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I'm pretty disappointed with the lack of variety in the Invitational Class, there has always usually been some weird and wonderful creations in there.
No Maranello is a surprise, maybe they might enter today on the last day... or perhaps they simply don't have the budget for the 12hr? Shame about no Nissans as well. The likes of WRT more than make up for those omissions though |
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When was the last time there wasn't a DarrelLea car on the grid?
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Plenty of Audis to go around Should see a big fight between the 4 german manufacturers + Bentley, Mclaren No Miedecke, no Nissan, no Maranello Assume two YNA Mclarens are the factory cars, 1 Pro-Am car for Fraiser Ross, 1 full Pro? Imagine Bentley cars will be full factory driver lineups again Excited to see what WRT bring, will be a statement of intent for 2018 lineup worldwide Huge GT4 grid, BMW vs Ginetta vs the rest. Fantastic 4 car Ginetta Australia entry Enormous 9 car MARC Aus entry, in otherwise short Invitational class Bathurst 12 Hours Entry List 2018 CLASS A International Motorsport - Audi R8 LMS GT3 - Industrie Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 - Audi Sport Customer Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 - Marc Cini / Lee Holdsworth / Dean Fiore Audi Sport Customer Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 - Greg Taylor / TBA / TBA Audi Sport Customer Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 - Audi Sport Customer Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 - Audi Sport Customer Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 - Audi Sport Customer Racing - Audi R8 LMS GT3 - Audi Sport Team WRT - Audi R8 LMS GT3 - Audi Sport Team WRT - Audi R8 LMS GT3 - Bentley M-Sport - Bentley Continetal GT3 - TBA / TBA / TBA Bentley M-Sport - Bentley Continetal GT3 - TBA / TBA / TBA BMW Team SRM - BMW M6 GT3 - Philipp Eng / Timo Glock / Steven Richards BMW Team SRM - BMW M6 GT3 - TBA / TBA / TBA BMW Team Schnitzer - BMW M6 GT3 - TBA / TBA / TBA Trass Family Motorsport - Ferrari 458 GT3 Italia - TBA / TBA / TBA Lago Racing - Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX GT3 - Roger Lago / Steven Owen / David Russell Safe-T-Stop - Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 - Richard Gartner / TBA / TBA Trofeo Motorsport - Lamborghini Huracan GT3 - Dean Canto / Ivan Capello / Ryan Millier / Jim Manolios Objective Racing - Mclaren 650s GT3 - Tim Slade / Tony Walls / Warren Luff / Jaxon Evans YNA Autosport - Mclaren 650s GT3 - TBA / TBA / TBA (Pro-Am car, Fraiser Ross?) YNA Autosport - Mclaren 650s GT3 - TBA / TBA / TBA (Pro Car?) STM Motorsport - Mercedes AMG GT3 - Max Twigg / Tony D’Alberto / Craig Baird STM Motorsport - Mercedes AMG GT3 - TBA / TBA / TBA To Be Announced - Mercedes AMG GT3 - TBA / TBA / TBA Strakka Racing - Mercedes-AMG GT3 - Cameron Waters / Nick Leventis / Lewis Williamson / David Fumanelli Strakka Racing - Mercedes-AMG GT3 - TBA / TBA / TBA Black Swan Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Tim Pappas / Jeroen Bleekemolen / TBA Competition Motorsports - Porsche 911 GT3 R - David Calvert-Jones / Pat Long / TBA Manthey Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 R - Romain Dumas / Frederic Makowiecki / Dirk Werner CLASS B Team Carrera Cup Asia - Porsche 911 GT3 Cup - Paul Tresser / Chris van der Drift / Evan Chen / Andrew Tang On Track Motorsport - Porsche 911 GT3 Cup - Grove Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 Cup - Ben Barker / Stephen Grove / Brenton Grove DRM TeamWrightlands - Porsche 911 GT3 Cup - Wall Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 Cup - CLASS C BMW Team SRM - BMW M4 GT4 - Xavier West / Dean Grant / TBA Baigent Racing Ltd - BMW M4 GT4 - Kent Baigent / TBA / TBA Boat Works Racing??? - BMW M4 GT4 - Tony Longhurst / Aaron Seton / Glenn Seton To Be Announced - BMW M4 GT4 - TBA / TBA / TBA Ginetta Australia - Ginetta G55 GT4 - TBA / TBA / TBA Ginetta Australia - Ginetta G55 GT4 - TBA / TBA / TBA Ginetta Australia - Ginetta G55 GT4 - TBA / TBA / TBA Ginetta Australia - Ginetta G55 GT4 - TBA / TBA / TBA M-Motorsport - KTM X-Bow GT4 - Justin McMillan / Tim Macrow / David Campton / Caitlin Wood M-Motorsport - KTM X-Bow GT4 - Glen Wood / Trent Harrison / Cody Hill Brookspeed International Motorsport - Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport - TBA / TBA / TBA Brookspeed International Motorsport - Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport - TBA / TBA / TBA Pro-Sport Performance - Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport - TBA / TBA / TBA INVITATIONAL CLASS Daytona Sportscars - Daytona Coupe - Adam Macrow / Ben Schoots / Michael Caine Daytona Sportscars - Dodge Viper - Jamie Augustine / Dylan Thomas / Rhys Howell MARC Cars Australia - Ford Focus V8 - TBA / TBA / TBA MARC Cars Australia - Ford Focus V8 - TBA / TBA / TBA MARC Cars Australia - Mazda V8 - TBA / TBA / TBA MARC Cars Australia - Mazda V8 - TBA / TBA / TBA MARC Cars Australia - Mazda V8 - TBA / TBA / TBA MARC Cars Australia - Mazda V8 - TBA / TBA / TBA MARC Cars Australia - Marc II V8 - TBA / TBA / TBA MARC Cars Australia - Marc II V8 - TBA / TBA / TBA MARC Cars Australia - Marc II V8 - TBA / TBA / TBA |
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Lots of TBA's look like needing to be filled given we are six weeks out, unless they know the drivers and are going to let the teams announce the drivers as they wish?
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Mclaren usually announce their lineups in January, i imagine the many unannounced Audis have lineups but they will do a big release. Bentley just announced their lineups for the full IGTC Andy Soucek / Maxime Soulet / Vincent Abril / Jules Gounon / Guy Smith / Steven Kane |
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I know it's just typo and it's wrong to pick up on it, but that really did make me laugh out loud. 60 car field has all the promise of a top Blaincpain meeting up here, and they're pretty good. The excitement for this is building nicely. Christmas? Pah, just an interruption in the build up to the Mountain. |
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THE LEGENDARY Team Schnitzer will return to Mount Panorama in 2018 with a factory supported BMW M6GT3 and a star driving squad.
Like the BMW Team SRM entry, the Schnitzer entry features a mix of Australian talent and BMW works drivers; Chaz Mostert to be joined by double DTM champion Marco Wittmann and Brazilian ace Augusto Farfus. Schnitzer are one of the most successful German-based racing teams and have been mainstays of BMW’s racing enterprises for four decades. http://www.bathurst12hour.com.au/new...-factory-aces/ |
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15 Dec 2017, 23:45 (Ref:3787350) | #140 | |
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What about the second announced SRM car?
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According to this, there's only two BMW M6's BMW announces 12 Hour lineups/
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For those of us in Australia and New Zealand there is a new magazine available at newsagents titled the History of the 12 Hour - 1991 to 2017.
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A thought that just crossed my mind: how many drivers, team personnel, journalists etc. are going to be flying from the Daytona 24h directly to Australia for Bathurst? With the amount of star power on offer, I reckon it's going to be more than in recent years. |
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Pretty cool to see Schnitzer coming back to Bathurst for the first time since 1987
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Whincup to pilot Mercedes in Bathurst 12H return
Pro-am car Also a few more MARC drivers named Will Brown returns to MARC for Bathurst 12Hr |
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I guess that means the Maranello Ferrari is a scratching?
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Yeah it appears so. Will be interesting to see what the story is from inside Maranello.
Story was the car and shipping container was at the dock for the NZ AGT rounds before being unloaded. So likely bigger than just the 12 hour. |
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