Bathurst 12 hour 2016 5-7th Feb

[KAL SPL]

http://bathurst12hour.com.au/news-camping16

The top of the mountain is being opened for camping for the first time this year , for anyone interested in camping I'm happy to help out with anything , I plan on getting a prime bay bay trackside if possible stay for the weekend.

Who's coming over for it next year ?

[Damo 69]

yeah ill be heading over again this year was great, unsure about camping was staying 2min walk from the RSL before, cheap food and piss post day at the track is deluxe.

[Lonewolf]

could be keen to head over, always wanted to shoot photos at the mountain and great variety of cars in the 12hr

[anton]

i know it would ruin the soul of bathurst but i would love for it to be brought up to WEC standards a Bathurst 24 hours WEC race would be totally awesome

[Damo 69]

i know it would ruin the soul of bathurst but i would love for it to be brought up to WEC standards a Bathurst 24 hours WEC race would be totally awesome

pfft fuck the soul it would be amazing, they were talking about it last year with the dude who owns / runs the series

[Damo 69]

could be keen to head over, always wanted to shoot photos at the mountain and great variety of cars in the 12hr

your skills in these locations would be awesome! https://www.facebook.com/damian.bristow/media_set?set=a.10153633163204832.1073741839.74216 4831&type=3

[hako]

i know it would ruin the soul of bathurst but i would love for it to be brought up to WEC standards a Bathurst 24 hours WEC race would be totally awesome

For the uneducated amongst us, what does Bathurst need to get the WEC tick?

[KAL SPL]

I'm guessing full track lighting maybe ?

[hako]

No wouldn't need full track lighting, LeMans is dark as hell in places, is why the cars have such good lighting.

Did read something about run off areas etc, but they run at the Nurburgring which has next to no run off.

Probably more to it.

[anton]

No wouldn't need full track lighting, LeMans is dark as hell in places, is why the cars have such good lighting.

Did read something about run off areas etc, but they run at the Nurburgring which has next to no run off.

Probably more to it.

no clue on what it would need but i think the width of bathurst in some spots is very narrow + no run off so like skyline/dipper would need some work to allow a car to go through off the ideal line a LMP1 car would be stuck behind a GT car from Skyline to Forrest Elbow. maybe there are safety concerns also about medical facilities etc around the top of the track

[dmanvan]

Some well quick times in first practice sessions.... speedcafe.com has some pretty good coverage and a race guide in pdf.... had to laugh looking at day1 times. Top 22 (out of 34) cars were under the 'lap of the gods' time set years ago by G.Murphy in a v8supercar.....

http://media.speedcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/practice-4-e1454654514306.png

[Gr3mlin]

Van gisbergen punching out a 2:01.500 time in qualifying with traffic.

The McLaren's look like porn on wheels.

[KAL SPL]

2.01.02 and put it away early , I reckon he could of gone quicker !
Bring on tomorrow's race , track side is win , weather holding off so far.

[Damo 69]

Cold on the mountain this morning!

[urabus]

Rullo / performance west lambo broke an upright on the first few laps and is out as they have no spares.

Brendon

[Sack]

One more lap would have made an awesome finish

[Alt_F4]

Final lap was amazing

[KAL SPL]

One more lap would have made an awesome finish
Lol please they could of had 20 more laps would have had same result , svg let him catch up and was just keeping a comfortable gap , you could hear how much he had backed off just going over Skyline , he's a showman and knows what fans want he let GTR catch up enough just to make it look interesting without risking the win.
He was lapping a full 2 seconds quicker than the GTR in the first couple of hours of the race l they couldn't touch the pace of the Mclaren.

[KAL SPL]

Rullo / performance west lambo broke an upright on the first few laps and is out as they have no spares.

Brendon
Steering arm or rack I got told , first lap , I think Percat cut off the Fezza , they were not impressed about it.

[TJ]

That McLaren is out of this world in raw pace.

[Sensible]

Australian GT is growing very quick and with all the new cars joining the grid this year it will be awesome
M6
New SLS
488
Tekno running 3 Mclarens

I will definitely be getting up to Barbagallo this year when they come in support of the Taxis

[dmanvan]

^^ sort of makes you wonder why v8SC when they drop the v8 moniker don't just become supercarGT. racing full car porn exotics like the GT series......

[DISTRBD]

I will definitely be getting up to Barbagallo this year when they come in support of the Taxis


I did hear that SST will be running here as well ..

[Damo 69]

V8sc actually own 50% of the 12 hour this year, so I dare say what ever replaces the super taxis will be / or very similar to gt racing

[Buckets]

I'm going over for the Supertaxi 1000 this year just to say I've done it but the GT race is more interesting to me. Will have to make the point of getting over for the 12hr next year.

[KAL SPL]

Fwiw we had some guy telling us at 1am on Sunday morning standing on Skyline while we were going down on the sliders that next years 12 hour will be the opening round for the V8s , their launch will include a top ten shoot out , then top 6 and the quickest time gets $1m or some shit , I mean it was early and my memory's sketchy and he looked somewhat legit and seemed to know what he's talking about but it is Bathurst ....

It makes sense but who knows , looking forward to it either way I will be driving 40 minutes back to watch it again for the weekend.

Anyone who is willing to rough it next year wants to chip in for a large marquee I'm thinking it's going to be the best way to camp there.

[Damo 69]

I'm going over for the Supertaxi 1000 this year just to say I've done it but the GT race is more interesting to me. Will have to make the point of getting over for the 12hr next year.

Dooo it.

Just got back to Vanuatu from the 12 hour, was good to get out of the heat for a weekend and was great racing!

Will be backing it up a 3rd year in a row next year.

also considering a yolo euro GT race in may this year, nordschleife 24 hour is on end of may I think

[dmanvan]

oh that sound......


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3nlWPMQTbg :)

[POH73]

The sensation of speed over the top makes the V8s look very pedestrian. Downforce FTW

[dmanvan]

well the 12 hour in 2017 is going to have some cracker cars with new M6 competing in this years GT as well as 488..... pure awesome...

M6 pity they are going to have to cover up all that carbon.....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_s_OXSoQ_0



http://media2.speedcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Ferrari-488-GT3-Vicious-Rumour-Racing-e1456309382633.jpg

[KAL SPL]

Don't forget the new sls GT3 cars , going to be massive next year I think !