Arise Racing GT confirms Bathurst 12 Hour assault

Come up Racing GT made its first go to to Australia’s best racetrack – Mt Panorama in Bathurst – in November and claimed the Fanatec GT World Problem Australia championship in its debut season.

Now Come up has confirmed it’ll head again to ‘The Mountain’ in January within the seek for extra trophies.

The West Australian-based workforce, which has the manufacturing facility blessing of Ferrari, has confirmed it’ll take its pair of 296 GT3 racers to the 2025 Bathurst 12 Hour.

The workforce will break up its two fashions although, with one competing within the Professional Class and one in Professional-Am, although each will compete for outright victory.

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Come up Racing GT proprietor Laurence Escalante has deep ties to Ferrari as a significant sponsor of the Italian model’s System 1 workforce and was personally chosen to run the 296 GT3 program in Australia.

Regardless of the workforce’s instant success within the native GT racing scene, the 12 Hour race shall be a harder problem, as not solely is it the longest race of its type in Australia, it additionally attracts worldwide groups backed by the factories as effectively.

There will even be stress on Come up to uphold Ferrari’s honour on the Bathurst endurance race with the 458 GT3 profitable in 2014 and the 488 GT3 claiming the race in 2017.

Since 2020 no Ferrari has competed, so Come up is bringing the Prancing Horse again to the mountain and gunning for a 3rd win for the model.

“The 2025 Bathurst 12 Hour has been the last word purpose of the Come up Racing GT program from the very begin, and given Ferrari’s earlier 12 Hour success, we really feel like we now have large sneakers to fill,” stated Jordan Oon, Come up Racing GT Workforce Principal.

“The automobile carried out brilliantly on the last GTWCA spherical which is credit score to Ferrari and Oreca for producing such an amazing package deal within the 296, and we can’t wait to push it to its limits in one of the vital demanding endurance occasions on the planet.”

The workforce hasn’t introduced drivers for both entry, although the groups quartet of Chaz Mostert, Liam Talbot, Jaxon Evans and Elliott Schutte are all more likely to determine, however the workforce may additionally draft in worldwide aces to strengthen their probabilities of a powerful consequence.

Ferrari has manufacturing facility GT drivers it could actually mortgage to its buyer groups for these sort of marquee occasions and Come up has its personal worldwide connections it could actually work.

“We’re within the last levels of securing some implausible driver lineups and are thrilled for the chance to compete among the many greatest GT3 Groups from each Australia and throughout the globe,” Mr Oon stated.

“As at all times, I have to thank Lance East Exotics, and the workforce – their exhausting work and dedication have been the rationale behind our success, now it’s time to tackle Bathurst!”

The 2025 Bathurst 12 Hour will run from January 31 to February 2, with the race beginning at 5:45am AEDT. 

Whereas entries are nonetheless coming in for the race, MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi has confirmed he plans to compete once more in a factory-backed BMW M4 GT3.