2023 Bathurst 12 Hour
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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.
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.
- Class A – GT3 (current-specification GT3 cars)
- Pro - for driving combinations with no driver category restrictions.
- 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
^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.
Qualifying
Qualifying
| Pos. | No. | Class | Drivers | Team | Car | Combined Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 999 | PRO | Maro Engel | GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | ||
| 2 | 75 | PRO | Luca Stolz | SunEnergy1 Akkodis ASP Team | |||
| 3 | 888 | PRO | Broc Feeney | Supercheap Auto Racing | |||
| 4 | 912 | PRO | Matt Campbell | Manthey EMA Motorsport | |||
| 5 | 32 | PRO | Sheldon van der Linde | Team WRT | |||
| 6 | 46 | PRO | Augusto Farfus | Team WRT | |||
| 7 | 74 | PRO | Mattia Drudi | Audi Sport Team MPC | |||
| 8 | 65 | PAM | Chaz Mostert
Liam Talbot |
Sportsbet Team MPC | |||
| 9 | 77 | PRO | Nicky Catsburg | Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG | |||
| 10 | 44 | SIL | Aaron Cameron | Valmont Racing | |||
| 11 | 6 | SIL | Tony D'Alberto | Wall Racing | |||
| 12 | 55 | PAM | Frédéric Vervisch
Brad Schumacher |
FUCHS Lubricants Racing | |||
| 13 | 10 | SIL | Daniel Gaunt | International Motorsport | |||
| 14 | 47 | SIL | David Russell | Supabarn Motorsport Team MPC | |||
| 15 | 99 | PAM | Richie Stanaway | Boost Mobile Racing | |||
| 16 | 777 | PAM | Ricardo Feller
Yasser Shahin |
The Bend Motorsport Park Team MPC | |||
| 17 | 222 | PAM | Alex Davison | Scott Taylor Motorsport | |||
| 18 | 24 | PAM | Jordan Love
Tony Bates |
Makita Volante Rosso Motorsport | |||
| 19 | 101 | SIL | Josh Hunt | Harrolds Volante Rosso Motorsport | |||
| 20 | 4 | PAM | Anton de Pasquale
Stephen Grove |
Grove Racing / EBM | |||
| 21 | 9 | PAM | Lee Holdsworth
Marc Cini |
Hallmarc Team MPC | |||
| 22 | 50 | SIL | Glen Wood
David Crampton |
MMotorsport / Vantage Racing | |||
| 23 | 19 | INV | Christan Pancione
Mark Griffith |
Nineteen Corporation | |||
| 24 | 111 | INV | Grant Donaldson | 111Racing / 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 | Matt Campbell | Manthey EMA Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2:01.1730 | +0.2911 |
| 4 | 75 | PRO | Jules Gounon | SunEnergy1 AKKodis ASP Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:01.2916 | +0.4097 |
| 5 | 65 | PAM | Chaz Mostert | Sportsbet Team MPC | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2:01.8694 | +0.9875 |
| 6 | 46 | PRO | Maxime Martin | BMW M 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 | Mercedes-AMG Craft-Bamboo Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:03.0311 | +2.1492 |
| DSQ | 32 | PRO | Sheldon van der Linde | BMW M Team WRT | BMW M4 GT3 | Time Disallowed | |
| DSQ | 74 | PRO | Christopher Haase | Audi Sport Team MPC | 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 |
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| Engine | |||||||
| 1 | P | 75 | SunEnergy 1 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 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 | Sportsbet Team MPC | 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 | The Bend Motorsport Park Team MPC | 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 | Myland Team IMS | 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 | Supabarn Team MPC | 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 | Audi Sport Team MPC | 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 | MARC Cars Australia | Keith Kassulke Hadrian Morrall Cameron McLeod |
MARC II V8 | Crash in Practice 4 | |
| Ford Modular 5.2 L V8 | |||||||
| OFFICIAL RESULTS | |||||||