2023 Bathurst 12 Hour

2023 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour
Event Information
Date3–5 February 2023
LocationBathurst, New South Wales
VenueMount Panorama Circuit
Results
Race 1
Distance laps km
Pole position Maro Engel
GruppeM Racing		 2:00.8819

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.

Entry list

Class structure

Entries were divided into classes based on car type and driver ratings.[2][3]

  • Class A – GT3 (current-specification GT3 cars)
    • Pro - for driving combinations with no driver category restrictions.[4]
    • Pro-Am - for driving combinations featuring two FIA Platinum-, FIA Gold- or FIA Silver-rated drivers and one or two FIA Bronze-rated drivers.
    • Silver Cup - for driving combinations featuring only FIA Silver- and FIA Bronze-rated drivers
    • Bronze - for driving combinations featuring only FIA Bronze-rated drivers.
  • Class I – Invitational class
    • Class I will be open to MARC Cars, GT2 cars and GTC cars from one-make categories.
    • Class I entries are required to have at least one FIA Bronze-rated driver.

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.

Entries

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class
Class A (GT3)
Grove Racing[5] Porsche 911 (992) GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 4 Anton De Pasquale[5] PA
Brenton Grove[5]
Stephen Grove[5]
Wall Racing[6] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 6 Tony D'Alberto[6] S
Adrian Deitz[6]
Grant Denyer[6]
David Wall[6]
Hallmarc Racing[7] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 9 Marc Cini[7] PA
Dean Fiore[7]
Lee Holdsworth[7]
International Motorsport[a] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 10 Andrew Fawcet[8] S
Daniel Gaunt[8]
Dylan O'Keeffe[8]
Volante Rosso Motorsport[9] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 24 Tony Bates[10] PA
Jordan Love[10]
David Reynolds[10]
101 Jonathan Hui[11] S
Josh Hunt
Ross Poulakis[9]
Kevin Tse[11]
Team WRT[b] BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 32 Sheldon van der Linde[13] P
Dries Vanthoor[13]
Charles Weerts[13]
46 Augusto Farfus[13] P
Maxime Martin[13]
Valentino Rossi[13]
Valmont Racing[14] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 44 Aaron Cameron[14] S
Duvashen Padayachee[14]
Sergio Pires[14]
Marcel Zalloua[14]
Melbourne Performance Centre[c] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 47 James Koundouris[15] S
Theo Koundouris[15]
David Russell[15]
Jonathon Webb[15]
65 Chaz Mostert[15]

PA

Fraser Ross[15]
Liam Talbot[15]
74 Mattia Drudi[d][15] P
Christopher Haase[15]
Patric Niederhauser[15]
777 Ricardo Feller[15] PA
Christopher Mies[15]
Yasser Shahin[15]
M Motorsport /
Vantage Racing[16] 		Audi R8 LMS Evo II1[16] Audi 5.2 L V10 50 David Crampton[16][17] S
Trent Harrison[16][17]
Glen Wood[16][17]
PremiAir Racing /
Schumacher Motorsport[e] 		Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 55 James Golding[19] PA
Brad Schumacher[19]
Frédéric Vervisch[19]
SunEnergy1 Racing /
AKKodis ASP Team[f] 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 75 Jules Gounon[g][20] P
Kenny Habul[20]
Luca Stolz[20]
Craft-Bamboo Racing[h] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 77 Nicky Catsburg[24] P
Philip Ellis[25]
Daniel Juncadella[24]
Triple Eight Race Engineering[26] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 99 Prince Jeffri Ibrahim[27] PA
Richie Stanaway[27]
Jamie Whincup[27]
888 Broc Feeney[28] P
Maximilian Götz[28]
Shane van Gisbergen[28]
Scott Taylor Motorsport[29] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 222 Alex Davison[29] PA
Geoff Emery[29]
Craig Lowndes[29]
Scott Taylor[29]
Manthey Racing /
EMA Motorsport[i] 		Porsche 911 (992) GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 912 Matt Campbell[31] P
Mathieu Jaminet[31]
Thomas Preining[31]
GruppeM Racing[32] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 999 Maro Engel[33] P
Mikaël Grenier[33]
Raffaele Marciello[33]
Class I (Invitational)
Nineteen Corporation[26] Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 19 Mark Griffith[34] INV
Christian Pancione[34]
Fabian Schiller[34]
Wheels / FX Racing[26] MARC II V8 Ford Modular 5.2 L V8 52 Keith Kassulke[35] INV
Cameron McLeod[35]
Hadrian Morrall[35]
Daytona Sports Cars[26] SIN R1 GT4 General Motors 7.0 L LS7 66 Ben Schoots INV
Dylan Thomas
Shane Woodman
MRA Motorsport[26] MARC Mazda 3 V8 Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8 111 Darren Currie INV
Grant Donaldson
Geoff Taunton
Icon Class
P Pro
S Silver
PA Pro-Am
Am Am
INV Invitational

^1 – The #50 Vantage Racing entry switched from a KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept to an Audi R8 LMS Evo II following an engine failure during Friday practice.[16]

Qualifying

Qualifying

Pos. No. Class Drivers Team Car Combined Time Gap
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

Top Ten Shootout

Pos. No. Class Driver Team Car Time Gap
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

Race

Class winners indicated in bold and with ‡.

Pos. Class No. Team Drivers Car Laps Time/Retired
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
Kevin Tse 		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

Notes

  1. ^ Car #10 ran under the commercial title "Myland Team IMS".[8]
  2. ^ Cars #32 and #46 ran under the commercial title "BMW M Team WRT".[12]
  3. ^ Car #47 ran under the commercial title "Supabarn Team MPC", Car #65 ran under the commercial title "Sportsbet Team MPC", Car #74 ran under the commercial title "Audi Sport Team MPC", and Car #777 ran under the commercial title "The Bend Motorsport Park Team MPC".[15]
  4. ^ Drudi is an Italian driver competing under a Sammarinese licence.
  5. ^ Car #55 ran under the commercial title "Schumacher Motorsport Fuchs Racing".[18]
  6. ^ Car #75 ran under the commercial title "SunEnergy1 AKKodis ASP Team".[20]
  7. ^ Gounon is a French driver competing under an Andorran licence.[21][22]
  8. ^ Car #77 ran under the commercial title "Mercedes-AMG Craft-Bamboo Racing".[23]
  9. ^ Car #912 ran under the commercial title "Manthey EMA Motorsport".[30]

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