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Australia 2023 Bathurst 12 Hour
Event Information
Date3–5 February 2023
LocationBathurst, New South Wales
VenueMount Panorama Circuit
Results
Race 1
Distance laps km

The 2023 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour will be an endurance race staged on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, on 5 February 2023. It will be the opening round of five in the 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge.[1]

Entry list

Class structure

Entries will be divided into classes based on car type and driver ratings.[2][3]

  • Class A – GT3 (current-specification GT3 cars)
    • Pro - for driving combinations featuring only FIA Platinum- or FIA Gold-rated drivers.
    • 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, the sole Class B & C car entered were merged into Class I.

Entries

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class
Class A (GT3)
Australia Grove Racing with EBM[4] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 4 Australia Anton De Pasquale[4] PA
Australia Brenton Grove[4]
Australia Stephen Grove[4]
New Zealand EBM Giga Racing[5] TBA TBA PA
TBA
TBA
Australia Wall Racing[5] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 6 Australia Tony D'Alberto S
Australia Adrian Deitz
Australia Grant Denyer
Australia David Wall
Australia Hallmarc Racing[6] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 9 Australia Michael Caruso[6] PA
Australia Marc Cini[6]
TBA
Australia Volante Rosso Motorsport[7] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 24 Australia Tony Bates[8] PA
Australia Jordan Love[8]
Australia David Reynolds[8]
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 101 Australia Ross Poulakis[7] S
TBA
TBA
Belgium BMW M Team WRT[9] BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 32 South Africa Sheldon van der Linde[10] P
Belgium Dries Vanthoor[10]
Belgium Charles Weerts[10]
46 Brazil Augusto Farfus[10] P
Belgium Maxime Martin[10]
Italy Valentino Rossi[10]
Australia Valmont Racing[11] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 44 Australia Aaron Cameron[11] S
Australia Duvashen Padayachee[11]
Australia Sergio Pires[11]
Australia Marcel Zalloua[11]
Australia Triple Eight Race Engineering[5] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 88 TBA PA
TBA
TBA
Australia Supercheap Auto Racing[12] 888 Australia Broc Feeney[12] P
Germany Maximilian Götz[12]
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen[12]
Australia Scott Taylor Motorsport[13] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 222 Australia Alex Davison[13] PA
Australia Geoff Emery[13]
Australia Craig Lowndes[13]
Australia Scott Taylor[13]
Australia Manthey EMA[14] Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 912 Australia Matt Campbell[15] P
France Mathieu Jaminet[15]
Austria Thomas Preining[15]
Hong Kong GruppeM Racing[16] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 999 TBA P
TBA
TBA
Australia Melbourne Performance Centre[5] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 TBA TBA P
TBA
TBA
TBA TBA S
TBA
TBA
TBA TBA S
TBA
TBA
TBA TBA PA
TBA
TBA
Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Craft-Bamboo Racing[17] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 TBA TBA P
TBA
TBA
Australia Schumacher Motorsport Fuchs Racing[18] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 TBA TBA PA
TBA
TBA
Australia SunEnergy1 Racing[5] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 TBA TBA P
TBA
TBA
Australia Supabarn Motorsport[5] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 TBA TBA S
TBA
TBA
Class I (Invitational)
Australia Nineteen Corporation[5] Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 19 Australia Mark Griffith INV
TBA
TBA
Australia M Motorsport / Vantage Racing[5] KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept Audi 2.5 L I5 50 Australia David Crampton[19] INV
Australia Trent Harrison[19]
Australia Jayden Ojeda[19]
Australia Glen Wood[19]
Papua New Guinea Wheels / FX Racing[5] Ford Mustang MARC II V8 Ford Modular 5.2 L V8 52 Papua New Guinea Keith Kassulke INV
TBA
TBA
Australia Daytona Sports Cars[5] SIN R1 GT4 General Motors 7.0 L LS7 TBA TBA INV
TBA
TBA
Australia MRA Motorsport[5] MARC Mazda 3 V8 5.0 L Ford Coyote V8 TBA TBA INV
TBA
TBA
Australia Our Kloud – UpTo 11 MotorSport[5] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 TBA TBA INV
TBA
TBA
Icon Class
P Pro
S Silver
PA Pro-Am
Am Am
INV Invitational

References

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