Australia 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 Germany 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)
Australia Grove Racing[5] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 4 Australia Anton De Pasquale[5] PA
Australia Brenton Grove[5]
Australia Stephen Grove[5]
Australia Wall Racing[6] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 6 Australia Tony D'Alberto[6] S
Australia Adrian Deitz[6]
Australia Grant Denyer[6]
Australia David Wall[6]
Australia Hallmarc Racing[7] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 9 Australia Marc Cini[7] PA
Australia Dean Fiore[7]
Australia Lee Holdsworth[7]
New Zealand Myland Team IMS[8] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 10 New Zealand Andrew Fawcet[8] S
New Zealand Daniel Gaunt[8]
Australia Dylan O'Keeffe[8]
Australia Volante Rosso Motorsport[9] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 24 Australia Tony Bates[10] PA
Australia Jordan Love[10]
Australia David Reynolds[10]
101 Hong Kong Jonathan Hui[11] S
Australia Josh Hunt
Australia Ross Poulakis[9]
Macau Kevin Tse[11]
Belgium BMW M Team WRT[12] BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 32 South Africa Sheldon van der Linde[13] P
Belgium Dries Vanthoor[13]
Belgium Charles Weerts[13]
46 Brazil Augusto Farfus[13] P
Belgium Maxime Martin[13]
Italy Valentino Rossi[13]
Australia Valmont Racing[14] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 44 Australia Aaron Cameron[14] S
Australia Duvashen Padayachee[14]
Australia Sergio Pires[14]
Australia Marcel Zalloua[14]
Australia Supabarn Team MPC[15] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 47 Australia James Koundouris[15] S
Australia Theo Koundouris[15]
Australia David Russell[15]
Australia Jonathon Webb[15]
Australia Sportsbet Team MPC[15] 65 Australia Chaz Mostert[15]

PA

Australia Fraser Ross[15]
Australia Liam Talbot[15]
Australia Audi Sport Team MPC[15] 74 San Marino Mattia Drudi[lower-alpha 1][15] P
Germany Christopher Haase[15]
Switzerland Patric Niederhauser[15]
Australia The Bend Motorsport Park Team MPC[15] 777 Switzerland Ricardo Feller[15] PA
Germany Christopher Mies[15]
Australia Yasser Shahin[15]
Australia M Motorsport / Vantage Racing[16] Audi R8 LMS Evo II1[16] Audi 5.2 L V10 50 Australia David Crampton[16][17] S
Australia Trent Harrison[16][17]
Australia Glen Wood[16][17]
Australia Schumacher Motorsport Fuchs Racing[18] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 55 Australia James Golding[19] PA
Australia Brad Schumacher[19]
Belgium Frédéric Vervisch[19]
Australia SunEnergy1 AKKodis ASP Team[20] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 75 Andorra Jules Gounon[lower-alpha 2][20] P
Australia Kenny Habul[20]
Germany Luca Stolz[20]
Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Craft-Bamboo Racing[23] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 77 Netherlands Nicky Catsburg[24] P
Switzerland Philip Ellis[25]
Spain Daniel Juncadella[24]
Australia Triple Eight Race Engineering[26] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 99 Malaysia Prince Jeffri Ibrahim[27] PA
New Zealand Richie Stanaway[27]
Australia Jamie Whincup[27]
888 Australia Broc Feeney[28] P
Germany Maximilian Götz[28]
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen[28]
Australia Scott Taylor Motorsport[29] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 222 Australia Alex Davison[29] PA
Australia Geoff Emery[29]
Australia Craig Lowndes[29]
Australia Scott Taylor[29]
Australia Manthey EMA Motorsport[30] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 912 Australia Matt Campbell[31] P
France Mathieu Jaminet[31]
Austria Thomas Preining[31]
Hong Kong GruppeM Racing[32] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 999 Germany Maro Engel[33] P
Canada Mikaël Grenier[33]
Switzerland Raffaele Marciello[33]
Class I (Invitational)
Australia Nineteen Corporation[26] Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 19 Australia Mark Griffith[34] INV
Australia Christian Pancione[34]
Germany Fabian Schiller[34]
Papua New Guinea Wheels / FX Racing[26] MARC II V8 Ford Modular 5.2 L V8 52 Papua New Guinea Keith Kassulke[35] INV
Australia Cameron McLeod[35]
Australia Hadrian Morrall[35]
Australia Daytona Sports Cars[26] SIN R1 GT4 General Motors 7.0 L LS7 66 Australia Ben Schoots INV
Australia Dylan Thomas
Australia Shane Woodman
Australia MRA Motorsport[26] MARC Mazda 3 V8 Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8 111 Australia Darren Currie INV
Australia Grant Donaldson
Australia 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 a 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 Germany Maro Engel

Italy Raffaele Marciello

 Hong Kong GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo
2 75 PRO Germany Luca Stolz

Andorra Jules Gounon

 Australia SunEnergy1 Akkodis ASP Team
3 888 PRO Australia Broc Feeney

Germany Maximilian Götz

 Australia Supercheap Auto Racing
4 912 PRO Australia Matt Campbell

France Mathieu Jaminet

 Australia Manthey EMA Motorsport
5 32 PRO South Africa Sheldon van der Linde

Belgium Dries Vanthoor

 Belgium Team WRT
6 46 PRO Brazil Augusto Farfus

Belgium Maxime Martin

 Belgium Team WRT
7 74 PRO Italy Mattia Drudi

Germany Christopher Haase

 Australia Audi Sport Team MPC
8 65 PAM Australia Chaz Mostert

Australia Liam Talbot

Australia Sportsbet Team MPC
9 77 PRO Netherlands Nicky Catsburg

Spain Daniel Juncadella

 Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG
10 44 SIL Australia Aaron Cameron

Australia Duvashen Padayachee

 Australia Valmont Racing
11 6 SIL Australia Tony D'Alberto

Australia David Wall

 Australia Wall Racing
12 55 PAM Belgium Frédéric Vervisch

Australia Brad Schumacher

 Australia FUCHS Lubricants Racing
13 10 SIL New Zealand Daniel Gaunt

Australia Dylan O'Keeffe

 New Zealand International Motorsport
14 47 SIL Australia David Russell

Australia Jonathon Webb

 Australia Supabarn Motorsport Team MPC
15 99 PAM New Zealand Richie Stanaway

Malaysia Prince Jefri Ibrahim

 Australia Boost Mobile Racing
16 777 PAM Switzerland Ricardo Feller

Australia Yasser Shahin

 Australia The Bend Motorsport Park Team MPC
17 222 PAM Australia Alex Davison

Australia Geoff Emery

 Australia Scott Taylor Motorsport
18 24 PAM Australia Jordan Love

Australia Tony Bates

 Australia Makita Volante Rosso Motorsport
19 101 SIL Australia Josh Hunt

Macau Kevin Tse

 Australia Harrolds Volante Rosso Motorsport
20 4 PAM Australia Anton de Pasquale

Australia Stephen Grove

 Australia Grove Racing / EBM
21 9 PAM Australia Lee Holdsworth

Australia Marc Cini

 Australia Hallmarc Team MPC
22 50 SIL Australia Glen Wood

Australia David Crampton

 Australia MMotorsport / Vantage Racing
23 19 INV Australia Christan Pancione

Australia Mark Griffith

 Australia Nineteen Corporation
24 111 INV Australia Grant Donaldson Australia 111Racing / MRA Motorsport
WD 66 INV Australia Daytona Sportscar
WD 52 INV Papua New Guinea Wheels / FX Racing

Top Ten Shootout

Pos. No. Class Driver Team Car Time Gap
1 999 PRO Germany Maro Engel Hong Kong GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:00.8819
2 888 PRO Australia Broc Feeney Australia Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:01.0983 +0.2164
3 912 PRO Australia Matt Campbell Australia Manthey EMA Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 2:01.1730 +0.2911
4 75 PRO Andorra Jules Gounon Australia SunEnergy1 AKKodis ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:01.2916 +0.4097
5 65 PAM Australia Chaz Mostert Australia Sportsbet Team MPC Audi R8 LMS Evo II 2:01.8694 +0.9875
6 46 PRO Belgium Maxime Martin Belgium BMW M Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 2:02.5083 +1.6264
7 44 SIL Australia Aaron Cameron Australia Valmont Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:02.5482 +1.6663
8 77 PRO Spain Daniel Juncadella Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:03.0311 +2.1492
DSQ 32 PRO South Africa Sheldon van der Linde Belgium BMW M Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Time Disallowed
DSQ 74 PRO Germany Christopher Haase Australia 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
Engine
1 P 75 Australia SunEnergy 1 AKKodis ASP Team Australia Kenny Habul
Andorra Jules Gounon
Germany Luca Stolz		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 323 12:00:40.1193‡
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
2 P 912 Australia Manthey EMA Motorsport Australia Matthew Campbell
France Mathieu Jaminet
Austria Thomas Preining		 Porsche 911 GT3 R 323 +0.9267
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
3 P 999 Hong Kong GruppeM Racing Germany Maro Engel
Canada Mikaël Grenier
Switzerland Raffaele Marciello		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 323 +1.4177
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
4 P 32 Belgium Team WRT South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
Belgium Charles Weerts		 BMW M4 GT3 323 +44.7457
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
5 P 888 Australia Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia Broc Feeney
Germany Maximilian Götz
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 322 +1 Lap
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
6 P 46 Belgium Team WRT Brazil Augusto Farfus
Belgium Maxime Martin
Italy Valentino Rossi		 BMW M4 GT3 322 +1 Lap
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
7 PA 65 Australia Sportsbet Team MPC Australia Chaz Mostert
Australia Fraser Ross
Australia Liam Talbot		 Audi R8 LMS Evo II 321 +2 Laps‡
Audi 5.2 L V10
8 P 77 Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing Netherlands Nicky Catsburg
Switzerland Philip Ellis
Spain Daniel Juncadella		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 321 +2 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
9 PA 777 Australia The Bend Motorsport Park Team MPC Switzerland Ricardo Feller
Germany Christopher Mies
Australia Yasser Shahin		 Audi R8 LMS Evo II 320 +3 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
10 PA 99 Australia Triple Eight Race Engineering Malaysia Prince Jeffri Ibrahim
New Zealand Richie Stanaway
Australia Jamie Whincup		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 319 +4 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
11 PA 24 Australia Volante Rosso Motorsport Australia Tony Bates
Australia Jordan Love
Australia David Reynolds		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 316 +7 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
12 S 10 New Zealand Myland Team IMS New Zealand Andrew Fawcet
New Zealand Daniel Gaunt
Australia Dylan O'Keeffe		 Audi R8 LMS Evo II 316 +7 Laps‡
Audi 5.2 L V10
13 PA 9 Australia Hallmarc Racing Australia Marc Cini
Australia Dean Fiore
Australia Lee Holdsworth		 Audi R8 LMS Evo II 316 +7 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
14 S 101 Australia Volante Rosso Motorsport Hong Kong Jonathan Hui
Australia Josh Hunt
Australia Ross Poulakis
Macau Kevin Tse		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 310 +13 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
15 S 50 Australia M Motorsport–Vantage Racing Australia David Crampton
Australia Trent Harrison
Australia Glen Wood
Australia Jayden Ojeda		 Audi R8 LMS Evo II 309 +14 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
16 S 47 Australia Supabarn Team MPC Australia James Koundouris
Australia Theo Koundouris
Australia David Russell
Australia Jonathon Webb		 Audi R8 LMS Evo II 301 +22 Laps
Audi 5.2 L V10
17 INV 111 Australia MRA Motorsport Australia Darren Currie
Australia Grant Donaldson
Australia Geoff Taunton		 MARC Mazda 3 V8 283 +40 Laps‡
Ford Coyote 5.0 L V8
DNF PA 55 Australia PremiAir Racing
Australia Schumacher Motorsport		 Australia James Golding
Australia Brad Schumacher
Belgium Frédéric Vervisch		 Audi R8 LMS Evo II 243 Engine
Audi 5.2 L V10
DNF INV 19 Australia Nineteen Corporation Australia Mark Griffith
Australia Christian Pancione
Germany Fabian Schiller		 Mercedes-AMG GT4 210 Engine
Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L Twin turbo V8
DNF PA 222 Australia Scott Taylor Motorsport Australia Alex Davison
Australia Geoff Emery
Australia Craig Lowndes
Australia Scott Taylor		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 177 Accident
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
DNF S 44 Australia Valmont Racing Australia Aaron Cameron
Australia Duvashen Padayachee
Australia Sergio Pires
Australia Marcel Zalloua		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 89 Accident
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8
DNF S 6 Australia Wall Racing Australia Tony D'Alberto
Australia Adrian Deitz
Australia Grant Denyer
Australia David Wall		 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 70 Suspension
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
DNF PA 4 Australia Grove Racing Australia Anton de Pasquale
Australia Brenton Grove
Australia Stephen Grove		 Porsche 911 GT3 R 56 Accident
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
DNF P 74 Australia Audi Sport Team MPC San Marino Mattia Drudi
Germany Christopher Haase
Switzerland Patric Niederhauser		 Audi R8 LMS Evo II 13 Accident
Audi 5.2 L V10
WD INV 66 Australia Daytona Sports Cars Australia Ben Schoots
Australia Dylan Thomas
Australia Shane Woodman		 SIN R1 GT4 Crash in Practice 6
Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8
WD INV 52 Australia MARC Cars Australia Papua New Guinea Keith Kassulke
Australia Hadrian Morrall
Australia Cameron McLeod		 MARC II V8 Crash in Practice 4
Ford Modular 5.2 L V8
OFFICIAL RESULTS

Notes

  1. ↑ Drudi is an Italian driver competing under a Sammarinese licence.
  2. ↑ Gounon is a French driver competing under an Andorran licence.[21][22]

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