To celebrate 10 years of The Podium, we’re hitting the rewind button on some of our favourite interviews.

In 2020, we were fortunate enough to be joined by Supercars Champion Shane van Gisbergen for his very first long-form interview.

Shane opened up about what fueled his passion for motorsport as a kid, and then we went for a walk down victory lane with him and discussed many of the memorable moments from his career

Topics include:

- How SVG first got started in motorsport

- The origins of his iconic racing number #97

- The decision to pursue a career in tin-tops after a period of racing open-wheelers

- How he landed his first Supercars drive with Team Kiwi Racing

- What he learned from his time racing with Stone Brothers Racing

- His highly publicised move to Tekno

- Friendship with former on-track rival Scott McLaughlin

- His reaction to the Ritchie Stanaway retirement from a few years ago

- The unfair portrayal of him by some parts of the media

- Thoughts on social media trolls

- The iconic moment when he hitched a ride with Cameron Waters

- What changes he would make to improve the racing in the Supercars Championship (prior to the implementation of Gen3)

- Racing overseas

- Refining his skills via Sim-Racing

- His favourite circuits to race on, and cars he's raced over the years

- Advice for up-and-coming racers