2013 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour
The 2013 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour was an endurance race for a variety of GT and touring car classes, including:
There were 53 starters in the race, the largest field since the Bathurst 12 Hour event moved to GT orientation in 2011.
Class structure
Cars competed in the following six classes.[1]
- Class A – GT3 Outright[1]
- Class B – GT3 Cup Cars[1]
- Class C – GT4[1]
- Class D – Production (High Performance)[1]
- Class E – Production (Performance)[1]
- Class I1 – Invitational (under 3000cc)[1]
- Class I2 – Invitational (between 3001cc & 4000cc)[1]
- Class I3 – Invitational (over 4000cc)[1]
Classes D & E were open to Group 3E Series Production Cars and Class I was for cars complying with the regulations for the 2013 Dubai 24 Hour race.[1] There was also a provision for teams competing in the Australian GT Championship to race for the first 55 minutes of the race only, to compete for GT Championship points.
Qualifying
Two qualifying sessions were run on Saturday 9 February with Danish driver Allan Simonsen setting the fastest time of 2:05.49 in the Maranello Motorsport entered Ferrari 458 GT3. However, as penalties are applied for lap times recorded under 2:06 minutes to provide a form of parity, the car lost the lap time and acquired a 50 kg penalty.
Race
Driving a
A late afternoon rain storm caused havoc in the field as it started suddenly and most cars took a few laps to pit for wet weather tyres. Shane van Gisbergen, driving the Quinn Porsche, excelled in the wet conditions, passing several drivers across the top of the circuit despite the conditions. There were a number of safety cars in the wet conditions which caused the leaders to close up, with slower, lapped cars mixed in between. At one restart the #63 Erebus Motorsport SLS, which had been in contention for most of the race, clipped the #60 Lotus Elise and damaged the steering. The car was repaired but lost multiple laps, eventually finishing in sixth place.
Early in the day the two Aston Martins, Tony Quinn's DBRS9 in GT3 Class A, and the St Gallen Vantage GT4 of Baenziger, Kamelger and Porritt in Class C, had a coming together at the top of Conrod Straight. Quinn's race was ended and the Vantage GT4 recommenced racing, albeit many laps down. The #22 FPV FG GT of Robinson Racing Developments broke a supercharger pulley late in the day. The car was repaired using a part taken off a road car belonging to a crowd member, allowing the team to finish the race. The car recommenced racing in the last five laps and the team returned the borrowed part following the end of the race.
Official result
Pos[2] | Class[2] | No[2] | Team / Entrant[2] | Drivers | Car[2] | Laps[2] | Time/Retired |
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Engine | |||||||
1 | A | 36 | Erebus Motorsport | Thomas Jäger Alexander Roloff Bernd Schneider |
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG | 268 | 12:03:04.5192 |
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 | |||||||
2 | A | 33 | Clearwater Racing | Craig Baird Matt Griffin Weng Sun Mok |
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | 267 | +1 lap |
4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8
| |||||||
3 | A | 5 | VIP Petfoods Racing | Matt Kingsley Klark Quinn Shane van Gisbergen Tony Quinn1 |
Porsche 997 GT3-R
|
267 | +1 lap |
3.6 L Porsche H6 | |||||||
4 | A | 1 | Phoenix Racing
|
Johan Kristoffersson Harold Primat Andreas Simonsen |
Audi R8 LMS Ultra
|
266 | +2 laps |
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 | |||||||
5 | A | 9 | Hallmarc Racing | Marc Cini Mark Eddy Dean Grant Christopher Mies |
Audi R8 LMS Ultra
|
263 | +5 laps |
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 | |||||||
6 | A | 63 | Erebus Motorsport | Peter Hackett Lee Holdsworth Tim Slade |
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG | 263 | +5 laps |
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 | |||||||
7 | A | 58 | AF Corse | Marco Cioci Michele Rugolo Steve Wyatt |
Ferrari 458 GT3 | 261 | +7 laps |
4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8
| |||||||
8 | A | 14 | Peter Conroy Motorsport | Peter Conroy Robert Huff James Winslow |
Audi R8 LMS
|
260 | +8 laps |
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 | |||||||
9 | B | 30 | Hunter Sports Group | Drew Russell
|
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
|
257 | +11 laps |
3.6 L Porsche H6 | |||||||
10 | A | 71 | Equity-One Racing | Dean Koutsoumidis Andrew McInnes Simon Middleton Darryl O'Young |
Audi R8 LMS
|
255 | +13 laps |
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 | |||||||
11 | B | 4 | Grove Motorsport | Daniel Gaunt Stephen Grove Max Twigg |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
|
251 | +17 laps |
3.6 L Porsche H6 | |||||||
12 | I3 | 44 | Mal Rose Racing | Mal Rose Aaron Tebb Adam Wallis |
Holden VY Commodore
|
248 | +20 laps |
5.0 L Holden Aurora V8 | |||||||
13 | A | 48 | M Motorsport | Ross Lilley Justin McMillan Steven Richards |
Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 | 247 | +21 laps |
5.2 L Lamborghini V10 | |||||||
14 | B | 69 | Motorsport Services | Allan Dippie George McFarlane Scott O'Donnell |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
|
244 | +24 laps |
3.6 L Porsche H6 | |||||||
15 | B | 8 | Level Racing | Philippe Broodcoren Kurt Dujardyn Olivier Muytjens Philippe Richard |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
|
236 | +32 laps |
3.6 L Porsche H6 | |||||||
16 | I1 | 21 | Team Peugeot RCZ | Andrew Jones Bruce Jouanny David Wall |
Peugeot RCZ Cup | 233 | +35 laps |
1.6 L Peugeot THP156 I4 turbo | |||||||
17 | A | 81 | DragonSpeed | Elton Julian Eric Lux Christian Zügel |
Audi R8 LMS Ultra
|
233 | +35 laps |
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 | |||||||
18 | E | 3 | Racer Industries | Ivo Breukers Morgan Haber Damian Ward |
HSV VXR Turbo | 229 | +39 laps |
2.0 L I4
| |||||||
19 | C | 62 | Rob Thomson Racing | Romano Sartori Liam Talbot Rob Thomson |
Lotus Exige S | 228 | +40 laps |
1.8 L I4
| |||||||
20 | I2 | 55 | Motorsport Services | Clint Harvey Brett Niall Malcolm Niall |
SEAT León Supercopa | 225 | +43 laps |
2.0 L I4
| |||||||
21 | I2 | 17 | Showershop Racing | Tony Burrowes Stuart Owers Lewis Scott |
Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 222 | +46 laps |
2.0 L Subaru H4 | |||||||
22 | C | 54 | Donut King Racing | Tony Alford Adam Beechey Peter Leemhuis |
Nissan R35 GT-R
|
214 | +54 laps |
3.8 L Twin-turbo VR38DETT V6 | |||||||
23 | I1 | 20 | Team Peugeot RCZ | Jason Bright Stéphane Caillet Julien Rueflin |
Peugeot RCZ Cup | 214 | +54 laps |
1.6 L Peugeot THP156 I4 turbo | |||||||
24 | B | 67 | Motorsport Services | David Glasson Phil Hood Tony Richards |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
|
208 | +60 laps |
3.6 L Porsche H6 | |||||||
25 | B | 45 | Team BRM | Barton Mawer Duvashen Padayachee Indiran Padayachee Aaron Zerefos |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
|
207 | +61 laps |
3.6 L Porsche H6 | |||||||
26 | E | 26 | GWS Personnel Motorsport | Daniel Lewis Daniel Stutterd Jonathon Venter |
BMW 130i
|
207 | +61 laps |
3.0 L I6
| |||||||
27 | B | 68 | Motorsport Services | Terry Knight Jeff Lowrey Marcus Mahy Todd Murphy |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
|
198 | +70 laps |
3.6 L Porsche H6 | |||||||
28 | I2 | 70 | Motorsport Services | Mike Driver Sam Fillmore Kevin Gallichan Aaron Harris |
SEAT León Supercopa | 193 | +75 laps |
2.0 L I4
| |||||||
29 | D | 24 | GWS Personnel Motorsport | Anthony Gilbertson Andre Heimgartner Peter O'Donnell |
BMW 335i
|
183 | +85 laps |
3.0 L I6
| |||||||
30 | I2 | 35 | Ric Shaw Racing | Andrew Bollom Stephen Borness James Parish Ric Shaw |
Mazda RX-7 | 182 | +86 laps |
1.3 L Mazda 13B-REW Twin-turbo Two-Rotor | |||||||
31 | E | 27 | GWS Personnel Motorsport | Justin Garioch Allan Shephard Dylan Thomas |
BMW 130i
|
176 | +92 laps |
3.0 L I6
| |||||||
32 | I2 | 56 | Motorsport Services | Simon Piavanini Mark Pilatti Kerry Wade |
SEAT León Supercopa | 140 | +128 laps |
2.0 L I4
| |||||||
33 | C | 76 | Aston Martin St. Gallen | Andreas Baenziger Florian Kamelger Christopher Porritt |
Aston Martin Vantage GT4 | 140 | +128 laps |
4.7 L Aston Martin V8 | |||||||
34 | D | 22 | Robinson Racing Developments | Steve Cramp Brad Goss Vin Stenta |
FPV FG GT
|
134 | +134 laps |
5.0 L Boss 315 supercharged V8 | |||||||
DNF | A | 23 | United Autosports | Brendon Hartley Alain Li Mark Patterson |
Audi R8 LMS Ultra
|
259 | Crash |
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 | |||||||
DNF | I1 | 60 | Motionsport | Ben Gower Simon Phillips Pete Storey |
Lotus Elise | 211 | Crash |
1.8 L I4
| |||||||
DNF | I3 | 13 | Bruce Lynton BMW | Andrew Fisher Beric Lynton Matt Mackelden |
BMW M3
|
209 | Crash |
3.2 L I6
| |||||||
DNF | B | 12 | Competition Motorsports | David Calvert-Jones Alex Davison James Davison |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup R
|
207 | Crash |
3.8 L Porsche H6 | |||||||
DNF | A | 6 | Rod Salmon Racing | Craig Lowndes Warren Luff Rod Salmon |
Audi R8 LMS
|
162 | Hub failure |
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 | |||||||
DNF | D | 7 | Maximum Motorsport | Dean Herridge Angus Kennard John O'Dowd |
Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 138 | Crash |
2.5 L Subaru H4 | |||||||
DNF | I2 | 2 | Racer Industries | Jake Camilleri Keith Kassulke Ryan McLeod |
HSV VXR Turbo | 133 | Suspension |
2.2 L I4
| |||||||
DNF | I3 | 65 | Daytona Sports Cars | Benjamin Schoots | Daytona Sportscar | 132 | Crash |
6.0 L GM LS1 V8 engine
| |||||||
DNF | A | 29 | Trofeo Motorsport | Ivan Capelli Jim Manolios Greg Murphy |
Chevrolet Corvette Z06-R
|
127 | Fuel Tank |
7.0 L GM LS7 V8
| |||||||
DNF | A | 88 | Maranello Motorsport | John Bowe Peter Edwards Mika Salo Allan Simonsen |
Ferrari 458 GT3 | 111 | Crash |
4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8
| |||||||
DNF | C | 10 | Simply Sports Cars | Adam Gowans Chris Lillingston-Price Richard Meins |
Lotus Exige S | 108 | Crash |
1.8 L I4
| |||||||
DNF | D | 19 | Sherrin Rentals | David Ayers Grant Sherrin Iain Sherrin Mike Sherrin |
BMW 135i
|
67 | Engine |
3.0 L I6
| |||||||
DNF | A | 51 | AMAC Motorsport | Andrew MacPherson Benjamin Porter Garth Walden |
Mosler MT900 GT3 | 55 | Overheating |
7.0 L GM LS7 V8
| |||||||
DNF | A | 16 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Franz Engstler John Modystach Charles Ng Kristian Poulsen |
BMW Z4 GT3
|
36 | Crash |
4.4 L BMW S65 V8 | |||||||
DNF | AUS GT |
40 | Motor School Racing | Ben Foessel | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup
|
13 | Withdrawn after opening hour |
3.6 L Porsche H6 | |||||||
DNF | AUS GT |
73 | ESP Print Management Racing | Michael Hovey | Ginetta G50 G4 | 13 | Withdrawn after opening hour |
3.5 L Ford Cyclone engine V6 | |||||||
DNF | AUS GT |
77 | VIP Holdings (Aust) Pty Ltd | Tony Quinn | Aston Martin DBRS9 | 11 | Crash |
5.7 L Aston Martin V12 | |||||||
DNF | A | 11 | Lago Racing | Peter Kox Roger Lago David Russell |
Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 | 11 | Crash |
5.2 L Lamborghini V10 | |||||||
DNF | AUS GT |
38 | Griffith Corporation P/L | Mark Griffith | Ginetta G50 G4 | 5 | Crash |
3.5 L Ford Cyclone engine V6 | |||||||
DNS | D | 80 | Bruce Lynton BMW | Andrew Fisher Beric Lynton Matt Mackelden |
BMW 1M | 0 | Electrical issues (moved to car #13 for remainder of the event) |
3.0 L I6
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^1 – Tony Quinn was unable to drive in the race following a crash during the first hour of the race. He was replaced by Matt Kingsley.
- Note: Class winners are shown in Bold
- Race time of winning car: 12:03:4.5192
- Fastest race lap: 2:06.8714 – Matt Griffin
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Bathurst 12 Hour Further Supplementary Regulations No 2" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f 2013 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Mount Panorama Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour www.natsoft.com.au[permanent dead link] Retrieved on 11 February 2013
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