2013 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour

Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit
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, 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 moved to GT orientation in 2011.

Class structure
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 Rob 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 I1-winning Peugeot RCZ Cup of Andrew Jones, Bruce Jouanny and David Wall.
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.

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 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.

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
Engine
1 A 36 Australia Erebus Motorsport Germany Thomas Jäger
Germany Alexander Roloff
Germany Bernd Schneider		 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 268 12:03:04.5192
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
2 A 33 Singapore Clearwater Racing New Zealand Craig Baird
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
Singapore Weng Sun Mok		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 267 +1 lap
4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8
3 A 5 Australia VIP Petfoods Racing Australia Matt Kingsley
Australia Klark Quinn
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen
United Kingdom Tony Quinn1		 Porsche 997 GT3-R 267 +1 lap
3.6 L Porsche H6
4 A 1 Germany Phoenix Racing Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
Switzerland Harold Primat
Sweden Andreas Simonsen		 Audi R8 LMS Ultra 266 +2 laps
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
5 A 9 Australia Hallmarc Racing Australia Marc Cini
Australia Mark Eddy
Australia Dean Grant
Germany Christopher Mies		 Audi R8 LMS Ultra 263 +5 laps
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
6 A 63 Australia Erebus Motorsport Australia Peter Hackett
Australia Lee Holdsworth
Australia Tim Slade		 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 263 +5 laps
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
7 A 58 Italy AF Corse Italy Marco Cioci
Italy Michele Rugolo
Australia Steve Wyatt		 Ferrari 458 GT3 261 +7 laps
4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8
8 A 14 Australia Peter Conroy Motorsport Australia Peter Conroy
United Kingdom Robert Huff
United Kingdom James Winslow		 Audi R8 LMS 260 +8 laps
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
9 B 30 Australia Hunter Sports Group Australia Steven Johnson
New Zealand Jonny Reid
Australia Drew Russell		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 257 +11 laps
3.6 L Porsche H6
10 A 71 Australia Equity-One Racing Australia Dean Koutsoumidis
Australia Andrew McInnes
Australia Simon Middleton
Hong Kong Darryl O'Young		 Audi R8 LMS 255 +13 laps
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
11 B 4 Australia Grove Motorsport New Zealand Daniel Gaunt
Australia Stephen Grove
Australia Max Twigg		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 251 +17 laps
3.6 L Porsche H6
12 I3 44 Australia Mal Rose Racing Australia Mal Rose
Australia Aaron Tebb
Australia Adam Wallis		 Holden VY Commodore 248 +20 laps
5.0 L Holden Aurora V8
13 A 48 Australia M Motorsport Australia Ross Lilley
Australia Justin McMillan
New Zealand Steven Richards		 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 247 +21 laps
5.2 L Lamborghini V10
14 B 69 New Zealand Motorsport Services New Zealand Allan Dippie
New Zealand George McFarlane
New Zealand Scott O'Donnell		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 244 +24 laps
3.6 L Porsche H6
15 B 8 Belgium Level Racing Belgium Philippe Broodcoren
Belgium Kurt Dujardyn
Belgium Olivier Muytjens
France Philippe Richard		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 236 +32 laps
3.6 L Porsche H6
16 I1 21 Australia Team Peugeot RCZ Australia Andrew Jones
France Bruce Jouanny
Australia David Wall		 Peugeot RCZ Cup 233 +35 laps
1.6 L Peugeot THP156 I4 turbo
17 A 81 United States DragonSpeed Ecuador Elton Julian
United States Eric Lux
Germany Christian Zügel		 Audi R8 LMS Ultra 233 +35 laps
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
18 E 3 Australia Racer Industries Netherlands Ivo Breukers
Australia Morgan Haber
Australia Damian Ward		 HSV VXR Turbo 229 +39 laps
2.0 L Ecotec I4
19 C 62 Australia Rob Thomson Racing Australia Romano Sartori
Australia Liam Talbot
Australia Rob Thomson		 Lotus Exige S 228 +40 laps
1.8 L Supercharged Toyota ZZ I4
20 I2 55 New Zealand Motorsport Services Australia Clint Harvey
Australia Brett Niall
Australia Malcolm Niall		 SEAT León Supercopa 225 +43 laps
2.0 L SEAT I4
21 I2 17 New Zealand Showershop Racing New Zealand Tony Burrowes
New Zealand Stuart Owers
New Zealand Lewis Scott		 Subaru Impreza WRX STi 222 +46 laps
2.0 L Subaru H4
22 C 54 Australia Donut King Racing Australia Tony Alford
Australia Adam Beechey
Australia Peter Leemhuis		 Nissan R35 GT-R 214 +54 laps
3.8 L Twin-turbo VR38DETT V6
23 I1 20 Australia Team Peugeot RCZ Australia Jason Bright
France Stéphane Caillet
France Julien Rueflin		 Peugeot RCZ Cup 214 +54 laps
1.6 L Peugeot THP156 I4 turbo
24 B 67 New Zealand Motorsport Services New Zealand David Glasson
New Zealand Phil Hood
New Zealand Tony Richards		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 208 +60 laps
3.6 L Porsche H6
25 B 45 Australia Team BRM Australia Barton Mawer
Australia Duvashen Padayachee
Australia Indiran Padayachee
Australia Aaron Zerefos		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 207 +61 laps
3.6 L Porsche H6
26 E 26 Australia GWS Personnel Motorsport Australia Daniel Lewis
Australia Daniel Stutterd
Australia Jonathon Venter		 BMW 130i 207 +61 laps
3.0 L BMW N52 I6
27 B 68 New Zealand Motorsport Services New Zealand Terry Knight
New Zealand Jeff Lowrey
New Zealand Marcus Mahy
New Zealand Todd Murphy		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 198 +70 laps
3.6 L Porsche H6
28 I2 70 New Zealand Motorsport Services New Zealand Mike Driver
New Zealand Sam Fillmore
New Zealand Kevin Gallichan
New Zealand Aaron Harris		 SEAT León Supercopa 193 +75 laps
2.0 L SEAT I4
29 D 24 Australia GWS Personnel Motorsport Australia Anthony Gilbertson
New Zealand Andre Heimgartner
Australia Peter O'Donnell		 BMW 335i 183 +85 laps
3.0 L BMW N54 Twin-turbo I6
30 I2 35 Australia Ric Shaw Racing Australia Andrew Bollom
Australia Stephen Borness
Australia James Parish
Australia Ric Shaw		 Mazda RX-7 182 +86 laps
1.3 L Mazda 13B-REW Twin-turbo Two-Rotor
31 E 27 Australia GWS Personnel Motorsport Australia Justin Garioch
Australia Allan Shephard
Australia Dylan Thomas		 BMW 130i 176 +92 laps
3.0 L BMW N52 I6
32 I2 56 New Zealand Motorsport Services Australia Simon Piavanini
Australia Mark Pilatti
Australia Kerry Wade		 SEAT León Supercopa 140 +128 laps
2.0 L SEAT I4
33 C 76 Switzerland Aston Martin St. Gallen Switzerland Andreas Baenziger
Austria Florian Kamelger
United Kingdom Christopher Porritt		 Aston Martin Vantage GT4 140 +128 laps
4.7 L Aston Martin V8
34 D 22 Australia Robinson Racing Developments Australia Steve Cramp
Australia Brad Goss
Australia Vin Stenta		 FPV FG GT 134 +134 laps
5.0 L Boss 315 supercharged V8
DNF A 23 United States United Autosports New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Hong Kong Alain Li
United States Mark Patterson		 Audi R8 LMS Ultra 259 Crash
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
DNF I1 60 United Kingdom Motionsport United Kingdom Ben Gower
United Kingdom Simon Phillips
United Kingdom Pete Storey		 Lotus Elise 211 Crash
1.8 L Supercharged Toyota ZZ I4
DNF I3 13 Australia Bruce Lynton BMW Australia Andrew Fisher
Australia Beric Lynton
Australia Matt Mackelden		 BMW M3 209 Crash
3.2 L BMW S54 I6
DNF B 12 United States Competition Motorsports Australia David Calvert-Jones
Australia Alex Davison
Australia James Davison		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup R 207 Crash
3.8 L Porsche H6
DNF A 6 Australia Rod Salmon Racing Australia Craig Lowndes
Australia Warren Luff
Australia Rod Salmon		 Audi R8 LMS 162 Hub failure
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
DNF D 7 Australia Maximum Motorsport Australia Dean Herridge
Australia Angus Kennard
Australia John O'Dowd		 Subaru Impreza WRX STi 138 Crash
2.5 L Subaru H4
DNF I2 2 Australia Racer Industries Australia Jake Camilleri
Papua New Guinea Keith Kassulke
Australia Ryan McLeod		 HSV VXR Turbo 133 Suspension
2.2 L Ecotec I4
DNF I3 65 Australia Daytona Sports Cars Australia Jamie Augustine
Australia Andrew Miedecke
Australia Benjamin Schoots		 Daytona Sportscar 132 Crash
6.0 L GM LS1 V8 engine
DNF A 29 Australia Trofeo Motorsport Italy Ivan Capelli
Australia Jim Manolios
New Zealand Greg Murphy		 Chevrolet Corvette Z06-R 127 Fuel Tank
7.0 L GM LS7 V8
DNF A 88 Australia Maranello Motorsport Australia John Bowe
Australia Peter Edwards
Finland Mika Salo
Denmark Allan Simonsen		 Ferrari 458 GT3 111 Crash
4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8
DNF C 10 Australia Simply Sports Cars Australia Adam Gowans
United Kingdom Chris Lillingston-Price
United Kingdom Richard Meins		 Lotus Exige S 108 Crash
1.8 L Supercharged Toyota ZZ I4
DNF D 19 Australia Sherrin Rentals Australia David Ayers
Australia Grant Sherrin
Australia Iain Sherrin
Australia Mike Sherrin		 BMW 135i 67 Engine
3.0 L BMW N55 Twin-turbo I6
DNF A 51 Australia AMAC Motorsport Australia Andrew MacPherson
Australia Benjamin Porter
Australia Garth Walden		 Mosler MT900 GT3 55 Overheating
7.0 L GM LS7 V8
DNF A 16 Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler Germany Franz Engstler
Australia John Modystach
Hong Kong Charles Ng
Denmark Kristian Poulsen		 BMW Z4 GT3 36 Crash
4.4 L BMW S65 V8
DNF AUS
GT		 40 Australia Motor School Racing Australia Ben Foessel Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 13 Withdrawn after opening hour
3.6 L Porsche H6
DNF AUS
GT		 73 Australia ESP Print Management Racing Australia Michael Hovey Ginetta G50 G4 13 Withdrawn after opening hour
3.5 L Ford Cyclone engine V6
DNF AUS
GT		 77 Australia VIP Holdings (Aust) Pty Ltd United Kingdom Tony Quinn Aston Martin DBRS9 11 Crash
5.7 L Aston Martin V12
DNF A 11 Australia Lago Racing Netherlands Peter Kox
Australia Roger Lago
Australia David Russell		 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 11 Crash
5.2 L Lamborghini V10
DNF AUS
GT		 38 Australia Griffith Corporation P/L Australia Mark Griffith Ginetta G50 G4 5 Crash
3.5 L Ford Cyclone engine V6
DNS D 80 Australia Bruce Lynton BMW Australia Andrew Fisher
Australia Beric Lynton
Australia Matt Mackelden		 BMW 1M 0 Electrical issues (moved to car #13 for remainder of the event)
3.0 L BMW N54 turbocharged I6

^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
  1. "Bathurst 12 Hour Further Supplementary Regulations No 2" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  2. 2013 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Mount Panorama Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour www.natsoft.com.au Retrieved on 11 February 2013


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