The 2012 Bathurst 12 Hour started in the pre-dawn chill on Australia’s Mount Panorama on Sunday morning in Australia, and the leaders took off in a hurry to try to stay warm, it seemed.
After two hours at a screaming pace, mechanical failures and rain changed the face of the race; most of the next hour was run under yellow.
The #1 Phoenix racing Audi of started from the pole but on lap three, the Maranello Motorsports Ferrari 458 of Allan Simonson took the lead tore off a stream of record-setting laps before an ECU error slowed the car on lap 28.
