Bathurst 12H 2016

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  1. Steve

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    12 hours of sports car racing on Mount Panorama, Bathurst.

    Green flag in about 10 minutes...I think.

    Live stream here!

    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHCqM5k48O8"]2016 Bathurst 12 Hour - FULL RACE LIVE! #B12Hr - YouTube[/ame]

    Live timing and scoring: Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Live Timing | Bathurst 12 Hour

    Here is a lap in the Nismo GT-R to remind what the track is like.

    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsamJ5dmMKw"]Lap of Mount Panorama in the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    This is a great race! One hour to go and it looks like there will be a race among top 4 to the finish. And that's 4 different manufacturers: Nissan (Nismo), Bentley, McLaren and Audi. Good stuff!
     
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    Damn, that was fun!
     
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    Yep, I watched most of it thru the morning and evening hours - great racing all day - when did they introduce the kink on the conrod straight?

    It almost looked like the Nissan would catch the Maclaren at the end, but I think he was just pacing to make sure he made it to the end.....

    Fun racing all day!
     
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    I thought it was because someone died at the end of the straight but according to the Mt Panorama website...

    "The Chase
    Added in 1987, the Chase was added in preparation for the World Touring Car Championship to adhere to FIA rules. The length of Conrod Straight exceeded the maximum length allowed on a WTCC track, and therefore was built to standard."

    Yup, I'm sure van Gisbergren (McLaren) was just managing those last few laps. It was exciting to watch the gap shrink when Chiyo (Nissan) turned up the wick but vG's fastest race lap was a full second quicker than the best lap Chiyo could manage in his frantic run at the end so I figure he could have kept him behind.
     
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    Endurance racing has gotten more interesting over the years due to reliability. Like one of the announcers said (more or less, I'm paraphrasing from memory) "In the past these races would end with the lead car 5 or 10 laps ahead and we'd spend the last hours trying to think of something to say."

    Now the cars are so much much more reliable that no one can assume anyone else will retire and it's like a long sprint race with all sorts of fascinating strategy going on in the background. There's almost always more than one car on the lead lap at the end so there's drama all the way to the end and, thanks to multi-class racing, there's usually more than one race going on.

    It's hard to watch a 12-hour race, though. Damn. I would say I'll wait for the highlights reel but I've yet to see a good one. And that's a good sign! When I watch a highlight video after a race like this one (perfect example below) I know it's confusing and even boring because there was way too much good stuff they had to leave out...and that's why I try to watch the races.

    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxBMP07uFDA"]Race Highlights - Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    #8 Minidave, Feb 7, 2016
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    Since it was only available online I was able to let it run on my laptop while I did other things too.....

    It was pretty amazing that at the end of 12 hours there were just seconds separating the top 4 cars!
     
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    Nissan's highlight video.

    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJwzVvBZqZM"]BATHURST 12HR NISMO HIGHLIGHTS - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    Check out the onboard video from Van Gisbergen's record breaking qualifying lap.

    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3nlWPMQTbg"]McLaren 650S GT3 claims Bathurst Lap Record - 2m 01.286s - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    That was one heck of a hot lap! :arf:
     
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    Hot Damn!!
     
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    Very impressive !!
     
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    The last 25 min of the race.

    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE7N-Iolavc"]BATHURST 12hr 2016: FINAL 20 MINUTES! Warning: Contains dangerous amounts of awesome - YouTube[/ame]
     

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