M-MOTORSPORT CONFIRM TWO CAR ASSAULT ON BATHURST 12 HOUR

M-Motorsport will run two KTM X-Bow GT4’s at this years Bathurst 12 Hour – Photo: Supplied

M-Motorsport has confirmed their return to Mount Panorama for the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour in February.

Looking to make amends for an almost certain victory in the GT4 class last year, the Melbourne based squad will return with two KTM X-Bow’s with the full support of Reiter Engineering and KTM Sport for this year’s event.

The team will feature a mix young talent with experience in its driver line-ups across the two cars. The No. 48 Interlloy entry will be driven by team owner Justin McMillan as well as David Crampton, Caitlin Wood and Tim Macrow. While Glen Wood will lead the No. 49 entry with Trent Harrison and Cody Hill also sharing in the driving duties.

“Last year was immensely frustrating for us with a niggling oversight in the location of some of the electrics causing us to retire from a comfortable lead when we looked good for a debut win,” Justin McMillan lamented.

“We wanted to try something different this year with the driver lineup. I’ve been impressed by Glen [Wood] since he joined us and he’s shown great speed and maturity in the Lamborghini, and again at Bathurst last year in the KTM, the first time he’d raced the car, so he was a great advocate for trying some of the young drivers he’s competed with over the years, including Trent, Tim and Cody.”

The team took Phillip Island last week to shakedown the two KTM’s ahead of next weekends Bathurst 12 Hour where the team’s new drivers got to sample the car for the first time.

“I’m so impressed by the car, and also how easy it was to drive,” David Crampton admitted.

“It’s a lot more physical than I expected, but immense fun, and it’s clear that M-Motorsport have a great handle on the setup of the car, because we were immediately into a good quick rhythm.”

Glen Wood and Justin McMillan racing in the Dubai 24 Hour recently – Photo: Supplied

Glen Wood, who had just raced at the Dubai 24 Hour in an identical KTM X-Bow GT4, was on hand to help the new recruits get up to speed with the car.

“I set a benchmark time for the other drivers to use as a foundation, and all of them were within reach of the mark we set them, so from that aspect, the test was faultless,” Wood admitted.

“For Cody Hill, it was his first time in the car, and more miles will certainly bring him up closer to the pace that Trent and I expect to run at, whilst in the second car, we were impressed with David and Caitlin – who has some good experience in the X-Bow.”

“To be honest, we all go into Bathurst this year with great confidence. We know the cars, we believe we have found all the little things that could go wrong in 12 hours of intense racing, and we know how to tune the car for the conditions. We can’t control the other teams, but as a group, we feel we’re every chance of making good on the promise we showed last year!”

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