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Lee Holdsworth vows to return to Bathurst after final-lap fuel failure
Lee Holdsworth says he will return to Bathurst next year after a painful defeat in the Bathurst 1000.
Holdsworth and co-driver Anton De Pasquale looked close to winning for Team 18 when their Camaro ran out of fuel on the final lap.
The team had under-filled the car at its last pit stop and realised the problem too late.
Holdsworth said he had not known about the fuel issue until shortly before the car stopped.
The failure cost Holdsworth a chance at his second Bathurst victory; his first came in 2021.
He has not confirmed whether he will race with Team 18 again, though the team is understood to have an option on his services.
Lee Holdsworth says he will return to Bathurst next year after his Team 18 Camaro ran out of fuel on the final lap.
Holdsworth was co-driving with Anton De Pasquale and appeared close to winning his second Great Race.
The car had been under-filled during its final pit stop, and the team realised too late that it would not have enough fuel.
Holdsworth said the defeat still affects him and that he wants another chance to win with a competitive car.
He has not confirmed whether he will return with Team 18, though the article says the team is understood to have an option on his services.
- Who
- Lee Holdsworth, co-driving with Anton De Pasquale.
- What
- Holdsworth says he will return to Bathurst after their car ran out of fuel on the final lap.
- When
- The failure happened in this year’s Bathurst 1000; Holdsworth says he will return next year.
- Where
- Bathurst, Australia.
- Why
- The car ran out of fuel after being under-filled at its final pit stop.
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Holdsworth won the Great Race alongside Chaz Mostert.
Holdsworth finished second in the Bathurst 1000 alongside David Reynolds.
The Team 18 Camaro ran out of fuel on the final lap after its final pit stop.
Holdsworth said he would return to Bathurst next year.
- Driver
- Lee Holdsworth
- Co-driver
- Anton De Pasquale
- Team
- Team 18
- Failure
- The Camaro ran out of fuel on the final lap
- Previous win
- 2021, alongside Chaz Mostert
What people are saying
I’m not over it yet but I don’t know if I’ll ever get over it
I’ll be back next year. I’ll definitely be on the grid at Bathurst and Tailem Bend, and I’m looking forward to that
There was never any worry for me about the fuel. I didn’t have any idea what was going on with the fuel because I wasn’t tuned in to the comms