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With TCR Australia 🇦🇺 around the corner I thought I’d shed some light on this new series for Australia.

A guide to TCR Australia 2019 With the announcement that TCR Australia has a confirmed promoter last Friday, we move closer and closer to the inaugural TCR series in Australia, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to shed some light on this new series for Australians and what it means for the racing scene in Australia. L

https://www.the-shift.com.au/articles/le-mans-2018-a-disappointment

Le Mans 2018 - A disappointment The 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans has been run on the weekend and honestly, it was one of the worst iterations of "the worlds greatest race" that I have ever seen. Sorry, but at least from my experience over the past 10 years of watching the 2018 event did not live up to the standards set by pr

https://www.the-shift.com.au/articles/pre-le-mans-discussion

Pre Le Mans discussion - LMP1 With the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend I thought it was appropriate to discuss some of the news surrounding this year's race.  We will start with the top class in the WEC, LMP1, with Porsche gone it can seem on the surface that the Toyota's might have it all their own way being the

https://www.the-shift.com.au/articles/series-discussion-tcr-bop-revisions-post-hungary

Series Discussion - TCR BoP revisions post Hungary Photo: TCR Media For many motorsport series, a Balance of Performance program is used to equalise the performance between different brands of cars to create a level playing field as much as possible to allow the drivers and teams to

https://www.the-shift.com.au/articles/wtcr-hungary-wrap-up

WTCR Hungary wrap up TCR Media: The WTCR round in Hungary was completed this past weekend with a fairly unsurprising result but still plenty of race action. The weekend also brought up a few notable points of discussion surrounding WTCR and TCR. 

https://www.the-shift.com.au/articles/tarquini-wins-as-audis-fade

Tarquini wins WTCR race 3 as Audis fade Photo: TCR Media Gabriele Tarquini took his second win of the weekend at the Marrakech street circuit in the 3rd race of the WTCR series for 2018. This was no surprise given the strength of the Hyundais on this track, a point made mo

https://www.the-shift.com.au/articles/vernay-takes-wtcr-race-2-in-marrakech

Vernay takes WTCR race 2 in Marrakech Photo: TCR Media Race 2 at the inaugural WTCR event in Marrakech was far calmer than race 1 yesterday, with fewer safety cars and incidents on track leading to some good on-track battles.  Pole sitter Pepe Oriola was jumped

First Ever WTCR Race From Marrakech

WTCR Marrakech - Tarquini wins race 1 Photo: TCR Media The inaugural WTCR FIA World Touring Car Cup race has been completed in Morocco at the Marrakech street circuit, the first ever TCR event as the replacement for WTCC. Your race winner is Gabriele Tarquini, t

Interview with Jaxon Evans from Aus GP!!

Jaxon Evans - Interview & Profile This weekend at the 2018 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix in Melbourne, the shift has been covering the Australian GT Championship and Wilson Security Porsche Carrera Cup, spending time in the paddock and trackside.  The shift had the opportunity to chat to Jaxon Evans after the second