2012 V8 Supercars Discussion

That 47 paint looks awesome

and a Holden in Nascar! wow hopefully just enough of them to bump Ambrose off the track a few times hehe

Toyota Mark X may be sold in Australia next Year.......
RWD, supercharged V6

And i think it would look awesome with a Jim Beam Livery......

T8 out of sponsor - No More Vodafone.
http://www.v8supercars.com.au/championship/newsarticle/breaking-vodafone-to-leave-triple-eight/tabid/70/newsid/12528/default.aspx

Murph out for 3 Months with back surgery
http://www.v8supercars.com.au/championship/newsarticle/murphy-out-for-extended-period/tabid/70/newsid/12527/default.aspx

I hope vodafone don't leave

Hahahaha unlucky, if theyre not red they wont go as fast. lol jks.

JamieWhincup#1 wrote:I hope vodafone don't leave

Depends on what T8 does with CotF - If they shif manufacturers to something more European then they'll just be back by a bigger company again.

My concern is WTF is DJR doing - Make a 4 car team so they can loose one to FPR and Ford will pull there funding on DJR at the end of the year. It hasn't been announced, but it'll happen - Ford will give a bigger cash wad to FPR for the 4 cars.

DJR reckon they will still run 4 cars, Frig knows why - perhaps d'alburto will end up there

NoRecoil wrote:

DJR reckon they will still run 4 cars, Frig knows why - perhaps d'alburto will end up there

Be even better if they took Fan Boy back!!

oO Sleuth Oo wrote:

NoRecoil wrote:

DJR reckon they will still run 4 cars, Frig knows why - perhaps d'alburto will end up there

Be even better if they took Fan Boy back!!

No chance!
Your stuck with Courtney till the end of 2013 - and if HRT dont renew the contract then Schwerkolt will put him in the 4th FPV car

cant come soon enough!

...apparently Disney have been looking at sponsoring the chipmunk for the upcoming movie
Alvin & Courtney: Hey! stop touching my nuts

NoRecoil wrote:

JamieWhincup#1 wrote:I hope vodafone don't leave

Depends on what T8 does with CotF - If they shif manufacturers to something more European then they'll just be back by a bigger company again.

No chance in a manufacturer switch, They are locked in with Holden for at least another 3 years. No doubt they will be backed by a high profile company. I just don't want voda to leave because it makes a awesome livery.

Also I hope JC stays at HRT. He is a fantastic driver that has just had a lot of bad luck so far.

http://www.v8supercars.com.au/championship/newsarticle/former-f1-world-champ-for-townsville/tabid/70/newsid/12573/default.aspx

1997 Formula 1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve is the shock fill-in for Greg Murphy in the Pepsi Max Crew Commodore at next month’s Sucrogen Townsville 400!

Oh Noooooo

International drivers Nick Heidfeld, Marco Andretti and Darren Turner have been confirmed as starters in this year’s Armor All Gold Coast 600 at the launch of the event today.

The trio are set to pair with David Reynolds (The Bottle-O Racing), Todd Kelly (Jack Daniel’s Racing) and James Courtney (Holden Racing Team) respectively.

Turner was a late addition to last year’s Gold Coast field after being drafted in to drive in place of Dan Wheldon, who was killed in an IndyCar accident the week before the event.

October will also mark Andretti’s second visit to the Gold Coast, with the Andretti Autosport IndyCar driver having competed in the category’s non-points race in Surfers Paradise four years ago.

Heidfeld however will be having his first look at the famed street circuit. The 35-year-old German enjoyed an 183-race Formula 1 career between 2000 and 2011, before making the switch to sportscars this year.

Nine drivers have now been confirmed for the 2012 Armor Gold Coast 600 following the earlier announcements that Sebastien Bourdais and Richard Lyons will line-up with TeamVodafone, and Gianni Morbidelli, Max Papis, Peter Kox and Boris Said will drive for Dick Johnson Racing.

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The Bottle-O Racing’s Armor All Gold Coast 600 signing Nick Heidfeld says he’s looking forward to the challenge of adapting to the team’s Ford Falcon V8 Supercar this October.

The 35-year-old German has a long history in open-wheel and sportscars, making the switch to the World Endurance Championship this season after a 12-year Formula 1 career.

Heidfeld finished an impressive fourth with Rebellion Racing in last weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours, before being announced as David Reynolds’ co-driver for the Gold Coast.

“I am very excited to be racing at the Gold Coast 600 this year,” said Heidfeld of his first taste of V8 Supercars.

“V8 Supercars is a category I am hearing a lot about from friends in Europe who have driven on the Gold Coast and they all say very positive things.

“The cars are very unique and look like a lot of fun to drive. They are very different to what I have driven for most of my career but I am looking forward to the challenge.”

Heidfeld acknowledges that, going on the form shown so far this year, he will be stepping into a highly competitive car.

“To be part of Ford Performance Racing is a privilege especially given the season they are having,” said Heidfeld.

“I know Prodrive well from my racing in Europe and I know they are very professional and well run.

“My team-mate in The Bottle-O car David Reynolds is a rising star and I look forward to learning a lot from him when I test for the first time in October.”

Villeneuve Taking it to the MAX!!!

http://www.v8supercars.com.au/championship/newsarticle/new-livery-villeneuve-taking-it-to-the-max/tabid/70/newsid/12615/default.aspx


V8s return to Pukekohe!!

http://www.v8supercars.com.au/championship/newsarticle/v8-supercars-to-return-to-pukekohe/tabid/70/newsid/12621/default.aspx

sempeR wrote:Villeneuve Taking it to the MAX!!!

.................... in the dying seconds of the session when Jacques Villeneuve crashed the #51 Pepsi Max Commodore into the tyre wall at turn three.

NoRecoil wrote:

sempeR wrote:Villeneuve Taking it to the MAX!!!

.................... in the dying seconds of the session when Jacques Villeneuve crashed the #51 Pepsi Max Commodore into the tyre wall at turn three.

MAX!!!...imum commitment?? haha

New Mazda 6........ Needs a Jim Beam Livery

Skaife declares 'it's going to be a very good brand'
A fourth V8 Supercar manufacturer participant is likely to be announced within weeks. V8 Supercar supremo Tony Cochrane is adamant there will be a fourth player next season along with Holden, Ford and Nissan.

Car of the Future project chief Mark Skaife says it's "going to be a very good brand for V8 Supercars".

Speculation is centering on Mazda -- which had one of its Japanese executives, Shoichi Kamimura, attend the V8 Supercar round at Victoria's Phillip Island in May -- and Korean manufacturers Hyundai and Kia. A report in this week's Auto Action magazine named long-time Ford team Stone Brothers Racing as "the outfit most likely to sign the new manufacturer", but co-owner Ross Stone has dismissed that.

While still awaiting word of Ford's sponsorship intentions next year, he says Stone Brothers will be racing Falcons in the debut season of the Car of the Future next year. That raises the prospect of whether the team could be the oldest Ford flagbearer, Dick Johnson Racing.

AA reported that, with Garry Rogers Motorsport and Brad Jones Racing denying they have potential deals with a new manufacturer in the pipeline, "only Dick Johnson Racing has the resources to build a new car in time for the start of 2013".

Apart from Holdens and Fords, Nissan is returning to Australia's premier racing series next season with the Kelly Brothers team after a 20-year absence.

Despite bickering within the sport over precise technical details for the new-generation race cars to be introduced in just eight months and the costs, Skaife said discussions were continuing with three manufacturers and "one of those three is very close" to entering the category.

"I would think it would probably be within two weeks when the final decision is made on that," he told AA. "Things are looking very positive."

Skaife wouldn't name the likely entrant because "it's at such a critical point that I don't want to tip it over by giving away any further details".

"It is at a very, very critical time ... [but] it's going to be a very good brand for V8 Supercars. It's going to be tight, but I don't think it's too late for a new manufacturer to join for 2013.

"The ability for us to build the cars quickly is part of the whole Car of the Future plan in terms of making it easier, faster, more cost-effective and all those sorts of things. So I think it's fine.

"Then it really all comes down to ultimate performance features like engine equalisation and aero efficiency. They're the two aspects that we'll have to grab very quickly and understand the complexity of.

"At no stage have we ever wanted to put a road block up for a manufacturer to say, 'Hey, there's a timeframe on this that you have to work to and it's too late for 2013 now'. The [fourth] manufacturer is acutely aware of the timeline.

"They are very up to speed as to what the demand would be."

Skaife reckoned the mystery manufacturer was just "one meeting" away from a decision and announcement. He rated the chances of it entering "a 6.5 to 8.5 out of 10". "They're pretty good odds," he said.

Cochrane reiterated his earlier claim that there would be four manufacturers in V8 Supercars next year.

"As I said at the Nissan press conference earlier this year, that whilst all the media might be writing doom and gloom about the future, I've got at least two manufacturers out there having a real hard look and trying to work out if they can logistically be on the grid for the opening round next season," Cochrane told AA.

"I'm not getting into speculation, but I'll just say that, like I said earlier this year, there's going to be four manufacturers in V8 Supercars next year."

Villeneuve taking it to the MAX!!! at The Paper Clip and SMP... look out in v8 land.

Anyone else seen the latest cover of AutoAction?? Redbull to 888 and the VF to debut at Clipsal 2013. If the VF looks anything like what AA thinks it may look like, itll looks awesome!

you mean this one

There is a newer issue with the same car in Redbull Mobile colours, headline is BULLFIGHTERS. I must have missed the may 9th-15th issue lol hadnt seen that one!

This one?

holy crap they both look wicked, the cars not CL and Whincup
cant wait to see em ripping panels off the Nissans and Fords....and whoever else

That is possibly the single most mundane Redbull design on a V8 supercar EVER......