Supercars co-drivers team up for Bathurst 12 Hour
Prolific Supercars co-drivers David Russell and Luke Youlden will join forces for the 2025 Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour.
Russell and Youlden will drive a Tigani Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 with Canberra brothers James and Theo Koundouris.
The 2025 campaign marks a change in the team’s Bathurst 12 Hour journey having previously raced an Audi R8.
Russell is a regular for Tigani Motorsport having won the Silver Class in 2022 and finished 15th outright last year with Jonathan Webb.
All up he has four starts with the team and 13 overall where he has finished in the top 10 on seven occasions.
Youlden has been racing in the 12 Hour since the Production Car era and finished 14th overall and second in Silver class last year in the Valmont Racing Audi team.
With a combined total of 42 race starts among the quartet, team owner Nathan Tigani is looking forward to using so much experience at the mountain.
“The 2024 race was a really challenging event with the weather and all the usual drama thrown at us across the day,” he said.
“Still for our first attempt at the race with the Supabarn Mercedes-AMG to come home with third position in the Silver class was a great result.
“That coupled with a very strong Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia season with the car and drivers both performing really well, puts us in a strong position going into the race this year.
“David is an absolute professional and one of the quickest guys to have on your side and adding Luke’s experience to the team only makes the package even stronger.
“We have all the pieces of the puzzle in place to have a really strong weekend next February.”
The 2025 Meguiars Bathurst 12 Hour is on January 31-February 2.
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