Here's All The Crashy Drama From Last Weekend’s Bathurst 12 Hour

Mount Panorama is an incredibly challenging race track and it played host to the famous Bathurst 12 Hour race last weekend. As you’d expect, it was full of incidents, fails, crashes and drama

Jack Leslie

09 Feb 2017

The gruelling 2017 Bathurst 12 Hour was incident-filled from start to finish and included a crash for one of the potential winners in the final half an hour.

Having gained the lead through strategy, the No.22 Mercedes was passed by the No.88 Ferrari in stunning style in the closing stages. They even bashed wheels in the process!

Shane van Gisbergen was at the wheel of the Mercedes but he then clashed with a lapped Porsche, picking up a penalty. It wasn’t served though, because he crashed out at The Esses with the finish line in sight.

So, the No.88 Ferrari of Toni Vilander, Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup (who was the one battling the rival Merc in the final hour) stormed to a clear victory by over a lap.

Comments

Was a great race!

A week late, hmmmmmm, someone has run out of stories

Well, luckily we have some stuff to show off ;)
https://youtu.be/a3TBCU_gZX4

so many cars destroyed. i could have daily driven one of those.

More crashes than this guy

Should have put in a picture of Nakazato, now that was a guy who crashed often.

Iketani only crashed once

One of my favourite moments of the race was Toni Vilander telling the marranello motorsport crew off for celebrating after van Gisbergen crashed. Really showed true sportsmanship to me.

Isnt it weird how many of the crashes were partly caused by the AMG?

Amazing race nonetheless

The Improved Production was the best racing imo

Dan Clift’s overtake of the RX-7 just as they head down the mountain in the second race was called one of the better moves of the weekend. He’s an old mate from school. It’s quality racing that!