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SUNENERGY1 AND MERCEDES-AMG GO BACK-TO-BACK IN RECORD-BREAKING BATHURST 12 HOUR
SunEnergy1 and Mercedes-AMG defended their LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 crown in epic fashion and made the perfect start to this year’s Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli campaign by beating Manthey EMA and GruppeM Racing to victory in Australia’s International Enduro. Kenny Habul, Luca Stolz and Jules Gounon also belied their status as Pro class … Continue reading
BMW M TEAM WRT FINISHES THE BATHURST 12 HOUR IN FOURTH AND SIXTH POSITIONS
BMW M Team WRT competed its first race in the 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge, the Bathurst 12 Hour (AUS). The endurance classic also marked the first official outing of the team together with BMW M Motorsport. After twelve hours of racing, held in sunny summer weather, the #32 Shell BMW M4 GT3 took the chequered … Continue reading
TWO CLASS VICTORIES FOR AUDI SPORT CUSTOMER TEAMS AT THE BATHURST 12 HOUR
As many as four Audi Sport customer teams were on the podium at the Bathurst 12 Hour 2023: After a strong recovery, the three Australians Chaz Mostert, Fraser Ross and Liam Talbot won the Pro-Am class in the Audi R8 LMS. Close behind, Audi Sport drivers Christopher Mies and Ricardo Feller with privateer driver Yasser … Continue reading
ENGEL MAKES HISTORY EN ROUTE TO BATHURST 12 HOUR POLE RECORD
GruppeM Racing and Mercedes-AMG’s Maro Engel clinched his second Allan Simonsen Pole Position Trophy by setting the fastest lap ever recorded at the LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour during this afternoon’s Pirelli Top-10 Shootout. The German – whose entry is also nominated to score Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli points – served notice of … Continue reading
BATHURST 12 HOUR GEARS UP FOR INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE SEASON OPENER
Season eight of Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli gets underway Down Under this weekend when the globe-trotting GT3 series visits Mount Panorama and the LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour (February 3-5). Reigning champions Mercedes-AMG and Dani Juncadella are both eligible to score points in the first of this year’s five IGTC-counting events, which also … Continue reading
BMW M TEAM WRT READY FOR THE BATHURST 12 HOUR
Mount Panorama is calling. Next weekend (3rd to 5th February), BMW M Team WRT will make its first official appearance together with BMW M Motorsport at Bathurst, Australia. The team, led by principal Vincent Vosse, will be competing in the classic Bathurst 12 Hour endurance race at the Mount Panorama Circuit with two BMW M4 … Continue reading
MERCEDES-AMG CUSTOMER RACING TEAMS SET FOR THE 12 HOURS OF BATHURST
Just two months after the 2022 finale in Abu Dhabi, the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) launches into an exciting new season with the Bathurst 12 Hour (3 – 5 February). The race at the Mount Panorama Circuit also marks the beginning of Mercedes-AMG’s title defence. Last year, the performance and sports car brand from Affalterbach … Continue reading
AUDI SPORT WITH STRONG LOCAL TEAMS AT THE BATHURST 12 HOUR
For the twelfth time already, the Audi R8 LMS will face the biggest endurance competition in Australia. The tradition-steeped hill-and-dale track at Bathurst, 200 kilometers west of Sydney, will be the venue of the 12-hour race from February 3 to 5. Together with the Melbourne Performance Centre (MPC), Audi Sport customer racing is involved in … Continue reading
BMW M TEAM WRT DRIVER LINE-UP CONFIRMED FOR BATHURST AND GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE
BMW M Motorsport returns to Australia after an enforced three-year absence. BMW M Team WRT will undertake its first works-supported race outing with the BMW M4 GT3 at the Bathurst 12 Hour, the opening round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge, in February 2023. This is followed by the GT World Challenge Europe which begins in … Continue reading
MANTHEY EMA ‘GRELLO’ PORSCHE 911 GT3 R TO LINE-UP FOR BATHURST 12 HOUR
EMA Motorsport will once again combine with Manthey, starting the 2023 season off in the most exciting way with confirmation of entry into the Bathurst 12 Hour. After successful events in Europe, the Australian-German effort will be hard to miss as they come together to send the iconic green and yellow ‘Grello’ Porsche 911 GT3 … Continue reading
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