The winning car was run by Tekno Autosports who are one of the smaller teams in V8 Supercars. They are going to run 3 650S’ in this year’s Australian GT championships. There were about a dozen people out from McLaren to assist the teams in the 12 hour too, and other than a few minor but potentially significant hiccups (and contact damage) the cars ran strongly with the unfortunate exception of the Quinn’s entry (they have been the most prominent local McLaren exponents).
The winning car stopped on the pit straight for 45 seconds, and at each subsequent pit stop they would also Reservoir the car as a precaution. This was the reason for the late race pit lane speed violation, because the limiter was not activated when the car restarted and left the box.
However they had speed to burn, to put it mildly, having broken not only the GT but the outright lap record with a 2:01.5 lap, 0.9 seconds faster than Chiyo in the GTR.
The best part is the new generation of cars will be eligible for next year’s race, so the field should be even more enticing!