For a second straight year, Garth Tander suffered an early exit in the Bathurst 12 Hour, crashing heavily at the top of Mount Panorama.
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After smooth running for the opening three hours, Tander lost control at McPhillamy Park attempting to drive underneath teammate Dries Vanthoor who had run wide.
The Audi surfed across the sand trap and made major contact with the tyre barrier.
Tander got out of the wreck under his own power and was not hurt in the incident.
"I'm okay, it just happened so quick up there. The cars are so fast up the top of the mountain," Tander said.
"I'm really disappointed for the team. I think we had a really strong car. It's a shame to be out so early."
Teammate Dries Vanthor was fighting with another car, but ran wide due to losing aero, leaving Tander to approach the corner a bit further over than usual.
"I was just sitting there really. Dries (Vanthoor) was just sitting that tiny bit wide," Tander said.
"I just pinched the car a little more narrow just to give him a little bit more room and changed direction and nearly wiped out two cars so it's disappointing."
The car, which was a brand new 2020 specification Audi R8 LMS, was written off in the accident.
This incident was yet another major crash at McPhilamy Park for the weekend, which included the shunt involving Tyler Everingham's MARC II Mustang, as well as Dean Canto's Lamborghini, which found its way onto the concrete barrier and the #2 Audi, which had to be rebuilt for the race after crashing in qualifying on Saturday.
During Sunday's race, the #2 Audi had to enter the garage with an engine sensor problem around the halfway mark. The problem left them laps behind and out of contention.
The #222 car had been strong throughout the race but suffered two rear tyre failures causing damage to the rear of the car, also putting that car laps down and out of contention. Before this, the car had the fastest lap and was running comfortably in the top three.
