BATHURST, AUSTRALIA: The Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 hour returned to Australia’s iconic race track Mount Panorama for another epic sports car endurance race on February 3-5. The three days of motorsport consisted of four practice sessions on Friday, final practice and qualifying on Saturday, which included a new edition to qualifying – a top 10 shootout, and 12 hours of racing on Sunday. Each year this event attracts a bigger drive line up, both locally and internationally, with 177 drivers from 17 different countries participating this year and a larger crowd of spectators to watch drivers on all three days. The race is broken up into different classes with Class A, GT3, being one of the most well-known categories of racing around the world. Competing brands included Audi, Porsche, Ferrari, Nissan, Lamborghini, McLaren, Mercedes, BMW, Bentley and Aston Martin. This class is divided into sub-classes, including Pro for entries featuring all professional drivers, Pro/AM for entries featuring a maximum of two professional drivers and amateur drivers, and Am for entries featuring a maximum of one professional driver and three amateur drivers. Class B included GT3 Cup cars; this is the domain of Porsche, mostly known for competing in the global [...]
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