The 2024 Bathurst 12 Hour (commercially titled 2024 Repco Bathurst 12 Hour) is an endurance race for FIA GT3 cars and invited vehicles, staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 18th February 2024. It is the opening round of seven in the 2024 GT World Challenge Australia and the opening round of four in the 2024 Intercontinental GT Challenge.
Event Information | ||||||||||||||
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Round 1 of 4 in the 2024 | ||||||||||||||
Date | 16–18 February 2024 | |||||||||||||
Location | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||
Venue | Mount Panorama Circuit | |||||||||||||
Results | ||||||||||||||
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This year marks the first year Atlanta-based Genuine Parts Company sponsors the race, replacing Künzelsau-based Würth, which had sponsored the race with its Liqui Moly oil brand.
Entry list
editClass structure
editEntries were divided into classes based on car type and driver ratings.
- Class A – GT3 (current-specification GT3 cars)
- Pro - for driving combinations with no driver category restrictions.[1]
- Pro-Am - for driving combinations featuring two FIA Platinum-, FIA Gold- or FIA Silver-rated drivers and one or two FIA Bronze-rated drivers.
- Silver Cup - for driving combinations featuring only FIA Silver- and FIA Bronze-rated drivers
- Bronze - for driving combinations featuring only FIA Bronze-rated drivers.
- Class B – GT Cup class
- Class B will be open to Porsche GT3 Cup cars and other GTC cars from one-make categories.
- Class C – GT4 (current-specification GT4 cars)
- Class I – Invitational class
Entries
editNotes
edit- HubAuto Racing was due to compete in the GT3-Pro class with a Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) with drivers Klaus Bachler, Kévin Estre and Patrick Pilet, but withdrew due to shipping delays making the car unable to arrive on time.[32]
Results
editPractice
editSession | Day | Fastest Lap | |||||
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No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Ref | ||
Practice 1 | Friday | 22 | Kelvin van der Linde | Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2:02.7346 | [33] |
Practice 2[n] | 22 | Liam Talbot | Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2:06.1193 | [34] | |
Practice 3 | 912 | Laurens Vanthoor | Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport |
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 2:03.6897 | [35] | |
Practice 4[n] | 48 | Garth Walden | M Motorsport / Erebus Motorsport |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:05.3317 | [36] | |
Practice 5 | Saturday | 88 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:03.1132 | [37] |
Practice 6 | 222 | Cam Waters | Scott Taylor Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:02.9190 | [38] |
Qualifying
editPos. | Class | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | |
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Gr.A | Gr.B | ||||||
1 | P | 888 | Broc Feeney | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:01.8911 | |
2 | P | 75 | Luca Stolz | SunEnergy1 Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +0.3188 | |
3 | P | 32 | Sheldon van der Linde | Team WRT | BMW M4 GT3 | +0.3231 | |
4 | P | 130 | Maro Engel | GruppeM Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +0.3282 | |
5 | PA | 88 | Jordan Love | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +0.4287 | |
6 | P | 912 | Matthew Campbell | Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport |
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | +0.4874 | |
7 | P | 2 | Ricardo Feller | Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +0.5636 | |
8 | P | 22 | Kelvin van der Linde | Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +0.5664 | |
9 | P | 46 | Maxime Martin | Team WRT | BMW M4 GT3 | +0.6943 | |
10 | PA | 911 | Alessio Picariello | Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport |
Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) | +0.9940 | |
11 | P | 77 | Maximilian Götz | Craft-Bamboo Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +1.0310 | |
12 | PA | 9 | Lee Holdsworth | Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +1.0613 | |
13 | P | 222 | Cam Waters | Scott Taylor Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +1.1325 | |
14 | PA | 48 | Glen Wood | M Motorsport / Erebus Motorsport |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +1.5335 | |
15 | S | 44 | Luke Youlden | Tigani Motorsport / Valmont Racing |
Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +1.5950 | |
16 | S | 93 | Tony D'Alberto | Wall Racing | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | +2.1495 | |
17 | S | 47 | David Russell | Tigani Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +2.1780 | |
18 | P | 13 | Joel Eriksson | Phantom Global Racing / Team75 |
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | +2.3041 | |
19 | PA | 27 | Ross Gunn | Heart of Racing / SPS Automotive Performance |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +2.3101 | |
20 | I | 91 | Tim Slade | Wheels Ltd. | MARC II V8 | +4.1878 | |
21 | I | 111 | Rylan Gray | MRA Motorsport | MARC II V8 | +4.2272 | |
22 | I | 10 | Nick Percat | Matt Stone Racing | MARC IRC GT | +4.7996 | |
23 | I | 702 | Paul Tracy | TekworkX Motorsport | MARC IRC GT | +10.9324 | |
24 | GT4 | 19 | Adam Christodoulou | Nineteen Corporation | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | +12.9671 | |
25 | GT4 | 25 | Marcos Flack | Method Motorsport | McLaren Artura GT4 | +13.7760 | |
26 | I | 701 | Philippe Bonnel | Vortex SAS | Vortex 1.0 | +15.0913 | |
27 | GT4 | 230 | Thomas Hayman | Method Motorsport | McLaren Artura GT4 | +15.1937 | |
28 | GT4 | 56 | Owen Hizzey | Nineteen Corporation | Ginetta G56 GT4 | +16.1609 | |
29 | I | 20 | Cedric Sbirrazzuoli | T2 Racing | MARC IRC GT | No time | |
WD | I | 50 | Laura Kraihamer | Vantage Racing | KTM X-Bow GT2 | Withdrawn[39] | |
Source:[40] |
Top 10 Shootout
editPos. | Class | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | |
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Gr.A | Gr.B | ||||||
1 | P | 32 | Sheldon van der Linde | Team WRT | BMW M4 GT3 | 2:01.9810 | |
2 | P | 888 | Broc Feeney | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +0.2562 | |
3 | P | 130 | Maro Engel | GruppeM Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +0.4290 | |
4 | P | 912 | Matthew Campbell | Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport |
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | +0.4449 | |
5 | P | 75 | Luca Stolz | SunEnergy1 Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +0.4581 | |
6 | P | 2 | Ricardo Feller | Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +0.6794 | |
7 | P | 22 | Kelvin van der Linde | Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +0.7792 | |
8 | P | 46 | Maxime Martin | Team WRT | BMW M4 GT3 | +0.8420 | |
9 | PA | 911 | Alessio Picariello | Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport |
Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) | +1.0985 | |
10 | PA | 88 | Jordan Love | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +1.1101 | |
Source:[41] |
Race
editClass winners indicated in bold and with ‡.
Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Time/Retired |
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Engine | |||||||
1 | P | 912 | Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport |
Matthew Campbell Ayhancan Güven Laurens Vanthoor |
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 275 | 12:01:22.0968 |
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 | |||||||
2 | P | 75 | SunEnergy1 Racing | Jules Gounon Kenny Habul Luca Stolz |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 275 | +2.6336 |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
3 | P | 22 | Melbourne Performance Centre | Christopher Haase Liam Talbot Kelvin van der Linde |
Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 275 | +3.7791 |
Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
4 | P | 13 | Phantom Global Racing / Team75 |
Bastian Buus Joel Eriksson Jaxon Evans |
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 275 | +5.4038 |
Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 | |||||||
5 | P | 46 | Team WRT | Raffaele Marciello Maxime Martin Valentino Rossi |
BMW M4 GT3 | 275 | +5.8695 |
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 | |||||||
6 | P | 888 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Will Brown Broc Feeney Mikaël Grenier |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 275 | +7.3295 |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
7 | P | 222 | Scott Taylor Motorsport | Craig Lowndes Thomas Randle Cam Waters |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 275 | +16.1615 |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
8 | P | 130 | GruppeM Racing | Maro Engel Felipe Fraga David Reynolds |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 275 | +30.6198 |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
9 | PA | 911 | Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport |
Harry King Alessio Picariello Yasser Shahin |
Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) | 274 | +1 lap |
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | |||||||
10 | PA | 27 | Heart of Racing / SPS Automotive Performance |
Ian James Ross Gunn Alex Riberas |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 274 | +1 lap |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
11 | PA | 88 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Prince Jeffri Ibrahim Jordan Love Jamie Whincup |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 274 | +1 lap |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
12 | S | 93 | Wall Racing | Tony D'Alberto Adrian Deitz Grant Denyer David Wall |
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | 273 | +2 laps |
Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
13 | PA | 9 | Melbourne Performance Centre | Marc Cini Dean Fiore Lee Holdsworth |
Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 270 | +5 laps |
Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
14 | S | 44 | Valmont Racing / Tigani Motorsport |
Sergio Pires Brad Shiels Luke Youlden Marcel Zalloua |
Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 270 | +5 laps |
Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
15 | S | 47 | Tigani Motorsport | James Koundouris Theo Koundouris David Russell Jonathon Webb |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 268 | +7 laps |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
16 | PA | 48 | M Motorsport / Erebus Motorsport |
Jack Le Brocq Justin McMillan Garth Walden Glen Wood |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 259 | +16 laps |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
17 | GT4 | 19 | Nineteen Corporation | Daniel Bilski Adam Christodoulou Mark Griffith |
Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 253 | +22 laps |
Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 | |||||||
18 | GT4 | 230 | Method Motorsport | Tom Hayman Tom McLennan Elliot Schutte |
McLaren Artura GT4 | 252 | +23 laps |
McLaren M630 3.0 L V6 | |||||||
19 | I | 20 | T2 Racing | Adam Hargraves Daniel Jilesen Cedric Sbirrazzuoli |
MARC IRC GT | 245 | +30 laps |
GM LS3 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
20 | I | 702 | TekworkX Motorsport | Geoff Emery Daniel Stutterd Paul Tracy Max Twigg |
MARC IRC GT | 233 | +42 laps |
GM LS3 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
21 | I | 10 | Matt Stone Racing | Cameron Hill John Holinger Nick Percat |
MARC IRC GT | 222 | +53 laps |
GM LS3 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
22 | GT4 | 25 | Method Motorsport | Jesse Bryan Marcos Flack Chaz Mostert |
McLaren Artura GT4 | 217 | +58 laps |
McLaren M630 3.0 L V6 | |||||||
23 | I | 701 | Vortex SAS | Lionel Amrouche Julien Boilot Philippe Bonnel |
Vortex 1.0 | 212 | +63 laps |
Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
DNF | P | 77 | Craft-Bamboo Racing | Maximilian Götz Daniel Juncadella Jayden Ojeda |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 223 | Suspension |
Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
DNF | P | 2 | Melbourne Performance Centre | Ricardo Feller Brad Schumacher Markus Winkelhock |
Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 216 | Toe-link |
Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
DNF | I | 111 | MRA Motorsport | Darren Currie Axle Donaldson Rylan Gray |
MARC II V8 | 198 | Engine |
Ford Modular 5.2 L V8 | |||||||
DNF | P | 32 | Team WRT | Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts |
BMW M4 GT3 | 120 | Crash |
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 | |||||||
DNF | I | 91 | Wheels Ltd. | Keith Kassulke Cameron McLeod Hadrian Morrall Tim Slade |
MARC II V8 | 85 | Crash |
Ford Modular 5.2 L V8 | |||||||
DNF | GT4 | 56 | Nineteen Corporation | Paul Buccini Oliver Hizzey Colin White Aaron Zerefos |
Ginetta G56 GT4 | 83 | Suspension |
GM LS3 6.2 L V8 | |||||||
WD | I | 50 | Vantage Racing | David Crampton Trent Harrison Laura Kraihamer |
KTM X-Bow GT2 | 0 | Crash in Practice 6[42] |
Audi 2.5 L TFSI I5 |
Notes
edit- ^ Car #2 ran under the commercial title "KFC Racing – Audi Sport Team MPC", Car #9 ran under the commercial title "Hallmarc Team MPC", and Car #22 ran under the commercial title "Wash It – Audi Sport Team MPC".[2][3]
- ^ Car #13 ran under the commercial title "Phantom Global Team75 Bernhard".[4]
- ^ Car #27 ran under the commercial title "Heart of Racing by SPS".[5]
- ^ Cars #32 and #46 ran under the commercial title "BMW M Team WRT".[6]
- ^ Car #44 ran under the commercial title "Valmont Tigani Motorsport".[7]
- ^ Car #47 ran under the commercial title "Supabarn Tigani Motorsport".[8]
- ^ Car #48 ran under the commercial title "M-Motorsport with Erebus".[9]
- ^ Car #77 ran under commercial title "Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing".[3]
- ^ Car #88 ran under the commercial title "Triple Eight JMR", and Car #888 ran under the commercial title "National Storage Racing with Triple Eight".[12][13]
- ^ Car #130 ran under the commercial title "Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing".[15][16]
- ^ Car #911 ran under the commercial title "Shell V-Power – The Bend Manthey EMA", and Car #912 ran under the commercial title "Manthey EMA Motorsport".[19]
- ^ Car #20 ran under the commercial title "Localsearch T2 Racing".[3]
- ^ Car #91 ran under the commercial title "Wheels / FX Racing".[27][28]
- ^ a b Session was for FIA Bronze categorised drivers only.
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