Stefan Bartholomaeus

Australia

Head of Content – Publications @v8sleuth 📚. Castrol Motorsport News Podcast co-host 🎙️. Former editor @supercars and @speedcafe 🏎️.

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Articles

Supercars news: Broc Feeney wins, Kai Allen scores first podium

1 week ago | speedcafe.com | Stefan Bartholomaeus

It marked a fourth straight win for Feeney in the 2025 Supercars Championship and a fourth straight for the Red Bull Ampol Racing driver in Darwin. While he had two Safety Car restarts and a clutch issue to contend with in Race 1 earlier in the day, there were no such challenges in the second heat. Feeney controlled the start from pole position and led every lap, having waited until lap 28 of 42 to complete his compulsory pit stop.
Feeney survives scare to win incident-packed opener

1 week ago | speedcafe.com | Stefan Bartholomaeus

The 42-lap race ended with the top three in the order they started: Feeney from Cam Waters and Matt Payne. But it wasn’t all smooth sailing for Feeney, who later revealed he had battled a clutch issue, while mid-pack incidents resulted in two early Safety Car periods. The chaos kicked off at the opening corner of the race as Jaxon Evans was elbowed wide and into the armco barrier on the exit.
Trans Am wants more Supercars events in 2026

1 week ago | speedcafe.com | Stefan Bartholomaeus

The series was purchased from the Rogers-run Australian Racing Group earlier this year by a trio of competitors, bringing it under one roof with the TA2 Muscle Car Series. Previously run by ARG on the SpeedSeries bill, Trans Am is this year supporting Supercars at its three independently promoted events: Hidden Valley, The Bend and Adelaide.
Feeney scores Saturday pole double in Darwin

1 week ago | speedcafe.com | Stefan Bartholomaeus

Championship leader Feeney stormed to back-to-back pole positions as teammate and title rival Will Brown struggled to 14th and 17th in the two sessions. The Race 2 qualifying session was run on the super soft tyres, throwing a curve ball at teams and drivers. It somewhat shook up the order with seven Camaros progressing to Q2, flipping the script after just two made the cut in the earlier soft tyre session.
Feeney defeats Ford onslaught for Darwin Race 1 pole

1 week ago | speedcafe.com | Stefan Bartholomaeus

The Red Bull Ampol Racing driver continued his hot run of form to top both segments of the qualifying session, which was run on the soft compound tyre. Feeney ended the critical Q2 segment fastest on 1:05.9841s, less than a tenth of a second ahead of Tickford Racing’s Cam Waters. “To be honest this weekend hasn’t been too smooth for me,” said Feeney, who won both races at Hidden Valley last year and now has seven poles in 2025.
Supercars news: Free-to-air reality laid bare amid new TV deal

1 week ago | speedcafe.com | Stefan Bartholomaeus

That’s the not-so-subtle message from incoming CEO James Warburton, who famously engineered the sport’s move away from a full FTA schedule back in 2015. Warburton returns to Supercars following a seven-year stint away from the sport that included a four-year tenure as head of Seven West Media. Seven is set to be retained as Supercars’ FTA partner under the latest soon-to-be-announced deal, but it will again be a minor player compared to Fox Sports.
DJR sets clear target for 2025 Supercars Finals

1 week ago | speedcafe.com | Stefan Bartholomaeus

DJR has endured patchy form so far this year following an off-season of enormous change. Headlining the moves was the acquisition of star driver Brodie Kostecki and engineers George Commins and Tom Moore from Erebus Motorsport. There’s been new hardware too, with Kostecki debuting an Erebus-built chassis at the start of the season and Davison following suit last time out in Perth.
Heimgartner tops tight second Darwin practice

1 week ago | speedcafe.com | Stefan Bartholomaeus

The Kiwi was the last in a succession of drivers to shoot to the top of the order in the dying moments of the day’s second 30-minute hitout. Heimgartner’s 1:06.6309s effort put him 0.0654s clear of Practice 1 pacesetter Ryan Wood, who had in turn eclipsed Will Brown by just 0.0003s. David Reynolds, Bryce Fullwood, Cam Waters, Anton De Pasquale, Broc Feeney, Jaxon Evans and Macauley Jones rounded out a top 10 separated by just 0.2969s.
Supercars news: Ludo Lacroix steps back from race engineer role

1 week ago | speedcafe.com | Stefan Bartholomaeus

Junior engineer Andrew Gilliam was handed the reins on the Kiwi’s entry ahead of Hidden Valley after five rounds shadowing Lacroix in the role. Gilliam joined PremiAir midway through 2024 and in the back half of the year took over race engineering duties from Lacroix on the then Tim Slade-driven car. However, the arrival of Richie Stanaway into the team this year triggered Lacroix to start the year in the role before an eventual handover.
Wood fastest amid fire at end of Darwin Practice 1

1 week ago | speedcafe.com | Stefan Bartholomaeus

The Red Bull Ampol Racing Camaros were ominously quick in the 30-minute session at the Hidden Valley circuit. Feeney shot to the top on 1:07.3238s with 10 minutes remaining, with Brown slotting into P2 just 0.0263s adrift. Both did so on the second run for their respective tyre sets. Walkinshaw Andretti United driver Wood sat towards the bottom of the top 10 before bolting on a new set of soft tyres for the final minutes, clocking 1:07.0590s to move 0.2648s clear.