Harnessing the Beast: Taming Tanuki with Motorsport ABS
23 November 2025 Bosch Motorsport
How do you slow over 1000hp, 1100 N·m of torque and over four tonnes of aero? You need more than just big discs and a brave driver. Bosch Motorsport ABS was tasked with helping harness the beast that is Tanuki at this year’s World Time Attack Challenge, with Todd Hazelwood achieving the S13’s best time yet on the way to the win at Sydney Motorsport Park.
Supporting the GT Auto Garage team was Bosch Motorsport Authorised Dealer 909 Motorsport, alongside three Bosch Engineering Japan engineers, who had deviated from their usual Super GT, Super Taikyu and WEC duties to support Tanuki with a custom Motorsport ABS calibration.
WTAC 2025 marked the first time Bosch Motorsport has supported an Australian customer with a custom calibration for their Motorsport ABS system, with these programs typically being offered to OEM and professional motorsport programs globally.
The extreme braking zones at SMSP gave Bosch’s Nomura-san and Shimizu-san plenty of data to help Hazelwood refine Tanuki’s ABS system, handing the 2024 Bathurst 1000 winner maximum confidence to set a mesmerising 1:18.1 and take the overall crown.
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