Grove Racing Confirms De Pasquale for Bathurst 12H

Grove Racing has confirmed its return to the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour, with its Pro-Am class entry to include Supercars ace Anton de Pasquale.

The Dick Johnson Racing driver will share a Porsche 911 GT3 R with Stephen and Brenton Grove as the team shoots for their sixth class win in Australia’s international enduro.

De Pasquale will join the Grove team – with Le Mans winner Earl Bamber – at the upcoming Hankook 24H Dubai before tackling the Mountain on Feb. 3-5.

It will mark the De Pasquale’s third entry to the race, making his debut in 2019 in a MARC Cars Australia entry that ultimately failed to finish.

He returned in 2020 driving a Mercedes AMG GT3 with Yasser Shahin, Sam Shahin and Nick Foster, however the car was badly damaged in an accident on the bruising Saturday of the event and failed to start.

The Grove team will once again partner with Earl Bamber Motorsport for its Bathurst campaign.

“We love racing the 12 Hour, it’s a demanding race and you need to have the best team behind you. Bathurst is one of those tracks you do,” Stephen Grove said.

“Whatever you can to race at and the 12 Hour is one of the best races of the calendar. To do the race with a strong crew is exciting. We’re bringing together our Supercar and GT team as well as EBM so I think we should be covered!

“Anton’s an exceptionally fast driver with a strong endurance background so we believe we have a solid line-up to bring home some great results.”

Brenton Grove added: “We’ve tried to focus more and more on endurance racing in recent times and that’s one of the most exciting parts about the event. Coming off Dubai we should be quite well prepared to take on the field at Bathurst.

“It’s an incredibly competitive race so we need to make sure we’re on the front foot!

“It will be a challenging race, however, we’re extremely excited for it and having Anton with us, with his experience in endurance will be another advantage that we hope to turn into a victory.”