2017 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 hour: Feb 3-5

[fieldodreams79]

[Matt]

Just gonna leave this here, note the date. :lol:

[peckstar]

J Dub. class driver,

[JoeW04]

And dad #40 finished P2 in class C, first time at Bathurst and only did the deal the week before, made up for him

[venturi]

Yup, congrats to the Maranello and 888 guys, great preparation, great drivers, well deserved win

And also very cool to see Competition Motorsports getting 2nd in the Porsche GT3R, nice one

[Simmi]

Originally Posted by Simmi

That move/penalty is going to kill the podium chances for the #12. I think third was their best-case scenario.

So, yeah. Turns out I was wrong haha.


Really enjoyed that. Managed to go through the night and watch pretty much the entire thing.

Hopefully this will encourage Whincup to do even more sportscar stuff. He looked so comfortable in his first race in a GT3. Still want to see him and Craig at Le Mans.

[J Jay]

Fine all-round performance from the Maranello crew for a deserved victory.

Good results from the #12 (Pro-Am in 2nd) and the #17 (not the win, but another podium).

[Ospi]

Love me some Bathurst drama. Grats to the Ferrari, were the undisputed favourites but still did it in style. Svg, well, we all have shitty days.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by Simmi

So, yeah. Turns out I was wrong haha.


Really enjoyed that. Managed to go through the night and watch pretty much the entire thing.

Hopefully this will encourage Whincup to do even more sportscar stuff. He looked so comfortable in his first race in a GT3. Still want to see him and Craig at Le Mans.

Glad you and the "others" from across the pond made it through!

Its 2 am here and I think its time to wrap it up for me....

Enjoyed it myself. Hard not to with these cars and this track.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Glad you and the "others" from across the pond made it through!

Its 2 am here and I think its time to wrap it up for me....

Enjoyed it myself. Hard not to with these cars and this track.

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[Maelochs]

Hindhaugh has a point about calling out team mates ... not only will Maro Engel and SvG not share a car .... not sure we will see Mr. Engel at Bathurst again.

SvG is pretty popular at home.

Other than that ... once again, a really good race. Maybe Sebring should consider starting before dawn?

[JoeW04]

7am here, not sure I can sleep after all that!

[billy bleach]

Originally Posted by Maelochs

Hindhaugh has a point about calling out team mates ... not only will Maro Engel and SvG not share a car .... not sure we will see Mr. Engel at Bathurst again.

SvG is pretty popular at home.

Other than that ... once again, a really good race. Maybe Sebring should consider starting before dawn?

SVG drove like a goose all weekend - jet lag?

[Maelochs]

Originally Posted by billy bleach

SVG drove like a goose all weekend - jet lag?

I was going to say, he did really well at the Rolex ... maybe all the travel messed up his sleep and that's what's up. I didn't think about trying to do the two back-to-back with a whatever, 16-hour plane ride in between.

Makes a lot of sense. I have a hard time keeping it together for one race, or one trip across time zones ... and I am just a spectator.

[Langers]

Originally Posted by sizzle

Well that just proves there is a distinct lack between the ears

SvG has always come across to me as though he's a spanner short of a toolbox.

[Langers]

Originally Posted by Ospi

I don't really disagree with Engel there, but damn, not something you say publicly.

I think after all these years of SvG making high risk moves when it simply isn't necessary, someone needed to say it.

[F J Nedos]

Originally Posted by peckstar

who is the woman next to lowndes?

HIs (2nd) wife, I think.

[seanyb505]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

For anyone interested, the top 5 lap times so far:

#88 Ferrari 488 - 2:02.908
#90 BMW M6 - 2:02.954
#8 Bentley Continential - 2:03.181
#37 McLaren 650s - 2:03.369
#12 McLaren 650s - 2:03.774

* don't know the drivers....



HA! You can make it!

I MADE IT.

Great crazy race. I legitimately thought it was Sunday long enough that I made a mental note to check Superbowl score after catching up on this thread lol.

[Tourer]

Originally Posted by Langers

I think after all these years of SvG making high risk moves when it simply isn't necessary, someone needed to say it.

Oh it's been said a number of times, just not by his team mate in the car. Understand Maro's frustration and it was definitely in the heat of the moment but wow, it's rare to see one team mate diss another publicly.

[peckstar]

Originally Posted by F J Nedos

HIs (2nd) wife, I think.

cheers, i wondered if it was her

[Umai Naa]

Well done to all at Marenello and Triple Eight. They were the class of the field.

It's a shame SvG hung it off the fence. By his own admission, trying a little too hard, caught the kerb, and around she went. Kind of denied us an opportunity for a ripper finish.

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by Umai Naa

Well done to all at Marenello and Triple Eight. They were the class of the field.

It's a shame SvG hung it off the fence. By his own admission, trying a little too hard, caught the kerb, and around she went. Kind of denied us an opportunity for a ripper finish.

It was a ripper finish regardless!

12 months til we can go around again

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by Maelochs

Hindhaugh has a point about calling out team mates ... not only will Maro Engel and SvG not share a car .... not sure we will see Mr. Engel at Bathurst again.

SvG is pretty popular at home.

Other than that ... once again, a really good race. Maybe Sebring should consider starting before dawn?

Mr Engel is a Mercedes Benz-AMG factory driver, a DTM pilot in season 2017.

He is likely to have some influence at that level.

[Speed-King]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Mr Engel is a Mercedes Benz-AMG factory driver, a DTM pilot in season 2017.

He is likely to have some influence at that level.

Well, he had been out in the wilderness and doing odd journeyman gigs during the last few years and only just made it back to DTM for the new season. I am not sure how established he is just now. Might go either way...

[peckstar]

Originally Posted by Umai Naa

Kind of denied us an opportunity for a ripper finish.

I sort of felt it was anti climatic.

Had been building up for hours to an awesome SVG vs JDub finish and then we ended up with two SVG caused SC's in the last 30 mins and J dub crusing around in the lead. But the hours were before that were awesome

Next year the commentators will have to come up with a better sell point for the race finish, than the last 3 races have been seperated by a total of 5 seconds (or some similar number)