Simona de Silvestro said she was encouraged by her 14th place in Sunday's Bathurst 1000.The Swiss, who will begin a three-year full-time Supercars Series program next year, was classified 14th in the Nissan Altima that she shared with Renee Gracie, an improvement on the 21st place that the pair achieved...

Simona de Silvestro will run a new livery for her second attempt at the Bathurst 1000 next month. The Swiss driver, who forms part of the 'Harvey Norman Supergirls' entry along with co-driver Renee Gracie, will carry the number 360 in deference to sponsor Nikon KeyMission 360; a new 360...

Former Verizon IndyCar Series and Formula E driver Simona De Silvestro will join the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship in 2017 after signing a three-year agreement, Supercars chief executive James Warburton said.The former Sauber Formula 1 test driver made her debut in the series in last year's Bathurst 1000, in a...

V8 Supercars champion Mark Winterbottom has backed the series' push to fund a full-time female driver, especially if it can attract someone of Formula E racer Simona de Silvestro's caliber.Swiss driver de Silvestro and local Renee Gracie (right to left, BELOW) became the first females to start the series' Bathurst...

V8 Supercar driver David Reynolds (LEFT) has been fined by the series for comments made in a press conference ahead of this weekend's Bathurst 1000, where he referred to the car driven by his female teammates as the "P***y wagon."Reynolds, who's known for his offbeat sense of humor, was docked...

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...