Enough Big Hitting Internationals On The V8 Supercar Grid?

V8 Supercars. (C)

    V8 Supercars turns it on again. What a stonking race the 2013 Bathurst 1000 was. Well done to Mark Winterbottom, Steven Richards and Ford Performance Racing who prevailed at the end of 161 gruelling laps around Mt Panorama. Long suffering Ford fans must still be celebrating Ford's first win at The Mountain since 2008, and first factory backed win since 1977.
    Overall reliability of the new Car Of The Future was surely tested. The conditions were testing due to a howling wind which made the cars quite nervous across the top. Despite the teams' pre-race uncertainty, you'd have to say that COTF passed with flying colours.
    Another success story from the Bathurst 1000 has to be the stunning cameo from the #10 X-Box One Holden wild card entry piloted by DTM stars Andy Priaulx and Mattias Ekstrom. Their aggression and opportunistic overtaking was simply brilliant. The international drivers certainly add an interesting flavour.
    With the recent announcement of Le Mans winner and former F1 driver David Brabham joining Erebus Motorsport to partner Tim Slade in his Mercedes at this weekend's Gold Coast 600, do you like the injection of international drivers providing an unknown variable to the racing? Do you find it intriguing to see how they stack up against the regular V8 combatants? Do international drivers add to the spectacle? Whilst we like the concept of a mini endurance series contained within a championship series, at the same time we can't help but miss the annual big influx of internationals to the Gold Coast. Remember last year the Surfer's Paradise grid largely comprised F1 aces like Heidfeld, Villeneuve, Salo, Liuzzi and Bourdais. Let us know what you think. Send formulafrontrow.com an email at: greenflag@formulafrontrow.com or simply leave a comment.
    Great to see Indy Car superstar and former F1 tester Ryan Briscoe back in a V8 Supercar competing in the Pirtek Endurance Cup alongside Russell Ingall. Brabham and Briscoe, throw in Porsche Carrera Cup star Craig Baird and Dutch sensation Jereon Bleekemolen - there's some international pedigree there. Cheers....

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