Mark Winterbottom believes Prodrive Racing Australia will have to make more progress on low-speed circuits if he is to successfully defend his V8 Supercars title.Winterbottom won his and the Ford squad's first championship last year, in his 12th full-time campaign. It came as PRA introduced its new FG X Falcon,...

Mercedes will not appear on the V8 Supercars grid this year, with the Erebus team announcing a switch to Walkinshaw Racing-built Holden Commodores.The squad purchased multiple title winner Stone Brothers Racing and switched from Ford to Mercedes in 2013, with E63 AMGs developed with input from the German manufacturer's sporting...

Red Bull Holden driver Craig Lowndes says the 2015 V8 Supercars title is Mark Winterbottom's to lose.Lowndes is seeking a fourth title - having won his third back in 1999 - and cut Ford pilot Winterbottom's advantage from 240 points to 179 during last weekend's event at Phillip Island, with...

Shane van Gisbergen and Jonathon Webb claimed a commanding victory for Tekno Autosports in the first race of the V8 Supercars Gold Coast 600 on the streets of Surfers Paradise.With the race started by the endurance co-drivers, Webb had converted van Gisbergen's pole position into a 13-second lead by the...

Russell Ingall will join Prodrive Racing Australia for the Gold Coast V8 Supercars event, as Chaz Mostert's injury replacement.The 2005 champion retired at the end of last year, but contested the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 with the Holden Racing Team, standing in for an injured James Courtney. Ingall will...

Audi's two-time DTM champion Mattias Ekstrom says he would have no hesitation in returning to Australia to contest the V8 Supercars Bathurst 1000 in the right circumstances.Ekstrom finished 10th in the 2013 race alongside British Touring Car Championship driver Andy Priaulx, then racing in the DTM with BMW. The pair...

Holden driver Craig Lowndes is not convinced V8 Supercars will eclipse the 300km/h barrier during this weekend's Bathurst 1000.Cars have traditionally hit the 7500rpm limiter on the long run down Conrod Straight, reaching a top speed in the vicinity of 295-298km/h (183-185mph). A new drop gear with a taller final...

Mark Winterbottom strengthened his V8 Supercars lead by winning the Sandown 500 alongside Steve Owen, heading Chaz Mostert and Cameron Waters in another one-two for Prodrive Racing Australia's Fords.The first leg of the championship's enduro triple-header had looked like it might be the scene of Jamie Whincup's title bid resurgence....

Formula E and IndyCar racer Simona de Silvestro will contest V8 Supercars' Bathurst 1000 in an all-female team.The Swiss driver is set to team up with Renee Gracie, a competitor in V8s' second-tier Dunlop Series, in an additional Ford entry from the Prodrive Racing Australia team that currently leads the...

Shane van Gisbergen will join Triple Eight in 2016, as the six-time V8 Supercars championship-winning team expands to field three cars.The 25-year-old New Zealander has completed a three-year deal to move from Tekno Autosports to partner Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes, who himself has signed a new two-year contract.Red Bull's...