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Mercedes-Benz and Lucas Auer have taken pole position for Sunday’s Bathurst 12 Hour race after a short but frantic 15-minute qualifying session for the top 10 GT3 cars. The Austrian driver managed …
Mercedes-Benz and Lucas Auer secured pole position for Sunday’s Bathurst 12 Hour race in a thrilling 15-minute qualifying session that saw them set the pace at Mount Panorama circuit with a time of 2m01.2760s. Auer will be joined by Maxi Gotz and Jayden Ojeda in the Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo for the race. The Bathurst rookie claimed the Pirelli Pole Battle victory by a 0.12s margin, surprising many after a tightly contested qualifying earlier in the day that saw the top four cars separated by just 0.091s. Ricardo Feller secured the other spot on the front row in an Audi R8 LMS Evo II, while Maro Engel and Sheldon van der Linde rounded out the top four. Chaz Mostert led the local drivers in a Ferrari 296 GT3, with Lauren Heinrich impressing with a sixth-place qualifying in a Porsche 911 GT3 R. The race will start in hot conditions at 5:45am Sydney time, promising an exciting showdown.
