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Pic special: Ricciardo's Renault F1 revealed

Pic special: Ricciardo's Renault F1 revealed

Renault has officially unveiled the new Renault RS19 F1 car which Australian Daniel Ricciardo will race in the World Drivers' Championship in 2019. 13 Feb 2019
Pic special: Bathurst 12 Hour

Pic special: Bathurst 12 Hour

Some of the many highlights of the 2019 Bathurst 12 Hour which saw young Queenslander Matt Campbell see off an international field of world-class sports car drivers to win the mountain GT sports car classic. It was both Campbell's and Porsche's first Bathurst 12 Hour victory. 4 Feb 2019
Mercedes takes 12 Hour pole

Mercedes takes 12 Hour pole

Italian driver Raffaele Marciello secured pole position for the 2019 Bathurst 12 Hour in the Mercedes GT3 AMG he’ll share with German drivers Maximillian Buhk and Maximillian Goetz. Marciello only set the second fastest lap time in the top 10 shootout to decide the first 10 starting spots, but provisionally fastest, Aston Martin driver Jake Dennis, was given a two-place grid penalty for exceeding the pitlane speed limit. Third fastest Maro Engel was thus promoted to second, making for an all-Mercedes front row. 2 Feb 2019
Pic special: Formula E season opener

Pic special: Formula E season opener

Felix da Costa struck first blood in the 2018-19 ABB FIA Formula E Championship with victory in the opening round at Ad Diriyah E-Prix, the first race for the new Gen2 Formula E car. 17 Dec 2018
Pic special: Newcastle Supercars

Pic special: Newcastle Supercars

DJR Team Penske Falcon driver Scott McLaughlin clinched his first Australian Touring Car Championship crown in the final round of the 2019 Supercars championship on the streets of Newcastle. 28 Nov 2018
Pic special: Abu Dhabi F1

Pic special: Abu Dhabi F1

Lewis Hamilton wrapped up an extraordinary year of success in Formula 1 with victory in the final race of the year, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. 27 Nov 2018
Pic special: Brazilian Grand Prix

Pic special: Brazilian Grand Prix

In Brazil newly crowned World Drivers' Champion Lewis Hamilton led Mercedes to a victory that clinched the Constructors' Championship for the German marque with one grand prix of the 2018 season still to run. 12 Nov 2018
Pic special: Pukekohe Supercars

Pic special: Pukekohe Supercars

Supercars Championship title rivals Scott McLaughlin and Shane van Gisbergen each scored victories in the Pukekohe round in New Zealand, setting up a tantalising title showdown between the two New Zealand drivers in the Newcastle 500 later this month. 5 Nov 2018
Pic special: Lewis Hamilton's fifth world championship crown

Pic special: Lewis Hamilton's fifth world championship crown

Though his own race into fourth place at the Mexican Grand Prix was 'horrible', according to Lewis Hamilton, it was more than enough to see the Mercedes driver successfully defend his world championship crown with two races left to run in the 2018 Formula 1 calendar. It was Hamilton's fifth world championship win, which sees the British ace draw level with Juan Manuel Fangio on the all-time world champion honours list. Only Michael Schumacher has won more, with seven titles. 31 Oct 2018
Pic special: Mexican Grand Prix

Pic special: Mexican Grand Prix

In Mexico Red Bull's Max Verstappen scored his second Formula 1 grand prix win of the 2018 season but fourth place for Lewis Hamilton was enough for the Briton to secure his fifth World Drivers' Championship crown. 30 Oct 2018
Pic special: Raikkonen's US GP breakthrough

Pic special: Raikkonen's US GP breakthrough

In the US Grand Prix at Austin, Texas, Kimi Raikkonen ended a five-year Formula 1 winless spree with a superbly executed drive and a perfectly-judged pit strategy from Raikkonen's Ferrari team that kept the Red Bull of Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes at bay. 23 Oct 2018
Pic special: Gold Coast Supercars

Pic special: Gold Coast Supercars

The Supercars round on the streets of Surfers Paradise is usually a dramatic and colourful affair and this year was no different - with the added element of a heavy storm on Sunday afternoon bringing the weekend's racing to a premature halt. 22 Oct 2018
Pic gallery: Bathurst 1000

Pic gallery: Bathurst 1000

Craig Lowndes and Steven Richards triumphed in the 2018 Bathurst 1000 after a typically dramatic and emotion-charged day at Mount Panorama. 10 Oct 2018
Hamilton's Japanese four-peat

Hamilton's Japanese four-peat

Lewis Hamilton's winning ways continued in the Japanese Grand Prix where he claimed his fourth consecutive race win of the 2018 season. The victory in Japan all but sealed the world championship for Hamilton after title rival scrapped his way into a lowly sixth place after a controversial early clash with the Red Bull of Max Verstappen. 8 Oct 2018
Pic gallery: Singapore Grand Prix

Pic gallery: Singapore Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton dominated the Singapore Grand Prix as the Mercedes driver extended his championship lead over Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel to 40 points with six grands prix remaining in the 2018 World Drivers' Championship. 18 Sep 2018
Pic gallery: Sandown 500

Pic gallery: Sandown 500

The Triple Eight Holden team was utterly dominant in the Sandown 500, the opening endurance race of the Supercars season, its three Commodore ZBs finishing a triumphant first, second and third. 17 Sep 2018
Back to the future in Supercars Sandown retro round

Back to the future in Supercars Sandown retro round

Some of the 'retro' inspired liveries to have broken cover ahead of this weekend's Sandown 500 endurance season opener and the annual Supercars retro round. 13 Sep 2018
Reynolds aims to fly like Chickenman in Supercars Sandown retro round

Reynolds aims to fly like Chickenman in Supercars Sandown retro round

David Reynolds and Erebus Motorsport will take inspiration from 1986 Bathurst-winning privateer Graeme ‘the Chickenman’ Bailey and his Chickadee Commodore in this weekend’s Sandown 500 Supercars ‘retro round’. 10 Sep 2018
Sato wins Portland Indy

Sato wins Portland Indy

Takuma Sato emerged victorious after a wild penultimate round of the Indycar Series at Portland. Australian Will Power was sidelined by a gearbox failure that sees him languishing equal third in the points behind Scott Dixon and Alexander Rossi with only a mathematical chance of winning the series. 4 Sep 2018
Pic special: The best images of the weekend

Pic special: The best images of the weekend

It was another blockbuster weekend in Australian sport – and Getty Images were there to bring you the best of it, from Birdsville races to racing at Monza, from big east coast surf to awards nights, to farewells to legends and finals joy... and everything in between. 3 Sep 2018
Pic gallery: Italian Grand Prix

Pic gallery: Italian Grand Prix

Ferrari had a front-row lockout for the start of the Italian Grand Prix, but at the end of it Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton greeted the chequered flag to deliver Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel a crushing blow. 3 Sep 2018