The 2019 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour was an endurance race staged on the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst, in New South Wales, Australia on 3 February 2019. The event was open to cars in GT and touring car classes, namely GT3 and GT4. It was the 17th running of the Bathurst 12 Hour, and the opening round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge.

40 cars were entered and 38 cars started, with two entries withdrawn following crashes in practice.

Class structure Cars competed in the following four classes. Class A – GT3 Outright Class APP (GT3 Pro) – for driver combinations with no unseeded drivers. Class APA (GT3 Pro-Am) – for driver combinations including one unseeded driver. Class B – GT3 Cup Cars Class C – GT4 Class I – Invitational

No entries were recorded for Class AAM (GT3 Am) for driver combinations including only FIA Bronze drivers.

Official results

Bold denotes category winner.

Class Team / Entrant Drivers Car Laps Time/Retired Engine 1 APP 912 Earl Bamber Motorsport Matt Campbell Dennis Olsen Dirk Werner Porsche 911 GT3 R 312 12:02:08.4067 4.0 L Porsche H6 2 APP 62 R-Motorsport Jake Dennis Marvin Kirchhöfer Matthieu Vaxiviere Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 312 +3.4413 6.0 L Aston Martin V12 3 APP 999 Mercedes-AMG Team Mann Filter GruppeM Racing Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Götz Raffaele Marciello Mercedes-AMG GT3 312 +7.5942 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 4 APP 888 Mercedes-AMG Team Vodafone Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes Shane van Gisbergen Mercedes-AMG GT3 312 +7.7984 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 5 APP 42 BMW Team Schnitzer Augusto Farfus Chaz Mostert Martin Tomczyk BMW M6 GT3 312 +8.9161 4.4 L S63 BMW twin-turbo V8 6 APP 108 Bentley Team M-Sport Vincent Abril Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet Bentley Continental GT3 (2018) 312 +12.5019 4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8 7 APP 18 KCMG Alexandre Imperatori Oliver Jarvis Edoardo Liberati Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 312 +51.0909 3.8 L Nissan VR38DETT twin-turbo V6 8 APP 107 Bentley Team M-Sport Jules Gounon Steven Kane Jordan Pepper Bentley Continental GT3 (2018) 311 +1 lap 4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8 9 APA 51 Spirit of Race Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Mathias Lauda Ferrari 488 GT3 310 +2 laps 3.9 L Ferrari F154 twin-turbo V8 10 APA 98 Matt Stone Racing Todd Hazelwood Roger Lago David Russell Audi R8 LMS 308 +4 laps 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 11 APA 9 Hallmarc Racing Marc Cini Dean Fiore Lee Holdsworth Audi R8 LMS 307 +5 laps 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 12 APA 6 Wall Racing Adrian Deitz Tony D'Alberto Cameron McConville Jules Westwood Lamborghini Huracán GT3 307 +5 laps 5.2 L Lamborghini V10 13 APA 19 Mercedes-AMG Team Nineteen Corp Black Falcon Mark Griffith Yelmer Buurman Christina Nielsen Mercedes-AMG GT3 306 +6 laps 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 14 APP 2 Audi Sport Team Valvoline Christopher Haase Christopher Mies Markus Winkelhock Audi R8 LMS 304 +8 laps 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 15 APP 35 KCMG Josh Burdon Katsumasa Chiyo Tsugio Matsuda Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 301 +11 laps 3.8 L Nissan VR38DETT twin-turbo V6 16 B 4 Grove Racing Stephen Grove Brenton Grove Ben Barker Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 299 +13 laps 3.8 L Porsche H6 17 I 20 T2 Racing by Liajen Motorsport Adam Hargraves Daniel Jilesen Steve Owen MARC II V8 282 +30 laps 5.2 L Ford Coyote V8 18 APP 27 HubAuto Corsa Nick Foster Nick Percat Tim Slade Ferrari 488 GT3 279 +33 laps 3.9 L Ferrari F154 twin-turbo V8 19 B 23 Team Carrera Cup Asia Chris van der Drift Paul Tressider Bao Jinlong Philip Hamprecht Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 279 +33 laps 3.8 L Porsche H6 20 C 48 M Motorsport Justin McMillan Dean Lillie Glen Wood Elliott Barbour KTM X-Bow GT4 278 +34 laps 2.0 L Audi 16v TFSI turbocharged I4 21 C 13 RHC Jorgensen-Strom MARC Cars Australia Daren Jorgensen Brett Strom Gerard McLeod BMW M4 GT4 277 +35 laps 3.0 L BMW N55 twin-turbo I6 22 C 55 Ginetta Australia Aaron Love Jimmy Vernon Brad Schumacher Karl Reindler Ginetta G55 GT4 266 +46 laps 3.7 L Ford Cyclone V6 23 APA 11 Objective Racing Tony Walls Warren Luff Andrew Watson McLaren 650S GT3 260 +52 laps 3.8 L McLaren M838T twin-turbo V8 C 50 M Motorsport David Crampton Trent Harrison Tim Macrow Caitlin Wood KTM X-Bow GT4 262 Engine 2.0 L Audi 16v TFSI turbocharged I4 DNF APP 911 Earl Bamber Motorsport Romain Dumas Mathieu Jaminet Sven Müller Porsche 911 GT3 R 234 Steering 4.0 L Porsche H6 DNF APA 75 STM - SunEnergy1 Racing Kenny Habul Dominik Baumann Thomas Jäger Mercedes-AMG GT3 204 Radiator damage 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 C 71 M Motorsport Dean Koutsoumidis Jake Parsons James Winslow Mathias Beche KTM X-Bow GT4 196 Not Classified 2.0 L Audi 16v TFSI turbocharged I4 DNF I 91 MARC Cars Australia Keith Kassulke Paul Morris Paul Tracy Anton de Pasquale MARC II V8 189 Engine 5.2 L Ford Coyote V8 DNF APP 77 Mercedes-AMG Team Craft Bamboo Black Falcon Maro Engel Gary Paffett Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG GT3 185 Overheating 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 DNF APP 22 Audi Sport Team Valvoline Garth Tander Kelvin van der Linde Frédéric Vervisch Audi R8 LMS 181 Crash 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 DNF APA 29 Trofeo Motorsport Jim Manolios Ivan Capelli Ben Porter Dean Canto Lamborghini Huracán GT3 178 Engine 5.2 L Lamborghini V10 NC APA 760 R-Motorsport Andreas Bänziger Florian Kamelger Peter Leemhuis Matt Parry Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 168 Not Classified 6.0 L Aston Martin V12 DNF APA 777 STM - Erebus Motorsport Yasser Shahin David Reynolds Luke Youlden Mercedes-AMG GT3 156 Overheating 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 DNF I 92 Liajen Motorsport Geoff Taunton Jason Busk Dylan O'Keeffe MARC Ford Focus V8 136 Driveline 5.0 L Ford Coyote V8 DNF B 43 Ashley Seward Motorsport Sam Fillmore Richard Muscat Danny Stutterd Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 134 Crash 3.8 L Porsche H6 DNF I 96 MARC Cars Australia Hadrian Morrall Mathijs Bakker Einar Thorsen MARC Ford Focus V8 44 Crash 5.0 L Ford Coyote V8 DNF APA 12 Competition Motorsports McElrea Racing David Calvert-Jones Kévin Estre Jaxon Evans Porsche 911 GT3 R 37 Crash 4.0 L Porsche H6 DNF APP 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Nick Catsburg Mikkel Jensen Christian Krognes BMW M6 GT3 28 Oil Pressure 4.4 L S63 BMW twin-turbo V8 APA 3 Melbourne Performance Centre Matt Neal Gordon Shedden Pete Storey Audi R8 LMS Crash in Practice 2 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 DNS APA 540 Black Swan Racing Jeroen Bleekemolen Marc Lieb Tim Pappas Porsche 911 GT3 R Crash in Practice 2 4.0 L Porsche H6

Race time of winning car: 12:02:08.4067 Race distance of cars on the leaders lap: Fastest race lap: 2:03.5382 – Josh Burdon on lap 300

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