Australian Rugby League star, Luke Ricketson gears up to be a part of the BMW Celebrity Challenge at the 2006 FORMULA 1 Foster's Australian Grand Prix

One of the world’s most electrifying motocross riders and husband of pop star Pink – Carey Hart – will line up with a host of other international and national celebrities in this year’s BMW Celebrity Challenge at the 2006 FORMULA 1™ Foster’s Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

The champion motocross rider, who is renowned for being the first person to land a back flip on a motorcycle in a stunt known as a ‘Hart Attack’, will add to the action and drama of the race when it gets underway on 2 April at Albert Park as a prelude to the Grand Prix.

Hart flies into Melbourne this weekend to join the field of 26 drivers in the race, which includes another two-wheeler star, triple Australian superbike champion Shawn Giles who has already declared his intent to “smoke the field” in the five-lap event.

The field for this year’s event announced today by BMW Group Australia also includes:

• Extreme sport big wave surfing champion Ross Clarke-Jones and another extreme sports star, New Zealand-born adventurer and host of The Amazing Race, Phil Keoghan
  
• Singers Toby Allen, from Human Nature and Dancing with the Stars, and Kate Ceberano, who is also representing Breast Cancer Network of Australia, the No.1 charity for this year’s Grand Prix
  
• Olympic and Commonwealth Games medallists, Giaan Rooney (swimming) and Nikki Hudson (hockey)
  
• Australian Rugby League stars Luke Ricketson and Gorden Tallis
  
• AFL all-time great Alastair Lynch
  
• Champion jockey Damien Oliver and racing identity and model, Kate Waterhouse
  
• Former top hurdler and triathlon star and FOX Footy sports reporter Tiffany Cherry
  
• Three of the four Wiggles – Murray Cook (Red), Jeff Fatt (Purple) and Anthony Field (Blue) - and Paul Paddick (Captain Feathersword of The Wiggles)
  
• Best selling author Tara Moss
  
• Young Australian of the Year, Trisha Broadbridge
  
• Cleo Bachelor of the Year and Network TEN presenter Ryan Phelan
  
• Network TEN’s 9am with David and Kim hosts David Reyne and Kim Watkins
  
• Channel 9 TV personalities, Steven Jacobs and Ed Phillips
  
• 3AW breakfast host Ross Stevenson