Former Australian test cricketer Brad Hodge has taken out the Mazda6 Celebrity Challenge today with a convincing win at the 2013 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix.

Hodge won the shortened four-lap race ahead of Scottish cycling legend Sir Chris Hoy and celebrity chef Shane Delia, who battled it out for the minor places. Early in the race Jonathan LaPaglia was firmly in the top three but an aggressive passing manoeuvre on Delia pushed the former Underbelly star wide and off the track before recovering in eighth place, which is where he would finish.

There was plenty of panel rubbing during the race with Em Rusciano spectacularly spinning out after a knock from model Jessica Gomes while Jared Daperis and Kate Peck fought wheel to wheel for final bragging rights on the last lap. After a week of comprehensive driver training followed by three races, Hodge took overall Mazda6 Celebrity Challenge honours having secured pole and winning every race with Shane Delia and Jonathan LaPaglia rounding out the podium.

Showing the competitive nature befitting an Olympic champion, Anna Meares was again the strongest woman in the field finishing fourth, adding to her sixth and fourth places in the weekend's first two five-lap races.