Event Information | |||||||||||
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Date | 3–5 February 2023 | ||||||||||
Location | Bathurst, New South Wales | ||||||||||
Venue | Mount Panorama Circuit | ||||||||||
Results | |||||||||||
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The 2023 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour was an endurance race for FIA GT3 cars and invited vehicles, staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, on 5 February 2023. It was the opening round of five in the 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge. [1]
The race was won by the SunEnergy1 AKKodis ASP Team entered Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo driven by Kenny Habul, Jules Gounon and Luca Stolz.
Entries were divided into classes based on car type and driver ratings. [2] [3]
Class B was also available for entry for Porsche GT3 Cup cars and Class C was also available for entry for GT4 cars, however due to a lack of entries in both classes, Classes B & C were merged into Class I.
^1 – The #50 Vantage Racing entry switched from a KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept to a Audi R8 LMS Evo II following an engine failure during Friday practice. [16]
Pos. | No. | Class | Drivers | Team | Car | Combined Time | Gap |
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1 | 999 | PRO | Maro Engel Raffaele Marciello | GruppeM Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | ||
2 | 75 | PRO | Luca Stolz Jules Gounon | SunEnergy1 Racing / Akkodis ASP Team | |||
3 | 888 | PRO | Broc Feeney Maximilian Götz | Triple Eight Race Engineering | |||
4 | 912 | PRO | Matthew Campbell Mathieu Jaminet | Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport | |||
5 | 32 | PRO | Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor | Team WRT | |||
6 | 46 | PRO | Augusto Farfus Maxime Martin | Team WRT | |||
7 | 74 | PRO | Mattia Drudi Christopher Haase | Melbourne Performance Centre | |||
8 | 65 | PAM | Chaz Mostert Liam Talbot | Melbourne Performance Centre | |||
9 | 77 | PRO | Nicky Catsburg Daniel Juncadella | Craft-Bamboo Racing | |||
10 | 44 | SIL | Aaron Cameron Duvashen Padayachee | Valmont Racing | |||
11 | 6 | SIL | Tony D'Alberto David Wall | Wall Racing | |||
12 | 55 | PAM | Frédéric Vervisch Brad Schumacher | PremiAir Racing / Schumacher Motorsport | |||
13 | 10 | SIL | Daniel Gaunt Dylan O'Keeffe | International Motorsport | |||
14 | 47 | SIL | David Russell Jonathon Webb | Melbourne Performance Centre | |||
15 | 99 | PAM | Richie Stanaway Prince Jefri Ibrahim | Triple Eight Race Engineering | |||
16 | 777 | PAM | Ricardo Feller Yasser Shahin | Melbourne Performance Centre | |||
17 | 222 | PAM | Alex Davison Geoff Emery | Scott Taylor Motorsport | |||
18 | 24 | PAM | Jordan Love Tony Bates | Volante Rosso Motorsport | |||
19 | 101 | SIL | Josh Hunt Tse Wingkin | Volante Rosso Motorsport | |||
20 | 4 | PAM | Anton de Pasquale Stephen Grove | Grove Racing | |||
21 | 9 | PAM | Lee Holdsworth Marc Cini | Hallmarc Racing | |||
22 | 50 | SIL | Glen Wood David Crampton | M Motorsport / Vantage Racing | |||
23 | 19 | INV | Christan Pancione Mark Griffith | Nineteen Corporation | |||
24 | 111 | INV | Grant Donaldson | MRA Motorsport | |||
WD | 66 | INV | Daytona Sportscar | ||||
WD | 52 | INV | Wheels FX Racing |
Pos. | No. | Class | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap |
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1 | 999 | PRO | Maro Engel | GruppeM Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:00.8819 | |
2 | 888 | PRO | Broc Feeney | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:01.0983 | +0.2164 |
3 | 912 | PRO | Matthew Campbell | Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2:01.1730 | +0.2911 |
4 | 75 | PRO | Jules Gounon | SunEnergy1 Racing / AKKodis ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:01.2916 | +0.4097 |
5 | 65 | PAM | Chaz Mostert | Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2:01.8694 | +0.9875 |
6 | 46 | PRO | Maxime Martin | Team WRT | BMW M4 GT3 | 2:02.5083 | +1.6264 |
7 | 44 | SIL | Aaron Cameron | Valmont Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:02.5482 | +1.6663 |
8 | 77 | PRO | Daniel Juncadella | Craft-Bamboo Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:03.0311 | +2.1492 |
DSQ | 32 | PRO | Sheldon van der Linde | Team WRT | BMW M4 GT3 | Time Disallowed | |
DSQ | 74 | PRO | Christopher Haase | Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | Time Disallowed | |
Provisional Results | |||||||
Class winners indicated in bold and with ‡.
Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Time/Retired |
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Engine | |||||||
1 | P | 75 | SunEnergy1 Racing / AKKodis ASP Team | Kenny Habul Jules Gounon Luca Stolz | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 323 | 12:00:40.1193‡ |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
2 | P | 912 | Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport | Matthew Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Thomas Preining | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 323 | +0.9267 |
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
3 | P | 999 | GruppeM Racing | Maro Engel Mikaël Grenier Raffaele Marciello | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 323 | +1.4177 |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
4 | P | 32 | Team WRT | Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts | BMW M4 GT3 | 323 | +44.7457 |
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 | |||||||
5 | P | 888 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Broc Feeney Maximilian Götz Shane van Gisbergen | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 322 | +1 Lap |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
6 | P | 46 | Team WRT | Augusto Farfus Maxime Martin Valentino Rossi | BMW M4 GT3 | 322 | +1 Lap |
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 | |||||||
7 | PA | 65 | Melbourne Performance Centre | Chaz Mostert Fraser Ross Liam Talbot | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 321 | +2 Laps‡ |
Audi 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
8 | P | 77 | Craft-Bamboo Racing | Nicky Catsburg Philip Ellis Daniel Juncadella | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 321 | +2 Laps |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
9 | PA | 777 | Melbourne Performance Centre | Ricardo Feller Christopher Mies Yasser Shahin | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 320 | +3 Laps |
Audi 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
10 | PA | 99 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Prince Jeffri Ibrahim Richie Stanaway Jamie Whincup | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 319 | +4 Laps |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
11 | PA | 24 | Volante Rosso Motorsport | Tony Bates Jordan Love David Reynolds | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 316 | +7 Laps |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
12 | S | 10 | International Motorsport | Andrew Fawcet Daniel Gaunt Dylan O'Keeffe | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 316 | +7 Laps‡ |
Audi 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
13 | PA | 9 | Hallmarc Racing | Marc Cini Dean Fiore Lee Holdsworth | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 316 | +7 Laps |
Audi 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
14 | S | 101 | Volante Rosso Motorsport | "Jonathan" Hui Josh Hunt Ross Poulakis Tse Wingkin | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 310 | +13 Laps |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
15 | S | 50 | M Motorsport / Vantage Racing | David Crampton Trent Harrison Glen Wood Jayden Ojeda | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 309 | +14 Laps |
Audi 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
16 | S | 47 | Melbourne Performance Centre | James Koundouris Theo Koundouris David Russell Jonathon Webb | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 301 | +22 Laps |
Audi 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
17 | INV | 111 | MRA Motorsport | Darren Currie Grant Donaldson Geoff Taunton | MARC Mazda 3 V8 | 283 | +40 Laps‡ |
Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8 | |||||||
DNF | PA | 55 | PremiAir Racing / Schumacher Motorsport | James Golding Brad Schumacher Frédéric Vervisch | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 243 | Engine |
Audi 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
DNF | INV | 19 | Nineteen Corporation | Mark Griffith Christian Pancione Fabian Schiller | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 210 | Engine |
Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L Twin turbo V8 | |||||||
DNF | PA | 222 | Scott Taylor Motorsport | Alex Davison Geoff Emery Craig Lowndes Scott Taylor | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 177 | Accident |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
DNF | S | 44 | Valmont Racing | Aaron Cameron Duvashen Padayachee Sergio Pires Marcel Zalloua | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 89 | Accident |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
DNF | S | 6 | Wall Racing | Tony D'Alberto Adrian Deitz Grant Denyer David Wall | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 70 | Suspension |
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
DNF | PA | 4 | Grove Racing | Anton de Pasquale Brenton Grove Stephen Grove | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 56 | Accident |
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
DNF | P | 74 | Melbourne Performance Centre | Mattia Drudi Christopher Haase Patric Niederhauser | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 13 | Accident |
Audi 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
WD | INV | 66 | Daytona Sports Cars | Ben Schoots Dylan Thomas Shane Woodman | SIN R1 GT4 | Crash in Practice 6 | |
Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8 | |||||||
WD | INV | 52 | Wheels FX Racing | Keith Kassulke Hadrian Morrall Cameron McLeod | MARC II V8 | Crash in Practice 4 | |
Ford Modular 5.2 L V8 | |||||||
OFFICIAL RESULTS |
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