RE: Bathurst 12-Hour highlights: Time for Coffee
Monday 6th February 2017
Spoiler alert: the result of the Bathurst 12-Hour will be discussed in this story. Obviously it's mentioned in the video too. So if you're planning a marathon highlights session once Monday is done, look away now!
Bathurst 12-Hour highlights: Time for Coffee?
If you couldn't be in Australia (or didn't want to get up), here are the Bathurst best bits in two minutes
If this brief vid is anything to go by, it looks like it was another Bathurst enduro epic. Sure, there are some crashes featured here - alright, quite a lot of crashes really - but also some displays of spectacular driving too. Wait until you see the 488 overtake the AMG GT3 down Conrod Straight (and some of the grass on Conrod Straight) and you'll see what we mean.
The Ferrari actually went on to take victory, the trio of Toni Vilander, Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup the only finishers to record an average speed of over 150kph. They also took a fastest lap of 2:02.908. There was good news for the British teams too, with a Bentley Continental GT3 on the podium in third and the McLaren 650S GT3 of Alvaro Parente, Rob Bell and Come Ledogar in fifth. As ever, Bathurst has delivered! If you spend longer than two minutes watching Bathurst highlights then PH can't be blamed...
Watch the video here
Discussion
Looks like a great spectacle and reminiscent of my last trip to Le Mans, albeit on a smaller scale
Anyone know what the driver penalty system is like, compared to say F1? Seemed to me that the Black/Green AMG GT appeared hell bent on taking everyone else out, including the eventual winner, before meeting a barrier head on - I can't believe he did all of that with impunity?
Anyone know what the driver penalty system is like, compared to say F1? Seemed to me that the Black/Green AMG GT appeared hell bent on taking everyone else out, including the eventual winner, before meeting a barrier head on - I can't believe he did all of that with impunity?
T9JVG said:
Looks like a great spectacle and reminiscent of my last trip to Le Mans, albeit on a smaller scale
Anyone know what the driver penalty system is like, compared to say F1? Seemed to me that the Black/Green AMG GT appeared hell bent on taking everyone else out, including the eventual winner, before meeting a barrier head on - I can't believe he did all of that with impunity?
Was thinking the same. The same accident repeated a few times at the expense of the competition. Not sure if it was the same car but I wasn't at all sad to see it head-butt the concrete. Anyone know what the driver penalty system is like, compared to say F1? Seemed to me that the Black/Green AMG GT appeared hell bent on taking everyone else out, including the eventual winner, before meeting a barrier head on - I can't believe he did all of that with impunity?
SVG was having a bad day, he was overcompensating for the Mercs lack of straight line speed.
Whincup (in the Ferrari) & SVG seemed to have a few comings together when they were sharing the same track.
Here's the full race:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmLdnnjC0q4
Whincup (in the Ferrari) & SVG seemed to have a few comings together when they were sharing the same track.
Here's the full race:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmLdnnjC0q4
I must be getting old, but this isn't a patch on the racing between the likes of Peter 'How good is this!' Brick and Allan Moffat in the 70's onwards.
The days of Holden vs Ford, and later on with the RS500 / M3 rivalries were just about perfect for any petrolhead IMHO.
Ok, so I'm not comparing apples with apples, but somehow a Ferrari 488 battling with a Mclaren just doesn't make my yeast rise like the brasso profundo of mighty V8 saloons (or even a V6 in Brocks earlier Holden days...) slugging it out wheel to wheel...
The days of Holden vs Ford, and later on with the RS500 / M3 rivalries were just about perfect for any petrolhead IMHO.
Ok, so I'm not comparing apples with apples, but somehow a Ferrari 488 battling with a Mclaren just doesn't make my yeast rise like the brasso profundo of mighty V8 saloons (or even a V6 in Brocks earlier Holden days...) slugging it out wheel to wheel...
ZX10R NIN said:
SVG was having a bad day
No thats just how SVG races. Stupidly. When Whincup passed him on Conrod, SVG swerved pushing JW onto the grass at 280km/h. When he was stuck behind the porsche he nudged it out of the way causing a SC and putting that car out of the race with an hour to go. They gave him a drive through penalty but his stupidity put himself into the wall across the top of the mountain before he could serve it. He then nursed the car to the chase where he parked it on the racing line. Now one of these incidents is an accident, but all four is a trend. He is a child. PokiGTA said:
No thats just how SVG races. Stupidly. When Whincup passed him on Conrod, SVG swerved pushing JW onto the grass at 280km/h. When he was stuck behind the porsche he nudged it out of the way causing a SC and putting that car out of the race with an hour to go. They gave him a drive through penalty but his stupidity put himself into the wall across the top of the mountain before he could serve it. He then nursed the car to the chase where he parked it on the racing line. Now one of these incidents is an accident, but all four is a trend. He is a child.
Agree it was a very poor performance.rtz62 said:
I must be getting old, but this isn't a patch on the racing between the likes of Peter 'How good is this!' Brick and Allan Moffat in the 70's onwards.
The days of Holden vs Ford, and later on with the RS500 / M3 rivalries were just about perfect for any petrolhead IMHO.
Ok, so I'm not comparing apples with apples, but somehow a Ferrari 488 battling with a Mclaren just doesn't make my yeast rise like the brasso profundo of mighty V8 saloons (or even a V6 in Brocks earlier Holden days...) slugging it out wheel to wheel...
Meh. Modern V8 saloons aren't even saloons. They're silhouette cars. Gt3 cars are still production cars homologated for racing. Sadly the days of Group A and C are long goneThe days of Holden vs Ford, and later on with the RS500 / M3 rivalries were just about perfect for any petrolhead IMHO.
Ok, so I'm not comparing apples with apples, but somehow a Ferrari 488 battling with a Mclaren just doesn't make my yeast rise like the brasso profundo of mighty V8 saloons (or even a V6 in Brocks earlier Holden days...) slugging it out wheel to wheel...
PokiGTA said:
Meh. Modern V8 saloons aren't even saloons. They're silhouette cars. Gt3 cars are still production cars homologated for racing. Sadly the days of Group A and C are long gone
Not a single GT3 race car is a production car they're purpose built race cars that have to conform to certain part of the production car but in essence they're silhouettes (the GT3 991 is now mid engined rather than rear engined like the production car) which I have no problem with personally. rtz62 said:
I must be getting old, but this isn't a patch on the racing between the likes of Peter 'How good is this!' Brick and Allan Moffat in the 70's onwards.
The days of Holden vs Ford, and later on with the RS500 / M3 rivalries were just about perfect for any petrolhead IMHO.
Ok, so I'm not comparing apples with apples, but somehow a Ferrari 488 battling with a Mclaren just doesn't make my yeast rise like the brasso profundo of mighty V8 saloons (or even a V6 in Brocks earlier Holden days...) slugging it out wheel to wheel...
yep id agree with you . the Torana , the Monaro ,valiant charger , ford falcon shakers ..were great days of Bathurst .The days of Holden vs Ford, and later on with the RS500 / M3 rivalries were just about perfect for any petrolhead IMHO.
Ok, so I'm not comparing apples with apples, but somehow a Ferrari 488 battling with a Mclaren just doesn't make my yeast rise like the brasso profundo of mighty V8 saloons (or even a V6 in Brocks earlier Holden days...) slugging it out wheel to wheel...
But got to hate the ford vs holden battles of the 1990's .. cars with little difference and not much appeal outside holden and ford fans . worst of all ,all but closed competition to keep out faster and better cars .
GravelBen said:
PokiGTA said:
ZX10R NIN said:
SVG was having a bad day
No thats just how SVG races. Stupidly...Oh, worth remembering that Whincup's racecraft in last season's V8SC championship was sketchy.
Er, no mention of 'that' interview?
ETA - this is what happened in the last half hour -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgPP8jnN7jg
And this is what his team-mate said to the press 5 minutes after.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cCxZhfRBGg
ETA - this is what happened in the last half hour -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgPP8jnN7jg
And this is what his team-mate said to the press 5 minutes after.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cCxZhfRBGg
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