The following teams and drivers competed in the 2014 series. Whincup celebrates after sydney 500 abandoned fox sports. Kiwi motorsport great signed thursday, 2 october 2014, 2. Fabulous news for nzgp and v8 supercars events scoop news.
Seats fill for expanded 2015 v8 supercars grid speedcafe. The 34year old swede arrives with several years of volvo s60 polestar racing experience and road car development, most recently finishing a hardfought and credible third place in the 20 scandinavian touring car. Norris has revealed he has ambitions to drive a real supercar. The 2014 season featured a new format for the dunlop series weekends.
The car gets built, it races with incremental updates over time as the sport evolves and cars get faster, then when the next bodyshape or model generation gets rolled out it either gets pushed to the back of the shop, sold off to a team in either of the supercars development series, or torn. His performances gained him the support of v8 supercars champion, james. Read more v8 supercars news and race results at news. The v8 supercar series returns to the most iconic piece of road in australia to contest. The 2014 international v8 supercars championship often simplified to the 2014 v8 supercars championship was an fia sanctioned international motor racing series for v8 supercars. Strap yourself in, hold on tight, and find out exactly what its like to be australias bestloved race driver. It is the twentyfourth running of the supercars championship and the twentyfourth series in which supercars have contested the australian touring car championship, the premier title in australian motorsport. It was always going to be hard for 2014s best cars to match the loaded 20 supercars with the laferrari, porsche 918 and mclaren p1 trifecta plus a host of other tremendous cars. At the top end and the clear winner for the year is the koenigsegg one. Jamie whincup won his sixth drivers championship, a series record. He won the australian v8 supercar series championship in 2003 and 2004 in 2006, ambrose relocated to the united states to pursue racing in nascar, starting with the camping world truck series.
Paul morris, a former v8 supercars driver, was codriver with mostert in that 2014 bathurst. Red bull f1 vs v8 supercar vs c63 amg 2014, melbourne australia duration. Renault dp world f1 team will field a dynamic lineup for the virtual. The australian touring car championship, presently known as the virgin australia supercars championship, is a motor racing competition open to australias premier touring car category. In december 2014, supercars released details concerning the future of the category. V8 supercars has set the grid for the 2014 championship with 25 entrants confirmed for the season opener, the clipsal 500, in adelaide from february 27 to march 2. The 2015 international v8 supercars championship often simplified to the 2015 v8 supercars championship was an fiasanctioned international auto racing series for v8 supercars. Driving a v8 supercar is a physical, physiological and emotional ordeal. Read the latest v8 supercars news and v8 race results including bathurst. Jamie whincup stands on his car and celebrates after he is presented with the 2014 v8 supercar championship trophy.
The 2020 supercars championship known for commercial reasons as the 2020 virgin australia supercars championship is a motor racing series for supercars. With the 2014 v8 supercar season off to a flying start, australian freelance motorsport journalist tom worsley brings us up to speed with whos gone where and what it means for this year. Each round of the series with the exception of bathurst featured two fortyminute races, rather than a range of tworace and threerace weekends. Alex buncombe, katsumasa chiyo and wolfgang reip to join nissan motorsport v8 supercar driver and twotime bathurst winner rick kelly. Volvo to enter v8 supercars in 2014 supercars autosport. The oceanic sim racing osr bathurst powered by iracing.
In april 2016, the series reached an agreement with virgin australia to rename the series to the virgin australia supercars championship on 1 july. A threetime v8 supercar champion, fourtime winner of the bathurst and recipient of the barry sheene medal two years in a row, craig is one of the most successful drivers in the history of australian motor racing. Christian lundgaard joined by v8 supercar driver for. V8 supercars stars line up for bathurst 12 hour speedcafe. They are also competing in the secondtier dunlop super2 series with ash walsh in the no. The category also adopted the name v8 supercars at this. Christian lundgaard joined by v8 supercar driver for official virtual. Longestablished operation garry rogers motorsport will become volvo polestar racing when it makes the. Christian lundgaard joined by v8 supercar driver for official virtual f1 race renault dp world f1 team will field a dynamic lineup for the virtual vietnam gp, the next instalment of the official virtual f1 race championship aimed at allowing formula 1 fans to continue watching racing throughout the current race postponements. Volvo polestar racing 2014 v8 supercars championship youtube.
Volvo reveals its v8 supercar engine but question marks remain over swedish brands 2014 driver lineup and sponsor volvo has confidently declared the engine powering its v8 supercars championship contender is on track to deliver competitive performance when it debuts in 2014. Triple eight race engineering won the teams championship for the fifth consecutive season. Madison down on iracings v8 supercars virtual racing. Not a bad effort for one of the oldest drivers on the grid, in a car with much less funding and development than those at the. Supercar performance, raucous v8 engines, and four doors. So two teams one with the fastest codriver in the field, one with the slowest headed to bathurst for an unlikely showdown. The end of the 2014 v8 supercars season is almost upon us, following a cracking and controversial bathurst that saw ford win for the second year in a. His team, triple eight race engineering, also retained the teams championship. These 5 sedans are v8powered supercars in disguise. Last weeks confirmation of lee holdsworths move to charlie. Volvo polestar racing v8 supercar driver lineup confirmed. Infobox motorsport championship v8 supercars is a touring car.
It was the nineteenth running of the v8 supercar championship series and the nineteenth series in which v8 supercars have contested the premier australian touring car title. Nissan global motorsport and performance division nismo confirms fourdriver lineup for the 2014 bathurst 12 hour. The cars all line up behind the safety vehicle with rain teeming down. Tom is no stranger to the series having grown up with it and has previously written for nz racer and is the former editor of.
News, video highlights, calendar, results and live timing from the virgin australia supercars championship, formerly the v8 supercars championship. Robert dahlgren to leave v8 supercars after sydney. V8 supercar legend whincup signs up for roc 2014 fivetime v8 supercar champion jamie whincup is the latest driver to join the lineup for the 2014 race of champions whincup has dominated australias most popular racing series in recent years and leads the. The v8 supercar transmission was designed to endure hightorque loads sustained in long endurance races, but the new 6060 super sprint format introduced for 20 means the drivers wont be able to let up at all like they might be able to over a longer race.
As the annual battle for the mountain approaches, which is the pinnacle race for the v8 supercar series at mount panorama in bathurst, all teams line up for the title of king of the mountain at this 56th great race. Matt stone racing is an australian racing team competing in the virgin australia supercars championship with two holden zb commodores. In 2014 warren was a multiple winner in carrera cup, finishing second and he. Ford is transforming our entire business from our product lineup to the consumer experience with major investments that meant we had to make difficult decisions such as not renewing our v8 supercars teams sponsorships after the 2015 season, he said. The team broke through to win the drivers and teams championships in 2008 and jamie whincup backed it up to take another drivers crown in 2009 before winning the last two in 2011 and 2012. He then moved to the uk where he worked with teams competing in formula 3. By driving it across the sydney harbour bridge under police escort, volvo polestar racing unveiled its 650horsepower volvo s60 that will debut in this years v8 supercars series. One of the support races for the clipsal 500 v8 supercar race in australia was a nissan showcase in the form of a time attack challenge. List of australian touring car and v8 supercar champions. The 2009 v8 supercar championship series was the thirteenth v8 supercar championship series and the thirteenth series in which v8 supercars have contested the premier australian touring car title. Walsh lines up for his first fulltime v8 supercars championship season after four years in the dunlop series.
Christian lundgaard joined by v8 supercar driver for official virtual f1 race 02. The 25 entrants, including the return of volvo to the sport with two volvo s60s, will be seen for the first time at the v8 supercars test day at sydney motorsport park. Mydrive volvo polestar racing v8 supercar driver lineup confirmed by garry rogers motorsport. Swedish driver robert dahlgren will partner rising kiwi star scott mclaughlin in the new factorybacked volvo polestar racing outfit in the 2014 v8 supercar championship. Swedish drivers linked with volvo v8 program polestar drivers dahlgren or ekblom could be in line for v8 supercar seat in 2014 a swedish driver could be part of the driving lineup for volvos 2014 attack on the v8 supercars championship with garry rogers motorsport. While in race mode, a drivers heart rate sits at around 170bpm. The makeup of the 2015 v8 supercars championship grid is edging towards completion ahead of next months initial entry deadline. The swedish drivers best result of the season came at more. Peter brocks last v8 supercar is up for sale a holden with history. Triple 8 has one of the best driver lineups in the field.
Marcos ambrose born 1 september 1976 is an australian former racing driver. The main goal is to get my v8 supercar nice and quick, but i certainly wouldnt rule it out because its a great event and itll be. Craig lowndes is australias favourite racing driver. Oceanic sim racing osr bathurst powered by iracing. When nissan entered the fray of v8 supercar racing they were the fifth manufacturer to enter a team in the series. Events such as the clipsal 500 in adelaide and bathurst result in the longest stints behind the wheel, at around two hours in duration. The 2014 dunlop series was an australian motor racing competition for v8 supercars. The deal, which was announced in june, will see volvo return to aussie tintop racing after an absence of more than a decade and marks the first entry into the category by a factory luxurycar team.
Eighteen drivers, including craig lowndes and scott mclaughlin, will lineup in adelaide with their 2014 teams. A drivers title has been awarded since 1960 and titles for teams and manufacturers are also currently awarded. In june 20, volvo announced it would enter the series in 2014 in a collaboration. The 2014 best supercars, exotics and best drivers cars were once again an impressive bunch. Boasting features such as driverswaps, a digital replica of the holden vf commodore which jamie whincup piloted to the 20 v8 supercar championship and 161 laps around an exact laserscanned replica of mount panorama. It began on 19 march at the clipsal 500 on the streets of adelaide and ended on 6 december at the homebush street circuit and consisted of 26 races over 14 events which were held in all states and. The highspeed world of a v8 supercar legend driver at. He moved up to the nationwide series in 2007, and later the sprint cup series in 2008. Australias most famous motor race, the bathurst, has contributed to the result of the. The volvo emblem and grille sash are set to adorn a pair of s60 v8 supercars in 2014. Ambrose opens up about nascar departure, plans for v8 race. Renault dp world f1 team will field a dynamic lineup for the virtual vietnam gp, the next instalment of. Volvo polestar racing driver robert dahlgrens last race in the v8 supercars championship will be next months season finale at sydney olympic park, with the team choosing a different direction for the 2015 season, with their driver lineup to be confirmed at a later date.
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