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Craft-Bamboo to race at Bathurst 12 Hour

Craft-Bamboo to race at Bathurst 12 Hour

Craft-Bamboo Racing will make the trip down under to compete at this year’s Bathurst 12 Hour.

The Hong Kong-based squad has confirmed that it will field a Mercedes AMG GT3 in what will be the opening round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge.

The driver line-up for the race, which will run under Pro-Am rules this year, will be announced closer to the event.

This will be Craft-Bamboo’s fifth appearance at the round-the-clock Bathurst race and follows late heartbreak in 2020 when a puncture robbed the squad of a podium finish with half an hour to go.

“It feels a bit surreal to say we are finally returning to the Bathurst 12 Hour this year,” said team boss Darryl O’Young.

“The pandemic was just starting last time we came to race in Australia, and it is a great feeling that after over two years of mostly tight lockdowns around the Asia Pacific [region], we can say that we are returning to Mount Panorama.  

“The 12 Hour has always been a special race for our team, and this year…

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