FORMULA 1 talents Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris sharing the seat of a Supercar as a wildcard entry in the Bathurst 1000 - it is something motor sport fans would love to see and so too would their boss.
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As of 2021, Australian star Ricciardo will join Norris at McLaren, a team which has Zak Brown as its chief executive officer.
Brown is also a part owner of Supercars team Walkinshaw Andretti United, and revealed on Supercars Sidetracked a Bathurst wildcard entry featuring the pair is a possibility.
"I think they'd both love to do it and I think people now know I'm a little bit different to most of the team bosses in F1, I like to see our drivers go out give it go at Daytona or Le Mans, things of that nature," Brown said.
"I'd love to see them do it there, so let's see. For sure they'll get a go in my Holden."
The Holden Brown speaks of is the Commodore that Garth Tander and Nick Percat steered to victory at Mount Panorama in the 2011 edition of the Great Race.
Brown says it's "an awesome car and I love driving it."
"When you look at them from the outside they are quite big cars, but when you drive them it's very sophisticated, it's got a lot of power, is a ton of fun to drive. It's one of my favourite cars to drive."
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Brown was taken on a lap of Mount Panorama by Greg Murphy when he visited the track last year, while earlier this month he tackled the circuit in a simulator as part of the Supercars celebrity Eseries race.
Twenty-year-old Norris has contested three rounds of the Supercars All Stars Series. After his debut when asked if he would like to race in the Bathurst 1000 he replied "100 percent."
The man who finished 11th in his debut Formula 1 season in 2019 said his Supercars Eseries experience has made him keen to race an actual Supercar.
"I would love to, especially because it's so fun to drive on the simulator," he said. "I'm sure it's even better to drive on the actual race track."
Brown said the key factor in whether Norris and Ricciardo get a chance to tackle the 161-lap epic at Bathurst will be if it clashes with their Formula 1 commitments.
"I think it will just come down to schedule, whether they can fit it in the schedule because historically it [Bathurst] conflicts with Japan," he said.
