It was another great year of racing at LiquiMoly Bathurst 12 Hours. These races always throw up quirky little facts, so here are some from this year…
- 1st time there are no Aussie drivers on the top step since 2015
- 1st Audi win since 2012 (Phoenix Audi with Christer Jons, Chris Mies and Darrell O’Young)
- Stuart Leonard is the first English driver to win
- Robin Frijns (
@RFrijns) is the first Dutch driver to win - 5. 2nd win for Pierre Dieudonné who won B1000 in ’87 to be DQ’d later on for illegal wheel arches on the Texaco Sierra
- WRT Audi are the first Belgian team to win the Bathurst 12 Hour (possibly any race at Bathurst!)
- The 1st non-German car home was Trofeo Lamborghini in 8th
- Ivan Capelli was also the 1st ex-F1 driver in 8th
- 8. 16 safety cars for 47 laps. Lots
- Seaton, Longhurst, Brabham Famous names won Class C. Aaron’s father, Glenn Seaton famously never won the Bathurst 1000 and Longhurst won in a Ford Sierra in 1988 and a Commodore in 2001
- 6 of top 7 were international entries (The Icebreak Porsche was from McElrea in QLD)
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By Sam Tickell February 2018
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