2017 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 hour: Feb 3-5

[JoeW04]

No Mercedes finished the race, disaster for them in an international GT3 race, think they will be backing their man Engel, the Mercedes engineer looked pretty embarrassed when the AMAC man come into the garage

[numbnuts]

i reckon mr engel was nursing a throbbing toe after giving that tyre a good kick

[Henry]

if AMG/MB don't want SVG next year, I still can't imagine he'd be without a drive for too long... remembering that Craig Lowndes was still prone to running into trouble now and again for backing his talent too heavily in his twenties...

[peckstar]

Record crowd for Bathurst 12 Hour

The three-day crowd figure of 40,364 is an increase of 8.8% on the 2016 crowd of 37,079.

Whie it doesnt actually say it in the article, previous history shows thats about 17,000 race day people

[peckstar]

Engel: SVG comments ‘heat of the moment’

[Maelochs]

Well ... I guess that is all pretty much wrapped up ... the race and the silly controversy. Good on both drivers to be able to say what they eventually did.

SvG did make too many mistakes; Engels made one very public mistake. All can be forgiven.

Frankly, the race was over anyway because no car could keep up with the Ferrari. had The #22 not caught traffic coming over the top, the #88 would have caught up in a couple laps anyway, and once by ... there was no way it was getting caught again. Mercedes lost a podium, but the race was never theirs to lose.

[peckstar]

Race Highlights - 2017 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour

[scr]

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.

Who actually owns the Ferrari that won the race? Is it Maranello lMotorsport?

[Umai Naa]

Originally Posted by scr

Who actually owns the Ferrari that won the race? Is it Maranello lMotorsport?

Peter Edwards.

MM does the prep, T8 provided engineering and driving nous.

[Jameson]

Great race. Oh boy that Ferrari was fast. Seems to be the GT3 to have at the moment - both in SRO and IMSA.

Mercs lacked some top speed but their drivers crying being miles off pace after practice kind of looks silly when you're in it until the end with very competitive lap times.

[airbusA346]

Anyone know where I can watch the last hour of the race? The Nismo TV video claims to be the full race, but is missing the last 50 minutes.

[airbusA346]

Originally Posted by venturi

Who was Pat Long flipping off?

The Objective Mclaren.

[justracing]

Originally Posted by airbusA346

Anyone know where I can watch the last hour of the race? The Nismo TV video claims to be the full race, but is missing the last 50 minutes.

I found it on Nismo tv. http://grandlink.tv/FollowNISMO

[fieldodreams79]

I thoroughly enjoyed this event. The end got a little messy and the coverage cut off before the podium ceremony, but all in all, it was fun to watch.

Originally Posted by peckstar

Engel: SVG comments ‘heat of the moment’

Racing drivers tend to say funny things when you shove a mic in their face after a very tense situation and sometimes racing drivers push a little too hard and damage equipment.

These things happen sometimes.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by seanyb505

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.

Yes!

And Soon!

[justracing]

What a race of attrition, I managed to watch 8 hours of it and thoroughly enjoyed it save for the last 45mins or so. Great shame for SvG, I'm sure he was just having a bad day, Engel's comments were somewhat scathing but unsurprising in the heat of the moment. Great drive from Vilander and co just as Daytona last week, the Ferrari is not only quick but pretty frugal on fuel by the looks of it. Great pity that we didn't see more of the BMW's after a promising start from Mostert, the mechanics at this event absolutely worked their nuts off with the amount of mechanical repairs and damage.

[airbusA346]

Originally Posted by justracing

I found it on Nismo tv. http://grandlink.tv/FollowNISMO

It ends with 37:24 to go till the end of the race.

[justracing]

Full race highlights:

https://youtu.be/2lcJkhJdwMI

[Mechanic Z]

Quite a race.
Cool to see the Competition Porsche take second.

Great drive back by Parente, Bell & Ledogar, a shame they didn't quite make it back onto the lead lap. McLaren had the pace to battle with pretty much everyone except the Ferrari.

[FIRE]

Bathurst

[Starfish Primer]

Very happy to see the good result of the Porsche #12.

[JCE.72]

Quite shocked when looking at all the comments towards Maro Engel on social media in the last 12 hours, mainly from Aussie's & kiwi's. Understand they have been upset with the comments he gave 'in the heat of the moment' on SvG (although maybe somewhat justified IMHO), and for which he apologized in the meantime. Wondering when the bashing will stop... seems like most of the heroes behind their small screen doesn't show any sign of civilization. Not taking side with any of those two, both are top drivers for whom we all go to the circuits.

[GROUPA]

Another great Bathurst - kudos to Richard Craill great commentator and should be on 7 with V8SC good knowledge of the teams and drivers.

SVG - I remember a few years back on V8SC on team radio someone said keep clear of him on live coverage cant think who it was at the time - this was a few years back now but he seems to be a disaster waiting to happen - he has a huge amount of talent has a championship (s) to his name drivers all types of cars and events but he makes some very stupid mistakes.

I'm backing Engel on this one - easy to have a go at his V8SC record wobbling around in that Mercedes on tracks he did not know - on the other hand I saw him at Phillip Island a few years back and he wiped the floor in the SLS has done well at Macau and N24 (though a dubious pass) and is back in a factory DTM car hopefully it will not be an older spec car like last time.

On well another 12 months to wait and put up with the usual suspects comments on here - hopefuly everyone can accept and appreciate racing and opinions and not have the 2018 Bathurst 12 Hour thread turn to s&@$* like the 2017 thread

[peckstar]

Originally Posted by GROUPA

On well another 12 months to wait and put up with the usual suspects comments on here - hopefuly everyone can accept and appreciate racing and opinions and not have the 2018 Bathurst 12 Hour thread turn to s&@$* like the 2017 thread

Last 600 or so comments have been pretty good i would have thought, everyone on the same page enjoying the event.
Part of the problem is that race and the event development are rolled into the one thread. The race we all agree on, The event sees different people having different opinions on where it should head

Biggest question for the coming year, well in australia anyway, will be regarding tv coverage.

Ch 7 contract is up, supercars is in control. Will be good to find out the ratings

I had a number of supercars fans contact me yesterday to talk about the race. so its getting more attention

Possibly one of the biggest talking points that come out was Maro's comments. Gave the event much more attention and created a bit of extra passion. While not commenting on if he was wrong or right It certainly created discusion

[peckstar]

Bathurst 12 Hour to expand

But Director of the event, Supercars Australia’s John Casey, reassured motoring.com.au the intention was to evolve the event rather than introduce wholesale change

Two events into its ownership, Supercars influence on the Bathurst 12 Hour has been ‘light touch’. That’s the way Casey would like it to stay.

“We want the Bathurst 12 Hour to be an event for people who just love cars… But at the heart of it always will be a genuinely international world class endurance race,” he said