Episodes
It was double trouble for the Supercars Championship Series, with Will Brown his first Supercars title while spearheading a Red Bull Ampol Racing one-two that left the squad dominating the Teams' Championship. And because it was the Adelaide 500, there was heaps happening. Turn 8 was tearing up cars again, and we think there is a simple fix or two to keep it challenging but to reduce the danger that left two drivers not well enough to race. Zach Bates locked down the Dunlop Super2 Series...
Published 11/19/24
This week’s Auto Action RevLimiter is all about looking forward. We are looking forward to the final round of the Supercars this weekend. We’re looking forward to the McLaren letting Oscar Piastri off the leash. We’re looking forward to return of Targa Tasmania… and really, we’re looking forward to more motorsport. But we also have to look backwards at the crowning of the three-time NASCAR Champ, a new Xfinity Series winner, the fastest drag strip in Australia and the new that Tickford is...
Published 11/12/24
Published 11/12/24
Max Verstappen likely sealed his fourth F1 World Championship with a storming drive from 17th on the grid to win a wet Brazilian Grand Prix. Lando Norris still has a mathematical chance, but that is it. Alpine also set up a $50m payday with dual podiums, elevating it a few spots on the constructors' battle. MotoGP has also experienced some weather events, with the deadly floods around Valencia forcing the final rounds of the series to find a new home. Jorge Martin is looking at his first...
Published 11/05/24
All the major motorsports championships around the world are closing in on their finals rounds, and all are trimming the contenders. Supercars and MotoGP are down to two, F1 is also maybe two but that is a stretch, and NASCAR still has eight… but only for one more week. So how did it all happen? We debrief Supercars on the Gold Coast and wins to Cam Waters and Brodie Kostecki, but a shocker to Chaz Mostert has left that title fight down to only Triple Eight teammates Will Brown and Broc...
Published 10/29/24
It is episode 42 for this year, which means we need to explore a little of life, the universe and everything. But we’ll start with the Ferrari one-two in Austin, Texas, and talk a little bit about the b******t penalty handed out to Lando Norris for being forced off the track by an out-of-control Max Verstappen – we tend to think he’s not out of talent; however, his race craft is pretty poor for a three-time world champion. Although he can winge better than most Poms. We chat briefly about...
Published 10/22/24
Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood dominated the 2024 Bathurst 1000 in the #1 Chiko Camaro. Kostecki was back to his brilliant best, and Hazelwood was the best of the co-drivers. Red Bull Ampol Racing filled the minor spots on the podium in the fastest ever Bathurst 1000, with only one Safety Car at a convenient, for some, 29 laps from home - or one full tank of fuel. Plenty of other stuff went down too. We have a little bit of other news in #NASCAR and #Sprintcars and the change to our...
Published 10/15/24
Join the Auto Action RevLimiter crew for the latest news and our preview of the Great Race. Who are the contenders? What does it take to win? And we're not shadowing anyone. Plus, there's all the news from #NASCAR to #MotoGP and a chat about Joey Mawson's three-year drug ban and how that appears excessive compared with other sports. All this and more on the latest episode of the ⁠⁠Auto Action RevLimiter⁠⁠. Check out ⁠⁠https://autoaction.com.au/ ⁠⁠for all the latest updates and dropping...
Published 10/08/24
This week on the Auto Action RevLimiter we reflect on the career of Daniel Ricciardo, who deserved a lot more respect than Red Bull showed him. We also look at Renault shutting down its engine program and what that may mean for the Alpine team. And what about the anti-trust? Does this all open the door for Andretti? What is happening with the Ford engines for Bathurst? When did we all go there for the first time, and what has changed since then, aside from many more potholes on the road?...
Published 10/01/24
Lando Norris has asked for the Jaws music after dominating the Singapore Grand Prix and closing the gap to Max Verstappen to only a fraction more than two race wins. The title hunt is alive, and with Oscar Piastri ready to take points off the reigning champ, it may only be a matter of races before Norris snatches the lead in the drivers' title, just as McLaren did to the constructors' championship last week… which is just as well, because there are only six races left now. We look at the...
Published 09/24/24
It is a news story more than 20 years in the making, but the largest vehicle manufacturer in the world, as opposed to the manufacturer of the largest vehicles in the world, has signed up to go Supercars racing. Toyota joins Australia’s largest motor racing series in 2026 with Walkinshaw Andretti United and one other yet-to-be-identified team for at least five seasons. But what does it really mean? Auto Action’s Bruce Williams was at the launch, and he dissected the meaning of life with...
Published 09/17/24
It is the Sandown 500 this weekend, and we have a good look at the driver pairings that matter and the co-drivers we really want to see. We even take a stab at who is going to win. And we’ve got plenty of news from the latest on #SaveSandown, #NASCAR, World Rally (#WRC), #Speedway and #MotoGP. All this and more on The Auto Action RevLimiter. https://autoaction.com.au/ https://www.revlimiter.com.au/
Published 09/10/24
Charles Leclerc stole the Italian Grand Prix from Oscar Piastri with a bold single-stop strategy, leaving the Tifosi in tears of joy, while Oscar showed a grumpy face of frustration. With Max Verstappen struggling, this world championship is well and truly alive. To understand it all, we brought our very own rookie – Reese Mautone - in for FP1, and she runs rings around Bruce and Andrew without hitting the wall. Andrew and Bruce talk about all the Supercars news, because Reese doesn't...
Published 09/03/24
In this edition of The Auto Action RevLimiter, we dig into Anton De Pasquale’s signing with Team 18, as revealed on the Auto Action website on Tuesday. In the game of falling dominoes, Anton’s move was triggered by the (rumoured) signing of Brodie Kostecki to his seat at Dick Johnson Racing. The last domino to fall belonged to Mark Winterbottom, and we’re not sure where we will see the former champ next year… although we doubt it will be Team 18. There is a slot left at PremiAir – and we...
Published 08/27/24
The Supercars were back in action at Symmons Plains in Tasmania, and the action was intense—even after the race with controversy spewing into Monday morning. Nick Percat was the Saturday winner for Chevrolet, and Cam Water was the Sunday winner for Ford. But who has rejected an offer to buy his team, and why? Plus, there's F1, IndyCar and NASCAR news and a rapid preview of this weekend. All this and more on The Auto Action RevLimiter. https://autoaction.com.au/
Published 08/20/24
In this episode of the Auto Action RevLimiter, we cover all the latest news, from Oscar Piastri's broken rib to Master Bates's ARC win in Gippsland and Kyle Larson proving his versatility again. This makes us ponder motorsport for the Olympics. Then we sort out Supercars race formats while previewing Symmons Plains this weekend. All this and more on The Auto Action RevLimiter Get all the latest news at Auto Action
Published 08/13/24
Australia is winning gold medals, and now it's loading up on Formula 1 drivers, with Jack Doohan's imminent elevation into the ranks. Doohan leads the news this week before we dig into Supercars. We have Silly Season, how to do the playoffs, the calendar and our mid-season reviews. And then we have the Auto Action Department of Youth before Bruce pulls out the whacking stick for a swipe at the boss of Supercars. All this and more. https://autoaction.com.au/ ...
Published 08/07/24
They say it was worn tyres, but wherever that 1.5kg went, it took George Russell's 2nd win this season and handed it to his teammate Lewis Hamilton, who was on a more conservative strategy. Oscar Piastri was second... but how does his season rate? We debrief every driver and every team and wonder why Carlos Sainz is going to Williams - what does he know? - and why Red Bull is sticking with Sergio Perez as the hapless Mexican hands ascendancy to McLaren. There's a little bit on the...
Published 07/30/24
In the latest edition of The Auto Action Rev Limiter Podcast, we dig deep into ‘our’ Oscar Piastri’s first F1 Grand Prix Win… and we say ‘our’ because he has been an Auto Action Columnist before the other motorsport media in Australia even knew his name. He is the 115th winner of a Grand Prix and the 5th Australian to do so. The side play was the petulance of Lando Norris and the dummy spitting tantrum of Max Verstappen, who didn’t like working for a living. We also digest Chaz Mostert’s...
Published 07/23/24
For the first time this year, there will be only one weekend break between Supercars rounds as we head to the Sydney SuperNight. But what does that mean for the circus, and why does racing under lights work so well? Plus, we've got news on IndyCars and wins for Scott McLaughlin and Will Power at the Iowa Speedway. There's also NASCAR and Xfinity, Goodwood, WEC, and even the European Le Mans Series to talk about. Then, we'll chat with Craig Lowndes about the Silverado he drove in the Finke...
Published 07/16/24
This is the Auto Action RevLimiter, where we cover all the news in the motorsport world, starting with Lewis Hamilton's tears-inducing win in England, his first in 945 days, and did the Poms go wild? But for Oscar Piastri, it is a story of what could have been, with McLaren buggering up his strategy and costing him a win and a podium. Still, at least he isn't Sergio Perez. The Supercars in Townsville were sensational. The Saturday race was easily the best in a long while. Cam Waters won...
Published 07/09/24
Get ready to rev up your engines with the latest episode of The Auto Action RevLimiter Edition 26 of 2024! 🏁  Join us as we dive into the heart-pumping action of the Austrian Grand Prix, where contact between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris set the stage for a nail-biting finish and put Max’s racing skills under the spotlight again as he crumbled under pressure. George Russell's came through for the win, from Oscar Piastri's whose charge was dulled by a Virtual Safety Car. But that's not all...
Published 07/02/24
On this episode of The Autro Action Rev Limiter, Andrew, Bruce, and PG break down the Betty Klimenko interview from the latest edition of Auto Action (AA1889), the reasons why she has finally spoken out—hint: she's sick of people making things up—and why things are the way they are. PS: Barry Ryan is still the CEO, in case you heard differently elsewhere. We've got all the latest news and plenty of F1 discussion.
Published 06/26/24
In this edition of The Auto Action RevLimiter, we spend a lot of time talking about the Supercars in Darwin… and it is mostly all good. James Golding was great, Broc Feeney was brilliant, Brodie Kostecki was back, and the Fords were slow. Plus, who wasn’t there, and why was only one absentee written about for a story? Was there a pretty weak attempt at public humiliation and revenge?   Also, in Supercars, we talk about the Perth street race and take a swipe at the naysayers who have been...
Published 06/18/24
Shane van Gisbergen has gone back-to-back with a win in Sonoma to follow on from his win the week before in Portland in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, while his antipodean mates – Will Brown and Cam Waters – had mixed debuts in the NASCAR Cup Series… but both showed enough to stay on the radar or the US teams looking for the next Giz? We hear one of them is even being chased by two teams. Max Verstappen was back on top in Formula 1 in Canada, but he had to work for this win in the rain as both...
Published 06/11/24