling ride through the latest in the world of motorsport!

The Pitlane Punters are back to talk about everything going on in motorsport at home and abroad, headlined by a new rivalry in Formula One. Max Verstappen and Lando Norris came to blows fighting for victory at the Austrian Grand Prix, whilst for an Aussie superstar it was a missed opportunity at a potential win. Meanwhile, at Spa in Belgium, Ferrari was cruelly denied a win at the Spa 24 Hour, lea...

The Pitlane Punters are back to dissect the week that was in a motorsport world that never rests. Supercars are going back to the future and testing a new tyre that could be the sole dry-weather compound for the 2025 season. There is also plenty of news in the Super2 Series , as Jett Johnson announced he will step aside at Townsville to focus on his mental health. Max Verstappen won the Spanish Gr...