2023 Bathurst 12 Hour

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]

2023 Bathurst 12 Hour

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2023 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour

Event Information
Date	3–5 February 2023
Location	Bathurst, New South Wales
Venue	Mount Panorama Circuit
Results
Race 1 Distance laps km Pole position Maro Engel GruppeM Racing 2:00.8819

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]