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