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Russian teenager Daniil Kvyat to replace Daniel Ricciardo at Toro Rosso
Russian teenager Daniil Kvyat will replace Red Bull-bound Australian Daniel Ricciardo at Toro Rosso for next season's Formula One campaign.
Motor sport
Lorenzo gets a lucky break amid pit chaos
Roje Adaimy Crazy and chaotic. That's how Jorge Lorenzo summed up his Australian Grand Prix victory on Sunday - his first in MotoGP at Phillip Island and one that has put him back within arm's reach of this year's title.
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Marquez mind snap a mystery
Mick Doohan Marc Marquez and his Honda team made a puzzling mistake at Phillip Island.
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Lorenzo wins Australian MotoGP, Marquez disqualified
Jorge Lorenzo wins at Phillip Island after championship leader Marc Marquez was excluded in dramatic race.
Motor Sport
Marquez pips Lorenzo in MotoGP warm-up
Marc Marquez has hit back at pole-sitter and championship rival --by posting the fastest lap during warm-up for Australian MotoGP.
Lorenzo goes on a flying lap
Roje Adaimy A wayward seagull failed to stop Jorge Lorenzo from smashing Casey Stoner's lap record at Phillip Island and securing pole position for Sunday's Australian Grand Prix.
Whincup applies heat but Frosty doesn't melt
Peter McKay That was an intense and enthralling denouement to the Bathurst 1000, with a handful of fast drivers taking it to the max until there were just two in a fight to the flag. Four-time Bathurst winner Jamie Whincup unrelentingly applied the blowtorch, as he can and does, including the mandatory last-lap lunge at the top of Mountain Straight. Mark Winterbottom took the heat, kept his head, drove centimetre-perfect to land a stunning maiden victory (and a third win for co-driver Steve Richards). It was also the first Bathurst triumph for his Ford Performance Racing Team, so often denied success by very public stuff-ups.
Motor Sport
Lorenzo gives rivals the bird with lap record
Matthew Clayton, Phillip Island Reigning champion takes his first pole position since May in dramatic qualifying session.
Motor sport
Marc Marquez suffers second Phillip Island MotoGP fall
Championship leader Marc Marquez has been rocked by another crash during practice for Sunday’s Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix.
Motor sport
Casey Stoner youngest to be recognised as a MotoGP legend
Just three days after his 28th birthday, Australia’s Casey Stoner is set to become the youngest rider ever to be recognised as a MotoGP legend.
Marc Marquez a banker for MotoGP world title, says Mick Doohan
Roje Adaimy Only a mechanical mishap or uncharacteristic mistake will stop Marc Marquez from becoming the youngest ever MotoGP world champion at Phillip Island on Sunday, according to five-time title winner Mick Doohan.
Motorsport
Sebastian Vettel will not lose again this season: Hamilton
Tom Cary Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton backs rival to win remaining four races of the season.
Mark Webber praises former 'nutcase' Romain Grosjean
A year after blasting Romain Grosjean as a "first-lap nutcase", Red Bull's Mark Webber doffed his cap to the Frenchman for almost denying him second place at Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix.
Motro sport
Super cool: FPR boosted by Frosty's maiden Bathurst win
MARK FOGARTY As stories of redemption go, Mark Winterbottom withstanding relentless pressure from V8 Supercars champion Jamie Whincup to finally win the Bathurst 1000 takes some beating.
Motor Sport
Arch-rivals do battle in classic Bathurst 1000
STEPHEN OTTLEY In a straight fight on Sunday, Winterbottom, FPR and Ford came out on top.
Motor Sport
Frosty conquers mountain, at last
MARK FOGARTY Mark Winterbottom withstands relentless pressure from Jamie Whincup to finally win Bathurst.
Motor Sport
High five for Vettel as he beats Webber
Matthew Clayton, Suzuka Sebastian Vettel becomes first driver in nine years to win five consecutive formula one races.
Motor Sport
Pedrosa claims victory in Malaysian GP
Sepang, Malaysia Spaniard wins after a hard-fought duel with MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez.
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The greatest races
ANDREW MACLEAN Andrew Maclean sorts the best from the rest, nominating the greatest race from each decade.
Motor sport
Sebastian Vettel claims fifth straight Formula One Grand Prix as Mark Webber finishes second
Matthew Clayton Sebastian Vettel has become the first driver to win five consecutive Formula One races in nine years, the German edging closer to a fourth straight world championship after a superbly-judged victory at the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka on Sunday.
Motor sport
Winterbottom wins Bathurst 1000
STEPHEN OTTLEY Victory doesn't taste much sweeter than this.
Motor Sport
Stoner loses battle with Bathurst
Return to Mount Panorama next year on the cards for two-time MotoGP world champion, but only in a 4WD towing a caravan.
Formula one
Maria de Villota's crash linked to death at 33
The family of former formula one test driver Maria de Villota say her sudden death on Friday was linked to the severe injuries she suffered in a crash last year.
Motor Sport
Webber flags early wins for successor
Matthew Clayton Only three Australians - Jack Brabham, Alan Jones and Mark Webber - have won grands prix.
Ambitious Webb takes the lead in a man's world
STEPHEN OTTLEY In a sport dominated by men, Kobe Webb stands out in a V8 Supercar garage. She's young, attractive and in charge.
Ford staying in the fast lane
MARK FOGARTY Ford will stay in V8 Supercars for at least another year after ending long-running speculation on the eve of Sunday's Bathurst 1000 that it would pull out at the end of this season.
Daniel Ricciardo: Old head on a young bull
Matthew Clayton If Daniel Ricciardo is under pressure after snaring F1's most coveted seat, he's not showing it, writes Matthew Clayton.
Team after triple treat
Peter McKay If the force is with any team in the 2013 Bathurst 1000 it is Triple Eight Race Engineering's Holden Commodores of Jamie Whincup/Paul Dumbrell, Craig Lowndes/Warren Luff and wildcard Andy Priaulx/Mattias Ekstrom. Defending V8 Supercars series champ Whincup leads the 2013 championship by 96 points from teammate Lowndes, a stat that suggests the squad is having another great year, not of total dominance, but surely one of regular success. The team's Red Bull-backed cars were one-two at the Sandown enduro last month. Triple Eight also knows how to win at Mount Panorama. Five of the past seven Bathurst 1000s have fallen to Whincup or Lowndes (or both in 2006/'07/'08 when they shared a car).
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New 'Godzillas' to do battle with Holden and Ford
MARK FOGARTY The last time a Ford or a Holden didn't win the Bathurst 1000, there were ugly scenes.
