Starting off with the numbers for the Fords.

Falcon EB


First round:     1993 Amaroo Park
Last round:      1997 Oran Park
Main use:        1993-1994
Poles:           9
Race wins:       21
Round wins:      11
Championships:   1 (1993)
Most poles:      John Bowe (3)
Most race wins:  Glenn Seton (13)
Most round wins: Glenn Seton (7)

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Falcon EF


First round:     1995 Sandown
Last round:      1998 Calder Park
Main use:        1995-1996
Poles:           14
Race wins:       23
Round wins:      9
Championships:   1 (1995)
Most poles:      John Bowe (12)
Most race wins:  John Bowe (12)
Most round wins: John Bowe (5)

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Falcon EL


First round:     1997 Calder Park
Last round:      2001 Bathurst 1000
Main use:        1997-1998
Poles:           6
Race wins:       19
Round wins:      4
Championships:   1 (1997)
Most poles:      John Bowe (3)
Most race wins:  Glenn Seton (11)
Most round wins: Glenn Seton, John Bowe (2)

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Falcon AU


First round:     1999 Eastern Creek
Last round:      2004 Eastern Creek 2
Main use:        1999-2002
Poles:           22
Race wins:       23
Round wins:      8
Championships:   0
Most poles:      Marcos Ambrose (8 )
Most race wins:  Paul Radisich (8 )
Most round wins: Paul Radisich (3)

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Falcon BA


First round:     2003 Adelaide 500
Last round:      2006 Phillip Island
Main use:        2003-2006
Poles:           18
Race wins:       51
Round wins:      29
Championships:   3 (2003, 2004, 2005)
Most poles:      Marcos Ambrose (10)
Most race wins:  Marcos Ambrose (25)
Most round wins: Marcos Ambrose (13)

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Falcon BF


First round:     2007 Adelaide 500
Last round:      2010 Bathurst 1000
Main use:        2007-2008
Poles:           16
Race wins:       39
Round wins:      16
Championships:   1 (2008)
Most poles:      Mark Winterbottom (7)
Most race wins:  Jamie Whincup (20)
Most round wins: Jamie Whincup (10)

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Falcon FG


First round:     2009 Adelaide 500
Last round:      2015 Adelaide 500
Main use:        2009-2014
Poles:           55
Race wins:       55
Round wins:      29
Championships:   2 (2009, 2010)
Most poles:      Mark Winterbottom (22)
Most race wins:  Mark Winterbottom (16)
Most round wins: Mark Winterbottom (11)

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Falcon FG X


First round:     2015 Adelaide 500
Last round:      2018 Newcastle 500
Main use:        2015-2018
Poles:           61
Race wins:       45
Round wins:      19
Championships:   2 (2015, 2018)
Most poles:      Scott McLaughlin (29)
Most race wins:  Scott McLaughlin (17)
Most round wins: Scott McLaughlin (6)

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Mustang GT


First round:     2019 Adelaide 500
Last round:      2022 Adelaide 500
Main use:        2019-2022
Poles:           82
Race wins:       54
Round wins:      21
Championships:   2 (2019, 2020)
Most poles:      Scott McLaughlin (30)
Most race wins:  Scott McLaughlin (31)
Most round wins: Scott McLaughlin (13)

From 2013 to 2022, there were 136 rounds and 320 races, with 320 pole positions awarded. 28 drivers scored a pole position, 32 drivers scored a round win, 36 drivers scored a race win and 55 drivers finished a race inside the top three.

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Drivers (top 10 for each)
Pole positions
McLaughlin    76
Whincup       54
Van Gisbergen 44
Mostert       23
Waters        19
De Pasquale   15
W.Davison     14
Reynolds      14
Lowndes       12
Winterbottom  11

Race wins
Van Gisbergen 73
Whincup       60
McLaughlin    56
Lowndes       21
Mostert       21
Winterbottom  18
Coulthard     13
De Pasquale    8
Waters         8
W.Davison      8

Round wins
Van Gisbergen 36
McLaughlin    21
Whincup       21
Winterbottom  10
Mostert       10
Lowndes        9
Coulthard      7
Tander         5
Courtney       4
Dumbrell       4
Reynolds       4

Top three race finishes
Van Gisbergen 148
Whincup       145
McLaughlin    106
Mostert        81
Lowndes        65
Coulthard      60
Winterbottom   53
Waters         42
W.Davison      39
Reynolds       38

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Teams (top 5 for each)
Pole positions
Triple Eight Race Engineering 101
Dick Johnson Racing            89
Tickford Racing                46
Garry Rogers Motorsport        17
Brad Jones Racing              17

Race wins
Triple Eight Race Engineering 144
Dick Johnson Racing            67
Tickford Racing                38
Walkinshaw Andretti United     19
Brad Jones Racing              12

Round wins
Triple Eight Race Engineering 62
Dick Johnson Racing           28
Tickford Racing               18
Walkinshaw Andretti United     9
Tekno Autosports               7

From 2003 to 2012, there were 137 rounds and 296 races, with 188 pole positions awarded. 25 drivers scored a pole position, 24 drivers scored a round win, 31 drivers scored a race win and 56 drivers finished a race inside the top three.

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Drivers (top 10 for each)
Pole positions
Whincup      38
Tander       26
Winterbottom 25
Lowndes      17
W.Davison    14
Skaife       13
Ambrose      10
R.Kelly       7
T.Kelly       6
S.Richards    6
Murphy        6

Race wins
Whincup      64
Tander       46
Lowndes      38
Ambrose      25
Skaife       25
Winterbottom 20
T.Kelly      16
W.Davison    14
R.Kelly      12
Bright       11

Round wins
Whincup      34
Lowndes      26
Tander       15
Ambrose      13
Winterbottom 10
Skaife        9
W.Davison     8
T.Kelly       7
R.Kelly       6
Murphy        5

Top three race finishes
Whincup      122
Lowndes      107
Tander        99
Winterbottom  91
Skaife        55
R.Kelly       50
Ambrose       45
T.Kelly       43
W.Davison     42
Bright        40

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Teams (top 5 for each)
Pole positions
Triple Eight Race Engineering 54
Ford Performance Racing       41
Holden Racing Team            39
HSV Dealer Team               16
Stone Brothers Racing         14

Race wins
Triple Eight Race Engineering 97
Holden Racing Team            57
HSV Dealer Team               39
Ford Performance Racing       35
Stone Brothers Racing         34

Round wins
Triple Eight Race Engineering 55
Holden Racing Team            20
Stone Brothers Racing         19
Ford Performance Racing       16
HSV Dealer Team               14

From 1993 to 2002, there were 111 rounds and 272 races for the V8s, with 111 pole positions awarded. 19 drivers scored a pole position, 23 drivers scored a round win, 27 drivers scored a race win and 35 drivers finished a race inside the top three.

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Drivers (top 10 for each)
Pole positions
Skaife    24
Bowe      19
Lowndes   14
Brock      8
Seton      8
Ambrose    8
Murphy     7
Bright     5
D.Johnson  3
Tander     3

Race wins
Skaife      55
Lowndes     51
Seton       35
Bowe        21
Ingall      21
Murphy      18
Brock       10
L.Perkins    8
Radisich     8
Bargwanna    7

Round wins
Skaife      26
Lowndes     17
Seton       13
Bowe         8
Ingall       8
Murphy       6
L.Perkins    4
Tander       4
Bargwanna    4
Bright       4

Top three race finishes
Skaife  124
Lowndes  94
Seton    86
Bowe     64
Ingall   61
Brock    50
Murphy   45
Bright   38
Perkins  35
Tander   29

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Teams (top 5 for each)
Pole positions
Holden Racing Team    45
Dick Johnson Racing   24
Stone Brothers Racing 12
Glenn Seton Racing    11
Gibson Motorsport      7

Race wins
Holden Racing Team  113
Glenn Seton Racing   40
Dick Johnson Racing  34
Perkins Motorsport   28
Gibson Motorsport    20

Round wins
Holden Racing Team  46
Glenn Seton Racing  16
Dick Johnson Racing 12
Perkins Motorsport  11
Gibson Motorsport   10

With the introduction of the 5.4- and 5.7-litre engines next year, it means we say goodbye to the 5-litre V8s that have been the identity of the championship for so long. I thought it would be cool to look back at the numbers for this era. These statistics relate to all ATCC and Supercars championship races from 1993 to 2022. They exclude the 2-litre heat at Amaroo in 1993.

There were 384 rounds held, not including the cancelled Grand Prix in 2020, and 888 races (what a coincidence!). Two of those races featured no result (2018 Gold Coast and 2021 Sydney) while a further five planned races were cancelled: Race 3 at Calder in 1998 and the four races at the Grand Prix in 2020. There were 619 pole positions awarded, including the two qualifying sessions at the Grand Prix in 2020.

56 drivers scored a round win, 65 drivers scored a race win, and 99 drivers finished in the top three in a race. 51 drivers scored a pole position.

There were a few surprises while adding these numbers up; probably the big one for me was the pole positions, with Skaife remaining in the top five despite only driving full-time when there was one qualifying session per weekend, and Bowe staying in the top ten despite taking his final pole in 1999!

I will be posting more threads in the Nostalgia section; one for each of the periods 1993-2002, 2003-2012 and 2013-2022, and one for all of the models of car that were represented on the track.

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Drivers (top 20 for each)
Pole positions
Whincup       92
McLaughlin    76
Van Gisbergen 45
Lowndes       43
Skaife        37
Winterbottom  36
Tander        30
W.Davison     28
Mostert       23
Bowe          19
Waters        19
Ambrose       18
Bright        17
Reynolds      15
De Pasquale   15
Murphy        13
Courtney      10
R.Kelly       10
Coulthard      9
Brock          8
Seton          8

Race wins
Whincup       124
Lowndes       110
Skaife         80
Van Gisbergen  75
Tander         57
McLaughlin     56
Winterbottom   38
Seton          35
Ambrose        28
Murphy         28
Ingall         27
W.Davison      22
Bowe           21
Mostert        21
Bright         20
T.Kelly        19
Courtney       15
R.Kelly        13
Coulthard      13
Brock          10
S.Richards     10

Round wins
Whincup       55
Lowndes       52
Van Gisbergen 38
Skaife        35
Tander        24
McLaughlin    21
Winterbottom  20
Ambrose       15
Seton         13
Ingall        12
Murphy        11
W.Davison     10
Mostert       10
Bright         9
S.Richards     9
Bowe           8
T.Kelly        8
Courtney       7
Coulthard      7
R.Kelly        6

Top three race finishes
Whincup       267
Lowndes       266
Skaife        179
Van Gisbergen 167
Tander        155
Winterbottom  144
McLaughlin    106
Ingall         91
Seton          89
Bright         88
W.Davison      81
Mostert        81
Murphy         77
Courtney       73
Bowe           65
Ambrose        65
Coulthard      61
S.Richards     60
R.Kelly        59
T.Kelly        58

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Teams (top 10 for each)
Pole positions
Triple Eight Race Engineering 155
Dick Johnson Racing           115
Walkinshaw Andretti United     95
Tickford Racing                87
Stone Brothers Racing          26
Garry Rogers Motorsport        25
HSV Dealer Team                19
Brad Jones Racing              18
Rod Nash Racing                15
Glenn Seton Racing             11

Race wins
Triple Eight Race Engineering 241
Walkinshaw Andretti United    189
Dick Johnson Racing           111
Tickford Racing                73
HSV Dealer Team                50
Glenn Seton Racing             40
Stone Brothers Racing          40
Perkins Motorsport             31
Garry Rogers Motorsport        23
Gibson Motorsport              20

Round wins
Triple Eight Race Engineering 117
Walkinshaw Andretti United     75
Dick Johnson Racing            44
Tickford Racing                34
Stone Brothers Racing          23
HSV Dealer Team                17
Glenn Seton Racing             16
Perkins Motorsport             13
Garry Rogers Motorsport        12
Gibson Motorsport              10

A return to early February, the return of the Pro class...looking forward to the 12 Hour getting back to its prime. Manthey and WRT have confirmed their entries, looking forward to see which other international teams will make the trip next year.

Reports that Valentino Rossi might drive one of the WRT BMWs; that would be huge!

Updated to end of season

Drivers
Pole positions
Waters        10
Davison        9
Van Gisbergen  7
De Pasquale    4
Reynolds       2
B.Kostecki     1
Best           1

Front row starts (1st/2nd)
Davison       16   (9/7)
Waters        15   (10/5)
Van Gisbergen 14   (7/7)
De Pasquale   11   (4/7)
Reynolds       4   (2/2)
Feeney         2   (0/2)
B.Kostecki     1   (1/0)
Le Brocq       1   (0/1)
Best           1   (1/0)
Randle         1   (0/1)
Holdsworth     1   (0/1)
Pye            1   (0/1)

Race wins
Van Gisbergen 21
Mostert        5
Waters         3
Davison        3
De Pasquale    1
Tander         1
Feeney         1

Race podiums (1st/2nd/3rd)
Van Gisbergen 27   (21/3/3)
Waters        14   (3/3/8)
Mostert       14   (5/6/3)
Davison       14   (3/9/2)
De Pasquale   11   (1/5/5)
Reynolds       7   (0/3/4)
Heimgartner    4   (0/1/3)
Courtney       3   (0/1/2)
Feeney         3   (1/1/1)
B.Kostecki     2   (0/1/1)
Holdsworth     1   (0/0/1)
Brown          1   (0/0/1)
Tander         1   (1/0/0)
Coulthard      1   (0/1/0)
Moffat         1   (0/0/1)
Percat         1   (0/1/0)

Fastest laps (counted for points)
Van Gisbergen 17 (14)
Reynolds       3 (2)
Davison        3 (2)
Heimgartner    2 (1)
Feeney         2 (1)
Brown          1
Pye            1
Hazelwood      1 (1)
Courtney       1 (1)
Holdsworth     1 (1)
Reynolds       1
Mostert        1

Round wins
Van Gisbergen 9   (SYM, MEL, WAN, TOW, TAI, SAN, PUK, BAT, GLD)
Mostert       1   (SMP)
Waters        1   (WIN)
De Pasquale   1   (HID)
Tander        1   (BAT)
Feeney        1   (ADE)

Laps led
Van Gisbergen 640/1679
Waters        223
Davison       167
De Pasquale   146
Mostert       113
Feeney         67
Slade          62
Reynolds       52
B.Kostecki     39
Holdsworth     36

Qualifying average
De Pasquale    4.50
Waters         4.82
Van Gisbergen  5.12
Davison        5.35
Feeney         8.00
Mostert        8.35
Reynolds       8.82
Heimgartner   10.41
B.Kostecki    12.15
Courtney      12.29

Race average (DNF/DSQ excluded)
Van Gisbergen  3.53
Waters         5.94
De Pasquale    6.69
Mostert        6.82
Davison        7.06
Feeney         7.88
Reynolds       9.03
Heimgartner    9.21
Pye           11.08
Slade         11.70

Round results (top ten only)
Pos.       SMP       SYM       MEL       WAN       WIN       HID       TOW
1st   MOS 279   VAN 310   VAN 241   VAN 284   WAT 292   DEP 272   VAN 300
2nd   DEP 267   DEP 228   MOS 224   DEP 264   VAN 289   DAV 269   WAT 258
3rd   VAN 252   FEE 226   SLA 213   DAV 254   REY 257   WAT 250   DEP 240
----   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------
4th   BKO 249   DAV 224   REY 202   WAT 230   HOL 222   HEI 210   DAV 234
5th   DAV 216   REY 194   DAV 182   COU 220   HEI 206   VAN 205   HEI 204
6th   WAT 192   WAT 190   BKO 166   HEI 199   MOS 202   WIN 194   FEE 198
7th   BRO 186   HAZ 178   DEP 164   REY 196   DEP 172   FEE 172   MOS 195
8th   HEI 174   PYE 172   JAC 162   FEE 182   FEE 162   MOS 160   SLA 180
9th   SLA 168   WIN 166   PER 161   HAZ 168   BRO 158   JKO 156   JCO 165
10th   FEE 156   JCO 162   FEE 161   BKO 156   BKO 156   LEB 156   LEB 141

Pos.       TAI       SAN       PUK       BAT       GLD       ADE
1st   VAN 315   VAN 297   VAN 289    97 300   VAN 300   FEE 240
2nd   WAT 252   DAV 237   WAT 264    25 276   MOS 267   MOS 288
3rd   MOS 238   MOS 224   HEI 246     6 258   REY 258   DEP 192
----   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------
4th   DAV 216   BRO 214   MOS 240    99 240   DAV 249   WAT 186
5th   FEE 206   PYE 202   DAV 206    88 222   BKO 207   HEI 195
6th   DEP 194   WAT 190   FEE 204    10 204   WAT 207   BRO 141
7th   BKO 176   FEE 185   PYE 190   100 192   WIN 186   VAN 141
8th   JCO 174   REY 182   REY 180   888 180   SLA 147   BKO 210
9th   BRO 162   WIN 180   PER 158    14 168   JCO 144   HOL 162
10th   REY 146   DEP 170   DEP 142     9 156   PIT 141   GOL  78

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Teams
Pole positions
DJR 13
TR  11
888  7
GR   2
EMS  1

Front row starts (1st/2nd)
DJR 27   (13/14)
TR  17   (11/6)
888 16   (7/9)
GR   5   (2/3)
EMS  1   (1/0)
MSR  1   (0/1)
T18  1   (0/1)

Race wins
888 22
WAU  5
DJR  4
TR   3

Race podiums (1st/2nd/3rd)
888 30   (22/4/4)
DJR 25   (4/14/7)
TR  17   (3/4/10)
WAU 15   (5/7/3)
GR   8   (0/3/5)
BJR  4   (0/1/3)
EMS  3   (0/1/2)

Fastest laps
888 19
GR   5
DJR  3
BJR  2
EMS  1
T18  1
MSR  1
TR   1
WAU  1

Round wins
888 10   (SYM, MEL, WAN, TOW, TAI, SAN, PUK, BAT, GLD, ADE
WAU  1   (SMP)
TR   1   (WIN)
DJR  1   (HID)

Laps led
888 710/1679
DJR 313
TR  269
WAU 120
GR   88
BRT  62
EMS  48
BJR  38
MSR  21
PAR   7
T18   3

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Manufacturers
Pole positions
Ford   26
Holden  8

Front row starts (1st/2nd)
Ford   49   (26/23)
Holden 19   (8/11)

Race wins
Holden 27
Ford    7

Race podiums (1st/2nd/3rd)
Holden 52   (27/13/12)
Ford   50   (7/21/22)

Fastest laps
Holden 25
Ford    9

Round wins
Holden 11  (SMP, SYM, MEL, WAN, TOW, TAI, SAN, PUK, BAT, GLD, ADE)
Ford    2  (WIN, HID)

Laps led
Holden 947/1679
Ford   732

A good showing by the Aussies and Kiwis, with Hartley taking outright victory for Toyota and Briscoe finishing third for Glickenhaus. James Allen's car won the Pro-Am subclass of LMP2. SVG's Ferrari finished fifth in GTE Pro but was way off the pace, while Nick Cassidy was sixth in GTE Am while Matt Campbell's car was 16th after various issues during the race.

Another easy win for Toyota in the outright stakes. Any chance of a good race between the two was gone when the #7 needed a reset about two-thirds of the way through. Glickenhaus were solid - the #708 almost had the fastest lap of the race - but couldn't consistently maintain the pace of the Toyotas, finishing five laps down with the #709. Alpine had a shocker, finishing 23rd outright after clutch issues early and a crash later in the race. The BOP was a bit of a joke; the Alpine had 16hp taken away after qualifying despite being half a second slower than the Toyotas, and as a result they were struggling to make their way through the LMP2 field in the race. Their fastest race lap was three seconds off the pace.

LMP2 was dominated by Jota. The #38 took the lead in the first hour IIRC and held it to the finish, winning the class by over two minutes. Prema finished second in their Le Mans debut with the other Jota car in third. Penske finished fifth in what was a preparation run of sorts before combining with Porsche for next year. A story I followed during the race was the progress of United Autosports #22; they were pushed into the gravel at turn one on lap one, losing multiple laps, and recovered to finish 10th out of 27 in class.

Ferrari were dudded by BOP in the GTE classes. It was shaping up to be a Porsche-Corvette battle for GTE Pro before three of their four cars had issues; both Corvettes retired from the race, one with brake issues and one taken out by an LMP2, while the leading Porsche had a tyre delamination on the run out of Mulsanne corner. The remaining Porsche took the Pro win ahead of the two AF Corse Ferraris. The #51 Ferrari did hold a small lead with a few hours to go but had a slow puncture, though I don't think it had the pace to hold off the Porsche anyway. SVG's crew had a lonely run to fifth in class.

GTE Am was a battle between Aston Martin and Porsche, with the #33 Aston gaining a crucial advantage by being one queue in front when the actual safety cars came out for the only time. The all-female Iron Dames team did well, finishing 7th in class.

Three days until opening practice for the 2022 season.

With the rain set to continue all of this week and into next week, how much racing will we actually see this weekend?

It's going to be a big month at Bathurst with the 6 Hour at Easter and the 12 Hour four weeks later! Very much looking forward to that period of this year.

The 6 Hour received 88 entries for this year which was whittled down to 70 starters. The entry list is still to be released.
https://bathurst6hour.com.au/2021/12/14/bathurst-6-hour-field-locked-at-70/

Marcos Ambrose will make a one-off return to driving, teaming up with George Miedecke in a GRM-built Mustang.
https://bathurst6hour.com.au/2022/02/18/ambrose-and-miedecke-to-tackle-bathurst-6-hour-in-2022/

Thread for all MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3 and MotoE discussion this year.

The KTM liveries have been revealed, which includes Gardner's bike. Remy suffered a wrist injury in a motocross incident a couple of weeks ago but should be good for the Rookie Test and official tests starting this week.

https://www.speedcafe.com/2022/01/27/ktm-unveils-2022-motogp-livery/

Marquez has also been cleared to take part in the official tests. He has been suffering from double vision since his own motocross crash last October but has ridden again in the last couple of weeks.

Dovizioso is back full-time with the RNF Yamaha team, having replaced Morbidelli at SRT last year when Morbidelli took Vinales' place in the factory team.

I thought that the guy deserves his own thread.

2019 Formula Renault Eurocup champion. 2020 FIA Formula 3 champion. 2021 FIA Formula 2 champion. First driver since Charles Leclerc to take five straight pole positions in F2. He has comfortably secured the F2 title this year against drivers who have had a couple of seasons of experience.

He will be reserve driver for Alpine next year; hopefully he gets a race seat in 2023!

A while ago I came across this cool graphic featuring famous race circuits of the world, drawn to scale:
https://www.carthrottle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/race-tracks-to-scale-2.jpg

Since then I have wanted to make an Australian version. I wanted to see if anyone on here had any thoughts on which circuits should be included. My current list is below; it includes all circuits that have hosted the Australian Grand Prix and all ATCC and Supercars Championship circuits. The extras which are neither Grand Prix nor ATCC circuits are Catalina, Mount Druitt, Wakefield Park, Morgan Park, Baskerville, Aspendale and Hume Weir.

There are so many more Australian circuits in history (see http://theracingline.net/racingcircuits/Australia/index.html). Does anyone think other circuits deserve to be drawn up? I am also considering whether to include well-known hill climbs, speedways and even places like Lang Lang.

ACT
Canberra

NSW
Amaroo Park
Catalina
Gnoo Blas
Mount Druitt
Mount Panorama
Newcastle
Olympic Park
Oran Park
Sydney Motorsport Park
Wakefield Park
Warwick Farm

NT
Hidden Valley

QLD
Gold Coast
Lakeside
Leyburn
Lowood
Morgan Park
QLD Raceway
Southport
Surfers Paradise
Townsville

SA
Adelaide International
Adelaide Parklands
Lobethal
Mallala
Nuriootpa
Port Wakefield
Tailem Bend
Victor Harbor

TAS
Baskerville
Longford
Symmons Plains

VIC
Albert Park
Aspendale
Calder (w/ Thunderdome)
Hume Weir
Phillip Island (GP circuit)
Phillip Island (road circuit)
Point Cook
Sandown
Winton

WA
Caversham
Narrogin
Wanneroo

The 12 Hour has finalised its date for 2022, after the original date clashed with the 12 Hours of Sebring.
https://www.bathurst12hour.com.au/news/liqui-moly-bathurst-12-hour-confirmed-to-return-on-new-date-in-2022/

The question now is how many of the international entrants will want, or indeed be allowed, to come over here for the event.

I've been reflecting on what an awesome year it has been for Australians and New Zealanders racing internationally in 2021.

Starting with F1, F2 and F3, we had Ricciardo win the Italian Grand Prix and take McLaren's first F1 victory since 2012. Oscar Piastri currently leads F2 with two rounds to go and has been announced as Alpine's reserve driver for 2022. Liam Lawson won a race and has been quick but unlucky and Marcus Armstrong also scored a podium. Jack Doohan took four wins in F3 to be runner-up in the title and Calan Williams scored a podium.

Moving to MotoGP, Jack Miller had his best season yet with two wins and fourth in the standings, though did make a lot of errors along the way. Remy Gardner secured the Moto2 title on the weekend after a season-long battle with his teammate.

Dixon was strong as always in IndyCar while Power managed to get a win in a difficult season. McLaughlin got a podium in his rookie season and walked away with both the Indy 500 and IndyCar Rookie of the Year awards.

Brendon Hartley, along with Buemi and Nakajima, finished runners-up both at Le Mans and in the WEC. Matt Campbell and Jaxon Evans combined with Christian Ried to finish third in the WEC's GTE Am standings and tenth overall in GTE. James Allen finished third in LMP2 at Le Mans.

Lawson and Evans were on double duty; Lawson really should have won the DTM title this year but finished runner-up following a controversial final round, while Evans finished runner-up in Porsche Supercup.

Molly Taylor leads the new Extreme E championship with one round remaining, while Caitlin Wood scored a top five finish at Spa in the W Series.

I'm sure I've missed some drivers in categories I don't follow, but our part of the world has certainly been well represented this year!

With Guanyu Zhou having some bad luck this weekend at Silverstone, Oscar Piastri has taken the series lead, helped by taking the bonus points for pole and the fastest lap in each Sprint. Starting from the front of the grid for the feature race this evening!

Fantastic job in his rookie season.

The official release of the 2022 F1 car took place overnight:
https://www.speedcafe.com/2021/07/16/gallery-formula-1-showcases-2022-design/?image=0

To me it looks huge in the shot with the drivers. I think one thing F1 needs is smaller, lighter cars.

Updated - Bathurst 1000

Drivers
Pole positions
De Pasquale   11
Van Gisbergen  6
Waters         4
Whincup        3
Davison        2
Mostert        2
Heimgartner    1
Brown          1
Percat         1

Front row starts (1st/2nd)
Van Gisbergen 14   (6/8)
De Pasquale   13   (11/2)
Whincup       11   (3/8)
Waters         8   (4/4)
Davison        5   (2/3)
Mostert        4   (2/2)
Brown          3   (1/2)
Slade          1   (0/1)
Heimgartner    1   (1/0)
Winterbottom   1   (0/1)
Percat         1   (1/0)

Race wins
Van Gisbergen 14
De Pasquale    6
Waters         3
Mostert        3
Whincup        2
Heimgartner    1
Brown          1
Holdsworth     1

Race podiums (1st/2nd/3rd)
Van Gisbergen 23   (14/6/3)
Whincup       15   (2/8/5)
De Pasquale   13   (6/3/4)
Davison       10   (0/4/6)
Mostert        9   (3/2/4)
Waters         9   (3/5/1)
Brown          3   (1/1/1)
B.Kostecki     3   (0/1/2)
Percat         2   (0/0/2)
Reynolds       1   (0/0/1)
Heimgartner    1   (1/0/0)
Courtney       1   (0/0/1)
Holdsworth     1   (1/0/0)
Moffat         1   (0/1/0)
Russell        1   (0/0/1)

Fastest laps
Mostert       9
Van Gisbergen 6
Whincup       4
Waters        3
De Pasquale   3
Brown         2
B.Kostecki    1
Pye           1
Slade         1

Round wins
Van Gisbergen 7   (BAT1, SAN, TAI, TOW1, TOW2, SMP1, SMP4)
De Pasquale   2   (SMP2, SMP3)
Mostert       2   (HID, BAT2)
Whincup       1   (SYM)
Holdsworth    1   (BAT1)

Laps led (1302 total, includes co-driver laps)
Van Gisbergen 391
Whincup       225
Waters        183
De Pasquale   171
Mostert       164
Brown          30
Davison        19
Percat         17
Heimgartner    17
Coulthard      16
Pye            15
Courtney        9
B.Kostecki      8
Slade           7
Fullwood        7
Reynolds        7
Jacobson        5
J.Kostecki      4
Hazelwood       3
Winterbottom    2
Jones           1
Le Brocq        1

Round results
Pos.       BAT       SAN       SYM       TAI       HID      TOW1
1st   VAN 300   VAN 305   WHI 271   VAN 247   MOS 265   VAN 300
2nd   MOS 267   WHI 257   VAN 260   DAV 238   VAN 249   WHI 276
3rd   WIN 231   WAT 252   MOS 258   HEI 216   DAV 226   DEP 258
----   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------
4th   DAV 225   PER 188   DAV 246   WHI 196   WHI 218   DAV 204
5th   WHI 198   HEI 182   WAT 228   JCO 186   WAT 216   WAT 192
6th   WAT 183   WIN 180   DEP 222   DEP 186   PER 210   SLA 192
7th   FUL 177   MOS 175   WIN 176   WAT 185   BRO 197   JCO 168
8th   REY 156   BKO 172   BRO 170   PER 178   JCO 178   PER 165
9th   LEB 150   REY 160   REY 158   BKO 178   WIN 164   BRO 162
10th   HEI 144   JCO 160   PYE 158   MOS 166   SLA 152   REY 150
----   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------
11th   BKO 141   DAV 152   GOD 132   PYE 152   FUL 136   MOS 147
12th   PYE 138   HAZ 144   JCO 130   FUL 148   KKO 128   LEB 138
13th   PER 129   BRO 140   SLA 128   SLA 146   RAN 124   HEI 138
14th   HAZ 129   LEB 136   BKO 124   RAN 136   BKO 122   FUL 138
15th   GOD 126   SLA 136   PER 122   LEB 124   LEB 118   HAZ 135
16th   DEP 120   PYE 132   HAZ 122   HAZ 116   JKO 116   WIN 135
17th   BRO 120   DEP 120   JKO 112   BRO 114   DEP 114   BKO 126
18th   JKO 120   FUL 106   LEB 106   WIN 110   PYE 110   JON 120
19th   FCO 102   JKO 100   HEI 104   JKO 100   REY  98   SMI 108
20th   SMI  96   FCO  94   FUL  96   KKO  94   JON  96   JAC  93
----   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------
21st   JCO  90   JAC  92   JON  92   GOD  92   GOD  90   GOD  84
22nd   JON  60   GOD  92   JAC  84   SMI  84   FCO  82   PYE  78
23rd   JAC  45   SMI  86   FCO  72   REY  72   HEI  76   JKO  48
24th   SLA   0   JON  74   SMI  64   FCO  66   HAZ  70   FCO  42
25th                                 JAC  64   JAC  68
26th                                 JON  56   SMI  52

Pos.      TOW2      SMP1      SMP2      SMP3      SMP4       BAT
1st   VAN 265   VAN 272   DEP 238   DEP 266   VAN 150    25 300
2nd   WAT 258   DAV 230   DAV 230   WHI 264   WHI 138     6 276
3rd   WHI 234   BRO 219   WHI 217   VAN 264   WAT 129    99 258
----   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------
4th   MOS 228   PER 214   PER 216   BRO 246   DEP 120    88 240
5th   DEP 226   BKO 211   VAN 216   MOS 188   MOS 111     2 222
6th   DAV 214   WHI 210   MOS 193   DAV 184   PYE 102     8 204
7th   HAZ 210   DEP 205   SLA 184   PYE 182   BRO  96    44 192
8th   PYE 166   MOS 196   BRO 184   BKO 178   BKO  90    14 180
9th   JCO 162   SLA 182   PYE 169   PER 168   DAV  84     3 168
10th   SLA 152   REY 158   WAT 164   HAZ 164   PER  78    17 156
----   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------
11th   WIN 142   WAT 156   HAZ 148   GOD 144   LEB  72    26 144
12th   PER 136   HEI 144   LEB 144   WIN 144   WIN  69    96 138
13th   BKO 134   WIN 134   WIN 126   WAT 130   SLA  66    34 132
14th   JKO 124   LEB 130   JCO 126   LEB 126   HAZ  63    22 126
15th   LEB 122   HAZ 118   JON 122   SLA 121   HEI  60     5 120
16th   REY 120   JON 114   HEI 116   JON 116   SMI  57    18 114
17th   FUL 108   FUL 114   FUL 116   HEI 112   REY  54     4 108
18th   JAC 106   JCO 106   FCO 110   JCO 104   JKO  51   888 102
19th   GOD 104   PYE 102   YOU 106   JKO 100   GOD  48    19  96
20th   HEI 102   SMI  94   RAN 104   FCO 100   JCO  45     9  90
----   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------   -------
21st   BRO 100   JAC  90   JAC 100   JAC  96   FCO  42     7   0
22nd   SMI  96   JKO  88   GOD  98   FUL  94   JAC  39    39   0
23rd   FCO  58   GOD  78   SMI  90   SMI  90   FUL  36    11   0
24th   JON   0   FCO  72   KKO  80   YOU  78   JON   0    35   0
25th                       JKO  66                        20   0
26th                       BKO  54

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Teams
Pole positions
DJR 13
888  9
TR   4
WAU  2
KGR  1
EMS  1
BJR  1

Front row starts (1st/2nd)
888 25   (9/16)
DJR 18   (13/5)
TR   8   (4/4)
WAU  4   (2/2)
EMS  3   (1/2)
BRT  1   (0/1)
KGR  1   (1/0)
T18  1   (0/1)
BJR  1   (1/0)

Race wins
888 16
DJR  6
TR   3
WAU  3
KGR  1
EMS  1

Race podiums (1st/2nd/3rd)
888 38   (16/14/8)
DJR 23   (6/7/10)
TR  10   (3/5/2)
WAU  9   (3/2/4)
EMS  6   (1/2/3)
KGR  2   (1/0/1)
BJR  2   (0/0/2)

Fastest laps
888 10
WAU  9
TR   3
EMS  3
DJR  3
T18  1
BRT  1

Round wins
888 8   (BAT1, SAN, SYM, TAI, TOW1, TOW2, SMP1, SMP4)
DJR 2   (SMP2, SMP3)
WAU 2   (HID, BAT2)

Laps led (1302 total)
888 616
TR  193
DJR 190
WAU 171
EMS  38
KGR  24
BJR  21
TS   21
T18  17
BRT   7
MSR   4

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Manufacturers
Pole positions
Ford   18
Holden 13

Front row starts (1st/2nd)
Holden 34   (13/21)
Ford   28   (18/10)

Race wins
Holden 20
Ford   10

Race podiums (1st/2nd/3rd)
Holden 55   (20/18/17)
Ford   35   (10/12/13)

Fastest laps
Holden 23
Ford    7

Round wins
Holden 10  (BAT1, SAN, SYM, TAI, HID, TOW1, TOW2, SMP1, SMP4, BAT2)
Ford    2  (SMP2, SMP3)

Laps led (1141 total)
Holden 888
Ford   414

To get the ball rolling...

Great rebound for the Ford teams this weekend with three teams and drivers taking a win...yet SVG still scores the most points for the event! Though it took bad luck for Waters in Race 10 and Anton in Race 11 for that to happen.

Great to see Heimgartner finally get that first win, absolutely smashed the field on Saturday.