Mount Panorama's Record BROKEN in Craziest GT3 Ever Built! | 2024 Repco Bathurst 12 Hour

[@GTWorld]

The new time was 1:56.605 with a top speed of 308.71 km/h! 🤯

[@alsoftoski1]

Wow!

[@ChubRockhard]

Hopefully there is onboard footage to see. Insane lap time.

[@ayeyaaar2890]

1.56 holy

[@fishbed_]

What the hell. Wow. Edit: Oh, they had DRS? No wonder.

[@ayeyaaar2890]

@@ChubRockhardthere’s an in car on Nickz95 yt channel

[@jetstream01]

Whoever set up the audio recording for this video and whoever decided to edit it together with no music or commentary, THANK YOU!!

[@maleemaverick488]

Who needs music when you have the best sound coming out from the exhaust

[@brucebird133]

Agree

[@karlbarnett5863]

Yeah this thing sounds amazing going up the hill and across skyline. I realized as he was starting to come down the hill that I can't hear Skaife and Crompo chatting away. This weekend coming will be a different story.

[@hizzeist]

Really captured the Decepticon sounds at 00:50 or so

[@riles479]

Oh puh-lease. Wait until you hear what an ELECTRIC one of these sounds like!

[@Baj64]

How refreshing, no stupid music, no stupid comments. Thank you !

[@danjo1967]

and NO time

[@danabuch324]

@@danjo1967 You blind? It's written right below the video on small screen. SMH.

[@catweasle5737]

Oh I don't know. I would like to hear Darryl Eastlake commentate on this lap 😅

[@DamarFadlan25]

​@@catweasle5737Or even Tomori Kusunoki commentating the lap.

[@jw8697]

The limiter bash at the top of skyline... music to my ears.

[@edismehmedali4666]

Sounds like me when I’m downshifting on gt7 abusing the engine braking lmfao

[@bukwok]

@@edismehmedali4666about this track on gt7 , im always mess up at the very last corner in this track....always...9 of 10 times, looks simple corner , somehow got me every time.

[@ray.shoesmith]

​@@bukwokBecause even though it doesn't really look like it, there's still quite a downhill slope right down to the breaking zone. Most people think it's flat but it's not

[@shlyap1k21]

yeah just like a civic at 6 am

[@thegreat0220]

Definitely not music to the engineers ears

[@sdx3918]

DRS on a GT3 car? Wow, Merc really pulled out everything from the bag.

[@AmbientMike]

gt3+

[@mudtennis9842]

petty ass reply@@AmbientMike

[@AmbientMike]

Huh? how so, its an unrestricted GT3 car with more power, downforce, carbon brakes, DRS. How is it not a GT3+ @@mudtennis9842

[@mudtennis9842]

didnt say wrong, i said petty@nbdisksdf3626

[@samuelscherer9946]

@nbdisksdf3626i think it just a gt3 what if. So it will not race in any category. Maybe it’s just to show what is possible. But i could be wrong here.

[@thejman3489]

I love when someone decides to give us a glimpse into how fast a race car could be. Truly amazing to watch.

[@egyptology22]

Well said mate

[@nicholaswicks3077]

@@TheWizard-pk4nhnah shit an f1 car

[@bobbyjamabo3296]

0:57 that entire turn was god tier

[@e2rqey]

and the quick directions change at the top of the hill right before that where the car gets light.

[@travisdegen8428]

The commitment down the hill is insane too, to keep the fronts gripped up while the track is falling away from you takes such a light touch. I can't imagine how easy it is to lock up and end your day. What is crazier is that the V8 Supercars do it with little to no downforce while inches from each others bumpers. Just a crazy circuit all around.

[@clintonbennion]

@@e2rqey that’s my favourite part, unreal

[@DITH85]

When you watch the onboard footage his throttle control is incredible through that section, absolutely balls to the wall

[@DamarFadlan25]

​@@DITH85he almost hit the wall multiple times also.

[@AndrewSmith-mf8ep]

How awesome does that sound?!!! Thank you for not disturbing that delightful symphony with any commentary.

[@scorpiuswireless1]

Slug top speed

[@Fredfrothin]

You get a real sense of speed with the camera angles used. Instead of just following the car up close you hear it go through each section, absolute perfection all round 🤯

[@brucebird133]

Agree... shit loads more exciting and entertaining.. but V8 Super Taxis are fighting a losing battle

[@davidopitz972]

most of the shots are way too zoomed in, this is very poor camera work cant even see half the car during the first turn compare it to more popular vidoes from the same track to see what good camera angles look like

[@toddc6682]

That was quick! Brabham BT62 is also under 2min/ lap without active aero!

[@Mexxx65]

Quite a few cars have gone under the magic 2 min barrier at Bathurst. All unofficial not done in a sanctioned race of course.

[@davidmurphy2903]

Youlden had trouble getting into top gear on Mountain Straight for more than a second, which also hurt his lap time. That would have cost him most of the time gap between the BT-62 and the AMG.

[@Hapkido82AUS]

BT62 was 1:58 with a gear selection issue, so probably not much in it

[@mariopeters763]

The Brabham is a race car made street legal, this is a street legal car made to a race car, BIG DIFF

[@mikelantonana2952]

It s not like Mercedes ran the black series. It's the GT3 car without the air restrictor and some aero

[@zadegaming4669]

nah he got balls of steel to drive like that at mp

[@emceeboogieboots1608]

True. That circuit is a real test of driver and car🏁

[@ebfalc]

Watch motor cycling around Bathurst in the earlier decades and then you will see balls of steel.

[@SithembisoMrwetyana]

MP just needs good downforce levels.

[@markhill9275]

​@ebfalc watch the early Hardie Ferodo, going around the mountain with drum brakes etc, no safety, THAT is real balls of titanium!

[@emceeboogieboots1608]

@markhill9275 I remember Alan Moffat (if I recall) saying that they would have a lunch box in the car with some food, strapped into a bench seat That is pretty frightening paired with drum brakes😬

[@ChuckLeclerc16]

1:07 IS INSANE!

[@rickrolled7930]

The sound is heavenly and jules drove it like he stole it. Amazing!

[@leeantrobus2239]

That's one of the finest laps of any series, any car, any track, pure commitment

[@PLACEonPLATE]

Jesus that LOOKED fast!

[@krakentortoise7531]

Well done to AMG and Jules Gounon 👏🏾

[@niclebowski9214]

just wanna thank whoever decided to upload the video without commentary nor music

[@Scope951]

Now THAT is a way to showcase a legendary lap. No commentary, music, lets us hear the car flyby in most shots

[@bensmith7536]

I used to work in Bathurst, I had a company car, I would do many, many laps of the circuit at small hours of the morning. The camera angle does not represent just how steep the dipper section is, (the first turns after the top section before the long run down the hill) and how fast the walls come at you.

[@slavojalois1639]

Thanks, Mate, so good to just see and hear the lap without MS over the top of it. Tidy lap!

[@mrwest5552]

Thank You GTWorld - 1:28am PST U.S.A.

[@aztronomy7457]

This is such a dad comment lmao

[@anthonypoltes7413]

Thanks for the raw footage, i hate commentators yelling in my ear

[@santi3991]

Amazing how glued that thing is to the track, props to everyone involved

[@oosrg]

Never get tired of watching this lap. Absolutely HOOKED UP across the top. Insane lap from Jules.

[@nuztuz903]

now I want to see the bt62 driven in anger around here considering that thing managed a 59 on a demo lap last time

[@Mexxx65]

A F1 car...in anger....would be a treat too. They say a F1 car will never be allowed to drive the mountain in anger as its not safe enough. But that didn't stop our local open-wheel F3000 boys did it?

[@ConnorHammond]

@@Mexxx65 You have to raise, therefore, compromise an F1 significantly just to get around the mountain.

[@Norza47]

Current F1 cars it's impossible but 00' ones can drive there, there's a demo from RB that they did last year also there's a lap from Jenson Button on a 12' McLaren, and you can see the problems of those.

[@MrJTH1985]

​@@Mexxx65F1 already went around MP sub 1.50. Vids on utube

[@Mexxx65]

@@MrJTH1985 Yeah sure, Jenson Button and Liam Lawson...but even then Jenson was no-where near 9/10ths, let alone 10/10ths "in anger". And Liam just did some lightly driven demonstration laps, and intentionally slowed on most of his laps, so you couldn't get a full lap time on him. I'd like to see the day...soon...Danny Rick takes a modern F1 car for a few fast laps around the Mountain, sure he would, give it a real hot go on 1 lap!!!!

[@tscott6843]

I have to pile on here. Thank you for not drowning out the music this machine makes.

[@brianmoncion6723]

Wow. Perfect lap. Used every inch perfectly. Well done team and driver. That cars set up was perfection.

[@ClaytonMacleod]

Far from perfect. “Used every inch” would mean you see the car track out all the way to the other edge of the track on corner exit. He doesn’t do that. He left plenty of time on the table by not using every inch. Good lap, and how could a new lap record not be, but definitely not perfect.

[@Simoran]

@@ClaytonMacleod He ran literally every single corner from as far outside he could get to as close to the apex as he could get and held speed everywhere. This lap was perfect. Could you physically go quicker? Yeah, maybe like a few hundredths at best. Hardly "plenty of time".

[@ClaytonMacleod]

@@Simoran The middle of the track is not the edge of the track. It was far from perfect.

[@Simoran]

​​​@@ClaytonMacleodSometimes the best line doesn't go physically all the way out. The only time I see him not use the very outside of the track is 0:31, and that's because using that line loses too much speed mid-corner. For all intents and purposes, he used every inch

[@ClaytonMacleod]

@@Simoran I’ve raced a long time. I know what is and isn’t a fast line. I know when and where it matters. It matters here. And he doesn’t track out very often here, and he’s slower because of it. It is very, very rare that “not tracking out” isn’t detrimental to lap time. You almost always throw away lap time if you do not track out. If you don’t track out, that is, if you are capable of not being required to track out, you didn’t take the corner as fast as you could have. That’s just how it works. If you can physically turn the wheel and have the car turn more than is required to track out to the other edge of the track, you didn’t take as much speed through the corner as you could have. “Using every inch” literally means using every inch. If you didn’t barely manage to keep it on track you did not use every inch. He’s often in the middle of the track on corner exit. That means by definition he wasn’t going as fast as possible. And that also by definition means the lap was not perfect. The fastest line is the straightest line, unless the subsequent corner sets you up to exit onto a long straight. There are multiple instances here where he does not use the straightest/fastest line. Period.

[@Jumpershane]

Its speed through that S-turn is unreal

[@gdubyadubya8961]

And THIS is why EV’s will never ever elicit any emotion in anyone who loves motorsport. This thing sounds EPIC !

[@L154N4LG4IB]

Idk the McMurty Spierling was very epic

[@Dankat711]

I'm very proud to say my family and I were there to see this and get photos with the car and Gounon. Awesome!! best sound and experience ever!!

[@toy200sx]

Proper downforce and ground effect package. Even as far a having an active rear wing (which is monstrous) minimum drag down Conrod Straight with long final drive ratio looks very impressive.

[@bobbuilder7946]

Amazing! That is so fast, sensational driving, awesome video, thanks!

[@donuts4doughnuts]

AMG: Hey lets celebrate by showing what DTM could look like!

[@BLITZKRIEG1]

last decades dtm cars are quicker than this 😂😂but

[@idkwhatowritehere-p3m]

​​@@BLITZKRIEG1Lets take in count that nowadays DTM cars are GT3s, and this is a super GT3, if DTM implemented modified and more radical versions of the GT3 machines in that series it would be great

[@alexhndr]

​@@idkwhatowritehere-p3m problem would be one thing: *Costs* Yes, the one we see on the screen is a one-off what-if of a DTM-GT3 But if they ever try to fully develop it, it would cost them a lot of money, in a series that, frankly? Doesnt hold the candle to other GT3-specced series So unless these manufacturers *willing* to spend extra for this kind of GT3's, GT3X would only be an exhibition cars. I could be wrong tho, and SRO probably gonna facilitates these cars. Who knows?

[@pete401]

@1.08 on the limiter is my favourite few seconds of this clip. That DRS is great addition too. What a sound 👌

[@Decypha77]

Mount Panorama is such an underrated track!

[@guy990]

It is sooooo tricky to get right, one of the all time greats

[@beauchamp1763]

Just listen to that baby roar...it's a soundtrack all on its own. And how she corners is amazing. I truly want to thank the people who put this clip together, from the camera operators to the sound recordists you have put together something really special. I have shared this clip about 15 or 20 times so far. The rest of the world will see what a really special place Mt Panorama really is, a hard, fast demanding track and location. 🇦🇺 Long live the king of the mountain. His name is BROCK 💙

[@inferno72229]

I would love to see time attack cars running at this circuit and see how fast they are compared to GT3 cars. RP968 or MCA S13 maybe.

[@closedcl8]

The ground effect on those cars would be less effective here because the road is far more uneven than it is in Sydney or Tsukuba. Kinda the same story with the 919 Evo needing to run the high line at Karussel during its Nords record.

[@teknikgroup7597]

That engine was screaming....sounded amazing. Peter Brock was smiling down from heaven.

[@restautama]

Holy cow! That thing looks ANGRY. Like so damn ANGRY!!!!

[@Dieselkraftwerk]

Sounds really angry as well. Fitting package...

[@TheCuttz1984]

Music to my ears. No music lol. Just engine. Damn this combo of driver and car is nuts. Kudos to all involved.

[@tadroid3858]

I'd love to see the in-car view of that lap!

[@ryanw724]

Would you love it

[@idkwhatowritehere-p3m]

It is so satisfying to see how this car turns, it is absolutely glued to the ground

[@morty6417]

1:07 that gorgeous sound

[@Mexxx65]

Sounds exactly like a nascar

[@youtubehandol]

0:56 anyone else hear the transformers sound when the spoiler was scraping through the grate?

[@randompalmtopgaming7541]

Forever the best track in existence

[@FarWideE]

This lap can be summed up in one word. Confidence!

[@peterbondy]

That’s one mean car and 110% commitment from the driver. What an awesome lap. 😍

[@grizzle273463]

WOW! That sound!

[@eastbaystreet1242]

Thank you Mr. Gounon for showing what that car can do. Just amazing driving.

[@aslkdfjhg]

10 seconds faster than Murphy's lap of the gods. Incredible.

[@godsinbox]

low ground clearance, loads more downforce and then DRS when you dont want it.

[@UnAuthorizedFragTherapy]

This is why we love Motorsport.. The Sound, Cornering Speed and you name it.

[@Konstant72]

A proper race car this🔥

[@supaflask1275]

When you see that spoiler rock up, you know it's going to be serious

[@jamesfarrelly9791]

Absolutely planted the whole way.

[@javolino4531]

Un rail

[@sanmiguel4019]

Really notice it as it's coming round Forest Elbow.

[@wooloongabba]

OMG what a beast , 10 seconds quicker than current supercars , handles like its on rails . Well driven Sir

[@gollese]

We need onboard!

[@PuffaloCounty]

Why? On boards are vastly overrated and you miss attitude of car dynamics

[@Self-Delusion]

@@PuffaloCounty I'm tryna hear that straight piped V8 from the inside.

[@northerngirl13]

His crew deserves all the beer they can drink.

[@xbgtfella]

Dropping a few Heinekens as we speak...lol

[@northerngirl13]

Great stuff guys,Cheers🍺

[@Dirt1st]

0:17 Active Aero

[@cybcx404]

Smh

[@cybcx404]

That’s the only way to beat the record?

[@pierreaugustevinluan]

Jules Gounon broke Mount Panorama's closed cockpit lap record in his 650BHP Mercedes-AMG. The three-time Bathurst winner tear it up at Bathurst in the craziest GT3 ever built! 1:56.605 minutes, 308.71 km/h top speed. The Cars And Teams Are Looking For A Time Attack.

[@TheTutch]

Its "NASCAR at Le Mans" all over again...

[@GiovanniSilensio]

Except this specific car is not competing in the race. It’s purpose built by amg to go global and break lap records

[@samuraitiger14]

1:16 that flyby is just insane

[@alexhndr]

That UNRESTRICTED N/A V8 will be the stuff of LEGENDS LONG LIVE N/A ENGINES

[@paulflanagan7739]

Saw it live, just sounded magnificent. Credit to Bathurst 12 hr organisers for organising great demos. Last year it was Liam Lawson in an RB7 F1 car with blown diffuser.

[@eliott_99]

This is Jules Gounon

[@grahamhill4113]

Was such a pleasure to be there and see this. Amazing car

[@78christopherson]

I went 2.55 around there in a Datsun 1600 and it felt fast...

[@ryanw724]

Lol more like 6min

[@jamarcus_OG]

1:07 use me as an eargasm replay button

[@Weaseltube]

Ferrari could name their next F1 car ‘GT3’ to instantly make it “the craziest GT3 car ever built”. But if it doesn’t conform to GT3 regulations, it’s not a GT3.

[@Mexxx65]

Underrated comment

[@thetruth5232]

It's a production GT3 car with very simple modifications without ballast and restrictors. That's the gist of it.

[@gavalant366]

Just give it bigger restrictors to reduce power, add some weight and remove the DRS and this car would be eligible for GT3 competition.

[@tinto278]

I see 599xx 13 yr old body work on that merc, maybe Ferrari can make a claim. 🤣🤣

[@mikumikuda]

It's literally a GT3 car, what are you on about?

[@RobDTom]

The sound is exhilarating

[@johnnyfiveisking]

We are living in the peak of the combustible engine. In a few years time there won’t be that beautiful noise to match the incredible visuals get used to the electric whine.

[@girlsblouse7866]

And mind blowing faster times. If they can incorporate some audio into the equation it may make it more pleasurable for you. Sorta like a ''fake'' orgasm?

[@bomer4505]

I wish I could see this in person flying around the track would be amazing to hear and see this beast!!

[@Alex-tu9bh]

Imagine 20 gt3 cars of that performance around any track, would be epic

[@miwe922]

Sooo vln ?

[@Alex-tu9bh]

Aren't they normal gt3s

[@miwe922]

@@Alex-tu9bh its not that huge of a difference is it? Im sorry, i thought this is also just a gt3 amg

[@AmbientMike]

@@miwe922 not its modified a good bit, more downforce, power, carbon brake, its raaaapid

[@Alex-tu9bh]

Massive difference in terms of lap speed, 5 seconds faster per lap at Bathurst

[@GxsieteRaySimRacerGTX]

WOW !!! fantastic sound, gives me goose bumps !!!! ❤❤❤

[@suninmoon4601]

Need this in Sim Racing 😄

[@TassyDeval]

The make believe world, dont u mean.

[@RST-R-MODS]

@@TassyDeval ,sim racing is very real.....try again...

[@squidlips1044]

​@@RST-R-MODSyeah there's always one in the crowd and guaranteed if you put him in either a sim or in a real car they're slow in both 😂

[@suninmoon4601]

@@TassyDeval The affordable world 😄

[@TassyDeval]

@@RST-R-MODS Turn the electricity off and you try again.

[@Unstreetable80]

Man I love the sound of a Mercedes V8🤤🤤

[@sum1majik598]

This 1 lap was more exciting than the entire past couple years of f1 combined

[@jhouston17]

That car sounds beastly, its a beautiful piece of machinery too.

[@DonLee1980]

Sadly, they don't use that 6.2L engine anymore in their road cars. Sadly, the new AMG GT is a much fatter and heavier GT 2+2 cruiser, unlike the previous proper sports car.

[@WayneGarrison]

This is the 4.0L twin turbo surely?

[@gibz5467]

@@WayneGarrison lmfao no 😭😭

[@TC-lk2ev]

@@WayneGarrison Yeah it is.

[@DonLee1980]

@@WayneGarrison No.

[@KikuraKun]

​@@WayneGarrisonNah. They still retain the 6.2L engine. Only GT4 uses the 4.0L engine.

[@BlueMoonday19]

1:56! That sound coming down Conrod was amazing ❤

[@flamingfrancis]

Isn't really Conrod anymore....more like a bent conrod.

[@Self-Delusion]

AMG GT3s have always been the best looking and best sounding of the lot in my opinion. This cranks both of those things to 11 and I love it!

[@lucasblanchard47]

You can tell he has incredible knowledge of every turn to be able to achieve that level of proximity to the walls! Even almost lifted two wheels at 0:37!

[@chaoticneutral393]

0:54 What a splendid accuracy, it's so scary!

[@mickb474]

Wonderful, just pure engine sound!

[@ChrisSmith-nw7be]

VERY SMOOTH AND TIDY!!!..The way to do it !!!

[@syedgilani7108]

excellent video and audio work

[@jonesjonz1]

Stuck to the damn surface!! That's one hell of setup and great driving.

[@Judith-c6r]

Some of the best sounds. Keep them going.

[@Adam-ub9nu]

I'm assuming this couldn't be very easy to do, the audio is fantastic.

[@K61r]

Finally a wing bigger than my love for GT3 cars

[@LJKmikuZ33_WMMTF1GT]

OMG!!!!😱 The sound are gorgeous Get in there, Mercedes-AMG GT3 and Jules Gounon for breaking lap time record 👏👏

[@Braveheart7914-idfl]

A lesson in how to create a motorsport video , pure noise nothing else needed superb ! 🙏🏻😉👍🏻

[@IDontTalkToCops]

That thing is planted! Perfect video.

[@peterrichards1058]

That’s a symphony of engineering brilliance and remarkable,no EV racing could ever replace that performance or passion and sound.

[@nicholasmatthews5989]

Sensational. Absolutely spine tingling. :)

[@TheHardCorePunkHead]

Only an AMG can sound this beautiful!!

[@deanbilton]

Fastest time is 1:48 set by Jensen Button in a F1 car.

[@reinholdachleitner2069]

Absolute monster AMG GT3.💯👌🏻💪🏻

[@joeclayton7107]

Cool video, excellent lap! I didn't realize the GT3 specification allowed for active aero. You can see the rear wing change pitch on braking (adds pitch) in the shots toward the end of the lap. The car does sound amazing.

[@mashy0001]

GT3 does not allow for active aero. This is a GT3 car which has been modified outside of what the regulations allow (such as a DRS rear wing from the old DTM cars) for a special demo run with no official status.

[@Hawaii96720]

That look effortless!!!! Not a twitch or anything, outstanding!!!

[@davidbarnsley8486]

Now that’s a real race car ❤❤❤

[@clivesutcliffe487]

But that wasn't a race.