A triplet of Mercedes-AMG GT3s welcomed the checkered banner in front of some other marque in the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour race.
A dry spell-breaking triumph is dependably worth celebrating. Indeed, even before a threesome of Mercedes-AMG GT3s welcomed the checkered banner in front of some other marque in the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour race, Mercedes-AMG was at that point in the lead position.
Whether situated trackside, partaking in the friendliness of the salubrious Mercedes-AMG Lounge, or watching the live transmission of the race at home, you were unable to miss the presence of Mercedes-AMG. As a long-lasting patron, ally, and member, the presentation marque has been vital to the ascent of the occasion that has become one of the world’s most notable perseverance races, and a must-do occasion for manufacturing plant GT groups.
Entering the area by means of the principal entryway, Mercedes-AMG accepted pride of put on Manufacturers Walk. The all-electric extravagance execution car from Mercedes-EQ, the Mercedes-AMG EQS 53, was the meriting point of convergence for the showcase of powerful apparatus after Mercedes-AMG processing plant dashing star, Maro Engel, eliminated its covers interestingly to Australian crowds at the beginning of the three-day occasion.
Close by, a low-thrown Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series completed in eyeball-singing Magma Beam Orange made a dazzling differentiation. As far as appearance and by and large execution potential, the Black Series is the nearest street legitimate vehicle that Mercedes-AMG has at any point worked to the GT3 racers passing by simple meters away on Mount Panorama’s popular fundamental pit directly at 200 km/h. One of just 28 Black Series models in Australia, it is likewise the model in which Engel broke the sought-after creation vehicle lap record of Germany’s Nürburgring.
Whether at the track or before the TV, it was difficult to miss the unmistakable AMG signage enhancing the exit to The Chase at the lower part of notable Conrod Straight and driving into the last corner where numerous urgent fights for track position were to work out. Numerous vivid and useful Mercedes-AMG stories itemizing key models and exercises were likewise radiated to watchers at home and trackside screens all through the race.
Yet again the fundamental GT3 class, in addition to a large group of help occasions, was maintained in control by the authority Mercedes-AMG E 63 S 4MATIC+ Safety Car, an obligation the brand has been pleased to perform starting around 2015. With discontinuous downpour and, surprisingly, periodic haze plummeting on the uneven 6.2-kilometer circuit, indistinguishable sets of E 63 S Safety Cars were a profoundly noticeable presence on the track.
The experience inclined up essentially for around 200 visitors of the Mercedes-AMG Lounge toward the end of the week. The neighborliness suite, on level seven of the Rydges Mount Panorama lodging that ignores The Chase and Conrod Straight, bears the cost of extraordinary perspectives around the course region and then some.
With full catering and bar administration given, in addition to big-screen inclusion of the on-target activity, it was the best area for visitors to pick their own degree of drenching at the end of the week’s dashing exercises.
Visitors could decide to join a directed background visit through the Mercedes-AMG pit carports, take a ride to the highest point of Mount Panorama to see the hustling activity across the highest point of the lofty circuit as well as the renowned connecting setting up camp regions, or to take a ‘taxi ride’ – a hot lap of the circuit in a Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy vehicle with a certified driving educator.
Visitors who decided to base themselves at the Mercedes-AMG Lounge were blessed to receive a spinning entryway of meetings with top drivers and group faculty. The current year’s line-up included Mercedes-AMG manufacturing plant driver Maro Engel, Triple Eight Race Engineering group chief Jamie Whincup, and star driver, Broc Feeney, Supercars star Will Brown, and Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing chief, Stefan Wendl.
“It’s an extraordinary end of the week, we’ve likely just missed it once in the beyond six years,” says ordinary Mercedes-AMG Lounge visitor, Mandy Herauville. Mandy and her better half, Dean, are the proprietors of a Mercedes-AMG C 63 S and A 45 S, in addition to a Mercedes-Benz V 250 Van and X-Class Ute. Brand enthusiasm runs somewhere down in Mandy’s loved ones. Her kid mother drives a Mercedes-AMG GT, and her dad claims a Mercedes-Benz CLS.
The Melbourne several movements to the Mercedes-AMG Lounge every year in a minibus with a gathering of companions, making it a social event as well as a chance to commend their #1 image.
“We’re motorsport fans, we love to watch the dashing and the driver interviews – anything for however long it’s engaging,” she says. “I’ve done the taxi rides and the visits commonly however truth be told, I’m a bit of a domineering person and I’d prefer to be driving myself!”
Relax visitors entering the Rydges complex were welcomed by a shocking presentation of the most recent Mercedes-AMG models, including a second illustration of the recently uncovered EQS 53 and an all-powerful GT 63 S 4-Door Coupé.
Adding additional wow factor this year was the capturing sight of a Mercedes-Maybach S 680. The lead extravagance limousine is the most costly creation vehicle in the neighborhood Mercedes-Benz range – and the main one to be fitted with a smooth V12 motor.
As a fitting end-highlight of a few days of vivid Mercedes-AMG exercises, the triumph of the SunEnergy1 Racing group, ready by Triple Eight Race Engineering with help from Mercedes-AMG, was especially sweet.
It denoted the brand’s most memorable win at the worshipped Mount Panorama circuit starting around 2013. It was likewise a first for the Mercedes-AMG GT3, the track-centered model that depends on the Mercedes-AMG GT street vehicle, yet with a pile of race-prepared improvements added. The GT3 has gathered succeeds at notorious courses everywhere, except was missing Bathurst from its rundown of accomplishments – as of not long ago.
Improving the triumph following an end of the week-long fight, the Mercedes-AMG passage from Craft-Bamboo Racing crossed the end goal second, under 10 seconds behind the champ – a shocking outcome following 12 hours of dashing.
The AMG industrial facility supported section had begun second keep going on the framework subsequent to missing qualifying because of a motor change, and executed a trying system that moved the group into dispute. A third Mercedes-AMG passage from Triple Eight Race Engineering finished the control of the platform spots.
As the party began around the track, Mercedes-AMG fans had the option to toast an ideal closure of an end to the week-long festival of their cherished image.
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