{"id":441777,"date":"2026-01-28T00:31:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T00:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/441777\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T00:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T00:31:16","slug":"ferrari-f1-legends-son-enters-bathurst-12-hour-with-mercedes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/441777\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari F1 legend\u2019s son enters Bathurst 12 Hour with Mercedes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/XPB_32115_HiRes.jpg\" alt=\"Ferrari F1 legend\u2019s son enters Bathurst 12 Hour\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRubens Barrichello on track during qualifying for the 2004 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Dudu\u2019 Barrichello will join Ian James and Roman De Angelis in a Mercedes-AMG GT3 in the Bronze class.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the first time Barricello has ever raced at Mount Panorama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m super happy to have the opportunity to be at Bathurst this year,\u201d said Barrichello.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s even better to be with such a great lineup, and also great friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to have a go at it, and I\u2019m super thankful to finally be able to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never been to Australia either, so that\u2019ll be just as cool!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan\u2019t wait to share the car for the first time with both Roman and Ian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Heart of Racing has made two previous Bathurst 12 Hour starts.<\/p>\n<p>In its 2024 debut, the team competed in Pro-Am before moving to the Bronze class in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>James has been a staple of the line-up, first racing with Ross Gunn and Alex Riberas in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>For 2025, James and Gunn were joined by Zacharie Robichon.<\/p>\n<p>The inclusion of De Angelis in this year\u2019s line-up marks the first time since 2020 that he has raced at Bathurst.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great to be returning to Bathurst after 6 years away from the event,\u201d said De Angelis, whose last start came with Garage 59 in an Aston Martin Vantage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve hoped to get the chance to race here again every year since, as it\u2019s one of the best events and tracks in the world, in my opinion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m super grateful to get the chance to be back with The Heart of Racing. I think teaming up with Dudu and Ian will hopefully yield a strong result in the Bronze class.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Meguair\u2019s Bathurst 12 Hour takes place on February 13-15.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/bathurst-12-hour-news-2026-event-schedule-session-times-race-start-support-classes-timetable\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Full Bathurst 12 Hour schedule released<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/285249\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/285249.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rubens Barrichello on track during qualifying for the 2004 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix. \u2018Dudu\u2019 Barrichello will join&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,190013,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-441777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bathurst-12-hour","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}