Bathurst 12 hours 2019

The winning Porsche 911 GT3-R exiting the Cutting mid race.

I've been to a few hundred motor races in the past 60 plus years. I've been fortunate to see the "greats" in action-Moss, Clark, Senna, Hill, Rindt, Villeneuve, Senna, Prost etc, etc. I've seen races all over the world from Macau to Le Mans. I've seen many exciting races and more than a few boring races but for pure entertainment and hard racing last weekend's Bathurst 12 hour GT race really was one of the best if not the best I have ever seen. It really was a ripper. The circuit is always superb, the entry was world class and it was a little too hot but that's my only whinge.
Right from the start the lead was constantly changing amongst a large group of cars from Porsche, Bentley, Audi, AMG Mercedes, BMW, Aston Martin and Nissan. In the end the Porsche 911 GT3-R of the EarlBamberMotorsport team driven by Dennis Olsen, Dirk Werner and Aussie Matt Campbell won by a margin of 3.4 seconds from the R-Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage GT3. Matt Campbell was the hero of the race after some amazing overtaking moves in the last three laps. A superb race by any measure.

A selection of my photos from the race below. For video see Bathurst 12 hours1 and Bathurst 12 hours2 
For a report on the race see   Race Report