From BAM Media
The Armor All Gold Coast 600 will feature a current Formula One driver for the first time this year after the signing of Hispania Racing Team F1’s young Italian star Tonio Liuzzi for the October 21-23 event.
Liuzzi will co-drive with talented Ford driver Tony D’Alberto in the Wilson Securities Falcon and is one of seven drivers with F1 experience announced at today’s official launch, which also celebrated the up-coming 21st birthday of the event.
The seven drivers announced today collectively have no less than 350 Formula One Grand Prix starts between them. They are:
Tonio Liuzzi, Hispania Racing Team
Sebastien Bourdais, who will co-drive with either Craig Lowndes or Jamie Whincup at TeamVodafone;
Former Ferrari driver, Mika Salo (Will Davison-FPR)
Ex-Stewart GP ace Jan Magnussen (Russell Ingall – Supercheap Auto Racing)
Former Jaguar driver Christian Klien (Paul Dumbrell – Bottle-O Racing)
Ex-Minardi driver Gianni Morbidelli (Dean Fiore –Triple F Racing)
Former F1, endurance and rally driver Stephane Sarrazin (Jason Bright – Team BOC)
A total of 25 of the 28 internationals have been announced and along with the F1 stars includes former Indycar and Indy 500 winners, British, European, Italian and World Touring car champions and winners from the world’s most iconic endurance events including the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Daytona 24-hour, Sebring 12-hour and Le-Mans 24-hour – no less than 12 different countries will be represented.
Canadian IndyCar driver and Indy 500 poleman Alex Tagliani confirmed Auto123.com that he will be competing in the event.
The build-up to this year’s event will include a full test day at Queensland Raceway on Wednesday October 19 and a half-day test the following day – primarily designed for the Indycar drivers arriving in late from their final round and gala dinner in Las Vegas the weekend prior.
CONFIRMED ARMOR ALL GOLD COAST 600 LINE UP
Car#/V8 Team/V8 Driver/International driver/nationality/overseas category
#1 Toll Holden Racing Team James Courtney / TBC
#2 Toll Holden Racing Team Garth Tander / Ryan Briscoe (Australia) : IndyCar
#3 Wilson Security Racing Tony D'Alberto / Vitantonio Liuzzi (Italy) : Formula 1
#4 IRWIN Racing Alex Davison / Marc Lieb (Germany) : Le Mans
#5 Orrcon Steel FPR Mark Winterbottom / Will Power (Australia) : IndyCar
#6 Trading Post FPR Will Davison / Mika Salo (Finland) : Formula 1 & Le Mans
#7 Jack Daniel's Racing Todd Kelly / Jorg Bergmeister (Germany) : Le Mans
#8 Team BOC Jason Bright / Stephane Sarrazin (France) : Formula 1, Le Mans & World Rally Championship
#9 SP Tools Racing Shane van Gisbergen / Scott Dixon (New Zealand) : IndyCar
#11 Pepsi Max Crew Greg Murphy / Oliver Gavin (Great Britain) : Le Mans
#12 Triple F Racing Dean Fiore / Gianni Morbidelli (Italy) : F1 & World Touring Car Championship
#14 Jana Living Racing Jason Bargwanna / TBC
#15 Jack Daniel's Racing Rick Kelly / Richard Westbrook (Great Britain) : Le Mans
#17 Jim Beam Racing Steven Johnson / Dirk Muller (Germany) : World Touring Car Championship & Le Mans
#18 Jim Beam Racing James Moffat / Joey Hand (USA) : American Le Mans Series
#19 Mother Energy Drink Racing Jonathon Webb / TBC
#21 Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Karl Reindler / Fabrizio Giovanardi (Italy) : World Touring Car Championship
#30 Gulf Western Oils Racing Warren Luff / Marino Franchitti (Great Britain) : Le Mans
#33 Fujitsu Racing GRM Lee Holdsworth / Simon Pagenaud (France): IndyCar & Le Mans
#34 Fujitsu Racing GRM Michael Caruso / Augusto Farfus (Brazil) : World Touring Car Championship & Le Mans
#39 Supercheap Auto Racing Russell Ingall / Jan Magnussen (Denmark) : Formula 1 & World Touring Car Championship
#47 Lucky7 Racing Tim Slade / Helio Castroneves (Brazil) : IndyCar
#49 VIP Petfoods Racing Steve Owen / Boris Said (USA) : NASCAR & Le Mans
#55 The Bottle-O Racing Team Paul Dumbrell / Christian Klein (Austria) : Formula 1 & Le Mans
#61 Bundaberg Racing Fabian Coulthard / Patrick Long (USA) : Le Mans
#88 TeamVodafone Jamie Whincup / Andy Priaulx (Great Britain) : World Touring Car Championship & Le Mans
#888 TeamVodafone Craig Lowndes / Sebastien Bourdais (France) : Formula 1, IndyCar & LeMans
The Armor All Gold Coast 600 will feature a current Formula One driver for the first time this year after the signing of Hispania Racing Team F1’s young Italian star Tonio Liuzzi for the October 21-23 event.
Liuzzi will co-drive with talented Ford driver Tony D’Alberto in the Wilson Securities Falcon and is one of seven drivers with F1 experience announced at today’s official launch, which also celebrated the up-coming 21st birthday of the event.
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| Launch of the event in Australia (Photo: BAM Media) |
The seven drivers announced today collectively have no less than 350 Formula One Grand Prix starts between them. They are:
Tonio Liuzzi, Hispania Racing Team
Sebastien Bourdais, who will co-drive with either Craig Lowndes or Jamie Whincup at TeamVodafone;
Former Ferrari driver, Mika Salo (Will Davison-FPR)
Ex-Stewart GP ace Jan Magnussen (Russell Ingall – Supercheap Auto Racing)
Former Jaguar driver Christian Klien (Paul Dumbrell – Bottle-O Racing)
Ex-Minardi driver Gianni Morbidelli (Dean Fiore –Triple F Racing)
Former F1, endurance and rally driver Stephane Sarrazin (Jason Bright – Team BOC)
A total of 25 of the 28 internationals have been announced and along with the F1 stars includes former Indycar and Indy 500 winners, British, European, Italian and World Touring car champions and winners from the world’s most iconic endurance events including the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Daytona 24-hour, Sebring 12-hour and Le-Mans 24-hour – no less than 12 different countries will be represented.
Canadian IndyCar driver and Indy 500 poleman Alex Tagliani confirmed Auto123.com that he will be competing in the event.
The build-up to this year’s event will include a full test day at Queensland Raceway on Wednesday October 19 and a half-day test the following day – primarily designed for the Indycar drivers arriving in late from their final round and gala dinner in Las Vegas the weekend prior.
CONFIRMED ARMOR ALL GOLD COAST 600 LINE UP
Car#/V8 Team/V8 Driver/International driver/nationality/overseas category
#1 Toll Holden Racing Team James Courtney / TBC
#2 Toll Holden Racing Team Garth Tander / Ryan Briscoe (Australia) : IndyCar
#3 Wilson Security Racing Tony D'Alberto / Vitantonio Liuzzi (Italy) : Formula 1
#4 IRWIN Racing Alex Davison / Marc Lieb (Germany) : Le Mans
#5 Orrcon Steel FPR Mark Winterbottom / Will Power (Australia) : IndyCar
#6 Trading Post FPR Will Davison / Mika Salo (Finland) : Formula 1 & Le Mans
#7 Jack Daniel's Racing Todd Kelly / Jorg Bergmeister (Germany) : Le Mans
#8 Team BOC Jason Bright / Stephane Sarrazin (France) : Formula 1, Le Mans & World Rally Championship
#9 SP Tools Racing Shane van Gisbergen / Scott Dixon (New Zealand) : IndyCar
#11 Pepsi Max Crew Greg Murphy / Oliver Gavin (Great Britain) : Le Mans
#12 Triple F Racing Dean Fiore / Gianni Morbidelli (Italy) : F1 & World Touring Car Championship
#14 Jana Living Racing Jason Bargwanna / TBC
#15 Jack Daniel's Racing Rick Kelly / Richard Westbrook (Great Britain) : Le Mans
#17 Jim Beam Racing Steven Johnson / Dirk Muller (Germany) : World Touring Car Championship & Le Mans
#18 Jim Beam Racing James Moffat / Joey Hand (USA) : American Le Mans Series
#19 Mother Energy Drink Racing Jonathon Webb / TBC
#21 Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing Karl Reindler / Fabrizio Giovanardi (Italy) : World Touring Car Championship
#30 Gulf Western Oils Racing Warren Luff / Marino Franchitti (Great Britain) : Le Mans
#33 Fujitsu Racing GRM Lee Holdsworth / Simon Pagenaud (France): IndyCar & Le Mans
#34 Fujitsu Racing GRM Michael Caruso / Augusto Farfus (Brazil) : World Touring Car Championship & Le Mans
#39 Supercheap Auto Racing Russell Ingall / Jan Magnussen (Denmark) : Formula 1 & World Touring Car Championship
#47 Lucky7 Racing Tim Slade / Helio Castroneves (Brazil) : IndyCar
#49 VIP Petfoods Racing Steve Owen / Boris Said (USA) : NASCAR & Le Mans
#55 The Bottle-O Racing Team Paul Dumbrell / Christian Klein (Austria) : Formula 1 & Le Mans
#61 Bundaberg Racing Fabian Coulthard / Patrick Long (USA) : Le Mans
#88 TeamVodafone Jamie Whincup / Andy Priaulx (Great Britain) : World Touring Car Championship & Le Mans
#888 TeamVodafone Craig Lowndes / Sebastien Bourdais (France) : Formula 1, IndyCar & LeMans