Bathurst 12 Hour

Factory-backed Audis set the pace in the opening two practice sessions for the 2022 Bathurst 12 Hour.

The second half-hour session was dedicated to the Am drivers, Kenny Habul leading the way early in the #75 Mercedes with a 2m10.223s. They were then denied the opportunity to go quicker by a red flag, prompted by a car stopping at The Chase with two minutes to go, that was ultimately the end of the session. The #75 Mercedes ended up second thanks to a 2m04.908s from reigning Bathurst 12 Hour winner Jules Gounon late in the session. David Russell (#47 MPC Audi was fifth as Fraser Ross (#65 MPC Audi) jumped Shane van Gisbergen (#888 Triple Eight Mercedes) late in the session as they finished sixth and seventh. With 10 minutes to go Ricardo Feller took over at the top in the #777 Melbourne Performance Centre Audi entry with a 2m04.908s. A tweak to the schedule saw the opening 30-minute session opened to all drivers in the field, rather than restricted to the Bronze-rated drivers.

THERE may have been no ex-V8 Supercars enter the Invitational Class of the 2022 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour, but that's not to say there are none of them ...

It later ended up with Kelly Racing and then privateer Aaron McGill and has been restored to its original Jack Daniel’s livery. The fourth Commodore competing in Combined Sedans is Stephen Coe whose ex-Paul Morris Motorsports Commodore VE was nicknamed ‘Hercules’ by the Morris team. The car’s last major race appearance was in 2019 at Winton in Super3 with Emily Duggan at the wheel.

There's no shortage of familiar faces in the garages at Mount Panorama this weekend, with not only Supercars drivers trying their hand at the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour. Mixing it with the international stars are the likes of Shane van Gisbergen, ...

Adam De Borre is guiding the #65 Audi which Mostert is driving; other Supercars driver/engineer relationships being carried into the event include Waters with Sam Potter on the #24 Audi, and Feeney with Martin Short on the #888 Mercedes. Lee Holdsworth’s engineer Will Davidson is also here, although it is Ben Jenkins of Earl Bamber Motorsport who is the #4’s designated race engineer this weekend. There’s no shortage of familiar faces in the garages at Mount Panorama this weekend, with not only Supercars drivers trying their hand at the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour.

All lapped cars will be given a free pass under Safety Car conditions for this year's edition of Australia's international enduro. The introduction of the wave- ...

“You are one lap down the race is over. “From a Pro-Am perspective the only thing you’ve got to be really careful of… “I don’t know if it’s worth to take so many risks in the beginning, just take the one lap down and then you have the wave-by and you are back in the game. “Because if one gets through they have a huge advantage until Conrod Straight. I understand the predicament because you really want to get the lapped cars out of the way.” “The whole idea is that we get to hour nine or 10 and we’ve got 10 cars on the lead lap and all the Ams have done their time, the pros get in and we have a race to the end.” you wouldn’t want the pro guys in the last hour in a train of one-to-10 that are trying to win the race with all the pros catching you across the top.

The conclusion was met that the engine should be replaced, with the decision to take the #91 Mercedes-AMG GT3 off-site to perform the job safely on a car hoist.

“For these GT cars it’s basically the safest thing to be on the hoist to do an engine change; we could find ways to do it but it would probably not be the best. “We were trying to make it for qualifying but I think it’s going to be quite tight to be able to do that. “We had a lot of communication with Germany trying to resolve [the issue] but at the end it was the decision being the safest to do an engine replacement,” O’Young told Speedcafe.com.

The three support categories at the Bathurst 12 Hour each had a race on day one at Mt Panorama with Zach Bates, Jack Le Brocq and Tom Hayman the winners.

David Schulz would have joined him on the front row but was penalised for impeding and would start further back. Heinrich took the lead but was passed by Hayman on the final lap. Round 4 would be over three races rather than the usual four and series leader Hayman (Mustang) won the first.

Supercars star and fellow Audi driver Chaz Mostert was 0.39s behind. Audis topped every session on Friday; an Audi also suffered the biggest crash of the day.

This is a modal window. The #74 Audi’s Am driver, Brad Schumacher, is a Bathurst local and topped Practice 2. "The lap times are a little bit irrelevant at the moment," van der Linde told Supercars.com. The race will start at 5:15am local time; roughly the first 90 minutes of the race will take place before sunrise. This is a modal window. The first-ever twilight Bathurst 12 Hour session ended a big Friday of practice.

Seven's sports broadcaster Mark Berretta and Chad Neylon will take viewers live to Mount Panorama for the entire 12-hour event on Sunday from 5.00am AEST, ...

1.00pm on Channel 7 and 7plus Sydney 5.00am on 7mate and 7plus, 1.00pm on Channel 7 and 7plus Perth 10.00am on 7mate and 7plus, 12.00pm on Channel 7 and 7plus Brisbane 12.00pm on Channel 7 and 7plus “Seven’s live and free coverage of the Bathurst 12 Hour will be led by a star-studded commentary team, with expert motorsport broadcaster Mark Beretta leading the way across the marathon event. Melbourne 12.00pm on Channel 7 and 7plus

The 10 fastest cars from the combined Pro-Am qualifying session were set to do battle for pole in a single-lap dash later this afternoon.

Bathurst 12 Hour: Audis set pre-qualifying pace "For us to do a Shootout for one lap, we probably wouldn't be able to use green tyres. Bathurst 12 Hour: Audis set pre-qualifying pace

Aussie Racing Cars field opts to drop a race from its Mount Panorama weekend. A tweak to the Friday schedule at the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour has been ...

Fox Sports/Kayo Sports and the Seven Network will broadcast the action on Saturday and Sunday. The initial Race 2 (starting 14:40 AEST today) will now become Race 1, and so on. The session originally designated as Race 1, beginning 11:25, will now become qualifying.

The Bathurst 12 Hour returns as the opening round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge this weekend.

- 8:05-9:05 Bathurst 12 Hour – Practice 5 - 17:05-17:45 Bathurst 12 Hour – Practice 4 - 10:40-11:10 Bathurst 12 Hour – Practice 2

Factory-backed Audis set the pace in the opening two practice sessions for the 2022 Bathurst 12 Hour.

They were then denied the opportunity to go quicker by a red flag, prompted by a car stopping at The Chase with two minutes to go, that was ultimately the end of the session. The second half-hour session was dedicated to the Am drivers, Kenny Habul leading the way early in the #75 Mercedes with a 2m10.223s. Daniel Juncadella was eighth quickest in the Craft-Bamboo Mercedes ahead of Joey Mawson (#17 Team BRM Audi) and Nathanael Berthon (#74 MPC Audi). David Russell (#47 MPC Audi was fifth as Fraser Ross (#65 MPC Audi) jumped Shane van Gisbergen (#888 Triple Eight Mercedes) late in the session as they finished sixth and seventh. The #75 Mercedes ended up second thanks to a 2m04.908s from reigning Bathurst 12 Hour winner Jules Gounon late in the session. With 10 minutes to go Ricardo Feller took over at the top in the #777 Melbourne Performance Centre Audi entry with a 2m04.908s.

Ricardo Feller has put Audi on top in the first Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour session in more than two years. The 21-year-old Swiss star was the fastest out ...

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Audi Sport Team Valvoline driver Ricardo Feller went quickest overall during the first morning of practice running for this weekend's Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 ...

Two practice sessions were held on Friday morning, with the first being open to all drivers and the second reserved for Bronze-rated competitors. A split format will also be deployed for afternoon practice, with the first session booked for Bronze-rated drivers and the second permitting all drivers to take part. Feller’s co-driver Shahin finished second to Schumacher in the second session, marking a one-two result for the MPC-prepared Audi Sport Team Valvoline entries. The fastest lap in the second session, which came right after opening practice, was a 2:06.581 from Brad Schumacher in the No. 74 Audi Sport Team Valvoline car. Feller set the outright pace on two occasions, the Swiss driver first leading Practice 1 with a 2:04.908 effort. Audi Sport Team Valvoline driver Ricardo Feller went quickest overall during the first morning of practice running for this weekend’s Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour.

Darryl O'Young has detailed his team's Bathurst motivation after a "punishing" trip to Australia. O'Young runs Craft-Bamboo Racing, which is the only ...

"It’s important that we’re here… This is a modal window. it’s true motorsport. "Being a works-supported car for Mercedes-AMG, the race is important to everyone." "There are a lot of factory drivers, and a lot of Supercar drivers. "A reason we wanted to come here is because we feel we have a competitive line-up," O'Young said.

BATHURST'S Brad Schumacher got his Bathurst 12 Hour campaign off to a strong start by topping the time sheets in Friday's bronze-only practice session.

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THERE'S a field of 20 cars that have started practice for this weekend's Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour at Mount Panorama. While it may be the smallest field ...

French driver Jules Gounon has been presented his official winners plaque for taking victory in the 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour, as the on track action kicks off ...

All 12-Hour winners, past, present and future, will be recognised at this new location moving forward. Gounon accepted the award on behalf of the Bentley M-Sport team that won the race in 2020, as Pepper and Soulet are not taking part in the 12 Hour this year. Bathurst Regional Council Mayor, Cr Robert Taylor presented Gounon with the official winners plaque, which will be installed in a new “Bathurst Endurance Walk of Fame” located adjacent to the Peter Brock statue in the Museum grounds.

Bathurst 12 Hour: Day 1. Australia's Annual Endurance Race returns to Bathurst with Supercars drivers taking on the challenge, including SVG, B. Feeney, C. Waters & D ...

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International GT racing returns to Mount Panorama this weekend with the first running of the Bathurst 12 Hour since early 2020.

- - The local names already confirmed are among the best drivers in the country and they will put on a show. The race will then finish back in the twilight. A modest 20-car entry, around half of what is usually expected for the event, will take the start. High case numbers early in the year meant the traditional February date was axed for a mid-May date.

It is a very different looking grid for the 2022 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour. The opening round of the IGTC this year sees a larger focus on the Australian ...

Driving the KTM will be David Crampton, Trent Harrison, Glenn Wood and his brother, current Porsche Carrera Cup front runner Dale Wood. M-Motorsport last competed in the Bathurst 12 Hour in 2019, winning the GT4 class with the KTM X-Bow with Glenn Wood as part of the line up. The Koundouris brothers have two class victories at the 12 Hour to their name, taking Class B (Carrera Cup) honours in 2015 and Am honours in 2018, while Stokell has been racing as far back as the 1980’s, with three Australian Driver’s Championships (for Australia’s top open-wheel category) from 1994-96. Stephen and Brenton combined for fourth in last year’s GTWC Australia Championship, and along with Ben Barker won the Pro-Am category in the 12 Hour in 2020. The Invitational Class returns for the Bathurst 12 Hour, featuring some crowd favourites as well as a notable Bathurst debut. Joining him is current Erebus Motorsport Supercars driver Will Brown and his Bathurst 1000 Co-Driver from last year, Jack Perkins. Brown set the Mountain alight during qualifying for the Bathurst 1000 last year to take a surprise provisional pole, and remains one of Supercars’ most exciting young prospects. Tony Bates returns to the Bathurst 12 Hour in his #24 Audi, alongside two current Repco Australian Supercars drivers in the form of David Reynolds and Cameron Waters. Bates has been a stalwart of Australian GT racing, with entries in the 12 hour dating back to 2015. Tse has been racing in Britsh GT, and with plenty of experience around the Macau Guia circuit, will hope that his experience of close barriers has him well prepared for Bathurst. Brett Hobson is an experienced campaigner in the GTWC Australia series, running the Nissan GTR. While he hasn’t yet had a stellar result at the 12 Hour, Hobson did take an overall victory at The Bend last year in changing conditions. The Audi challenge is completed by the #9 Team Hallmarc entry of Marc Cini alongside Dean Fiore and Lee Holdsworth, and the #17 of Team BRM, with Mark Rosser being joined by Nick Percat and Joey Mawson. Cini has raced at the 12 Hour every year of the GT3 era (since 2011) except 2012, but is possibly most famous for being tagged into a spin at Metal Grate while being lapped by the leaders and miraculously not hitting a wall. Pairing up with 2017 Bathurst 1000 winner David Reynolds (who has raced the 12 hour 6 times) and back-to-back podium sitter Cameron Waters gives the team a great shot at victory. Ross himself has credentials at the Bathurst 12 hour, taking Silver-Cup honours with Martin Kodric and Dominic Storey in 2020 for 59Racing in a McLaren 720s. The Bathurst 12 Hour also doubles as Round 2 of the GT World Challenge Australia championship, while Audi, Mercedes Benz, Lamborghini and Porsche are represented for IGTC Manufacturer points.

***A 'Town to Track' parade was held on Thursday, with the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour field traveling by police escort from Mount Panorama Circuit to ...

***Kenny Habul has stated an intention for his SunEnergy1 Racing team to do the Hankook 24 Hours of Dubai next year, as part of a winter program in the Gulf region. The first and third sessions are for Bronze drivers only, while the second and fourth sessions are for all drivers. A 33-car grid is due to contest the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series support races this weekend. O’Young had to observe a 21-day quarantine upon his return to Hong Kong, while other team members needed to spend two weeks in neighboring countries before flying back home. ***The Sheargold/GWR team has spent the last few days preparing its new vehicle and converting it from sprint specification to endurance trim. Mercedes-AMG’s Head of Customer Racing, Stefan Wendl, said that a new Driving Academy car is being built up in Europe and will be shipped to Australia next week. ***Bathurst rookie Nathanael Berthon is set for a rare Audi GT3 appearance in the No. 74 Audi Sport Team Valvoline machine. Berthon is an Audi Sport factory driver, on the same rung as his GT3 contemporaries, but the role usually sees him focus on TCR racing. ***The Sheargold Motorsport Mercedes-AMG is being run by Garth Walden Racing, a successful Porsche Cup team that has contested the 12 Hour several times. It’s still going to be a massively challenging event, so from my point of view it would be right to give points.” ***The replacement AMG is used for Driving Academy experiences but can be loaned out to race teams in case of emergency. ***There has been a mixed reaction to SRO’s decision not to award drivers’ championship points.

Factory-backed Audis set the pace in the opening two practice sessions for the 2022 Bathurst 12 Hour.

They were then denied the opportunity to go quicker by a red flag, prompted by a car stopping at The Chase with two minutes to go, that was ultimately the end of the session. The second half-hour session was dedicated to the Am drivers, Kenny Habul leading the way early in the #75 Mercedes with a 2m10.223s. Daniel Juncadella was eighth quickest in the Craft-Bamboo Mercedes ahead of Joey Mawson (#17 Team BRM Audi) and Nathanael Berthon (#74 MPC Audi). David Russell (#47 MPC Audi was fifth as Fraser Ross (#65 MPC Audi) jumped Shane van Gisbergen (#888 Triple Eight Mercedes) late in the session as they finished sixth and seventh. The #75 Mercedes ended up second thanks to a 2m04.908s from reigning Bathurst 12 Hour winner Jules Gounon late in the session. With 10 minutes to go Ricardo Feller took over at the top in the #777 Melbourne Performance Centre Audi entry with a 2m04.908s.

With apologies for the somewhat tardy nature of posting from Bathurst 12 Hour - schedules at Imola and Bathurst are sub-optimally matched!

Track action for the LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour starts on Friday with four practice sessions, two dedicated to Bronze drivers only, culminating in the first night practice session in the event’s history. The TGRA 86 Series has become a breeding ground for driving talent in a spec-racing formula. The Aussie Racing cars are built around a spec, purpose-built space-frame chassis, with a Yamaha 1.3L 125bhp engine, weighing in at around 500kg and capable of speeds over 200km/h. The cars have a freedom of body styles, replicating the current Repco Supercars models, as well as body styles modelled after common Australian consumer vehicles. Bathurst resident Matilda ‘Tilly’ was subjected to schoolyard, social media and electronic bullying, and tragically too her own life in February of this year, at only 15 years old. Alex Davison, also driving the #222, also has family ties to the PCFA, with his father Richard having battled the illness. [On this year’s race] “Our car is really quick, and the weather will be the most unpredictable factor this year…