gregory gilligan rust reporter greg rust born july in sydney is an australian formula one expert and commentator with network ten a commercial tv network he has also worked for the nine network and the special broadcasting service sbs as a freelance commentator reporter presenter mainly covering motorsport auto racing colleagues and fans call him rusty or thruster a nickname given to him by the late barry sheene a former world motorcycle champion radio career worked for years with the macquarie radio network stations gb and ch in sydney initially as a sport reporter and later became daytime news reader television career after cutting his teeth with sbs motorsport program speedweek rust was drafted into channel 's commentary team for the final australian motorcycle grand prix at the eastern creek raceway in he called the support races with f world champ alan jones in he was hired by ten to host the australian super touring championship for litre touring cars a position previously held by his close friend leigh diffey who had moved on to network ten's v supercar coverage rust commentated the aust super touring championship for years before starting work as v pit reporter late in ' he was a part of ten's v coverage for almost years even hosting and anchoring the commentary on occasions during this period the station won numerous logie awards for its broadcast of the famous bathurst and rusty developed a reputation as a pit specialist also working on the gold coast champ car race and the australian formula one grand prix in melbourne despite an offer to join the seven network in rust stayed with ten to front the station's motogp and f broadcasts and its long running magazine motorsport show rpm he also hosts and commentates ten's coverage of the red bull air race series racing background born into a family with a genuine love for all forms of motorsport he was a regular at the sydney showground speedway before he could even walk and an amateur racer who started out in karts in his late teens and early s rust enjoyed some class wins as a driver in rallysprints and khana crosses he has also driven v supercars formula holden formula ford toyota racing series and speedcars midgets for story research references ten com au category births category living people category australian sports broadcasters category motorsport announcers category australian television presenters