Again running as the sole Aston Martin within the series after the Volante Rosso pulled their newer turbo charged 16A version of the car from the final two rounds of the season, the #38 pairing did not disappoint during race won after they capitalised upon the misfortune of the then class leading Ferrari to take the class win to add to their others from earlier in the year.

That, however, was countered with a technical issue of their own during their pitstop of race two that saw them lose a fistful of laps and whilst still running on track at the end, were listed as a DNF to round the year off on something of a low.

Sadly, the team do not figure within any class confirmation from the series as they only list both the Pro-Am and Am classes from a season’s results perspective.

What will become of the KMB Motorsport entry for next season we do not know, but we do know that the Sydney based Volante Rosso team have the parts and the desire to rebuild their GT World Challenge Australia efforts in time for next season’s opener wherever and whenever that may be once everything is confirmed by the SRO Series.

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The team were absent from the proceedings at the previous round from Sydney Motorsport Park but last time out but did score a class second within the second race of the GT Festival meeting on Phillip Island back in late August.

This is great news considering we had confirmation of the Volante Rosso’s withdrawal from the meeting after (undefined) technical issues sidelined the #14 V8 turbo version of the Vantage platform in the early track session of the last meet at their home track in Sydney.

Track time at Bathurst will begin on Friday with two Free Practice sessions before moving into Q1 and Q2 Saturday morning ahead of the first hour long race later in the afternoon before the season finale on Sunday afternoon.

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“Missing Bathurst was a difficult decision to make but one that had to be made," said Team Owner Josh Hunt.

“In light of the difficulties we faced in Sydney, we wanted to make sure we were prepared properly and because of the close turnaround between events – getting the car fixed and with a proper testing program was a real challenge.

We looked at all options and it just wasn’t in our interests to turn up without proper preparation and just hope for the best. We’re more structured than that.

Looking back on Sydney, the crew went above and beyond to try and get the car back on the road, and drivers Jamie Day and Andre Canard were absolute professionals during the weekend, the way everyone handled it and understood the process, so a big kudos to them” he went on to say.

We also await news from the KMB Motorsport stable as to whether or not their older generation V12 Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT3 will be in attendance as they also skipped the round at SMP.

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Then we have the dawn of a new era down under as the Volante Rosso team debut their ‘new’ 2019 Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT3 with their recently confirmed driver line up of Ben Porter and Alex Gardner.

Having only received the former Andretti Autosport car from the USA just over a week ago, there has been little time to consider upgrading the car to the new 2024 Evo model as well as only time for one shakedown test at Sydney Motorsport Park.

Porter comes with a long trail of GT3 experience in Asia with a Lamborghini, Gardner (albeit still of a young age) is a long-established driver within the team having won the Radical Cup Australia Championship last season.

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