Bathurst 2010

[[OPCSRi]]

Thanks Kabel. Need just three more to finish the Brock 9 Bathurst winners collection

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[MatsHolden]

Glad Skaifey got another win under his belt. Both the 500 at the Island and the Bathurst crown, not a bad effort! Was shattered for Will Davo, was a big hit too. Also Coulthard's big one on the first lap was unbelievable and so unlucky, getting tapped in the rear off the start and bending the valve on the tyre... just unlucky. And the 2nd Bundy Racing car getting hit by Coulthard's door which peeled off just summed up that team's day. I'm not sure how it could be classified as a boring race, when you have the top 3 cars finishing just over 1 second apart after 1000km... There were plenty of extremely exciting battles during the day as fuel loads, tyre conditions etc changed.
Oh and I hope HRT bring out the original livery for every Bathurst! They looked amazing.

[kabel]

Exactly,and also the fastest Bathurst race result ever.

[mrbe]

There were hardly any mechanical retirements, which was more amazing given the low number of laps completed under the safety car. V8SC have been pushing for cost containment for a fair few years now. When you look back at all the big teams that had failures in the past, the 'stock' components that are used across the teams look to have resulted in more reliable cars. On one hand, it's good to see the best engineered car being the fastest, but also the most fragile; on the other, it was frustrating to see the fast car lead or be thereabouts all day and then grind to a halt with a couple of laps to go. The days of winning by 6 laps are over, which isn't a bad thing for the fans.

[MatsHolden]

The days of winning by 6 laps are over,

And have been over for quite a number of years now! Definately a good thing.

[lee]

The days of winning by 6 laps are over

I'm amazed that Bathurst finishes with about half a second between 1st and 2nd positions after 1000km of racing. It's great to see tight racing for 6 hours

[[OPCSRi]]

Oh and I hope HRT bring out the original livery for every Bathurst! They looked amazing.

Me and you both can't wait for it. just see the 1986 Bathurst Mobil HDT VK is coming out too.