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Bostik Audi R8 GT3 driver Tony Bates is satisfied with his team’s preparation for tomorrow’s Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour, and is predicting a high attrition rate after an incident-packed day of qualifying at Mount Panorama. Bates, along with Geoff Emery, Max Twigg and Dylan O’Keeffe will start tomorrow’s race from sixth in the Silver [...]

A consistent run for the Bostik Audi R8 GT3 in the 2020 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour has been brought to a premature end due to an unfortunate engine failure after just over three hours of running. A steady opening stint for Dylan O’Keeffe entrenched the car firmly within the top five in the Silver [...]

Tony Bates has completed his first season of international racing with a sixth-place finish in the final race of the Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup at Sepang today. After qualifying the AFS/Moveitnet/Local Roadways/C-Tech Laser/Bryant & Bryant Audi R8 sixth, Bates made a typically strong start, surging to fifth on the opening lap. He was challenging [...]

An intensive daily rehabilitation program has given Tony Bates the best-possible chance of returning to peak fitness for the final two races of the Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup at Malaysia’s Sepang circuit this weekend. The AFS/Moveitnet/Local Roadways/C-Tech Laser/Bryant & Bryant bizarrely suffered a hamstring injury during the final Australian GT Championship round at Sandown [...]

Tony Bates has been ruled out of the remainder of this weekend’s final round of the Australian GT Championship at Sandown, after suffering a hamstring injury in yesterday’s opening race.SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT, CHINA - JUNE 01: Tony Bates (AUS) Tony Bates Racing during the Round 5 and 6 - Shanghai at Shanghai International Circuit on [...]

Tony Bates has pushed through some physical discomfort, to record another top-five finish in Round 8 of the Audi R8 LMS Cup in Suzuka yesterday. In contrast to Friday’s torrentially wet weather, the Saturday qualifying session and race were held in dry conditions. Bates qualified fifth, and overcame the distraction of a sore neck – [...]