Its time for Aussie V8_Supercars Bathurst 1000!

The Bathurst 1000 is a 1000 kilometre motor race for touring cars, conducted at the Mount Panorama circuit near Bathurst. Bathurst is located 220 kilometres West of the city of Sydney or about a three hour drive along the Great Western Freeway/Highway. Car makes the like of Mini, Jaguar, BMW, Volvo, Nissan, Ford and Holden have raced and won at The Mountain track since the inaugural race in 1973. However, longest running rivalry has been between the two local makes, Ford and Holden.

It's the most anticipated race of the year. An event with almost unrivalled grandeur, prestige and mystique. Though it falls two-thirds of the way through the season it's the V8 Supercars grand final. The spiritual home where glory can turn a horror championship year into the best year of your life.



The track: Mount Panorama, Bathurst
6.213km

Race distance
1000.29km

Average lap speed
178km/h

Fuel used during race
4.6 litres per lap (almost 800 litres for the race)
75L/100

Top speed
298km/h down Conrod straight

you can watch on Motorstv and SpeedTV channel the full race today/tonight! :honger:

Stream I: http://www.justin.tv/v8_supercars_paradise# (live broadcasting goes up at Oct 9 1:00am CET / Oct 8 7:00pm ET)
Stream II: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... p;feature=player_embedded
(proxy ip needed)


1Lap onboard with Lowndes :clapclap:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSBRfufQe90

*update*

Spotterguide

Entry list - shame to have so few oversea drivers: http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6841

We could've seen Andrew Jordan, but... http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6822

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... p;feature=player_embedded

that's an official stream by V8Supercars using youtube. It is not available in some countries however.

another live stream shall be available under that link: http://magic-tv.co/?page_id=10

For most of Europe, MotorsTV covers this race.

Quote from TFalke55 :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... p;feature=player_embedded

that's an official stream by V8Supercars using youtube. It is not available in some countries however.

another live stream shall be available under that link: http://magic-tv.co/?page_id=10

For most of Europe, MotorsTV covers this race.

Nice one...getting this one watched.

An hour to go, still time to get some supplies in.

you need a proxy ip for yt stream (uk, ch, fra) ger wont work

Youtube works perfectly for me, will watch the start, get some sleep and watch the finish before the F1 C'mon SVG!

Resize pic please (attach).

Holy shit massive spotter guide picture

Quote from TuRBuLEnZ :

you need a proxy ip for yt stream (uk, ch, fra) ger wont work

I said that it is not available in some contries

what happened with that marshall they had to stop the race for? They said he was badly hurt.


... I hope he's ok, whatever it was.

so uhh... bets on how long it takes them to change the fuel cell design? That's two fireballs this season... scary stuff.

What a finale

Quote from RiseAgainstMe! :

what happened with that marshall they had to stop the race for? They said he was badly hurt.


... I hope he's ok, whatever it was.

He wasn't hit by a car, that's for sure, those marshal posts are well behind the safety walls.
As for the fire, could have been much worse if not for the fire crews at the marshals posts, beers all round for the firey's.
Two fires in one season isn't that big a deal really, seen worse during my time on track years ago.
I actually raced on that track on sidecars before all those new fangled safety fences were installed, the top of that mountain was terrifying if you got it wrong back then.

And yes, exciting finish, first time in around 30 years a rookie has stood on the winners podium, he had one of the best lead drivers to learn from too.

Brilliant finish.

Great race!
Kept me busy all day

Something special from bathurst.
3-times Nascar Champion Darrell Waltrip on the radio during a ride around the track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUcweHdiYe8

Great finish!

Vid of the fire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKTPmyVarN8

Quote from RiseAgainstMe! :

so uhh... bets on how long it takes them to change the fuel cell design? That's two fireballs this season... scary stuff.

For 2013 season there's plan for Car of the future, which will have better overal safety, fuel cell being moved more forward. So they just have to survive this and next season...

Fantastic finish

Quote from RiseAgainstMe! :

so uhh... bets on how long it takes them to change the fuel cell design? That's two fireballs this season... scary stuff.

the new cars will feature a different fuel cell and fuel cell position. Was it 2012 or 2013 they start using the new cars?

Quote from TuRBuLEnZ :

Something special from bathurst.
3-times Nascar Champion Darrell Waltrip on the radio during a ride around the track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUcweHdiYe8

well PMD posted it earlier

Wow, it's been a while since I've seen a fire like that from a racing crash. Was it lack of saftey or was it just that hard of a hit?

There was a worse fireball in V8 Supercars earlier this year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFG05xRM8Qw

considering that, I'd say somewhat a lack of safety. off the start line, and one backed into the wall... I mean sure, they were fairly hard hits, but I've seen way harder, all the time.

like Ford Pintos out there

All the cars have basically the same chassis. So what makes the Vodafone car consistently faster than the other teams? Whenever I watch V8, it's always the 888/88 car at the front.