Car endurance race in Australia
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
Icon
Class
P Pro
S Silver
PA Pro-Am
Am Am
INV Invitational
^1 KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept to an Audi R8 LMS Evo II following an engine failure during Friday practice.[ 16]
Qualifying
Qualifying
Top Ten Shootout
Race
Class winners indicated in bold and with ‡.
Notes
^ Car #10 ran under the commercial title "Myland Team IMS".[ 8]
^ Cars #32 and #46 ran under the commercial title "BMW M Team WRT".[ 12]
^ 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]
^ Drudi is an Italian driver competing under a Sammarinese licence.
^ Car #55 ran under the commercial title "Schumacher Motorsport Fuchs Racing".[ 18]
^ Car #75 ran under the commercial title "SunEnergy1 AKKodis ASP Team".[ 20]
^ Gounon is a French driver competing under an Andorran licence.[ 21] [ 22]
^ Car #77 ran under the commercial title "Mercedes-AMG Craft-Bamboo Racing".[ 23]
^ Car #912 ran under the commercial title "Manthey EMA Motorsport".[ 30]
References
^ "Intercontinental GT Challenge set to expand to five 2023 rounds" . Motorsport.com . 12 May 2022.^ "Bathurst 12 Hour adds Bronze GT3 class" . Speedcafe . 15 December 2022.^ "Bronze Class Added to GT3 Ranks for Bathurst 12H" . Sportscar365. 15 December 2022.^ 2023 LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour Sporting and Technical Regulations - Issue 4, as archived at web.archive.org ^ a b c d "Anton De Pasquale joins Groves for Bathurst 12 Hour" . Speedcafe . 4 January 2023.^ a b c d e "D'Alberto, Denyer reunite for Bathurst 12 Hour tilt" . Speedcafe . 10 January 2023.^ a b c d "Caruso to drive Audi in Bathurst 12 Hour, International" . Speedcafe . 22 September 2023.^ a b c d van Leeuwen, Andrew (25 January 2023). "Kiwi Audi joins Bathurst 12 Hour field" . motorsport.com . Retrieved 25 January 2023 . ^ a b "Mercedes squad confirmed for Bathurst 12 Hour" . Speedcafe . 29 November 2022.^ a b c "Reynolds confirmed in Bathurst 12 Hour Mercedes" . Supercars . 16 January 2023.^ a b Goodwin, Graham (19 January 2023). "Harrolds Volante Rosso Motorsport Confirm Livery And Crew For Bathurst" . dailysportscar.com . Retrieved 19 January 2023 . ^ "Valentino Rossi to race BMW in Bathurst 12 Hour" . Speedcafe . 17 December 2022.^ a b c d e f Goodwin, Graham (16 December 2022). "BMW Team WRT Confirm Plans For Dubai 24H, Bathurst 12H & GT World Challenge Europe" . dailysportscar.com . Retrieved 16 December 2022 . ^ a b c d e Goodwin, Graham (1 January 2023). "Updated AMG GT3 For Tigani Motorsport/ Valmont Racing At 2023 Bathurst 12H" . dailysportscar.com . Retrieved 1 January 2023 . ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Lloyd, Daniel (20 January 2023). "Audi Confirms Bathurst 12H Lineups Including Pro Crew" . sportscar365.com . John Dagys Media. Retrieved 20 January 2023 . ^ a b c d e f Lloyd, Daniel (3 February 2023). "KTM Team Switches to GT3 Audi Mid-Event Following Issue" . sportscar365.com . John Dagys Media. Retrieved 3 February 2023 . ^ a b c "KTM Bathurst 12 Hour driver line-up revealed" . Supercars . 12 January 2023.^ "PremiAir to race in Bathurst 12 Hour" . Speedcafe . 6 January 2023.^ a b c "Webb among Audi Bathurst 12 Hour drivers" . Speedcafe . 22 September 2023.^ a b c d Dagys, John (25 January 2023). "Habul, Gounon, Stolz to Defend Bathurst Win With SunEnergy1" . sportscar365.com . John Dagys Media. Retrieved 25 January 2023 . ^ Plümer, Jonas (28 December 2022). "Jules Gounon startet ab 2023 für Andorra" . GT-Place.com (in German). Retrieved 25 February 2023 . ^ "FIA president trying to avoid being sent to the pits" The Australian . Retrieved 25 February 2023 .^ Euwema, Davey (5 January 2023). "Craft-Bamboo to Field Pro Entry at Bathurst" . sportscar365.com . John Dagys Media. Retrieved 5 January 2023 . ^ a b Euwema, Davey (25 January 2023). "Catsburg Joins Craft-Bamboo for Bathurst 12H" . sportscar365.com . John Dagys Media. Retrieved 25 January 2023 . ^ "Mercedes names Auer replacement for Bathurst 12 Hour" . Speedcafe . 30 January 2023.^ a b c d e Goodwin, Graham (10 January 2023). "28 car Entry For 2023 Bathurst 12 Hour Set" . dailysportscar.com . Retrieved 10 January 2023 . ^ a b c "Stanaway in Triple Eight Bathurst 12 Hour entry" . Speedcafe . 17 January 2023.^ a b c "Van Gisbergen, Feeney and Goetz going for Bathurst glory with Triple Eight" . intercontinentalgtchallenge.com . SRO Motorsports Group . 20 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022 .^ a b c d e "Lowndes to spearhead Pro-Am Mercedes in Bathurst 12 Hour" . Speedcafe . 15 December 2022.^ "Manthey and EMA team up for Bathurst 12 Hour assault" . intercontinentalgtchallenge.com . SRO Motorsports Group . 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022 .^ a b c "Campbell to spearhead Bathurst 12 Hour Porsche" . Supercars . 12 January 2023.^ "GruppeM confirms Bathurst 12 Hour return" . intercontinentalgtchallenge.com . SRO Motorsports Group . 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022 .^ a b c "2022 Bathurst 12 Hour winners reunite for 2023 race" . Speedcafe . 25 January 2023.^ a b c " . bathurst12hour. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023 .^ a b c "McLeod set for Bathurst 12 Hour debut" . Speedcafe . 22 January 2023.
