With just three days to go until Bavaria City Racing Dublin takes over the streets of Dublin and transforms the city into a haven of Formula 1 and motorsport, here are the details on what the public can expect to see on Sunday next.
The event gets underway at 12 noon with five full hours of on-track entertainment. Dublin's city centre will be closed for the day to accommodate the city track which starts at the Convention Centre Dublin, continues along Customs House Quay before crossing Butt Bridge chicanes at D'Olier Street, zips past College Green and the Central Bank on Dame Street before reaching the chequered flag on O'Connell Bridge.
Former F1 World Champion Jenson Button will do three circuits of the track, one in the McLaren MP4 Supercar at 12:20 and two in his Vodafone McLaren F1 Car (13:20 and 14:35).
Giedo van der Garde, driver for the Caterham F1 team, will complete three circuits of the city track in his F1 car (14:00, 15:25 & 16:30). Also not to be missed is the Monster Street Mania (12:40 & 15:45) a spectacular series of choreographed stunts featuring legendary stunt drivers Terry Grant, Buttsy and Mattie Griffin.
The on-track schedule also features Irish Superbike star Eugene Laverty and his Aprilia team (13:40 & 16:20) and Irish AIGP world champion Adam Carroll in the 24hr Le Mans Spyker (12:30 & 15:05).
BAVARIA CITY RACING ON TRACK SCHEDULE
TIME
ON TRACK
11:55
Opening Stunt Spectacular
12:10
Legends Sprint – 1930’s Style American Classics
12:20
Jenson Button – McLaren MP4 Supercar
12:30
Race Car Demo – Le Mans, GT3, British Touring Car
12:40
Monster Street Mania – collection of stunt vehicles
13:05
GP2 Sprint – GP2 & Formula 3000
13:15
Off Road Buggy Demo
13:20
Jenson Button – Vodafone McLaren F1 Car
13:30
Rally Car Display – Mini WRC, C4 Rally X, Metro 6RA
13:40
Superbikes – Aprilia, Ducatti, Yamaha, Honda Fireblade
13:50
Group B Rally Car Parade – Alpline 1600, Renault 5 Turbo, Subaru Legacy, etc,
14:00
Giedo van der Garde – Caterham F1 Car
14:10
Pro Drift Demo – Nissan Sylvia, Mazda RX7, Toyota Carolla, Nissan S15
14:20
Ferrarri Owners Club – 599 GTO, New 458, 450, FF, 599, 430 Spider
14:30
Legends Sprint– 1930’s Style American Classics
14:35
Jenson Button – Vodafone McLaren F1
14:45
GP2 Sprint – GP2 & Formula 3000
14:55
Super Car Parade – Spyker C8, Spyker C8, Lamborghini Aventador, Lamborghini
15:05
Race Car Demo – Le Mans, GT3, British Touring Car
15:15
Rally Car Display – Mini WRC, C4 Rally X, Metro 6RA
15:25
Giedo van der Garde – Caterham F1 Car
15:35
Off Road Buggy Demo
15:45
Monster Street Mania – collection of stunt vehicles
16:10
Super Car Parade – Spyker C8, Spyker C8, Lamborghini Aventador, Lamborghini
16:20
Superbikes – Aprilia, Ducatti, Yamaha, Honda Fireblade
16:30
Giedo van der Garde – Caterham F1 Car
16:40
Ferrarri Owners Club – 599 GTO, New 458, 450, FF, 599, 430 Spider
16:50
Group B Rally Car Parade – Alpline 1600, Renault 5 Turbo, Subaru Legacy, etc
17:00
Pro Drift Demo – Nissan Sylvia, Mazda RX7, Toyota Carolla, Nissan S15
ON TRACK PARTICIPANTS
Jenson Button & the McLaren F1 team
Jenson Button is a British F1 driver currently signed to the Vodafone McLaren F1 Team. He was the 2009 World Drivers' Champion.
Caterham F1
Caterham F1 Team joined the top rank of world motorsport in 2010 and in its first two years in F1 has consistently been ranked in the top ten of the Constructors’ championship. Diver Giedo Van der Garde is performing on track.
Aron Smith
The 22-year-old from Rathfarnham, Dublin was crowned Motorsport Ireland’s Young Racing Driver of the Year in 2011. Last year. Aron competed in the UK’s AirAsia Renault Clio Cup and he also made his debut in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship.
Eugene Donnelly
The Irish motorsport star comes to the event with five Irish Tarmac Championship wins and 19 international rally wins under his belt to date. Eugene will excite spectators by driving the MINI Cooper WRC through the streets of Dublin at Bavaria City Racing Dublin.
Eugene Lafferty
Eugene Laverty is a professional motorcycle road racer from Toomebridge, Northern Ireland. He was runner up in the World Supersport Championship in both 2009 and the 2010 seasons and will race with the Aprilia Superbike team in 2012.
Adam Carroll
Adam is from Portadown and currently holds the title of A1GP World Champion and most recently has competed within the IZOD Indycar series (as part of the Andretti Autosport team), GP2, WSR 3.5 and AutoGP.
Mattie Griffin
Mattie Griffin is from Galway and was ranked fifth in the world at Street Bike Freestyle Riding in 2008 and 2009. He is now one of the world’s leading stunt riders.
Monster Street Mania
A collection of the world’s greatest stunt drivers including the legendary Terry Grant, Mattie Griffin, Buttsy, Julian Smith and Ronan Carey.
Jennifer Mullan
The first female driver to compete in Formula Sheane will be the only female driver at the event.
Spyker Squadron
Spyker Squadron was founded in 2001 to underwrite the performance of the highly exclusive hand-build Spyker sports cars. The team is based in Zeewolde, the Netherlands and competes annually in the Le Mans Series and the 24hrs of Le Mans.
GT3
Created for the Porsche Supercup and the ever-growing number of Carrera Cups and GT3 Cup Challenges around the world, these cars are powered by the same 3800cc engine as the 911 GT3 RS
Pro Drift
Pro Drift is Ireland’s longest running Drift series and has produced some of the Worlds best Drifters.
Breezemount Motorsport
The Hillsborough based team which has been heavily involved in motorsport both north and south of the boarder and competes in the GP2 series.
Off Road Buggies
Yamaha 600cc RR, Sequential box, with fibreglass body kit and engine of only 4500Kms.
