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Hamilton booed after dramatic victory

SPIELBERG, AUSTRIA - JULY 03:  Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes and Great Britain wins the Formula One Grand Prix of Austria ...

Lewis Hamilton was booed on the podium after a last-lap collision with Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg handed the triple Formula One world champion a dramatic first Austrian Grand Prix victory.

Hamilton gets the cake as Rosberg blows it

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen (left), Mercedes driver winner Lewis Hamilton (centre) and Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen ...

Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel celebrated birthdays at the Austrian Grand Prix, but it was Lewis Hamilton who took the cake and a gift-wrapped win in a controversial end to an exciting race. 

Motor racing faces a track crisis

A cloud is hanging over Supercars

Top-level motor racing is facing a track crisis if marginal existing circuits and proposed new sites don't receive government assistance.

Motoring bodies sure that Sandown will close

Sandown Raceway is within the Sandown Park thoroughbred racing complex owned by the Melbourne Racing Club.

Motor sport authorities are convinced that the closure of Sandown is inevitable despite the Melbourne Racing Club's denials that the future of the combined horse and car racing complex has been decided.

Australian MotoGP gets boost from Miller

Shock victory: Jack Miller is sprayed with champagne by Marc Marquez after winning his maiden MotoGP race.

Jack Miller's stunning maiden MotoGP win this week could not have come at a better time for the sport in Australia and the Phillip Island round of the world championship. 

Miller goes from 'Jackass' to 'Jack Assen'

Shock victory: Jack Miller is sprayed in champagne by Marc Marquez after winning his maiden MotoGp race.

Australian Jack Miller celebrated a stunning first MotoGP victory on Sunday after rain and slippery conditions caused chaos at a stopped and re-started Dutch TT at Assen.

McLaughlin trades places to Penske

Scott McLaughlin will leave the Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo team at the end of this season.

Volvo V8 star Scott McLaughlin is to confirm his move to DJR Team Penske next year, in a multimillion-dollar switch that will trigger a scramble for the remaining vacancies.