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Round 1 of 4 in the 2024 | ||||||||||||||
Date | 16–18 February 2024 | |||||||||||||
Location | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||
Venue | Mount Panorama Circuit | |||||||||||||
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The 2024 Bathurst 12 Hour (commercially titled 2024 Repco Bathurst 12 Hour) is an endurance race for FIA GT3 cars and invited vehicles, staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 18th February 2024. It is the opening round of seven in the 2024 GT World Challenge Australia and the opening round of four in the 2024 Intercontinental GT Challenge.
This year marks the first year Atlanta-based Genuine Parts Company sponsors the race, replacing Künzelsau-based Würth, which had sponsored the race with its Liqui Moly oil brand.
Entries were divided into classes based on car type and driver ratings.
Session | Day | Fastest Lap | |||||
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No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Ref | ||
Practice 1 | Friday | 22 | Kelvin van der Linde | Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2:02.7346 | [33] |
Practice 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 22 | Liam Talbot | Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2:06.1193 | [34] | |
Practice 3 | 912 | Laurens Vanthoor | Manthey EMA Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:03.6897 | [35] | |
Practice 4 [lower-alpha 1] | 48 | Garth Walden | M-Motorsport with Erebus | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:05.3317 | [36] | |
Practice 5 | Saturday | 88 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight JMR | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:03.1132 | [37] |
Practice 6 | 222 | Cam Waters | Scott Taylor Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:02.9190 | [38] |
Pos. | Class | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | |
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Gr.A | Gr.B | ||||||
1 | P | 888 | Broc Feeney | National Storage Racing with Triple Eight | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:01.8911 | |
2 | P | 75 | Luca Stolz | SunEnergy1 Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +0.3188 | |
3 | P | 32 | Sheldon van der Linde | BMW M Team WRT | BMW M4 GT3 | +0.3231 | |
4 | P | 130 | Maro Engel | Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +0.3282 | |
5 | PA | 88 | Jordan Love | Triple Eight JMR | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +0.4287 | |
6 | P | 912 | Matthew Campbell | Manthey EMA Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | +0.4874 | |
7 | P | 2 | Ricardo Feller | Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +0.5636 | |
8 | P | 22 | Kelvin van der Linde | Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +0.5664 | |
9 | P | 46 | Maxime Martin | BMW M Team WRT | BMW M4 GT3 | +0.6943 | |
10 | PA | 911 | Alessio Picariello | Shell V-Power – The Bend Manthey EMA | Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) | +0.9940 | |
11 | P | 77 | Maximilian Götz | Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +1.0310 | |
12 | PA | 9 | Lee Holdsworth | Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +1.0613 | |
13 | P | 222 | Cam Waters | Scott Taylor Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +1.1325 | |
14 | PA | 48 | Glen Wood | M-Motorsport with Erebus | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +1.5335 | |
15 | S | 44 | Luke Youlden | Valmont Tigani Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +1.5950 | |
16 | S | 93 | Tony D'Alberto | Wall Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | +2.1495 | |
17 | S | 47 | Supabarn Tigani Motorsport | Tigani Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +2.1780 | |
18 | P | 13 | Joel Eriksson | Phantom Global Team75 Bernhard | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | +2.3041 | |
19 | PA | 27 | Ross Gunn | Heart of Racing by SPS | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +2.3101 | |
20 | I | 91 | Tim Slade | Wheels Ltd. | MARC II V8 | +4.1878 | |
21 | I | 111 | Rylan Gray | MRA Motorsport | MARC II V8 | +4.2272 | |
22 | I | 10 | Nick Percat | Matt Stone Racing | MARC IRC GT | +4.7996 | |
23 | I | 702 | Paul Tracy | TekworkX Motorsport | MARC IRC GT | +10.9324 | |
24 | GT4 | 19 | Adam Christodoulou | Nineteen Corporation | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | +12.9671 | |
25 | GT4 | 25 | Marcos Flack | Method Motorsport | McLaren Artura GT4 | +13.7760 | |
26 | I | 701 | Philippe Bonnel | Vortex SAS | Vortex 1.0 | +15.0913 | |
27 | GT4 | 230 | Thomas Hayman | Method Motorsport | McLaren Artura GT4 | +15.1937 | |
28 | GT4 | 56 | Owen Hizzey | Nineteen Corporation | Ginetta G56 GT4 | +16.1609 | |
29 | I | 20 | Cedric Sbirrazzuoli | Localsearch T2 Racing | MARC IRC GT | No time | |
WD | I | 50 | Laura Kraihamer | Vantage Racing | KTM X-Bow GT2 | Withdrawn [39] | |
Source: [40] |
Pos. | Class | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | |
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Gr.A | Gr.B | ||||||
1 | P | 32 | Sheldon van der Linde | BMW M Team WRT | BMW M4 GT3 | 2:01.9810 | |
2 | P | 888 | Broc Feeney | National Storage Racing with Triple Eight | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +0.2562 | |
3 | P | 130 | Maro Engel | Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +0.4290 | |
4 | P | 912 | Matthew Campbell | Manthey EMA Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | +0.4449 | |
5 | P | 75 | Luca Stolz | SunEnergy1 Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +0.4581 | |
6 | P | 2 | Ricardo Feller | Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +0.6794 | |
7 | P | 22 | Kelvin van der Linde | Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +0.7792 | |
8 | P | 46 | Maxime Martin | BMW M Team WRT | BMW M4 GT3 | +0.8420 | |
9 | PA | 911 | Alessio Picariello | Shell V-Power – The Bend Manthey EMA | Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) | +1.0985 | |
10 | PA | 88 | Jordan Love | Triple Eight JMR | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +1.1101 | |
Source: [41] |
Class winners indicated in bold and with ‡.
Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Time/Retired |
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Engine | |||||||
1 | P | 912 | Manthey EMA Motorsport | Matthew Campbell Ayhancan Güven Laurens Vanthoor | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 275 | 12:01:22.0968 |
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 | |||||||
2 | P | 75 | SunEnergy1 Racing | Jules Gounon Kenny Habul Luca Stolz | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 275 | +2.6336 |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
3 | P | 22 | Melbourne Performance Centre | Christopher Haase Liam Talbot Kelvin van der Linde | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 275 | +3.7791 |
Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
4 | P | 13 | Phantom Global Team75 Bernhard | Bastian Buus Joel Eriksson Jaxon Evans | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 275 | +5.4038 |
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 | |||||||
5 | P | 46 | BMW M Team WRT | Raffaele Marciello Maxime Martin Valentino Rossi | BMW M4 GT3 | 275 | +5.8695 |
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 | |||||||
6 | P | 888 | National Storage Racing with Triple Eight | Will Brown Broc Feeney Mikaël Grenier | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 275 | +7.3295 |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
7 | P | 222 | Scott Taylor Motorsport | Craig Lowndes Thomas Randle Cam Waters | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 275 | +16.1615 |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
8 | P | 130 | Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing | Maro Engel Felipe Fraga David Reynolds | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 275 | +30.6198 |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
9 | PA | 911 | Shell V-Power – The Bend Manthey EMA | Harry King Alessio Picariello Yasser Shahin | Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) | 274 | +1 lap |
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
10 | PA | 27 | Heart of Racing by SPS | Ian James Ross Gunn Alex Riberas | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 274 | +1 lap |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
11 | PA | 88 | Triple Eight JMR | Prince Jeffri Ibrahim Jordan Love Jamie Whincup | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 274 | +1 lap |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
12 | S | 93 | Wall Racing | Tony D'Alberto Adrian Deitz Grant Denyer David Wall | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | 273 | +2 laps |
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
13 | PA | 9 | Melbourne Performance Centre | Marc Cini Dean Fiore Lee Holdsworth | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 270 | +5 laps |
Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
14 | S | 44 | Valmont Tigani Motorsport | Sergio Pires Brad Shiels Luke Youlden Marcel Zalloua | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 270 | +5 laps |
Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
15 | S | 47 | Supabarn Tigani Motorsport | James Koundouris Theo Koundouris David Russell Jonathon Webb | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 268 | +7 laps |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
16 | PA | 48 | M-Motorsport with Erebus | Jack Le Brocq Justin McMillan Garth Walden Glen Wood | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 259 | +16 laps |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
17 | GT4 | 19 | Nineteen Corporation | Daniel Bilski Adam Christodoulou Mark Griffith | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 253 | +22 laps |
Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
18 | GT4 | 230 | Method Motorsport | Tom Hayman Tom McLennan Elliot Schutte | McLaren Artura GT4 | 252 | +23 laps |
McLaren M630 3.0 L V6 | |||||||
19 | I | 20 | Localsearch T2 Racing | Adam Hargraves Daniel Jilesen Cedric Sbirrazzuoli | MARC IRC GT | 245 | +30 laps |
GM LS3 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
20 | I | 702 | TekworkX Motorsport | Geoff Emery Daniel Stutterd Paul Tracy Max Twigg | MARC IRC GT | 233 | +42 laps |
GM LS3 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
21 | I | 10 | Matt Stone Racing | Cameron Hill John Holinger Nick Percat | MARC IRC GT | 222 | +53 laps |
GM LS3 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
22 | GT4 | 25 | Method Motorsport | Jesse Bryan Marcos Flack Chaz Mostert | McLaren Artura GT4 | 217 | +58 laps |
McLaren M630 3.0 L V6 | |||||||
23 | I | 701 | Vortex SAS | Lionel Amrouche Julien Boilot Philippe Bonnel | Vortex 1.0 | 212 | +63 laps |
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
DNF | P | 77 | Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing | Maximilian Götz Daniel Juncadella Jayden Ojeda | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 223 | Suspension |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
DNF | P | 2 | Melbourne Performance Centre | Ricardo Feller Brad Schumacher Markus Winkelhock | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 216 | Toe-link |
Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
DNF | I | 111 | MRA Motorsport | Darren Currie Axle Donaldson Rylan Gray | MARC II V8 | 198 | Engine |
Ford Modular 5.2 L V8 | |||||||
DNF | P | 32 | BMW M Team WRT | Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts | BMW M4 GT3 | 120 | Crash |
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 | |||||||
DNF | I | 91 | Wheels Ltd. | Keith Kassulke Cameron McLeod Hadrian Morrall Tim Slade | MARC II V8 | 85 | Crash |
Ford Modular 5.2 L V8 | |||||||
DNF | GT4 | 56 | Nineteen Corporation | Paul Buccini Oliver Hizzey Colin White Aaron Zerefos | Ginetta G56 GT4 | 83 | Suspension |
GM LS3 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
WD | I | 50 | Vantage Racing | David Crampton Trent Harrison Laura Kraihamer | KTM X-Bow GT2 | 0 | Crash in Practice 6 [42] |
Audi 2.5 L TFSI I5 |
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