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BROWN LINKED TO SHOCK TRIPLE EIGHT SWITCH INDUSTRY CHAT suggests Erebus Motorsport’s Will Brown could make a shock switch to Supercars championship rivals Triple Eight Race Engineering. Brown is currently embedded in a titanic title fight for Erebus against Triple Eight with the two teams winning 15 of the 19 races in 2023. But with Shane van Gisbergen making it clear he hopes 2023 is his last in Supercars before he moves to America to chase the NASCAR dream, a seat at the most successful team ever is suddenly on the market. If these rumours come to fruition, it opens up an unexpected bombshell in the Supercars silly season with a sudden vacancy at the teams championship leading operation. Triple Eight seats are rare with Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup forming an unchanged line up for 10 years before van Gisbergen was added in a third entry in 2016. The trio remained unchanged until Whincup’s retirement in 2021 and the #88 has seamlessly been transitioned to the developing Broc Feeney. When or if van Gisbergen heads to America, it will be just the third Triple Eight driver change in 18 years and everyone, contracted or uncontracted would want it. Whilst announcing his intentions of
leaving Supercars in 2024, van Gisbergen made it clear he does not want to leave Triple Eight scrambling for a replacement driver. Many names from Cameron Waters to Andre Heimgartner, van Gisbergen’s own co-driver Richie Stanaway to even Whincup returning himself have been floated. But talk suggests Brown may be at the top of the list, which is a surprise given he is currently locked in at Erebus until the end of 2024. If the #9 driver does go, it would be a blow for the Coca-Cola Camaros. Erebus has nurtured Brown through the Supercars pathway, providing him with initially co-driving opportunities as a youngster before elevating him to a fulltime debut alongside Brodie Kostecki at the start of 2022. This patience at Supercars level since 2018 has well and truly bared fruit this year, with the smiley Toowoomba product turning himself into a winning machine. After scoring one win from his first 74 races, he has taken four victories this year and sits just 41 points shy of Kostecki in the chase for the championship. Speaking with NEWS CORP, Triple Eight’s Roland Dane did not state who could replace van Gisbergen, but
provided a hint that anyone could be on the table no matter what their current contract details are. “Broc for me is superstar material. His ability, his commitment and his results without question are of the very highest drawer at the moment and he represents a massive part of the future for Supercars, let alone Triple Eight,” Dane told News Corp’s Rebecca Williams. “I wouldn’t have an issue if I was Triple Eight in having Broc as my lead driver next year if that’s what it took, but I
think there are a few options out there. “You never know who might come out of the woodwork, who not necessarily Triple Eight want to buy out of a contract, but maybe a driver wants to buy himself out of a contract. “When you shake the tree, sometimes things fall out that are unexpected.” Auto Action contacted Erebus Motorsport, but it declined to comment on the situation. Brown and Erebus will next go head to head with Triple Eight on the track at The Bend on August 18-20.
VAN GISBERGEN READY FOR ‘STEEP LEARNING CURVE’ THE AMERICAN dream of Shane van Gisbergen will hit top gear this weekend when he does double duties in the NASCAR Cup and Truck Series at Indianapolis. Van Gisbergen will be reunited with the #91 Trackhouse Racing Enhance Health Camaro he famously won on debut at the Chicago Street Race on Sunday. The Kiwi hopes to back up his victory with another strong drive on the 14-turn, 2.439 mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. It is the same track which hosted the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix eight times between 2000 and 2007, plus MotoGP from 2008 to 2015. NASCAR switched its annual battle on the “Brickyard” from the famous oval to the road course in 2021 with AJ Allmendinger and Tyler Reddick the two winners. The Verizon 200 at the Brickyard is the 24th race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season, but notably just three before the Playoffs begin. Van Gisbergen notes Indy will represent a different challenge than Chicago which was a new track for the sport. Whilst the Kiwi still plans to race hard, he is cognisant that many NASCAR regulars will be trying to keep their season alive and secure a playoff berth. “This whole NASCAR experience has been a dream come true,” van Gisbergen said. “I can’t wait to get to America then Indy. It will certainly be different than the Chicago Street Course. “I’ll need to get up to speed quickly, but we plan a lot of simulator time and I know (No. 91 Crew Chief) Darian
(Grubb) will be thoroughly prepared for Indy. “We have got to come in and do our best, but you also have got to race with respect as well. “These guys are fighting for their championship every
week, so I have got to come in and stay out of trouble.” Van Gisbergen will not be the only international taking on the NASCAR regulars at the Brickyard. He will be joined by one of his closest Supercars Championship rivals in Brodie Kostecki, who is driving the #33 Richard Childress Racing Camaro backed by Peter Adderton’s X Mobile. Former Formula 1 drivers Jenson Button and Kamui Kobayashi will also be in action at IMS for Rick Ware and 23XI Racing respectively. But unlike them van Gisbergen will be racing on Friday night (Saturday morning AEST) in the Craftsman Truck Series race down the road at Indianapolis Raceway Park. This will be an important step in van Gisbergen’s American journey being his first race on an oval. The track itself is a small 0.686 mile oval and the Kiwi will drive a #41 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet backed by Worldwide Express. Van Gisbergen is aware the race will be a “steep learning curve”. “I’ve never really thought about ovals too much but I’ve always said I would love to have a go and I guess Friday night I’ll get my shot,” said van Gisbergen who spent Monday in America doing seat fittings and working in the Niece and Trackhouse race shops. “It’s going to be a steep learning curve no doubt.” Van Gisbergen’s Truck Series race begins at 10am Saturday morning, while he and Kostecki will go head to head with the big boys at 4am Monday morning AEST. Thomas Miles
AUSGP TICKETS ON SALE SOON HIGHLY SOUGHT after tickets for the 2024 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix will go on sale by the end of the month. Tickets will be offered to the general public on Tuesday, August 29, while a presale for Ticketmaster Registered Fans will open a day earlier. The 27th Australian Grand Prix to be held around Albert Park since its world championship debut in 1996 will take place on March 21-24 2024. After an enormous and record breaking figure 444,361 packed into Albert Park across the four days in April to watch Max Verstappen score Red Bull’s first Aussie win in 12 years, tickets are expected to be snapped up quickly. Not only is Formula 1’s popularity continuing to grow, but to add further interest will be the strong possibility of multiple Australians racing at the pinnacle of motorsport.
Since scoring points in his first home Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri has soared to new heights at McLaren, with strong top fives at Great Britain and Hungary followed by a sensational second in the Spa Sprint race. He has since been joined by returning compatriot Daniel Ricciardo, who has rebounded from his McLaren breakup and got an unexpected reunion with AlphaTauri. Since being thrown into Red Bull’s junior team as Nyck de Vries’ replacement at Budapest, Ricciardo finished 13th in his comeback race and 10th and 16th in the Spa Sprint and Grand Prix respectively. If Ricciardo remains on the Formula 1 grid next year, it will be the first time home fans will be able to cheer on two Australians since 2013 when the “Honey Badger” was at Toro Rosso and Piastri’s current manager Mark Webber raced for Red Bull. Not only will Formula 1 be the main
attraction, but Formula 2 and Formula 3 will also entertain fans. Jack Doohan is finishing his 2023 season on a high having recorded back to back wins at Budapest and Spa. Meanwhile in Formula 3 Campos Racing’s Christian Mansell and Hugh Barter have scored points, while Tommy Smith continues to chip away for Van Amersfoort Racing. Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events, Steve Dimopoulos is promising next year’s race to be even bigger than the enormous races since the return from COVID-19 in 2022. “Formula 1 fever will take over Melbourne again in March, creating jobs and boosting local businesses,” he said. “The past two Formula 1 Australian Grands Prix have broken Melbourne attendance records, and
next year’s race is set to be bigger than ever. “The event is yet another reason for motorsport fans and major event lovers to get out and revel in the best the state has to offer.” Australian Grand Prix Corporation Acting CEO, Dale Nardella said he hopes the new on-sale date gives fans ample opportunity to chase tickets. “With tickets in such high demand in 2023, we wanted to give fans as much time as possible to plan for the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix 2024, particularly those traveling from interstate and internationally,” he said. “It’s an incredibly exciting time for Australian motorsport with so much talent across the categories, and we can’t wait to welcome the best drivers in the world back to Albert Park in March.” Thomas Miles
MILLER STRUGGLES FOR SILVERSTONE GRIP DESPITE ROCKETING away to a dream start Jack Miller admitted he battled for grip as soon as the British Grand Prix began. Whilst his KTM teammate Brad Binder was in the thick of a sensational battle for victory with the likes of Aleix Espargaro, Francesco Bagnaia and Miguel Oliveira, Miller was fighting hard to get into the top 10. He eventually crossed the line down in eighth, which was not what the Aussie would have hoped for after securing a front row grid position and enjoying his latest electric start. Miller flew off the line and beat Marco Bezzecchi in the run into the Village Curve to lead the field through the first lap. However, once he lost top spot to a charging Bagnaia, the race slipped away from the Australian. The #43 started to drop down the leaderboard before it plummeted even further after the KTM was pushed off by an ambitious Maverick Vinales at Copse. After finding himself down in 14th, Miller was able to salvage eighth, but it was not
what he would have hoped coming into the weekend. It was almost a rinse and repeat of his Sprint race where he led early, but dropped to seventh. Miller admitted he battled grip issues as soon as the lights went out which is why he struggled to keep up with his rivals. “To leave here with a seventh in the Sprint and eighth in the Grand Prix is less than you would hope for,” the KTM rider wrote on his website, “But even before I had the incident with Maverick, I knew it was going to be a tough one. “I made another good start – the KTM is awesome for that! – and went out in front off the get-go but straight away I felt I was struggling for grip. “I thought maybe the track was more slippery because it had been raining on Saturday, but once Pecco (Bagnaia) came past me I realised I was suffering for grip and just couldn’t get it working from the start. “It was everywhere too – entry, exit, mid-
corner – I just wasn’t able to force the bike.” The biggest moment of Miller’s race occurred on lap three at the high-speed when the Aussie dropped from third to 14th. Vinales came in too hot and barged the KTM so far into the outfield the #43 almost went into the gravel. Miller revealed Vinales apologised for his part in the incident. “I was just trying to consolidate my position on lap three when Maverick pushed me off,” Miller recalled. “I was suffering before that anyway, but look, at the end of the day it’s just racing. “Definitely ambitious from him, but there’s not too much more to say about it. “Maverick came up to me after and apologised. I accepted his apology and that’s the end of it. “I don’t think he intended to send me out that far. I kind of got unlucky because there’s about a metre of grass between the
two asphalts there that outlines the track, and I was definitely a bit cautious going through the grass and kept it nice and straight because I knew it would be pretty wet.” After the eventful return from the summer break at Silverstone, Miller hopes to put on a show at KTM’s home race in Austria on August 18-20. Thomas Miles
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TANDER TO JOIN GT TITLE FIGHT GARTH TANDER will enhance his Supercars enduros prep by becoming part of a tense GT World Challenge Australia championship battle this weekend. Tander will jump on board with current championship leader Liam Talbot at the crucial penultimate round of the season at Queensland Raceway. With regular co-driver Fraser Ross unavailable, the Audi Customer Sport Racing Australia team have called up the 2007 Supercars champion. Fortunately for the squad Tander is no stranger to the championship or the team. The five-time Great Race winner has five Bathurst 12 Hour starts and many GT rounds of experience with the local Audi squad, including victory with Yasser Shahin at Ipswich last year. The SpeedSeries round will be the
first part of Tander’s preparation for his endurance campaign with Grove Racing. The Queensland Raceway event arrives a week before he goes Porsche Carrera Cup racing around The Bend on August 18-20. Whilst Tander will enjoy the extra seat time before his first Supercars start with Ford, he cannot afford to take it easy as Talbot’s co-driver. Just one race win worth of points cover leader Talbot, Max Hofer, Shahin/Garnet Patterson, Geoff Emery and Ross Poulakis. Hofer is especially close being just two points away. With this being the penultimate round before the Adelaide finale, Tander knows he cannot afford to take the GT ride lightly. “I’ve had a long relationship with Melbourne Performance Centre and when
Fraser could not make it this weekend, they rang and I said yes straight away,” Tander said. “I’ve not driven the car this year but thankfully the practice sessions are a bit longer now which will give me time to play myself in. “I’ve done some miles in the last weeks between ride days, a test day in a Porsche, Supercars testing and now the GT car so I feel good about it. “Based on how we went there last year we should be somewhat in the mix. “My role is not about me doing laps, it’s about solidifying Liam’s position in the title. “I’ve always gone into these races with the approach of supporting the AM driver the best I can and that’s the approach I will take with Liam this weekend.”
The Queensland event will be unique in introducing a Top-10 shootout for the first time in championship history. The standard pair of qualifying sessions will remain in effect on Saturday, with the first session setting the grid for Race 1 and the second for Race 2. However, the top-10 cars from Qualifying 2 will then progress to the shootout, to be held on Sunday morning. The unique format will see the Pro drivers qualify in the second session only for the nominated AM driver to tackle the shootout itself. The GT World Challenge is joined by TCR, Trans Am, Porsche Sprint Challenge, V8 Touring Car Series and Australian Production Cars at Queensland Raceway this weekend. Thomas Miles
CUPRA ENTERS THE AUSSIE MOTORSPORT MARKET CUPRA AUSTRALIA first launched on our shores in June of 2022 via the brand’s inner city CUPRA Garage spaces in Australia’s capital cities. Those central garage spaces, staffed by CUPRA specialists, will act as the central beacon for the brand. “From a new challenger brand to a new challenger team, we wish you well in the series to come.” CUPRA Australia Director Ben Wilks said. will officially enter the Australian motorsport market after Carl Cox Motorsport and Michael Clemente announced a full support program with the Spanish brand. After the team first introduced the CUPRA Leon TCR at Phillip Island in Round 2 of the Supercheap Auto TCR
Australia series, the collaboration is the first official foray for the brand into the Aussie motorsport market. After starting the season in an Audi RS 3, Clemente wasted no time in
putting the Leon TCR car onto the top step in Race 2 at the island, as well as taking a follow up podium, before backing that up with
another win at the opener in Winton. Clemente will enter this weekend’s round at Queensland Raceway with full support from CUPRA, and hopes to kick the relationship off with another victory. “It feels great to be able to have the support of CUPRA for this race,” the #15 TCR racer said. “This support further enables us to race hard and help the CUPRA TCR Leon continue to get onto the podium. It’s excellent to have them on board for now and moving forward.” The fourth round of the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia series kicks off this weekend at the Queensland Raceway, August 11-13. Timothy W Neal
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WEBBER ‘VERY PROUD’ OF ‘PHENOMENAL’ PIASTRI OSCAR PIASTRI has made his manager and fellow Aussie Formula 1 driver Mark Webber “very proud” after a “phenomenal” start to his career. Piastri had already made headlines on the track before he reached the pinnacle of the sport, being the only driver to win FIA Formula 2 and 3 plus the Formula Renault Eurocup championships in consecutive years. Even when he was not racing last year as Alpine reserve driver he was in the news as the Enstone squad and McLaren got involved in a contract dispute fighting for the highly-rated Aussie. After Piastri landed in papaya colours, he has quickly pushed that to one side and done his talking on the track. It did not take long for the Aussie to match and beat his highly-rated teammate Lando Norris and he heads into the summer break on a high after scoring a sensational second in the Spa Sprint. This followed back to back top five results at Great Britain and Hungary where car #81 put in some smashing qualifying laps. When racing resumes at Holland on August 24-26, Piastri will sit a solid 11th in the championship and have realistic hopes of being the first F1 rookie to finish on the podium since Lance Stroll at Italy 2017. Having been alongside Piastri throughout the journey has been nine-time Grand Prix winner Webber,
who has been mightily impressed by how the Melbourne boy has taken to F1 like a duck to water. “I think it’s still so easy to forget that Oscar didn’t race last year,” Webber told F1.com. “I think the start of the year it does take time. It’s his first time in F1, it’s not like he’s returning from a break… He’s been away 15 months and has
never raced in F1. “Of course, we’re all very proud of him.” However, Webber continued that by no means will Piastri start slowing down or becoming complement, tipping the McLaren youngster only push harder for the rest of the year. “He’s had a phenomenal, phenomenal entry in his first year,”
said the two-time Monaco Grand Prix winner. “Lando has been exceptional, Lando’s top drawer, we know that, and Oscar has just held himself in such… “But being Oscar, he will continue to work on where he can improve and keep getting better.” Thomas Miles
PODIUM FINISHERS TO ROCK OUT WITH FANS AT THE BEND FANS AND drivers will be in for a memorable podium celebration after the opening Saturday race of the The Bend SuperSprint. In similar style to the ceremonies at Perth and Tasmania, the podium will be moved to the people with fans and even rockstars to join in with the celebrations. The Race 20 podium on Saturday evening will take place nearby the stage of the Rocking the Murray concert and performers The Choirboys and Kingswood will launch into their live performances straight after drivers finish spraying the champagne. The move will mean drivers can literally “run to paradise” as they celebrate their success from the opening 20-lap race of the eighth round of the 2023 championship. The podium itself will be located behind the recognisable pit complex and near the Porsche Carrera Cup garages at the ‘Town Centre’ activation area.
It has been inspired by The Bend’s time hosting the Australian Superbike Championship, which staged post-race celebrations in spectator areas and the South Australian round was named as the best of 2022. Every time Supercars have raced at The Bend since 2018 drivers have been handed trophies at the circuit’s permanent podium located on the second level of the multi-story pit complex overlooking the start-finish line. The move coincides with activations that are new for the seventh Supercars trip to the South Australian circuit such as a Street Party at Murray Bridge on the preceding Thursday. The Bend Motorsport Park CEO Alistair MacDonald hopes the new podium location can bring extra life to the event. “We are always looking for ways to bring the fans closer to the action and after seeing the success of the pit paddock podium at other events we
wanted to try it at our annual hallmark event,” he said. “We hope that the fans and eventgoers get over to the Town Square for the podium, especially on Saturday night ahead of the Rocking the Murray
Concert which is a proud addition to the event.” The event begins with supports action on Friday, August 18, while Supercars first hit the track on Saturday. Thomas Miles
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