The 2012 V8 Supercars season on Motors TV!

The V8 Supercars, Australia’s premier motor racing series has been a Motors TV staple for more than a decade. The Aussies love their motor racing and the V8s are as popular as Australian football and cricket. Jamie Whincup, Craig Lowndes, James Courtney, Garth Tander, Rick Kelly, Todd Kelly, Greg Murphy, Russell Ingall are the star drivers…Ford and Holden have fought for constructor top honours for years. In 2013 it will be a three-way manufacture with the official return of Nissan to the battle down under.

A growing foreign driver presence

The V8 Supercars has become more international with the participation of French driver, Alex Premat. The former Audi works driver replaced Lee Holdsworth in the Gary Rogers run team…Premat is the lone foreign competitor this season, but he will be joined by a gaggle of non-Aussies for the Surfers Paradise street race, where all the teams must enter a non-full-time driver. In 2011, Sébastien Bourdais put on quite a show on the Gold Coast and for the past two years “Surfers” has gained in international prestige and is now second only to the legendary Bathurst 1000 in terms of popularity.  

The big question in 2012 is whether Jamie Whincup will add to his impressive legacy. Over the past five years, Whincup has three titles and two-runner up finishes in the championship. He is back with the best team in the sport, Team Vodafone. He is just as motivated as ever and he’s odds on favourite for another V8 crown. Others to keep an eye are Whincup’s team-mate, Craig Lowndes and Holden Racing Team’s Garth Tander and James Courtney, who are out for revenge. The Ford contingent is led by Mark Winterbottom, Shane Van Gisbergen and Will Davison, who have all yet to prove they can maintain a serious threat over an entire season.

The V8 Utes are also part of the Motors TV line up

Once again for 2012, Motors TV will air all the action from the V8 Utes championship. The Australian pick-up series continues the Ford-Holden battle from the V8 Supercars division and you’d be hard pressed to find a more competitive and exciting support series anywhere else in the world!