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The weekend in Qatar was meant to ensure both Lando and Oscar extended their lead to Max Verstappen in the title championship chase, instead it did the exact opposite. The conditions were hot, as always in Doha and there was very little that could affect the track. With a sprint race the day before, everything was up for grabs, especially for the top 3, still in the championship fight.   It was a weekend for Max Verstappen as he continued his streak to close the gap to the with only 12 points standing between Norris and Verstappen heading into the final race in Abu Dhabi. He adds another win to his stats, just ahead of Oscar Piastri in P2 and Carlos Sainz in P3. Lando Norris would just miss out on a podium opportunity finishing in P4. Your 2025 Qatar Grand Prix podium sitters: Oscar Piastri, Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz. With the early safety car, almost every team pit for new tyres, except McLaren who were planning on playing the “long game”. This would not work in their favour and would result in their placements on track. It was ultimately not the right decision having to lose track position to rival Verstappen. Pitstop chaos as majority of the field pits, whilst McLaren do not. The Mercedes pairing of George Russell and Kimi Antonelli had a decent race result with the two finishing within the top 10 for yet another weekend. Kimi Antonelli finished just above his teammate after a minor error resulted in him losing P4, he would finish P5 just ahead of Russell in P6.   Fernando Alonso managed to make it to P7, amidst all the chaos of the race and the lack of overtaking opportunity as well. Charles Leclerc had a frustrating race stuck behind the Aston Martin of Alonso. Leclerc would go on to finish P8. P9 and P10 would go to a Racing Bulls of Liam Lawson and a RedBull of Yuki Tsunoda. Similarly, both were stuck in a DRS train behind the Aston Martin and Ferrari and with very little opportunity to make a move on track, the result was set in stone.   The Alpine duo had another lackluster weekend, again being stuck in the large DRS train, but with Gasly carrying damage after the collision with Nico Hulkenberg early in the race it was going to be difficult. As for Colapinto, there was very little the young driver could do to gain on track position. They would finish P14 with Colapinto and P16 with Gasly. Alpine faced a tough weekend in Qatar with another weekend of no points opportunity. Alex Albon had another weekend with an almost top 10 position. He finished just out in P11, with pace on the car and plenty of potential, but unable to make any moves up the field. Albon would go on to finish P11. Lewis Hamilton was going to have a difficult weekend due to qualifying P17. Having made a few positions in the first few laps, eventually Hamilton got stuck, unable to move beyond P12 and having to settle just outside the points like Albon.   Gabriel Bortoleto and Esteban Ocon both had a quiet weekend once again stuck and not able to gain track position, which would result in where they had ended up. It was a slow and uneventful weekend for the two of them. Bortoleto would finish P13, whilst Ocon would finish P15.   We had 4 DNFs and it was Nico Hulkenberg after a collision between himself and Pierre Gasly which caused significant damage to the car and resulted in him being unable to continue. The other drivers were Ollie Bearman, who retired after serving his 10 second penalty for an unsafe release, Isack Hadjar and Lance Stroll. Nico Hulkenberg and Pierre Gasly with a collision on lap 7. We are at the final Grand Prix this weekend in Abu Dhabi. It is still all to play for, for Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen. Only one can win the championship, so will it be a first world championship for Norris or Piastri or a fifth one for Verstappen? The chaotic race start at the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

The weekend in Vegas is always a glamourous weekend. With stars like Cynthia Erivo and Beyonce out and about, there was plenty going on. There was even a Cadillac car built entirely out of lego for the top 3 drivers.   For McLaren, especially Lando Norris this was a do or don’t weekend. Being he was leading the championship, he needed a strong result, and given he started on pole position, it was going to be good.   For the race though, the win went to Max Verstappen. He drove a brilliant race with lots of first lap drama, and minor threats from other drivers on track. This included George Russell who at one point was well under a second to Verstappen. Russell would eventually finish in P3, after being overtaken by a faster Lando Norris. Norris had a good weekend to manage a P2, but with issues regarding fuel loads and more going on, it wouldn’t last long. Your Las Vegas 2025 Podium (before disqualification); Lando Norris, Max Verstappen, George Russell. Oscar Piastri was P4 (P5 until after the checkered flag), and realistically he needed a strong result than what he had, but other than that he drove great. He really needed to be able to get past Antonelli, but unfortunately an early pitstop really benefit the young Mercedes driver who initially finished P4, but a 5 second penalty prevented that.   The Ferrari pairing had a difficult qualifying, with Lewis Hamilton forced to settle for P20 with the wet weather drama during the qualifying, whilst Charles Leclerc managed to get to P9. The two of them however had a dramatically better race with Hamilton getting into the top 10 from P19 and Leclerc also maintain his top ten spot. Hamilton finished in P10 (before disqualifications) and Leclerc finished P6. Charles Leclerc during the rainy 2025 Las Vegas Qualifying session.  The race result however was quickly forced to change due a double team disqualification. McLaren were found post-race to have plank wear issues, which automatically results in a disqualification. It did take the FIA about 2 hours to make a decision regarding the result, but in most cases, it is a simple DSQ. So, both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were out of the results only by a few millimetres.   This meant that the drivers below automatically got two position promotions. George Russel finished P2, Kimi Antonelli finished P3, Charles Leclerc finished P4, Carlos Sainz finished P5, Isack Hadjar finished P6, Nico Hulkenberg finished P7, Lewis Hamilton finished P8.   This ultimately meant that the two drivers who initially missed out on points were able to get double points. This was the Haas pairing who finished P9 with Ollie Bearman and P10 with Esteban Ocon.   We had multiple DNF results, including Lance Stroll and Gabriel Bortoleto due to a first lap crash. It was an unfortunate result for both, given Stroll had managed to start P12. The other DNF due to a simple error and lack of radio connection was Alex Albon. It was going to be near impossible to continue the race given crashing into Hamilton and not being able to be in contact with his engineer. The lap one drama at the Las Vegas Grand Prix 2025. Alpines Franco Colapinto and Racing Bulls Liam Lawson were unfortunately a lap down on the rest of the field and finished in P15 and P14. Lawson had a great qualifying session, managing to make it to Q3, and get a good starting position in P6. Colapinto was able to make it through to Q2 and start in P15.   Your remaining field included Fernando Alonso in P11, Yuki Tsunoda in P12 and Pierre Gasly in P13. These three had quite a quiet weekend with very little going on for them, but they drove a great race and managed to maintain track position.   We return this weekend to the desert for the Qatar Grand Prix. With Norris only 24 points ahead of Piastri and Verstappen (390 to 366), it is going to be interesting. We also have a sprint race, which means up to an extra 8 points are up for grabs. Previous race start at the Qatar Grand Prix.

Formula E showed the world it's fastest and most advanced car yet. Up to 815hp and "faster than the current Formula 2 cars". Formula E's new Gen 4 car. Photograph: FIA Formula E Three weeks ago the FIA and Formula E revealed their new Gen 4 car. The new all-electric single-seater not only promises to be more efficient and faster than its predecesor, the Gen 3 EVO, but is also said to be capable of going over eight seconds a lap faster in circuits such as Monaco. The biggest change compared to the previous generations is the more complex aerodynamics, which come with a risk, as the dirty air will increase too. This effect however will be reduced to some degree thanks to the brand new active All-Wheel Drive system, which will produce more mechanical grip. The Gen 4 in a private test in Spain. Photograph: FIA Formula E The car bring a whole range of changes to nearly every aspect of car management as well. A boost of the Attack Mode's power output to 600kW, along with a 750kW regenerative braking, is set to end with the pack-racing phenomenon that has haunted the series ever since the introduction of the Gen 3 car. It also brings the introduction of high and low aero packages in an attempt to maximize the car's performance at every circuit on the calendar, with the differences between both packages still unknown. With lap times expected to drastically lower and speeds set to reach an all-time high, it is also expected that Formula E's calendar for the 2026/27 season could undergo big changes to accomodate the new cars - most likely having more permanent tracks to ensure the drivers and teams safety. Formula E testing in the Jarama Circuit, Madrid. Photograph: Simon Galloway / LAT Images for Formula E However as promising as the new Gen 4 looks, Formula E's Gen 3 EVO still has another season to go. Last season had a very clear winner in Oliver Rowland's Nissan who clinched the championship with two races to go. The 2025/26 will get underway for it's 12th season of racing in just ten days' time at São Paulo, with fans eager for the series return. Will we see an exciting end to the Gen 3 EVO era? Only time will tell...

An easy start for Feeney as he managed to maintain track position, De Pasquale falls in behind, followed by Mostert. Tough race so far for Cam Hill as he ran off track and collected barrier. The rain also appears to have arrived early. Anton De Pasquale gets past Feeney on lap 5, the track is dry in some parts, but wet in others. No one has wet tyres on, so this would end up interesting. Early pitstops were occurring for all the teams, but a botched stop for Ryan Wood had stopped his race. The wheelgun was not working for the young driver and they went through 3 tyres. He was stuck with no way to get out as of yet. Anton De Pasquale leads from Feeney and Golding. Will Brown manages to get past a very defensive Courtney for position 9 on the track on lap 10. This was an essential move if he wants to maintain his spot in the finals 4. Ryan Wood returns to the track on lap 15 and is able to continue on. Given he was a fair few laps down, so for a podium or even race win will be impossible today. With the track starting to dry up, a clear line was starting to show up. This was going to overheat the tyres, and make the drivers desperate to find a way to cool them. Blue sky in the distance was reassuring of the fact that the rain had well and truly passed. On lap 19, Cam Waters was hunting James Golding for position 3 on the track to ensure he can maximise his points opportunity and work to putting himself into the final 4. Will Brown manages to overtake Cam Waters after an unsuccessful move on Golding. Now he has got past Golding as well to get position 3. Currently it is a double RedBull Ampol podium. Will Brown is having yet another brilliant race. After a tough qualifying session for him yet again, he drove to near perfection. Cam Waters and James Golding come together on lap 29, that damages Golding's wheel and he was forced to pit. After a great race so far, its disappointing it had to come to that. He now sits in position 22, whilst Waters is up to position 4. The next round of pitstops begin on lap 37, with Mostert the first to jump. With a set of new slicks it'll be hard to keep it on track as he almost loses it multiple times on the straight and the first few corners. Will Brown and Cam Waters get into it on brand new cold tyres. Brown ended up locking up and driving through the grass and back out onto track behind Waters, but unfortunately, Waters ends up with a 5 second penalty for a driving infringement in relation to that incident with Brown. A big contact between Cam Waters (still with the penalty) and Matt Payne. Neither driver was willing to negotiate space with one another and it was not going to work. Damage to both cars would make them drop out very quick. Cam Water's car is brought into the garage due to the damage and Payne is suffering from steering rod damage. Cam Water's day is over. Due to the damage sustained from that collision with Matt Payne, as Payne is being passed by everyone in the field. Currently in the championship fight, Kai Allen moves up into the top 4, as his teammate drops out. Cam Water's returns to track, it appears the damage has been fixed, but he is 5 laps down on the field, so his championship fight is over. Kai Allen after that incident with Waters and his teammate Payne remains as the last driver in the top 4. The team was considering a pit to switch the two, but ultimately decided against that given how far Payne was and being able to ensure they have one car through instead of both car's out. Matt Payne goes into the pits with about 10 laps remaining as the team aims to repair the car, but that car is done and that ends his title fight for the year, with a mistake that had nothing to do with him. He returns back onto the track, to ensure he can get minor points for reaching the 75% of the race distance. Teammates Jayden Ojeda and James Golding both have a strong weekend. Golding looked to be very confident and possibly on for a podium, but after an incident early on, it ruined his chances today. As for Ojeda, he was a new driver to the Supercars seat, and a very exciting opportunity for him. He ends up finishing in position 18. Your big winner today was Broc Feeney, followed by Anton De Pasquale in p2, and Will Brown in P3. A great result for RedBull Ampol, who already secured the team championship during yesterdays race. Your top 4 going into the Adelaide Grand Final are; Broc Feeney and Chaz Mostert each with a race win at Sandow and Will Brown and Kai Allen based on points and track position in relation to the other 3. This will make for an exciting weekend in Adelaide which takes place on November 27-30.

Qualifying 1: It was a very rainy morning at Sandown with early showers causing some drama. The rain looked set to cause an interesting session. The drivers are going to need to commit to the track and their drive capability. The rain will not make this track any easier. The lap times are set to be dramatically longer with the wet conditions, but this may benefit a fair few of those drivers that often excel in those conditions. Some of these drivers include, James Golding with a performance at Bathurst in the wet. James Courtney is another driver excelling in the conditions with 3 purple sectors. With the rain slowly stopping now, the lap times have started to quicken. Teams begin to pit for fresher tyres, to enable the faster times as opposed to the old and warm tyres. Cam Hill and Ryan Wood having good times so far, compared to the field. Now the conditions are beginning to improve, whilst still having showers. We might see some late showers in the last 3 minutes. This may make it harder to get a good times, especially for those close to the bottom of the list. This includes yesterday's race winner, Chaz Mostert, Will Brown and Broc Feeney and Cam Waters. They may prove lucky given how bad the conditions are. It was near impossible to keep the cars on track, with little to no time improvements. Macauley Jones managed to top the timing charts, followed by Ryan Wood and Cam Hill. All 7 of the drivers fighting for a spot in the final 4 were able to survive the downpour and make it through to qualifying 2. Qualifying 2: This session was going to be less rain and easier to qualify. But the big question was which tyre would be best to use as a way to get a good time overall. Only Will Brown and Chaz Mostert opted for the wet tyres, whilst the rest of the field went for slicks. Brown and Mostert pit and switched to the slick instead, given the wet tyre would not work in the same way as the other ones. Broc Feeney and Matt Payne both jump to the top of the timing charts. Cam Hill drops it into the grass, with an odd spin, but wet conditions would allow that. The time that he had been setting initially before the spin, possibly would have ensured that he end up within the top 3. Will Brown will need to work a lot more harder to get out of the bottom elimination area. Currently he sits 11th. It was not going to be easy with the everchanging conditions, especially the rain. But the uncertainty of rain here in Melbourne always leaves room to go again. Various drivers were able to work around this. Rain is beginning yet again, times need to be set otherwise drivers may miss out. Will Brown has pit, may have missed his opportunity to get a better time. The rain falling is threatening good times from drivers, with both Brown and Randle currently out. These are 2 of our top 7 trying to get as many points as possible. Will Brown with another tough break, starting 17th, after declaring that the track was getting too wet and the times were not going to improve. But, drivers on track were able to find their best areas to gain time on track, even with minor rain. This makes it a tough race from this position but not impossible, given where Brown started in yesterday's race. Top Ten Shootout: Bryce Fullwood is the first to go out, currently its not an easy ask, especially with the rain beginning to bucket down, unfortunately he loses it towards the end of the lap and that is it for his lap. Cam Waters is up next with a warmer tyre on the car. Currently he had two green sectors, but he managed to keep it on track. It was so hard with the conditions and being forced to tip-toe around track. Chaz Mostert is next, and with a wet tyre on, this might be easier to control. It is slippery and with 2 green sectors this would be a good time for him. A much easier time, but rain beginning to fall more and more will make this harder. Broc Feeney brings out a new wet tyre, might not be an easy tyre initially but should begin to warm quickly. He keeps it on track with that, but lots of sliding going on with this lap. He manages to take the top spot, with a much faster time of a 1:13.7141. Cam Hill opts for a new wet tyre, but with an early error this might be a tough lap. He runs wide at the first corner, the corner that currently is not as wet. He is able to keep it together for the moment, within the final corners and last sector especially. He drops to the bottom of the times unfortunately with a 1:16.4890. Thomas Randle struggling with the early corners, going wide in turn one, and off the track in turn 2/3. The rain is making this difficult for the remaining runners. He ended up with a very slow time of a 1:18.9. It was a very tough lap with the changing conditions. Matt Payne is next and recently won the Bathurst 1000 in the very wet conditions. Better conditions for Payne as he negotiates through the first half of the track. Lots of spray from the back end of the track, with lots of rain and standing water. That was a solid time of a 1:17.0444. Kai Allen is the young driver, attemping to prove himself and the potential this weekend. Turn 1 was very easy for him, even the first sector was easy. He was able to maintain it on track. He completes the lap easily, with a 1:15.8227. Ryan Wood is looking to replicate his lap from yesterday with a pole position result. This lap looks easier and better to maintain for the young driver. Wood with a good time, just behind his teammate with a 1:14.4116. Whilst Wood was going on his lap, Thomas Randle's lap was invalidated so unfortunately he will start from the back of the top 10. Anton De Pasquale is the final driver to go. So far he managed the car well, its close between Feeney set time and this time by De Pasquale. The back end of the track is damp still, but he is able to remain on the track and within touching distance of the pole position time. A great time from De Pasquale, but ultimately Broc Feeney takes the pole position for race 31.

It was a front row lockout for Walkinshaw Andretti United today as they aim to make it a 1-2 race result and convert pole to win in Race 30. Chaz Mostert with an easy gain on his teammate overtaking him before the first corner. WAU have a great start continuing the 1-2 start, with Brodie Kostecki right behind them. Penrite Racing make a strategic call on lap 5, swapping the cars so Payne is ahead of Allen, given their positions in the championship. This is vital to them if they want to remain in the title fight. The battle for P4 and P5, begins to close as Payne chases De Pasquale for the position. On lap 12, the fight at the back of the grid begins as Courtney, Golding and Randle all fight for position on track. This is for positions 16, 17 & 18. While that happens, Kai Allen also starts to close in on the battle for position 4. Matt Payne pits on lap 15, this puts him at the back of the grid, but with an early stop like this, it ensures an early opportunity to gain positions on track without the need for direct battles. Will Brown has managed to overtaake a fair amount of cars to get himself confidently to position 7. On Lap 25, Chaz Mostert completes his first pitstop, Feeney and Hill stopped the lap before. The grid is beginning to start with their first compulsory stops. Lap 29, see's Reynolds position 1, Golding position 2 and Randle in position 3. They have yet to stop for their first pit. Lap 29/30, begins Reynolds first pitstop. Team 18 have completed a stop for both drivers so far, but they will need another one, later on due to tyre degredation. Lap 30, Golding and Randle both complete their stops as well. On lap 35, Ryan Wood lets past his teammate to return to the 1-2 position they had retained earlier in the race. Assuming this would be strategic given Mostert is in finals, whilst Wood is not. As it stands halfway through the race, Will Brown, Cam Waters and Thomas Randle all miss out on the top 4 finish. As it stands, they are position 8, 13 and 21 and need to make up plenty of positions to try and challenges their spot for finals. 33 laps remaining in Race 30, your current top 3 are; Chaz Mostert, Ryan Wood and Broc Feeney. Will Brown has been able to bring himself into the top 4, whilst Kai Allen will miss out on a spot. 26 laps remaining, 2nd stops have mainly been completed, with Brown being the most recent driver to complete his. 22 laps remaining as Mostert retakes the lead due to the top 2 pitting. His teammate is able to keep within touching distance as well in P2, and Broc Feeney currently sits P3. Will Brown currently sits within touching distance of the top 4. Your biggest mover with the most positions made in this race currently is Will Brown, having been able to gain 11 spots up to position 4. 13 laps remaining as Will Brown gains on his teammate and manages to overtake him, he now sits in position 3, whilst his teammate is position 4. WAU are having a good race, but starting to fall off now with concerns around tyres. There is 12 laps left of this race, can Mostert remain in that top spot or will Wood overtake him. 9 laps to go and Brown has completely gapped his teammate, now he is looking to gain on the front two drivers. If Will Brown gets that P2, he ensures his position in the final 4. Will Brown up into position 2, ahead of Ryan Wood after some brilliant defence that has enabled the gap between Brown and Mostert to grow, which now stands at 4.7 seconds between them. A great race from the young driver able to defend against the Camaro and give his teammate the cushion he needs to secure the race 30 win. A great race for Mostert making it 3 races in a row that he has won a race, Will Brown up to P2 which is exceptional considering where he started and with the brilliant defensive moves is Ryan Wood completing our podium in P3.

Qualifying is an interesting style here for the supercars series. We begin with our full 24 driver field all aiming to give their best times during the session. After the first session, we slim it down to 18 drivers through to Qualifying 2. After that session we bring it down to top 10 and that is our Shootout. The Shootout requires each driver to do one lap, with no other drivers on the track. This makes their qualifying based on pure pace. Qualifying One: This is a vital session for all the top 7, they need to ensure they get through this first session so they can focus on the next one. It will be difficult, but not impossible to overtake in the race later today. With 5 minutes to go, Kostecki tops the timing charts, with Bryce Fullwood position 2 and Matt Payne in position 3. The 2 time Gold Coast winner, Chaz Mostert currently out of the Qualifying 2, along with Cam Waters and Thomas Randle. All 3 drivers setting good times currently. This track is proving difficult to improve set times for most drivers with very little purple sector times and mainly green or red. There was plenty happening with Thomas Randle out of the qualifying session. He was one of our top 7, aiming for their spot to work for the finals. Unfortunately this is going to be tough for him starting from position 22. The remaining 6 also fighting for their chance in the top 4 at Adelaide, managed to make it through to Qualifying 2. After that scare for Cam Waters and Chaz Mostert, it made for an easy through and they were able to take a big breath, before refocusing back on the next session. Your bottom 6: 19: A. Heimgartner 20: J. Le Brocq 21: J. Ojeda 22: T. Randle 23: A. Cameron 24: M. Jones Qualifying 2: The results in this session are everchanging. Everyone is able to take advtange of the track now and work through the difficulties to make for a good time. Will Brown leads the pack followed by Fullwood and Payne. With just under 5 minutes, we have multiple top 7 drivers out of the top 10. These next few laps would be essential for a good qualifying and bettering themselves for the top 10. Those cars include, Mostert, Allen and Waters. Nick Percat manages to jump up to position 2, with that good lap result and Will Brown is out of the car after that great time for him, which secures his spot through to the top 10. By doing this, it put him vulnerable to being dropped out of the top 10 and unfortunately that was exactly what happened. Qualifying 2 eliminations: 11: J. Evans 12: C. Murray 13: C. Hill 14: W. Davison 15: W. Brown 16: J. Courtney 17: J. Golding 18: N. Percat Top Ten Shoot Out: These sessions are very fast paced, One at a time, the drivers will complete their lap and aim to have the best time. We begin with the driver who ended the previous session in position 10 and through to position 1. Cam Waters with a decent lap with a 1:09.5352. It was an okay lap for being the first car out on track, however he was not exceedingly happy with it. David reynolds is next, he is just down on the time set by Waters, but its close between the two at the moment. Reynolds manages to just miss out, with the last sector being slightly slower for Reynolds, with a 1:09.5633 Matt Payne is next to go, the first sector manages to be quicker than the previous two, its extremely close, but looks that Payne has that car under control more than the other two. Payne goes to the top, with a 1:09.1050. Bryce Fullwood is next up, he is pushing and sliding the car to it's limits. He manages a very fast middle sector, faster than the rest of them. He does get to position 2 on the timing list, with a 1:09.4948. Anton De Pasquale was next up and he managed to nearly match Payne's first sector. Fastest within the second sector, it is very close for the top spot. De Pasquale manages to go to the top of the timing, just faster than Payne's time. Anton's time was a 1:09.0131. Brodie Kostecki is looking to redeem himself after missing the Gold Coast first race, he is not in the finals fight, but still aiming for good points for the team. He manages to use all the kerbs, jumping over almost all of them. not as quick as De Pasquale, but still in touching distance. Kostecki cannot beat Anton's time and has to currently settle for 2nd with 4 drivers still remaining. Kostecki's time was a 1:09.0209. Kai Allen is next up, and the young driver is looking for a good weekend. He hasn't raced at Sandown very much only having 1 race in a Supercar. Brand new tyres for the young driver. Fastest sector 1, a little bit quicker in sector 2, Allen is pushing that car over the kerbs and has to settle for position 3, due to time lost in sector 3. The time was a 1:09.1004. Chaz Mostert who previously had a strong weekend at Gold Coast, can he get pole today? He has smashed the first sector, close in the second sector. Mostert flies through the final sector and jumps to the top of the timing sheet with a 1:08.9000. It is our first 1:08 time for the session. Broc Feeney is looking for a good weekend with the ability to make it a pole position here. Very close for Feeney with the ability to possibly take this away from Mostert. Feeney just misses out in position 6, with a 1:09.1372. It was a tough lap, given he started well, but found to struggle later in the lap. Ryan Wood on the Gold Coast. Hoping to go for a race win this weekend at Sandown. Your final driver, Ryan Wood. Out of the finals series, but he can do this as a fast and young driver with plenty of potential. This is close between the teammates, with one of them taking pole position today for race 30. Ryan Wood smashes the final sector, and overtakes his teammate with a 1:08.7371. This makes it a WAU front row lockout.

Triple Eight is looking for a better weekend than the one out at the Gold Coast. A P2 in both races for Feeney was not enough and he is looking for an opportunity to improve and ensure his position in the finals. Will Brown is looking to bounce back from the Gold Coast as it was not the best result and put him on the cusp of the top 7. Each team in the top 7 will be looking for a race win. This is vital in maintaining position for that final 4. Whilst easier for some, one team may find it difficult. Walkinshaw Andretti United have only one driver in the top 7, Chaz Mostert. He is fast and very competitive, but can he steal a spot from someone else, so WAU can make it? Practice 1: This weekend, we have two practice sessions. These will be essential for everyone, especially those in the top 7. All the teams out early to use every minute in the session. They are aiming to optimise these sessions to work out what works where and how. Anton De Pasquale with an early opportunity, taking advantage and jumping to the top of the session in position 1. Chaz Mostert having a good start as well maintaining his position in position 2, and David Reynolds in Position 3. A very slow start to the weekend for the remaining 6 drivers working for a spot in the top 4, all being either close to or outside the top 10. They will need to work hard in the next practice session to ensure they know what to do and how to priotise their races. The new driver in this weekend, Jayden Ojeda starting the weekend off well. Although he is lower in the field, every second for him is vital to ensure he knows the ins and outs of the car. During this session, the soft tyre was the choice with every driver taking advantage of that tyre to provide a good time. Anton De Pasquale took out P1 with a 1:08.9632, followed by Chaz Mostert with a 1:09.0179 and David Reynolds with a similar time of 1:09.0803. Your top 7 drivers; Kai Allen, Cam Waters, Chaz Mostert, Broc Feeney, Matt Payne, Will Brown and Thomas Randle. Source: Edge Photographics. Top 7 in Practice 1: 2: Chaz Mostert 9: Cam Waters 10: Thomas Randle 11: Will Brown 12: Matt Payne 18: Broc Feeney 19: Kai Allen Practice 2: There was plenty of early promise for Team 18, with Anton P1 in the first session and Reynolds who initially topped the sessions, until Mostert moved up to position 1. Cooper Murray also had plenty of promise in the second practice session. Ryan Wood with a great time 15 minutes into the session, he jumps Cooper Murray for position 3 and eventually jumps his own teammate Chaz Mostert with a 1:09.1418. The top 7 are able to show their potential now in the second practice session. With 15 minutes to go, your top 7 are as follows: Matt Payne P1, Kai Allen P2, Chaz Mostert P5, P10 Thomas Randle, P12 Cam Waters, P15 Broc Feeney and P16 Will Brown. Is the low track position from Triple Eight a plan and they'll show more pace in tomorrows session, or is this a bad sign for the duo? Jayden Ojeda jumps to the top of the pack with a brilliant time of a 1:09.1232. This was a great result for the young driver, given his first weekend in the supercars as a full-time driver. Matt Payne eventually takes that position as well and we now begin the climb to the 1:08 times. James Golding with a great time with just over 5 minutes to go and making it to position 2. A solid lap time, still outside of the 1:08, but a 1:09.0105 is extremely close to that. Cam Hill also shocking us all, jumping to the top of the times with 3 minutes remaining. The time was brilliant with a 1:08.8711, these times are going to be crucial over the weekend. A better session for the top 7, as David Reynolds takes the top spot, followed by Chaz Mostert in P2 and Anton De Pasquale in P3. Feeney and Brown both with a better session (minus the spin from Brown) finishing in P4 and P7.

We managed to get a short one-on-one interview with RedBull Ampol Racing's Team Manager Mark Dutton, also known as 'Dutto'. Dutton is the current team manager for the RedBull Ampol Racing team, having been promoted in 2014. He has previously led V8 Supercars star, Jamie Whincup to multiple championships as his race engineer. RedBull Ampol Racing (Triple Eight Race Engineering) Team Manager Mark Dutton. Now as their Team Manager, Dutton has the very important role of communicating between the two race engineers from either side of the teams garages during a race. He described it as being "A Dad and so long as the kids play nice, everything goes according to plan". This is so the team is able to work as smoothly as possible, especially when you are a team like Triple Eight Race Engineering. He is essentially the branching communication between the two groups within the team. Everyone works on the car together and it is all about being one big group with open communication in order for the weekend to work out. He also works on car control, specifically during the pitstops. The Finals series was a brand new concept for the Supercars Series, and we had to ask the big question; had Dutton spoken to their ex-successor Shane Van-Gisbergen and asked for any advice on the concept given that the NASCAR has the similar format. Dutton confirmed that he has not spoken to him, but that does not mean that the engineers or anyone else have spoken to him about it. Finals series is very different, with the previous seasons it was similar to most motorsport series, where it is the driver with the most points accumulated over the season, wins the championship. Before this finals format, by now you would have a clear top 3 or 4 drivers with the possibility to win the championship. Now Dutton discussed the importance of a good race weekend stating, "even if you have a really good season up until the finals, one mistake can rule you out". We spoke about their brilliant driver pairing of Broc Feeney and Will Brown. Given their drivers currently are first and fifth, they are determined to get both through to the final 4. The teams main goal for this weekend which would guarentee their drivers a spot in Adelaide would be to get both of their drivers through with a win each this weekend. A win for each of their drivers, ensures that both are through to the final in Adelaide. Having only three days to pack up and move between Sandown and Adelaide, this is a small margin. This would mean the team is quickly forced to maneuver between the Sandown 500 weekend and those results to focusing on the Adelaide Grand Final. The team is not doing much to prepare as of yet, but they have started the little things. They simply need to ensure that they are in the finals. The team has to remain focused, with no downtime between now and Adelaide and just keep the focus. Their main focus once Sandown is over, is ensuring they are through to Adelaide firstly and secondly will be to ensure that they have clean cars for that race weekend. This makes the prep time much easier for the team, as it is fully focused on performance and not so much on repairs needed. The team championship for them is basically solid, and they are pretty good on that. so as mentioned their main focus is purely looking onto the weekend and focusing on maximising points and possible race win opportunities too. The team looks ready and prepped for the weekend, having been seen unpacking yesterday before the practice sessions today.

With the weekend of Sandown already beginning, your top 7 have come in with lots of confidence and some uncertainty. I managed to get some time with some of the top 7 drivers; Matt Payne, Chaz Mostert, Will Brown and Broc Feeney. Exclusive photos from the pit straight at Sandown Raceway. The drivers are all extremely confident coming into the weekend, with most happy with their abilities, including with the possibility of rain on the sunday. Matt Payne is confident, quoting it is "one of the most historic tracks for them (Penrite) in terms of the sport" and also loves the track being close to home. When mentioning the track conditions and the likelihood of rain, Payne discussed the trickiness of the wet weather here. He mentioned the weather radar looking clear, but there could be a slight chance of rain appearing on the Sunday. He is ultimately aiming for that top 4, being third in the championship, so working very hard over the weekend to achieve that result. As for Chaz Mostert, coming off the double win at the sunny Gold Coast, he has found that as an added boost of confidence to his race weekend here at Sandown. Mostert notes Sandown is "a very unique track and looks pretty basic from the top". He is up for the challenge of the close qualifying with only a few tenths possibly splitting the top 10. The 5 seasons in one day will prove tough for all the drivers, especially the uncertainty of the weather. Chaz Mostert with a double win at the Gold Coast builds confidence heading into Sandown. He is hoping to perform this weekend, given the unfortunate drop out of the top 7 of his teammate, Ryan Wood. When chatting, he spoke about Wood so highly even mentioning his great results, and how fast he has been. The team has rallied together to ensure they can go for the top 4, for themselves. Finally we spoke to the duo, Will Brown and Broc Feeney. Currently leading the Drivers Championship, they were both confident in their ability as a team to maintain that lead, but similarly mentioned the uncertainty that Sandown brings. Brown has 2 wins previously at the track, and mentions having good races, both with Triple Eight (RedBull Ampol Racing) and previous teams. Will Brown with his previous success whilst at Sandown Raceway. Feeney previously claimed pole position here last year, so has some confidence. He even discussed the ability to race in the wet, but their unfortunate situation from Bathurst in the wet weather conditions. Will Brown, mentions his biggest competitors being his teammate, Broc Feeney, but also discusses being on the bubble and also needing to beat Cam Waters and Matt Payne. Feeney discusses the importance of seeing everyone as a competitor, but mentions the form that Chaz Mostert is in, especially after his wins at the Gold Coast. He does also talk about the focus being on themselves as a team and trying the best they can. The Enduros were tough for both RedBull Ampol drivers, with unfortunate results given the crazy weather they experienced, so both are hoping to bounce back here. With previous wins and great results for both of these drivers, it could go to either of them or both if they're lucky to secure one win each. Finals Format: The finals format is now the remaining 7 as they fight to make the top 4, over the weekend. A race win at any point over the weekend (either Saturday or Sunday) can ensure a drivers position in the top 4, whilst the remaining drivers fight for a spot. Stats for the weekend: Your previous Sandown 500 winner (500km Enduro): Will Brown/Scott Pye (Triple Eight Race Engineering) Most wins at Sandown: Craig Lowndes (11) Jamie Whincup (10) Dick Johnson; Mark Skaife (6) Previous winners at Sandown in 2025 field: 2 Wins: Will Davison 1 Win: James Courtney, Cam Waters, Broc Feeney, Will Brown

What a weekend full of weather concerns and worrying results. For Oscar Piastri his sprint race did not go according to plan, with an unfortunate DNF, along with Nico Hulkenberg, Franco Colapinto and Gabriel Bortoleto with a terrifying crash on the last lap. All drivers were okay, but unable to attempt to score points and for Bortoleto, it was a tough day with also not being able to qualify properly. Oscar Piastri, Franco Colapinto and Nico Hulkenberg all crash during the Sprint Race. With Lando Norris starting in P1, Kimi Antonelli in P2 and Charles Leclerc in P3 it was going to be interesting. With various safety car periods and virtual safety car periods, Norris was able to make the most of those winning the Brazilian Grand Prix. Joining Norris in P2 was Antonelli and storming through the field from the Pitlane to P3, was Max Verstappen. A brilliant result for the RedBull driver, given the Q1 exit and changes under Parc Ferme. The 2025 Brazilian Grand Prix Podium: Kimi Antonelli, Lando Norris, Max Verstappen. George Russell did great at defending his P4 result from McLaren’s Oscar Piastri. With a quiet weekend for him, extending the lead in the constructors was their priority. It was a long race, with little weather compared to previous years and it worked in the Mercedes favour. Oscar Piastri had a tremendous result finishing in P5, even after his early lockup that gave him a 10 second penalty. It was going to be a hard weekend, but he needed to prioritise gaining as many points as possible, if he wanted to stay in the championship fight.   Ferrari with another shocking weekend with a double DNF. Lewis Hamilton received damage off initial contact with Carlos Sainz and floor damage after running into Franco Colapinto and breaking his front wing. Hamilton was eventually stuck at the back of the grid, with very little he could do to help himself. He would retire on lap 37. Charles Leclerc was clipped by Antonelli after Piastri locked up and ran into the rookie. Leclerc would be forced to retire given too much damage, on lap 5. Charles Leclerc gets hit by Antonelli after Piastri locks up. VCARB’s duo had a great weekend with a double points finish. They were both able to defend brilliantly to maintain their position on track. Liam Lawson would drag the remaining field over the line and finish P7, whilst Isack Hadjar would finish P8.   The two lone drivers representing their teams in the top 10 was Oliver Bearman and Pierre Gasly. Oliver Bearman was great, defending and attacking the field with some great overtakes from him. Bearman would finish in P6. Pierre Gasly was the final driver to take the top 10, in P10. He was a quiet result, but with some of the best racing I had seen from the Alpine driver this season. Home-town hero Gabriel Bortoleto unfortunately could not even race having DNF on lap 1. It was a tough result given he had been squeezed slightly by Lance Stroll. He will have plenty more opportunities in the future to race in his home Grand Prix, just disappointing it was not meant to be this year. As for his teammate, Nico Hulkenberg, he had a great result having managed to get to P9 and assist himself and the team with a couple extra points. Gabriel Bortoleto out for the second time at his first home Grand Prix Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz would both just miss out on an opportunity for points. Albon had a quiet day, driving his own race, whilst Sainz did get some damage during his initial contact with Lewis Hamilton on the first lap. Albon would finish in P11, whilst Sainz finished in P13. Similarly, the Aston Martin pairing would also have a tough race, given Stroll was hit by Tsunoda and Fernando Alonso was struggling for pace. Alonso would go on to finish P14, whilst Stroll would finish P16.   Your final 3 solo drivers during the race were Esteban Ocon, Franco Colapinto and Yuki Tsunoda. Ocon was an unfortunate case of bad luck, given his teammate had some decent pace to keep within the top 10. If Ocon had qualified within that area, his weekend may have looked a little better. Ocon finished in P12 between the two Williams drivers. Colapinto once again beaten by his teammate and remains as the only driver (aside from Jack Doohan) with 0 points this season. A very tough result, especially given this is the closest to a home Grand Prix for the young driver. He would finish in P15.   Tsunoda was given the difficult task starting at the back end of the grid. With little pace in the car and 2 10 second penalties given, initial one for causing a collision and a second one for not serving the first one properly, a good result was near impossible. In the end, Tsunoda would go on to finish at the back end of the grid in P17.   This weekend proved that it is going to be a close championship battle between the remaining 3 within the title battle; Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen. Our next race weekend takes place in Las Vegas and has previously been a favourable track for the RedBull car. Can Verstappen make that work in his favour? The 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Mexico was definitely a mixed bag for the drivers, with some finding success over the weekend and others purely struggling to keep up.   From qualifying we knew it was going to be a tough ask for McLaren Driver, Oscar Piastri starting from P8. Our top 3 from Qualifying was Ferrari drivers Lewis Hamilton starting P3 and Charles Leclerc P2, whilst Lando Norris was starting on pole position. It was going to be a test for the top 10, with the conditions not necessarily working in all their favours. Your top 3 from Qualifying in Mexico City; Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton. With many drivers going off the track in the first corner, it was Norris leading from both Ferrari drivers, even with Leclerc going wide. Norris would later go on to win the race. This would be just ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc who was able to maintain that P2, with a very lucky Virtual Safety Car called on the second last lap. Finishing just behind Leclerc, was Max Verstappen. He would have really liked for a battle with the Ferrari driver, but it was just not meant to be that day. Lando Norris wins in Mexico alongside Charles Leclerc in P2 and Max Verstappen in P3. Lewis Hamilton was forced to finish P8, after receiving a 10 second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. It was an overall devastating result given how well he had gone in qualifying, and due to damage to the floor, it also impacted his result. It was also not the race for McLaren driver, Oscar Piastri who had difficulties with the start and was forced to remain behind the Mercedes duo for quite some time without making a dent into their pace. This hindered his opportunity to go for a podium result. Piastri would eventually have to settle for P5. Redbull almost had another weekend with double points, but unfortunately Yuki Tsunoda was forced to fall into P11, and just missing out on points opportunity again. Tsunoda has had a very on and off season, with some great highlights and some moments to forget. Has he started to warm up to the car, or is it too late for him? Redbull Driver Max Verstappen and Ferrari Driver Lewis Hamilton with a clash at the Mexican Grand Prix. The Mercedes duo had a quiet weekend, aside from George Russells various comments about needing to be switched as he was under threat from Piastri. They would go for a decent result, but probably not one they imagined, finishing P6 with Kimi Antonelli and P7 with George Russell.   Ahead of Piastri and officially matching the team’s best result of P4 was Oliver Bearman in the Haas. This was a very impressive result for the young driver, who we know has plenty of potential in the future. He was able to defend against a few hard hitters and maintained his position on track. A very great weekend overall for Haas as well with Esteban Ocon finishing in P9. It was a double points finish for this duo and a very exciting move in the championship as they move into P8.   Your final driver sitting in the top 10, was a very quiet Gabriel Bortoleto. It was not the result we expected, and he just managed to creep into the top 10. A very terrific drive for the young rookie, who we also know has lots of potential as seen in F2. His teammate, Nico Hulkenberg unfortunately was one of our DNFs from the race. A difficult result for Hulkenberg to deal with, given the car looked decent over the weekend. Nico Hulkenberg with an unfortunate ending to his race weekend in Mexico after losing all power to his car. Alex Albon was another driver with a decent result, although it was not points, it was the ability to drive their car in the way he did. After starting P17, it was only up for him, and he managed a decent P12 finish. His teammate, Carlos Sainz however was another driver who was forced to DNF, on the second last lap with an issue within the car. A baffling situation given he had almost finished the race.   In P13, was Isack Hadjar, and again he is another driver who has on and off weekends. We know he can perform and do well, but we have also seen some not-so-great results. A P13 finish is not too bad for Hadjar, with plenty of work and only up to go. As for Liam Lawson, he was another unfortunate DNF and with the controversy around the Marshals vs Lawson, he had a weekend that was not for the faint hearted. This was an interesting conversation with questions being thrown as to why they were on track at that point in time and asking why Lawson hadn’t slowed under double waved yellows. All we know is that we’re glad no drivers or marshals were injured. Liam Lawson with an incident involving Marshals on track ahead of him. Lance Stroll probably did not have the result he would have liked with a P14 finish. The Aston Martin has not been the strongest midfield car this season. Similarly, Fernando Alonso was our 4 th DNF after what appeared to be frustration from the veteran driver. Overall, a tough result for Aston Martin, especially if they are wanting to fight those around them in the championship battle.   Finally, your last two drivers, Alpine. Pierre Gasly finished in P15, whilst Franco Colapinto was P16. This team has had a season from driver changes to no performance in that car. It’s not a great season for Alpine but let’s hope for them to look better with the changes and upcoming new regulations in 2026.   Whilst we are still talking about a big Constructors battle, the Drivers’ Championship gets even closer, with Lando Norris retaking the lead by only 1 point. This is the point in which Piastri needs to pick up if he wants that championship for himself, or will Verstappen ruin McLaren's opportunity and go for a 5 th title?   We’ll have to wait and see, but for now the battle continues as we head to Brazil this weekend for the Brazilian Grand Prix. We know that weather is a big factor at Sao Paulo, what will it look like this year having seen some scary conditions, including thunderstorms that turn the daytime sky into night, or the wet conditions that no one can drive in. Be sure to watch this weekend, you won’t want to miss it! One of the many restarts for the 2024 Brazilian Grand Prix with weather causing all kinds of dramas.