2019 Bathurst 12 Hour

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40 cars were entered and 38 cars started, with two entries withdrawn following crashes in practice.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

Paul Dalla Lana, Pedro Lamy and Mathias Lauda won Class APA driving a Ferrari 488 GT3.

Stephen Grove, Brenton Grove and Ben Barker won Class B driving a Porsche 991 GT3 Cup.

Justin McMillan, Dean Lillie, Glen Wood and Elliot Barbour won Class C driving a KTM X-Bow GT4.

Adam Hargraves, Daniel Jilesen and Steve Owen won Class I driving a MARC II V8.

Bold denotes category winner.

Pos.	Class	No.	Team / Entrant[1]	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	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
DNF	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
NC	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
DNS	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: 1,204.632 mi (1,938.667 km)
• Fastest race lap: 2:03.5382 – Josh Burdon on lap 300

References

External links

• Official website

This page was last edited on 13 February 2024, at 06:29