F1 car to grace iconic Bathurst circuit

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A modern Formula 1 car volition grace the iconic Mount Panorama for the archetypal clip successful a decennary adjacent year.

Red Bull is bringing its 2011 championship-winning RB7 to the hallowed venue to chopped objection laps astatine the Bathurst 12 Hour.

Exactly who volition thrust the V8-powered screamer is yet to beryllium confirmed, though Daniel Ricciardo is among Red Bull's options.

The Perth-born operator was announced aft the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as the team's 3rd operator and is acceptable to signifier portion of its promotional operator roster.

"Oracle Red Bull Racing are the existent Formula 1 World Champions," said Bathurst 12 Hour lawsuit manager Shane Rudzis.

"Just to person them astatine the lawsuit is simply a privilege, but to cognize that the Red Bull Racing Formula 1 car volition beryllium lapping Mount Panorama volition beryllium thing else.

"This volition beryllium a spectacle similar thing we've seen astatine the 12 Hour earlier and takes the lawsuit to an wholly caller level.

"This volition beryllium the champion accidental successful 2023 for Australian F1 fans to get up adjacent and idiosyncratic with F1 machinery and an adjacent rarer accidental to spot a Formula 1 car thigh Mount Panorama."

The RB7 brought Red Bull its 2nd drivers' title and teams' championship.

Sebastian Vettel took the 2nd of his 4 titles successful the RB7, winning 11 of the 19 races that season.

His teammate Mark Webber took 1 triumph successful a play that included 9 podium finishes connected his mode to 3rd successful the drivers' championship.

It's the archetypal clip since 2011 that a modern Formula 1 car has taken to the iconic Bathurst circuit.

Jenson Button unofficially broke the thigh grounds erstwhile helium took the 2008 championship-winning McLaren MP4-23 crossed The Mountain, mounting a clip of 1m48.8s.

Seven-time Bathurst 1000 victor Craig Lowndes besides chopped laps successful the McLaren, clocking a clip conscionable a 2nd disconnected the gait of the 2009 Formula 1 champ.

The 2023 Bathurst 12 Hour takes spot crossed February 3-5.

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