The #26 Arise Racing Ferrari 296 of Jaxon Evans, Davide Rigon, and Daniel Serra during Practice 5 of the Bathurst 12 Hour.
The car, driven by Jaxon Evans, Davide Rigon, and Daniel Serra, was pictured leaking fluid midway through the 60-minute session.
“Unfortunately, down here in the Ferrari garage, things have gone from bad to worse,” said Bathurst 12 Hour pit reporter Shea Adam.
“They pulled the front end off, they pulled the back end off. They said they had sensor failures.
‘Unfortunately, they’ve had to pull a belt off as well from underneath the middle of the car.
“It looks as if the coolant has just decided to expel all of its innards and belongings from the front of the car.”
The session, which was topped by Christopher Haase, ran without incident.
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While the Audi R8 may be one of the oldest GT3 cars in the Bathurst 12 Hour, it showed it’s still no slouch.
Haase put the #55 Melbourne Performance Centre entry on top of the timesheets with a 2:03.0404s in the Pro car he will share with Will Brown and Brad Schumacher.
Scott Taylor Motorsport went second fastest with its Chaz Mostert/Cameron Waters/Thomas Randle #222 Mercedes-AMG, just 0.2150s off the pace.
Third went the way of the #75 Mercedes-AMG of Jules Gounon/Luca Stolz/Kenny Habul, with the 75 Express entry 0.2653s away.
“The car felt good, I have to say,” said Haase.
“Obviously we tried to make it a little bit of a quali run feeling for later on and the car worked well.
“We did a lot to fine-tune the car from yesterday. We were able to switch on the tyre just okay, and you need a clean lap here.
“Getting a clean lap was so far not easy, but I had one clean lap and it worked out. This means nothing yet. The job is coming tomorrow.”
Haase’s last Bathurst 12 Hour start in 2024 netted a podium with Melbourne Performance Centre alongside Kelvin van der Linde and Liam Talbot. This year is his ninth start in the race.
“This race is so unique because of the atmosphere, what it is. It comes for me the closest to the Nurburgring Nordschleife,” said Haase.
“As I am from Germany, we are locals there, so we love the Nordschleife, and this one is a mix between Macau and Nordschleife. It’s something you have to do in your life.”
Practice 6 at the Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour is scheduled for 10:05am AEDT.
Results: Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour Practice 5, Mount Panorama
Pos
Num
Class
Driver
Car
Laps
Lap
Diff
Gap
1
55
PRO
Will Brown
Audi RB LMS GT3 Evo
25
2:03.0404
2
222
PRO
Cameron Waters
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
22
2:03.2554
0.2150
0.2150
3
75
PRO
Jules Gounon
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
21
2:03.3057
0.2653
0.0503
4
268
PAM
Mark Rosser
Audi RB LMS GT3 Evo
22
2:03.3553
0.3149
0.0496
5
100
PRO
Brenton Grove
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
23
2:03.5435
0.5031
0.1882
6
79
BRO
Fabio Babini
Porsche 911 GT3R
21
2:03.6827
0.6423
0.1392
7
32
PRO
Kelvin van der Linde
BMW M4 GT3 EVO
24
2:03.7764
0.736
0.0937
8
64
PRO
Broc Feeney
Ford Mustang GT3
23
2:03.7865
0.7461
0.0101
9
93
BRO
Grant Denyer
Lamborghini Huracan
23
2:03.8372
0.7968
0.0507
10
46
PRO
Augusto Farfus
BMW M4 GT3 EVO
23
2:03.9481
0.9077
0.1109
11
888
PRO
Mikael Grenier
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
24
2:04.0257
0.9853
0.0776
12
6
PRO
Jayden Ojeda
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
23
2:04.0597
1.0193
0.0340
13
61
PRO
Klaus Bachler
Porsche 911 GT3R
24
2:04.1664
1.1260
0.1067
14
86
BRO
Kerong Li
Porsche 911 GT3R
25
2:04.1729
1.1325
0.0065
15
911
PRO
Alessio Picariello
Porsche 911 GT3R
21
2:04.1848
1.1444
0.0119
16
77
PRO
Maximilian Goetz
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
22
2:04.1904
1.1500
0.0056
17
45
PAM
Dylan O’Keeffe
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
25
2:04.2051
1.1647
0.0147
18
89
BRO
Maxime Oosten
BMW M4 GT3 EVO
22
2:04.2197
1.1793
0.0146
19
27
BRO
Ian James
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
23
2:04.3045
1.2641
0.0848
20
95
PRO
Ben Barnicoat
McLaren 720S GT3 EVO
23
2:04.3709
1.3305
0.0664
21
9
BRO
Marc Cini
Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo
24
2:04.6172
1.5768
0.2463
22
2
PRO
Nicky Catsburg
Chevrolet Z06 GT3.R
24
2:04.6441
1.6037
0.0269
23
44
PAM
Sergio Pires
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
22
2:04.6615
1.6211
0.0174
24
15
SIL
Bayley Hall
McLaren 720S GT3 EVO
25
2:04.9800
1.9396
0.3185
25
21
BRO
Robert Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3R
24
2:05.4050
2.3646
0.4250
26
193
BRO
Jonathan Hui
Ferrari 296 GT3
25
2:05.5995
2.5591
0.1945
27
14
PAM
Damien Hamilton
Aston Martin Vantage
23
2:05.6455
2.6051
0.0460
28
101
BRO
Tony Quinn
Audi RB LMS GT3 Evo
22
2:06.7821
3.7417
1.1366
29
99
PAM
Ben Green
Chevrolet Z06 GT3.R
24
2:07.1503
4.1099
0.3682
30
50
I
Trent Harrison
KTM X-BOW GT2
23
2:07.1725
4.1321
0.0222
31
26
PRO
Daniel Serra
Ferrari 296 GT3
5
2:07.9838
4.9434
0.8113
32
47
BRO
Theo Koundouris
Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
24
2:08.3762
5.3358
0.3924
33
42
GT4
Adrian Kunzle
McLaren Artura GT4
20
2:16.9841
13.9437
8.6079
