The Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge will return in December 2011 and after launching the event in Hobart this week, the Red Bull Racing man spoke about the event prior to the F1 2011 opener in Melbourne.
Mark Webber is to undergo further surgery on his broken right leg following next weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest, as F1's newest winner admitted that he had been 'a long way from healed' and 'kidding himself a bit' when the 2009 season got underway back in March.
SP TOOLS Racing's Shane van Gisbergen had a miserable end to the Falken Tyres Tasmania Challenge at Symmons Plains Raceway on Sunday, the penultimate round of the V8 Supercar Championship.
Fujitsu Racing's Jason Bright has had an eight place overall finish end against the crash barriers at the Falken Tyres Tasmania Challenge at Symmons Plains Raceway. Bright claimed 13th overall for the weekend after seventh place in race #1 and 11th in race #2.
1. Jamie Whincup 888/Vodafone Ford 50 laps 46mins 05.2365secs 2. Craig Lowndes 888/Vodafone Ford 50 laps 3. Todd Kelly Perkins/Jack Daniel's Holden 50 laps
Just two rounds away from the end of his full-time racing career, Mark Skaife will reach another milestone in his career this weekend as the V8 Supercar Championship heads to Symmons Plains.
Australia's premier Motorsport category and third most popular sport is national again following a deal with the Tasmanian Government to race at Symmons Plains for the next five years.