The McLaren 12C GT3 will return to competitive track action with the 2013 Australian GT champions VIP Petfoods at Bathurst 12 Hour race.

The McLaren 12C GT3 will return to competitive track action next weekend at one of the most challenging events on the motorsport calendar, as 2013 Australian GT champions VIP Petfoods contest the 2014 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour race. The track-focussed racer will make its debut in the famous Australian endurance race among a grid of more than 40 cars.

Having clinched the 2013 Australian GT Championship title, the VIP Petfoods team has now confirmed that the Bathurst race marks the start of the first full-season attack in Australia with the 12C GT3, and the race is also the first time a 12C GT3 has competed in the famous 12 hour race.

The race is one of the highlights in the endurance racing calendar, and takes place around the 6.2km Mount Panorama circuit, in New South Wales, Australia.

Father-and son duo Tony and Klark Quinn will share the driving seat with McLaren GT Managing Director, Andrew Kirkaldy. Although primarily focused on running McLaren GT, the Scotsman boasts an impressive driving resume with a successful history in GT racing.

He won the coveted McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award, secured the British GT Championship title in 2005, and claimed a podium finish in class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans the following year.

British carmaker McLaren is rumoured to be working on a new sportscar that will fit between the P1 flagship and the MP4-12C.

It seems that the British automaker McLaren is not resting on its laurels. The marque has just dilivered the first copy of its flagship P1 (above) a few months back, and there has been strong speculations that it plans to add a new 'entry-level'sport car to take on the likes of the Porsche 911. 

Codenamed the P15, the new car will slot between the MP4-12C and the P1. Its pricing points towards the same direction too - with a retail tag of £ 400,000 (approximately S $ 843.650) that sits between the P1 and the MP4-12C. 

Based on an interview by the British publication Autocar, McLaren Admitted that the project is still in its budding stage and discussions on its drivetrain (whether it will benefit from the P1's hybrid technologies) are still ongoing ..