2017 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 hour: Feb 3-5

[Ephaeton]

Originally Posted by Speed-King

Which class would they even enter? There's only P2, GTE and GT3. The MARC cars are homologated for neither.

not well-thought out, I admit, I just think their scent aligns with the brute of american-style racing (well, maybe not specifically IMSA, maybe a bit more Grand-Am). Not saying I want to see them in IMSA competition either, but, if you spotted them there, IMHO, one would say, hmm, that thing fits in here! (yeah, no longer with GT3 being the GTC, er, GTD *ahem cough* excuse me)

[JoeW04]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Sounds like David Calvert-Jones won't have too many friends this evening...

EDIT: Craillsy throws out a Kenny Loggins reference

Chris Mies definitely checked it was him before he said Marc Lieb, Matt Campbell or Pat Long shouldn't have a race license haha

[airbusA346]

#35 big off.

[J Jay]

#35 off at the kitty litter, it looks like he's gone straight into the tyres.

SC.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by airbusA346

#35 big off.

That's nasty. Hope he's okay.

[venturi]

Huge one for the Aston, great to see George get out and look relatively ok,

[airbusA346]

Leaking brake fluid in the Aston... hmmm shouldn't they have pitted to fix that ages ago... bit late now though.

[tux]

Ash Walsh just said that the team knew the master cylinder was leaking, it seems irresponsible to not try and repair the issue?

[Lasse]

How come the team haven't fixed a leaking master cylinder? Sounds crazy to me, and irresponsible not only to your drivers, but all drivers on track.

[Umai Naa]

Originally Posted by tux

Ash Walsh just said that the team knew the master cylinder was leaking, it seems irresponsible to not try and repair the issue?

He suspected it was sloshing out of the reservoir.

They probably thought they could just deal with it. Shame, as it had solid pace.

[fieldodreams79]

I'd say it's in the driver's hands, literally, to decide whether or not the brakes need fixing. Agreed, it seems irresponsible but sometimes you have to drive around issues and fix them when it's the best time to fix them, like a SC.

Easy to point fingers in hindsight.

[J Jay]

Did Baird just do a Mucke?

[kvenom]

What on Earth....

[MCWB]

What on earth was that?! Good for Parente though!

[fieldodreams79]

Greg Baird did something very silly there.

[Simmi]

LOL Craig Baird transporting himself back to the BTCC there.

[venturi]

Wow, that was extremely average driving in the Merc.

[JHamilton]

What was that?

[Akrapovic]

Should penalise the Mercedes a lap for that one. Get it behind the Ferrari.

[Simmi]

Great work by the recovery crew there to keep them on the lead lap. At that point it does not hurt to be Craig Lowndes I guess.

[fieldodreams79]

Wish there was a way to put the 88 back where it should be.

Did anyone get a good look at the right rear? Looked like some issues with the undertray, but I couldn't tell.

[JHamilton]

Originally Posted by Simmi

Great work by the recovery crew there to keep them on the lead lap. At that point it does not hurt to be Craig Lowndes I guess.

Yup, that was some pretty amazing work. Those guys work hard and want to see a good race too.

[fieldodreams79]

No damage and smart move by the 88 team to take advantage of the SC period, i think

[J Jay]

That's about as diplomatic as SVG could have been ... but let's stop the "Muh BoP" nonsense; it's childish from whoever uses it as an excuse.

Edit - 10 seconds stop/hold for #22.

[fieldodreams79]

Stop and hold for Baird