Breaking news
Endurance
Bentley confirms Bathurst livery, drivers
Australian David Russell will join Bentley Team M-Sport for the 2016 Bathurst 12 Hour, it was today confirmed.
Andrew van Leeuwen
Edited: Jan 15, 2016, 8:59 AM
Copy link
Share on Viber
The British squad will field two Continental GT3s at Mount Panorama next month, with Nissan V8s enduro driver Russell teaming up with Maxime Soulet and Andy Soucek in one, and Brits Guy Smith, Steven Kane, and Matt Bell in the other.
“We return to Mount Panorama looking to get the podium result that we so narrowly missed out on last year,” said Bentley's Director of Motorsport Brian Gush.
“As with any new event for the team, we went there looking to learn as much as we could so we could go back better in year two.
“Our line-up is very strong and David Russell’s experience here should help us immensely, so we’re feeling quietly confident.”
Russell added that being signed by Bentley is a special moment in his career.
“It is a major highlight of my career to join such a prestigious and successful international GT team as Bentley Motorsport,” he said.
“Having visited the team in action at the Spa 24 Hour last year and during my test day at the Sepang 12 Hour last month, Bentley Motorsport is an outstanding operation that competes to win.
“It is a privilege to be the team’s sole Australian driver at Bathurst, where I have enjoyed some great races over the years in sportscars, V8 Supercars and in production cars.
“I will be doing all I can to help deliver Bentley a historic first Bathurst victory in February.”
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Audi teams lock out front row of the grid for 24H Dubai
Next article The race is on: 24H Dubai underway
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Andrew van Leeuwen
Toby Price explains 'unfortunate' Mitsubishi split
Dakar
Dakar
Dakar
Toby Price explains 'unfortunate' Mitsubishi split
Supercars parity review begins
Supercars
Supercars
Supercars parity review begins
SRO set for bigger Australian GT presence
GT World Challenge Australia
GT World Challenge Australia
SRO set for bigger Australian GT presence
More from
Steven Kane
Bentley to enter third car in Nurburgring 24 Hours
Endurance
Endurance
24 Hours of Nürburgring
Bentley to enter third car in Nurburgring 24 Hours
Buhk and Baumann eager to defend two-point lead around Brands Hatch rollercoaster
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint
Brands Hatch
Buhk and Baumann eager to defend two-point lead around Brands Hatch rollercoaster
Bentley Motorsport confirms drivers for 2016
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint
Bentley Motorsport confirms drivers for 2016
Latest news
Christian Horner opens up on Red Bull F1 exit: “Perhaps it was perceived I had too much influence over the team”
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1 22 min
Christian Horner opens up on Red Bull F1 exit: “Perhaps it was perceived I had too much influence over the team”
Jorge Martin: “I don’t feel I will struggle anymore” in MotoGP title run-in
MotoGP
MGP MotoGP
Indonesian GP
1 h
Jorge Martin: “I don’t feel I will struggle anymore” in MotoGP title run-in
"Extremely difficult": Calendar clashes threaten Marco Wittmann's DTM future
DTM
DTM DTM 1 h
"Extremely difficult": Calendar clashes threaten Marco Wittmann's DTM future
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe