Campbell, Vanthoor in Manthey EMA Lineup for Bathurst 12H

Photo: Porsche

Newly minted Rolex 24 at Daytona overall winner Matt Campbell and fellow Porsche factory driver Laurens Vanthoor are among the drivers in Manthey EMA’s two-car Porsche 911 GT3 R lineup for next month’s Repco Bathurst 12 Hour.

Campbell and Vanthoor will team up with Ayhancan Guven in a Type-992 Porsche for the opening round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge, while Harry King, Alessio Picariello and Yasser Shahin will pilot the Type-991.2 No. 911 Porsche, which will run under the “The Bend Manthey EMA” banner and compete for Pro-Am class honors.

The German squad finished second in last year’s race with a Type-991.2 Porsche with Shahin, Campbell, Mathieu Jaminet and Thomas Preining.

“After a very successful start to the 2023 motorsport year for us at Bathurst we are delighted to be
back at the Mount Panorama circuit in 2024,” said managing director Nicolas Raeder.

“Obviously, we have some unfinished business from last year’s second place and hope to finish as high up the podium as possible this time around with the two Porsche cars we are fielding.

“This will be no easy task on the demanding circuit and with strong competition, but with our well-rehearsed team and strong driver pairings in both 911, we believe we have a good chance of taking our first win at Bathurst.”

Campbell added: “I’m really excited to be rejoining EMA Motorsport and Manthey for the 2024 Bathurst 12 Hour. It’s one of my favorite events and tracks in the world.

“I might be a bit biased, but I really enjoyed last year and I hope we can improve one more position on
our second place finish in 2023. I’m really looking forward to it.”

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