Bathurst 2019 - V12V going out in style

[TR-Spider]

Almost won...until the Porsche forced his way through with 3 laps to go.
Nonetheless, P2 is pretty amazing for such an old girl.
Congratulations to R-Motorsport in Switzerland!

[telum01]

I stayed up late to watch the end of the race and I'm glad I did. Sucks that Aston lost first, but that was one hell of a pass by the Porsche.

[Mr.Tremlini]

I have been drip-feeding myself the 12 hour replay over the last couple of days and I love that track. The Bathurst 1000 was compulsory viewing every year when I was living in NZ... visitors welcome but I will be in situ - comfy chair, chilly bin full of beer, snacks at the ready and incontinence pants (kidding about the incontinence pants...)
Great result for the "old" Vantage, so close to the win but a terrific result non the less.

[leman600]

Thanks for pointing out TR-spider. Really exciting to watch. Great move by the Porsche but brilliant Vantage performance to be there.

[AllyBassman]

Love the V12 Vantage GT3, such a shame it didnt quite get the victory!

[Mr.Tremlini]

Jake Dennis posted this on Instagram an hour ago. New Vantage looks epic in the R_Motorsport livery!

[V12Vin]

Was at Bathurst last weekend. What an event!

Hanged out in the AM garage for a while. Nice folks. Met Andreas Baenziger and geeked out about V12 engines. The AM GT3 did really well: qualifying for pole and clinching the trophy for Top 10 shootout.

However they were penalized first for speeding in the pit (down 2 places from pole) and second for a an over-rev tech glitch during the shoot out (down another 10). The latter was a bit too much.

The word in the garage, even among non-AM teams, is that Matt Campbell's (driver of the 912 Porsche) move was a dirty one. That forrest elbow is possibly once of the worst corners to overtake. Jake Dennis could have clipped him out and both cars would have be done for the race. But all AM drivers are gentlemen racers.

[AstonV]

Mr.Tremlini said:

Jake Dennis posted this on Instagram an hour ago. New Vantage looks epic in the R_Motorsport livery!

I agree. Too bad the one offered to the public is so fking ugly.

[TR-Spider]

I'd love to have a go on "the mountain" one day, this is one hell of a racetrack.
But recently I read that there are on 5 or 6 days of racing/tracking allowed per year.
Which sadly makes the few trackdays exuberantly expensive...