HE might not have any intentions to contest the Bathurst 12 Hour, but Mark Webber will still cut laps around Mount Panorama this weekend as part of the endurance event.
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The nine-times Formula One race winner is now a Porsche ambassador and as such, will do demonstration laps in a brand-new Porsche 911 GT2 Clubsport at the Bathurst circuit.
It will mark the first time the Australian public will get to lay eyes on the Porsche, which was unveiled in December 2018 at the LA Auto Show.
The the 700hp car is one of just 200 to be made.
The demonstration comes after Webber sat in the passenger seat of the Competition Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3R on the Saturday of last year’s Bathurst 12 Hour event while Patrick Long did a flying lap of the Mount.
That was the first time Webber had gone around the famous 6.213 circuit in 23 years, having previously raced at Bathurst in the Formula Ford category.
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In November 2013, Webber revealed on Twitter that he intended to compete in the 2015 Bathurst 12 Hour alongside Eric Bana and James Tomkins.
But that never eventuated and Webber confirmed last year he has no intentions to contest the annual enduro.
“I’m not getting any younger and I think I’m getting less and less brave every year I feel like. I’m a professional groupie now, I watch it every year now on TV,” he said.
“Eric Bana and I were looking to do it together a few years ago. But … we’ve nailed it now, so that’s over.”
There will be seven Porsches on this year’s 12 Hour grid, four of which are Class A contenders.
Two of those 911 GT3-Rs are run by Earl Bamber Motorsport, while Competition Motorsport and Black Swan Racing return to the Mount.
