Motorsport followers have been handled to a particular demonstration on the Bathurst 12 Hour with a Purple Bull F1 automobile performing the nationwide anthem earlier than scorching round Mount Panorama on Saturday.
Followers gathered round to listen to the distinctive rendition of Advance Australia Truthful earlier than Purple Bull junior driver Liam Lawson took the 2011-model RB7 across the well-known circuit.
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: F1 automobile performs the nationwide anthem.
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However followers have been additionally left a tad disillusioned with Lawson not trying a brand new lap report.
There was speak the 20-year-old would try to interrupt the report set by Jenson Button in 2011 when he drove his McLaren across the monitor in a time of 1:48s.
And whereas there was no try at a report, it is believed Lawson might have accomplished the 6.2km circuit in 1:30s.
WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW: F1 automobile tears it up round Mount Panorama.
Method 1 automobile tearing it up round Mount Panorama
However, the Kiwi stated it was the most effective experiences of his life.
“That was in all probability the good factor I’ve ever accomplished in my life,” he stated.
“It was actually, actually cool.
“I did one lap within the security automobile this morning to get an eye fixed for this place. Doing it in a Method 1 automobile is totally loopy.
“The primary lap I used to be actually so nervous, however after that it really felt actually good.
“It is utterly flat by way of the chase, braking at 120, 130 meters. The automobile dealt with the bumps very well. Excessive it was actually quick.
“It is essentially the most particular factor [I’ve done]. Doing an official F1 session, free observe final yr, is the most important achievement that I’ve had. However doing one thing like this in a automobile that I grew up watching is extra particular.
“Pure enjoyable. It was cool.”
Lawson is Purple Bull’s third driver behind Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez for the 2023 season.
Saturday’s demonstration between qualifying periods got here a day after a horror crash throughout observe.
Keith Kassulke’s MARC II V8 was left the wrong way up after exiting the Mount Panorama monitor at The Chase and careening into the boundaries after the session’s halfway level.
In a press release, Supercars officers stated Kassulke, who was taken to the medical middle for checks, was “aware all through, speaking with the restoration groups and suffered no main accidents”.
