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The race winning Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG of Thomas Jäger, Alexander Roloff and Bernd Schneider.

The 2013 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour was an endurance race for a variety of GT and touring car classes, including: GT3 cars, GT4 cars, Group 3E Series Production Cars and Dubai 24 Hour cars.[1] The event, which was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, near Bathurst, in New South Wales, Australia on 10 February 2013, was the eleventh running of the Bathurst 12 Hour. The race also incorporated the opening round of the 2013 Australian GT Championship. The Australian GT Championship was to compete as the first hour only and cars were permitted to enter for only that hour or to cross-enter for both the first hour and continue for the endurance race.

There were 53 starters in the race, the largest field since the Bathurst 12 Hour event shifted to GT orientation in 2011.


Class structure

Cars competed in the following six classes.[1]

  • Class A – GT3 Outright [1]
  • Class B – GT3 [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 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG for Erebus Motorsport, Germans Thomas Jäger, Alexander Roloff and former Formula One driver Bernd Schneider were the winners, covering 268 laps. The Ferrari 458 GT3 of Craig Baird, Matt Griffin and Weng Sun Mok finished a lap behind in second, with Griffin setting the fastest lap of the race with a lap of 2:06.8714. Finishing in third place was the VIP Petfoods Porsche 997 GT3-R of Matt Kingsley, Klark Quinn and Shane Van Gisbergen.

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. The DBRS9's race was ended and the Vantage GT4 recommenced racing many many laps down. It was a great disappointment for the Marque to see both their representatives removed from contention so early in the race. Tony Quinn went on to cross enter and drive in his son Klark's Porsche entry for 3rd place.

A late afternoon rain storm caused havoc in the field as it started suddenly and most cars took a few laps to get their wet weather tyres on. Shane Van Gisbergen in the VIP Petfoods Porsche showed what a consummate wet weather driver he is maintaining his speed in the difficult conditions and passing several more conservative drivers across the top of the mountain. There was the inevitable safety cars in the wet which caused the leaders to close up sandwiching a few backmarkers in the process. In one restart the #63 Erebus Mercedes which had been doing very well, clipped a backmarker and damaged the steering. A quick pitstop replaced the bent component but the delay could not be made up that late in the race. The rain made for mayhem but the #36 Mercedes came out just ahead of the Ferrari.


Official result

The Class B-winning Porsche 997 GT3 Cup of Steven Johnson, Jonny Reid and Drew Russell.
The Class C-winning Lotus Exige S of Romano Sartori, Liam Talbot and Robert Thomson.
The Class D-winning BMW 335i of Anthony Gilbertson, Andre Heimgartner and Peter O'Donnell.
The Class E-winning HSV VXR Turbo of Ivo Breukers, Morgan Haber and Damian Ward.
The Class I2-winning SEAT León Supercopa of Clint Harvey, Brett Niall and Malcolm Niall.
The Class I3-winning Holden VY Commodore of Mal Rose, Aaron Tebb and Adam Wallis.
Pos [2] Class [2] No [2] Team / Entrant [2] Drivers Car [2] Laps [2]
Engine
1 A 36 Erebus Motorsport Germany Thomas Jäger
Germany Alexander Roloff
Germany Bernd Schneider
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 268
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
2 A 33 Clearwater Racing New Zealand Craig Baird
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
Singapore Weng Sun Mok
Ferrari 458 GT3 267
4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8
3 A 5 VIP Petfoods Racing Australia Matt Kingsley
Australia Klark Quinn
New Zealand Shane Van Gisbergen
United Kingdom Tony Quinn
Porsche 997 GT3-R 267
3.6 L Porsche H6
4 A 1 Phoenix Racing Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
Switzerland Harold Primat
Sweden Andreas Simonsen
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 266
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
5 A 9 Mark Eddy Australia Marc Cini
Australia Mark Eddy
Australia Dean Grant
Germany Christopher Mies
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 263
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
6 A 63 Erebus Motorsport Australia Peter Hackett
Australia Lee Holdsworth
Australia Tim Slade
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 263
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
7 A 58 AF Corse Italy Marco Cioci
Italy Michele Rugolo
Australia Steve Wyatt
Ferrari 458 GT3 261
4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8
8 A 14 Peter Conroy Motorsport Australia Peter Conroy
United Kingdom Robert Huff
United Kingdom James Winslow
Audi R8 LMS 260
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
9 B 30 Hunter Sports Group Australia Steven Johnson
New Zealand Jonny Reid
Australia Drew Russell
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 257
3.6 L Porsche H6
10 A 71 Equity-One Mortgage Fund Australia Dean Koutsoumidis
Australia Andrew McInnes
Australia Simon Middleton
Hong Kong Darryl O'Young
Audi R8 LMS 255
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
11 B 4 Grove Group New Zealand Daniel Gaunt
Australia Stephen Grove
Australia Max Twigg
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 251
3.6 L Porsche H6
12 I3 44 Mal Rose Racing Australia Mal Rose
Australia Aaron Tebb
Australia Adam Wallis
Holden VY Commodore 248
5.0 L Holden Aurora V8
13 A 48 GB Galvanising Australia Ross Lilley
Australia Justin McMillan
New Zealand Steven Richards
Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 247
5.2 L Lamborghini V10
14 B 69 Motorsport Services New Zealand Allan Dippie
New Zealand George McFarlane
New Zealand Scott O'Donnell
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 244
3.6 L Porsche H6
15 B 8 Level Racing Belgium Philippe Broodcoren
Belgium Kurt Dujardyn
Belgium Olivier Muytjens
France Philippe Richard
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 236
3.6 L Porsche H6
16 I1 21 Team Peugeot RCZ Australia Andrew Jones
France Bruce Jouanny
Australia David Wall
Peugeot RCZ Cup 233
1.6 L Peugeot THP156 I4 turbo
17 A 81 DragonSpeed Ecuador Elton Julian
United States Eric Lux
Germany Christian Zügel
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 233
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
18 E 3 Racer Industries Netherlands Ivo Breukers
Australia Morgan Haber
Australia Damian Ward
HSV VXR Turbo 229
2.0 L Ecotec I4
19 C 62 queenslandhouseandland.com Australia Romano Sartori
Australia Liam Talbot
Australia Robert Thomson
Lotus Exige S 228
1.8 L Supercharged Toyota ZZ I4
20 I2 55 Motorsport Services Australia Clint Harvey
Australia Brett Niall
Australia Malcolm Niall
SEAT León Supercopa 225
2.0 L SEAT I4
21 I2 17 Tony Burrowes New Zealand Tony Burrowes
New Zealand Stuart Owers
New Zealand Lewis Scott
Subaru Impreza WRX STi 222
2.0 L Subaru H4
22 C 54 Donut King Racing Australia Tony Alford
Australia Adam Beechey
Australia Peter Leemhuis
Nissan R35 GT-R 214
3.8 L Twin-turbo VR38DETT V6
23 I1 20 Team Peugeot RCZ Australia Jason Bright
France Stéphane Caillet
France Julien Rueflin
Peugeot RCZ Cup 214
1.6 L Peugeot THP156 I4 turbo
24 B 67 Motorsport Services New Zealand David Glasson
New Zealand Phil Hood
New Zealand Tony Richards
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 208
3.6 L Porsche H6
25 B 45 Rentcorp Forklifts Australia Barton Mawer
Australia Duvashen Padayachee
Australia Indiran Padayachee
Australia Aaron Zerefos
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 207
3.6 L Porsche H6
26 E 26 GWS Personnel Motorsport Australia Daniel Lewis
Australia Daniel Stutterd
Australia Jonathon Venter
BMW 130i 207
3.0 L BMW N52 I6
27 B 68 Motorsport Services New Zealand Terry Knight
New Zealand Jeff Lowrey
New Zealand Marcus Mahy
New Zealand Todd Murphy
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 198
3.6 L Porsche H6
28 I2 70 Motorsport Services New Zealand Mike Driver
New Zealand Sam Fillmore
New Zealand Kevin Gallichan
New Zealand Aaron Harris
SEAT León Supercopa 193
2.0 L SEAT I4
29 D 24 GWS Personnel Motorsport Australia Anthony Gilbertson
New Zealand Andre Heimgartner
Australia Peter O'Donnell
BMW 335i 183
3.0 L BMW N54 Twin-turbo I6
30 I2 35 Ric Shaw Racing Australia Andrew Bollom
Australia Stephen Borness
Australia James Parish
Australia Ric Shaw
Mazda RX-7 182
1.3 L Mazda 13B-REW Twin-turbo Two-Rotor
31 E 27 Allan Shephard Australia Justin Garioch
Australia Allan Shephard
Australia Dylan Thomas
BMW 130i 176
3.0 L BMW N52 I6
32 I2 56 Motorsport Services Australia Simon Piavanini
Australia Mark Pilatti
Australia Kerry Wade
SEAT León Supercopa 140
2.0 L SEAT I4
33 C 76 Aston Martin St. Gallen Switzerland Andreas Baenziger
Austria Florian Kamelger
United Kingdom Christopher Porritt
Aston Martin Vantage GT4 140
4.7 L Aston Martin V8
34 D 22 Robinson Racing Developments Australia Steve Cramp
Australia Brad Goss
Australia Vin Stenta
FPV FG GT 134
5.0 L Boss 315 supercharged V8
DNF A 23 United Autosports New Zealand Brendon Hartley
France Alain Li
United States Mark Patterson
Audi R8 LMS Ultra 259
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
DNF I1 60 Motionsport United Kingdom Ben Gower
United Kingdom Simon Phillips
United Kingdom Pete Storey
Lotus Elise 211
1.8 L Supercharged Toyota ZZ I4
DNF I3 13 Bruce Lynton BMW Australia Andrew Fisher
Australia Beric Lynton
Australia Matt Mackelden
BMW M3 209
3.2 L BMW S54 I6
DNF B 12 Competition Motorsports Australia David Calvert-Jones
Australia Alex Davison
Australia James Davison
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup R 207
3.8 L Porsche H6
DNF A 6 Rod Salmon Australia Craig Lowndes
Australia Warren Luff
Australia Rod Salmon
Audi R8 LMS 162
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
DNF D 7 Maximum Motorsport Australia Dean Herridge
Australia Angus Kennard
Australia John O'Dowd
Subaru Impreza WRX STi 138
2.5 L Subaru H4
DNF I2 2 Racer Industries Australia Jake Camilleri
Australia Keith Kassulke
Australia Ryan McLeod
HSV VXR Turbo 133
2.2 L Ecotec I4
DNF I3 65 Daytona Sports Cars Australia Jamie Augustine
Australia Andrew Miedecke
Australia Benjamin Schoots
Daytona Sportscar 132
6.0 L GM LS1 V8 engine
DNF A 29 Trofeo Motorsport Italy Ivan Capelli
Australia Jim Manolios
New Zealand Greg Murphy
Chevrolet Corvette Z06-R 127
7.0 L GM LS7 V8
DNF A 88 Maranello Motorsport Australia John Bowe
Australia Peter Edwards
Finland Mika Salo
Denmark Allan Simonsen
Ferrari 458 GT3 111
4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8
DNF C 10 Simply Sports Cars Australia Adam Gowans
United Kingdom Chris Lillingston-Price
United Kingdom Richard Meins
Lotus Exige S 108
1.8 L Supercharged Toyota ZZ I4
DNF D 19 Sherrin Rentals Australia David Ayers
Australia Grant Sherrin
Australia Iain Sherrin
Australia Mike Sherrin
BMW 135i 67
3.0 L BMW N55 Twin-turbo I6
DNF A 51 Andrew MacPherson Australia Andrew MacPherson
Australia Benjamin Porter
Australia Garth Walden
Mosler MT900 GT3 55
7.0 L GM LS7 V8
DNF A 16 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Germany Franz Engstler
Australia John Modystach
Hong Kong Charles Ng
Denmark Kristian Poulsen
BMW Z4 GT3 36
4.4 L BMW S65 V8
DNF AUS
GT
40 Motor School Australia Ben Foessel Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 13
3.6 L Porsche H6
DNF AUS
GT
73 ES Australia Australia Michael Hovey Ginetta G50 G4 13
3.5 L Ford Cyclone engine V6
DNF AUS
GT
77 VIP Petfoods Racing United Kingdom Tony Quinn Aston Martin DBRS9 11
5.7 L Aston Martin V12
DNF A 11 Lago Racing Netherlands Peter Kox
Australia Roger Lago
Australia David Russell
Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 11
5.2 L Lamborghini V10
DNF AUS
GT
38 Mark Griffiths Australia Mark Griffiths Ginetta G50 G4 5
3.5 L Ford Cyclone engine V6
DNQ D 80 Bruce Lynton BMW Australia Andrew Fisher
Australia Beric Lynton
Australia Matt Mackelden
BMW 1M 0
3.0 L BMW N54 turbocharged I6
  • Note: Class winners are shown in Bold
  • Race time of winning car: 12:03:4.5192
  • Fastest race lap: 2:06.8714 – Matt Griffin

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