FORMER Grand Prix racer Roberto Merhi will return for a second Aussie appearance in the S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship at AWC Race Tasmania. The Spaniard, 31, will drive a Garry Rogers Motorsport-prepared entry in the opening round of the 2023 championship on February 24-26. Merhi contested the two-round 2021 S5000 Tasman Series, finishing second overall and claiming a race win at Sydney Motorsport Park in the process. Merhi raced for the Manor Marussia Formula One team in the 2015 FIA Formula One World Championship, contesting 14 Grands Prix with the team. Prior to that he won the Formula 3 EuroSeries

The last Brabham grand prix car, the 1992 Brabham BT60B Judd, will make its first appearance in Adelaide at the 2023 Adelaide Motorsport Festival.  The BT60B was driven by Eric van de Poele, Giovanna Amati (the most recent female driver to have entered a grand prix) and future world champion Damon Hill over the course of the 1992 Formula 1 season.  Brabham folded following the 1992 Hungarian Grand Prix, meaning the team and the BT60B never made it to the season-ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide. The BT60B's appearance at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival will, therefore, be a fitting first

Another stunning chapter is set to be added to Mount Panorama's endurance racing history with the 2023 running of the Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour.  The seventh running of Australia's Easter Enduro has attracted a 66-strong final entry list, spread across the usual array of classes, makes and models. The 66 entries remain two more than the previous record grid for a Bathurst enduro, set at 64 cars in the 2017 running of the event. 63 cars started last year in a race that saw a stunning battle between Cameron Hill and Tim Slade in the closing stages, before BMWs

MATT McLean will join VERSA Motorsport to contest the 2023 S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship this year. The 26-year-old from Melbourne first tasted S5000s unique blend of horsepower, wings and slicks at the S5000 Open Evaluation test at The Bend last year, driving for Versa Motorsport and impressing with his instant pace. He enters S5000 with a wealth of V8-powered experience under his belt following two seasons contesting the Dunlop Super2 Series with Eggleston Motorsport. His Super2 highlights included a podium finish at Mount Panorama, 5th in the 2021 championship and claiming both the coveted Mike Cable Young Gun Award and

TWO-TIME Australian Drivers' Champion Joey Mawson will aim to join an elite group of racing legends when he returns to defend his crown once again in this year's S5000 season. The Sydneysider will aim for a three-peat of titles thanks to a new partnership between Mawson, 88Racing and major sponsor ACMFinance.com. Additionally, each round will feature an additional major brand supporting the team, to be released the week prior to each event. Mawson will drive the ACMFinance.com-supported 88Racing S5000 entry, which will be ably fielded by Team BRM this year. On learning Joey was available, the team went to work

KUMHO Tyres will return to support the V8 Touring Cars Series in 2023. To be known as the Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series, the longstanding supporter of Australian Motorsport will take over both naming rights sponsorship and the role as official control tyre supplier of the category this year. Kumho first supported the category on its foundation in 2008, taking over the title sponsorship in 2009. It held that position through to the conclusion of the 2019 season. 2023 marks the re-commencement of that longstanding relationship as V8 Touring Cars return to its original branding and joins the

Aaron Love’s maiden season for the Blanchard Racing Team (BRT) in the Supercars Super2 Series will come under the PETRONAS Lubricants banner, a brand synonymous with on-track success. Since 2018, CoolDrive Auto Parts has partnered with PETRONAS Lubricants to supply the leading products to the workshops of Australia, with the full range encompassing a diverse vehicle coverage and various pack sizes. The PETRONAS Syntium offering leverages 28 years of technical experience earned in Formula One, culminating in the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team claiming a remarkable eight constructor’s titles and seven driver’s championships since 2014. A product of Formula 4 and

The colour pink is coming to Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship with a newly formed partnership between BWT Australia, Courtney Prince and Porsche Centre Melbourne Motorsport. Alongside a new partnership with BWT Australia, Porsche Centre Melbourne have confirmed that Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Series front-runner Courtney Prince will join the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship for 2023 along with team drivers Nick McBride, Marc Cini and Matthew Belford. Prince started her motorsport career at the age of eight in go karts and went on to contest the Formula Ford National Series supported by the Sonic Motor

23-year-old Nic Carroll will make his debut in S5000 at AWC Race Tasmania ahead of a full season with Garry Rogers Motorsport in the Australian Drivers’ Championship. Carroll has not raced in open-wheel machinery since 2017 when he competed in the Australian Formula Ford Series. In recent years Carroll has moved up the ladder, with starts in the Toyota 86 Series, Super3 and Trans Am.After picking up a race win in the 2018 Toyota 86 Series, Carroll stepped up to the Super3 Championship where he earned five podiums and sixth place in the standings for Matt White Motorsport. Carroll returned