The intervention of the safety car late in the day, and the subsequent red flag, allowed the #37 Audi and the #75 Mercedes finish first and second in the Bathurst 12 Hours.
Jamie Whincup
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Audi Win Bathurst 12 Hours after Huge Crash Curtails Race Early
by Paul Hensbyby Paul HensbyThe timing of the final safety car period played into the hands of the #37 Audi Sport Team WRT squad as they took victory in the Bathurst 12 Hours.
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Thirteen time Grand Prix winner David Coulthard has taken his first Race of Champions crown after dominating all who came before him as the competition finished its island holiday in…
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Five-time MotoGP World Champion Mick Doohan will compete at the 2013 Race of Champions in Thailand. The Australian motorcycling legend, who has 50 Grand Prix wins to his name and…
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Four-time V8 Supercar champion Jamie Whincup will return to the Race of Champions this December in Bangkok, Thailand. Whincup, who currently leads the 2013 V8 Supercar championship by over 100…
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The TCF Team Pick – Moment Of The Year
by Team TCFby Team TCFA moment can change a race, decide a winner or even a champion. Or they can be seemingly incidental moments that some strike a chord and lodge in the memory. Of course the 2012 racing seasons have been full of these magical moments. Here the regular team of contributors for theCheckeredFlag.co.uk recount their selections for their ‘moment’ of the year.
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The TCF Team Pick – Team Of The Year
by Team TCFby Team TCF2012’s motorsport seasons have included several superb team performances. A manufacturer returning to a championship and immediately taking the title, another manufacturer going from debut to (almost) dominance in less…
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Romain Grosjean ended an up and down 2012 by taking a surprise victory in Thailand at the Race of Champions, winning his way past both Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher to avenge his Team France’s defeat to the Germans a day earlier.
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Team Germany eased to a superb sixth consecutive Race of Champions Nations’ Cup title, Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher winning every one of their races to continue their streak into the event’s debut in Thailand.
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Will Davison has rounded out the 2012 V8 Supercars season with victory in today’s final race of the Sydney Telstra 500.
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Craig Lowndes has moved into second in the V8 Supercar Championship standings after winning the first 250km race of the Sydney Telstra 500, with just one more race of the season to go.
Rapidly becoming the end of season curtain closer, the Race of Champions is back after a years absence and has reappeared in tropical climes as Bushy Park in Barbados plays host…
Symmons Plains in Tasmania played host to the second round of the 2013 V8 Supercars Championship and just four weeks after the Car of the Future made its racing debut at the Clipsal 500, there was another first for V8 Supercars, with the introduction of the all-new 60/60 sprint race format
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The TCF Team Pick – Driver Of The Year
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In the first of a series of articles welcoming in the new year the regular contributors to theCheckeredFlag.co.uk choose the drivers from around the world of motorsport who, for them, have stood out in the most recent 12 months. Selections include the man who was almost F1 champion, a pair of new FIA world champions and a driver described as the best product yet from the Playstation Nissan GT Academy.
The stage – and the field of drivers – is set for the Race of Champions debut in Thailand at the Rajamangala Stadium this weekend (December 14-16).
Jamie Whincup has won his fourth V8 Supercars title overcoming a pit-lane penalty to finish third at Winton, as his TeamVodafone team-mate Craig Lowndes claimed victory