Full Credit to the Noise

Full Credit to the News delves into the big stories of the week, from new Supercars formats to driver market news at home and in F1.
The news just won't stop in the Supercars paddock with some significant format changes in the works for 2027.
More Friday qualifying, a big change to the season opener and a radical change to tyre allocation are among the updates.
Are they positive moves for the series?
Andrew van Leeuwen and Stefan Bartholomaeus discuss them in detail.
They also talk about the new TRC and what it means for international expansion for Supercars – as well as revealing which two teams are yet to sign the new deal.
There's some big silly season news both in terms of main game drivers and co-drivers and a key re-signing in F1 land to talk through as well.

Full Credit to the Noise reviews a bumper few days of motorsport from Supercars at Sandown, F1 in Brazil and MotoGP in Qatar.
It was non-stop racing over the weekend with action all over the globe.
Here at home, the Grand Finalists were decided during a remarkable pair of semi-finals at Sandown.
There were stories of triumph, like Matt Payne, Brodie Kostecki, Broc Feeney and Chaz Mostert, and the hard luck stories of Will Brown, Cam Waters and Anton De Pasquale.
In a rainy Brazil, Lando Norris won but Max Verstappen showed once again why he lives on a different planet to the rest of the F1 drivers.
And in Qatar, well it was a controversial miracle they were even there.
Former Legend and AVL discuss all that, and much more, in the latest episode of Full Credit to the Noise.

The Supercars Grand Finalists are locked in after a tense second semi-final. How did it play out? Our Sunday daily podcast covers it all.
Matt Payne will head to Adelaide as top seed thanks to a flawless win at Sandown on Sunday.
It was a race that provided a lot of storylines, led by how Brodie Kostecki, Broc Feeney and Chaz Mostert secured their own Grand Final berths in very different ways.
It provided a lot of curious questions too.
Like why did Kostecki switch his engine off too early on the grid? And why was it a penalty?
Why did Cam Waters' title hopes unexpectedly unravel with a dismal Sunday?
And did PremiAir Racing expect Cooper Murray to be delivering podiums so soon?
Andrew van Leeuwen and Stefan Bartholomaeus answer all of those questions and many more in the Sunday edition of the daily podcast.

Unpack a spectacular first Supercars semi-final race from Sandown with the Saturday edition of our daily podcast.
The Finals concept came into its own on Saturday afternoon with an incredible first race at Sandown.
Brodie Kostecki muscled his way to victory, booking his Adelaide Grand Final spot, as his podcasting mate Will Brown left his season hanging by a thread with a shocker.
There was a number of clashes between the title contenders, some self-policing from Chaz Mostert and countless other stories from a great day of racing.
Andrew van Leeuwen and Stefan Bartholomaeus unpack it all in the Saturday edition of Speedcafe's daily podcasts.

Go behind the scenes of an opening day of the Sandown 500 that included bizarre hot laps, disqualifications, driver deal revelations and more with our daily podcast.
Track action got underway at the famous Melbourne circuit on a balmy Friday with Jayden Ojeda and Matt Payne topping a practice session each.
It was a less stellar day for the likes of title contenders Chaz Mostert and Cam Waters, though, while Kai Allen was disqualified from the second session for a strangely familiar reason.
But it was some non-competitive track action that proved most fascinating as Supercars CEO Barclay Nettlefold went for his first hot lap, complete with a priceless reaction, while Barry Ryan took a ride with none other than Brodie Kostecki.
Bizarre scenes indeed.
Andrew van Leeuwen and Stefan Bartholomaeus unpack all of that and much, much more in the Friday edition of Speedcafe's daily podcast.