From 2015 V8 Supercars will return to Network 10, who, along with Foxtel and Fox Sports, have secured the TV broadcasting and digital rights until 2020. Network 10 will logically claim to be the "Home Of Motorsport" once again, as their V8 Supercar coverage coupled with Moto GP and Formula One renders the other networks almost devoid of major national and international motorsport events. 
    Since 2007 The Seven Network have been the provider of our free-to-air V8 Supercar fix and they have certainly raised the bar during their tenure to enhance the home viewer experience. Will Network 10 be able to improve  on the existing V8 Supercar coverage? Should they lure expert commentators Neil Crompton and  Mark Larkham to call the action? After all, their combined knowledge and experience of Australia's premier motorsport category is exceedingly vast. What aspects of the sport would you like to see more in-depth coverage or analysis of? TV audiences' expectations will undoubtedly be high.
    One question we'd like answered though. A big selling point for the Fox people was the fact that V8 Supercars will be broadcast in High Definition on their pay TV channels. Will free-to-air Network 10 also offer HD? By the time 2015 comes around, analogue TV in Australia will be history (it already is in the majority of the country) meaning everyone who watches TV either has a compatible set-top box or digital TV. Therefore, will Network 10 utilise Channel One, consequently providing HD for the free-to-air punter? Let us know what you think. Send formulafrontrow.com an email at: greenflag@formulafrontrow.com or simply leave a comment. It does however leave the door open for other networks to cover other national categories. Will the other networks follow SBS's excellent lead and provide more comprehensive coverage of national categories such as Aust. GT, F3, ANDRA, or Shannons Nationals? 

    Happy New Year to all our friends and followers. Roll on 2014....
     

    The motorsport off-season seems to be constantly shrinking in terms of time. Our heart rates have only just resumed normal service from last weekend's Sydney 500, when it's just dawned on us that it's a mere matter of weeks before V8 Supercars explode into 2014 with the Official Test Day at Sydney Motorsport Park. One driver who will be greatly missed from full time V8 Supercar duties next year however, is Walkinshaw Racing's Russell Ingall.
    The karting prodigy won the 1990 Australian Formula Ford Championship before taking himself off to Europe a couple of times. In 1993, driving for the Van Dieman team, he won a record that still stands of 13 wins from 16 races to become British Formula Ford Champion including the prestigious events of the Formula Ford Festival and World Cup at Brands Hatch. Ingall also won the 1995 British Formula Renault Championship and also competed in Japanese F3 and German F3. A lack of funding saw him return to Australia and embark on a full time V8 Supercar drive from 1996 after previously dipping his toe in a couple of times for the enduros. 18 seasons later and Russell Ingall has amassed 27 wins, 40 podiums, 2 Bathurst 1000 wins, series runner-up four times, and V8 Supercar champion in 2005. His pace is ever present as evidenced by his 4th place at this year's Clipsal 500 at Adelaide, his stunning podium at the Gold Coast 600 and stubborn drive into the top ten last weekend. Street circuits are obviously to his liking.
    Russell Ingall fans fear not though. He's not retiring from motorsport. No doubt he'll make an exciting addition to any V8 Supercar team as co-driver for the endurance season, plus he still harbours overseas ambitions such as Nascar and Le Mans 24 Hour. Jim Richards and John Bowe's careers have flourished since retiring from V8 Supercars. Russell Ingall's will too.
    Let us know your favourite or infamous Ingall moment. Who could ever forget his stouches with Mark Skaife? He certainly didn't mind putting his car up on two wheels around the concrete canyon last weekend. Crowd pleasing and feisty as ever. Leave formulafrontrow.com a comment or email us at: greenflag@formulafrontrow.com. Can't help but wonder if we'll see him driving something exotic at the Bathurst 12 Hour....

    Merry Christmas to all our friends and loyal followers. Season's Greetings.