BMW Reveals WRT Bathurst 12H Crews
Valentino Rossi returns for third attempt at Bathurst 12H honors; van der Linde brothers to share a car...
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BMW has revealed the drivers that will tackle next month’s Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour aboard Team WRT’s pair of M4 GT3 EVOs.
Having announced plans last month to return to the Intercontinental GT Challenge season opener with a two-car Pro effort, the Bavarian marque has now named drivers for the No. 32 and No. 46 cars, which will run in the latest EVO spec.
The No. 32 entry is shared by Augusto Farfus and Kelvin and Sheldon van der Linde, with Kelvin having joined younger sibling Sheldon on the BMW stable in December.
Valentino Rossi returns for a third attempt at Bathurst 12H honors in the No. 46 car, joined by Raffaele Marciello and Charles Weerts.
The Italian motorcycle racing legend finished fifth in last year’s race together with Marciello and Maxime Martin, who has left BMW for Mercedes-AMG.
Weerts failed to finish in the sister car he shared with Sheldon van der Linde and Dries Vanthoor, which crashed out early after starting on pole.
BMW is aiming for its first win in the Bathurst 12H’s GT3 era, while WRT last won the once-round-the-clock enduro in 2018 with Audi machinery.
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