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. 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.
The race was won by Thomas Jäger, Alexander Roloff and Bernd Schneider driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG for Erebus Motorsport. Class structure
Cars competed in the following six classes. Class A – GT3 Outright Class B – GT3 Cup Cars Class C – GT4 Class D – Production (High Performance) Class E – Production (Performance) Class I1 – Invitational (under 3000cc) Class I2 – Invitational (between 3001cc & 4000cc) Class I3 – Invitational (over 4000cc)
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. 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 Pos2013 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Mount Panorama Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour www.natsoft.com.au Retrieved on 11 February 2013 Class No Team / Entrant Drivers Car Laps Time/Retired Engine 1 A 36 Erebus Motorsport Thomas Jäger Alexander Roloff Bernd Schneider Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 268 12:03:04.5192 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 2 A 33 Clearwater Racing Craig Baird Matt Griffin Weng Sun Mok Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 267 +1 lap 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 +1 lap 3.6 L Porsche H6 4 A 1 Phoenix Racing Johan Kristoffersson Harold Primat Andreas Simonsen Audi R8 LMS Ultra 266 +2 laps 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 5 A 9 Hallmarc Racing Marc Cini Mark Eddy Dean Grant Christopher Mies Audi R8 LMS Ultra 263 +5 laps 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 6 A 63 Erebus Motorsport Peter Hackett Lee Holdsworth Tim Slade Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 263 +5 laps 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 7 A 58 AF Corse Marco Cioci Michele Rugolo Steve Wyatt Ferrari 458 GT3 261 +7 laps 4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8 8 A 14 Peter Conroy Motorsport Peter Conroy Robert Huff James Winslow Audi R8 LMS 260 +8 laps 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 +11 laps 3.6 L Porsche H6 10 A 71 Equity-One Racing Dean Koutsoumidis Andrew McInnes Simon Middleton Darryl O'Young Audi R8 LMS 255 +13 laps 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 11 B 4 Grove Motorsport Daniel Gaunt Stephen Grove Max Twigg Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 251 +17 laps 3.6 L Porsche H6 12 I3 44 Mal Rose Racing Mal Rose Aaron Tebb Adam Wallis Holden VY Commodore 248 +20 laps 5.0 L Holden Aurora V8 13 A 48 M Motorsport Ross Lilley Justin McMillan Steven Richards Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 247 +21 laps 5.2 L Lamborghini V10 14 B 69 Motorsport Services Allan Dippie George McFarlane Scott O'Donnell Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 244 +24 laps 3.6 L Porsche H6 15 B 8 Level Racing Philippe Broodcoren Kurt Dujardyn Olivier Muytjens Philippe Richard Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 236 +32 laps 3.6 L Porsche H6 16 I1 21 Team Peugeot RCZ Andrew Jones Bruce Jouanny David Wall Peugeot RCZ Cup 233 +35 laps 1.6 L Peugeot THP156 I4 turbo 17 A 81 DragonSpeed Elton Julian Eric Lux Christian Zügel Audi R8 LMS Ultra 233 +35 laps 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 18 E 3 Racer Industries Ivo Breukers Morgan Haber Damian Ward HSV VXR Turbo 229 +39 laps 2.0 L Ecotec I4 19 C 62 Rob Thomson Racing Romano Sartori Liam Talbot Rob Thomson Lotus Exige S 228 +40 laps 1.8 L Supercharged Toyota ZZ I4 20 I2 55 Motorsport Services Clint Harvey Brett Niall Malcolm Niall SEAT León Supercopa 225 +43 laps 2.0 L SEAT I4 21 I2 17 Showershop Racing Tony Burrowes Stuart Owers Lewis Scott Subaru Impreza WRX STi 222 +46 laps 2.0 L Subaru H4 22 C 54 Donut King Racing Tony Alford Adam Beechey Peter Leemhuis Nissan R35 GT-R 214 +54 laps 3.8 L Twin-turbo VR38DETT V6 23 I1 20 Team Peugeot RCZ Jason Bright Stéphane Caillet Julien Rueflin Peugeot RCZ Cup 214 +54 laps 1.6 L Peugeot THP156 I4 turbo 24 B 67 Motorsport Services David Glasson Phil Hood Tony Richards Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 208 +60 laps 3.6 L Porsche H6 25 B 45 Team BRM Barton Mawer Duvashen Padayachee Indiran Padayachee Aaron Zerefos Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 207 +61 laps 3.6 L Porsche H6 26 E 26 GWS Personnel Motorsport Daniel Lewis Daniel Stutterd Jonathon Venter BMW 130i 207 +61 laps 3.0 L BMW N52 I6 27 B 68 Motorsport Services Terry Knight Jeff Lowrey Marcus Mahy Todd Murphy Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 198 +70 laps 3.6 L Porsche H6 28 I2 70 Motorsport Services Mike Driver Sam Fillmore Kevin Gallichan Aaron Harris SEAT León Supercopa 193 +75 laps 2.0 L SEAT I4 29 D 24 GWS Personnel Motorsport Anthony Gilbertson Andre Heimgartner Peter O'Donnell BMW 335i 183 +85 laps 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 +86 laps 1.3 L Mazda 13B-REW Twin-turbo Two-Rotor 31 E 27 GWS Personnel Motorsport Justin Garioch Allan Shephard Dylan Thomas BMW 130i 176 +92 laps 3.0 L BMW N52 I6 32 I2 56 Motorsport Services Simon Piavanini Mark Pilatti Kerry Wade SEAT León Supercopa 140 +128 laps 2.0 L SEAT I4 33 C 76 Aston Martin St. Gallen Andreas Baenziger Florian Kamelger Christopher Porritt Aston Martin Vantage GT4 140 +128 laps 4.7 L Aston Martin V8 34 D 22 Robinson Racing Developments Steve Cramp Brad Goss Vin Stenta FPV FG GT 134 +134 laps 5.0 L Boss 315 supercharged V8 DNF A 23 United Autosports Brendon Hartley Alain Li Mark Patterson Audi R8 LMS Ultra 259 Crash 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 DNF I1 60 Motionsport Ben Gower Simon Phillips Pete Storey Lotus Elise 211 Crash 1.8 L Supercharged Toyota ZZ I4 DNF I3 13 Bruce Lynton BMW Andrew Fisher Beric Lynton Matt Mackelden BMW M3 209 Crash 3.2 L BMW S54 I6 DNF B 12 Competition Motorsports David Calvert-Jones Alex Davison James Davison Porsche 997 GT3 Cup R 207 Crash 3.8 L Porsche H6 DNF A 6 Rod Salmon Racing Craig Lowndes Warren Luff Rod Salmon Audi R8 LMS 162 Hub failure 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 Crash 2.5 L Subaru H4 DNF I2 2 Racer Industries Jake Camilleri Keith Kassulke Ryan McLeod HSV VXR Turbo 133 Suspension 2.2 L Ecotec I4 DNF I3 65 Daytona Sports Cars Jamie Augustine Andrew Miedecke Benjamin Schoots Daytona Sportscar 132 Crash 6.0 L GM LS1 V8 engine DNF A 29 Trofeo Motorsport Ivan Capelli Jim Manolios Greg Murphy Chevrolet Corvette Z06-R 127 Fuel Tank 7.0 L GM LS7 V8 DNF A 88 Maranello Motorsport John Bowe Peter Edwards Mika Salo Allan Simonsen Ferrari 458 GT3 111 Crash 4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8 DNF C 10 Simply Sports Cars Adam Gowans Chris Lillingston-Price Richard Meins Lotus Exige S 108 Crash 1.8 L Supercharged Toyota ZZ I4 DNF D 19 Sherrin Rentals David Ayers Grant Sherrin Iain Sherrin Mike Sherrin BMW 135i 67 Engine 3.0 L BMW N55 Twin-turbo I6 DNF A 51 AMAC Motorsport Andrew MacPherson Benjamin Porter Garth Walden Mosler MT900 GT3 55 Overheating 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 Crash 4.4 L BMW S65 V8 DNF AUSGT 40 Motor School Racing Ben Foessel Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 13 Withdrawn after opening hour 3.6 L Porsche H6 DNF AUSGT 73 ESP Print Management Racing Michael Hovey Ginetta G50 G4 13 Withdrawn after opening hour 3.5 L Ford Cyclone engine V6 DNF AUSGT 77 VIP Holdings (Aust) Pty Ltd Tony Quinn Aston Martin DBRS9 11 Crash 5.7 L Aston Martin V12 DNF A 11 Lago Racing Peter Kox Roger Lago David Russell Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 11 Crash 5.2 L Lamborghini V10 DNF AUSGT 38 Griffith Corporation P/L Mark Griffith Ginetta G50 G4 5 Crash 3.5 L Ford Cyclone engine V6 DNS D 80 Bruce Lynton BMW Andrew Fisher Beric Lynton Matt Mackelden BMW 1M 0 Electrical issues (moved to car #13 for remainder of the event) 3.0 L BMW N54 turbocharged I6
– 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
External links Official website 2013 Results, www.bathurst12hour.com.au, as archived at www.webcitation.org