2018 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour

The 2018 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour was a motor race for GT3, GT4 and invited cars,[1] staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, near Bathurst, in New South Wales, Australia on 4 February 2018. The 16th running of the Bathurst 12 Hour constituted the opening round of the 2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge Series. As per the previous year,[2] the winners of the race were awarded the Australian Tourist Trophy.[3]

Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit
The race and Class APP-winning Audi R8 LMS of Robin Frijns, Stuart Leonard and Dries Vanthoor.

The event was declared 10 minutes before the finish of the event after a 3 car incident, involving the #95 Eastgate Engineering MARC Focus, the #69 Supabarn Audi R8 LMS and the #19 Daimler Trucks Brisbane Mercedes-AMG GT3, marking the first time in the Bathurst 12 Hour history that the race was declared before the time cut-off.[4]

51 cars were entered and 50 cars started, with one entry withdrawn following a crash in practice.

The race was won by Robin Frijns, Stuart Leonard and Dries Vanthoor driving an Audi R8 LMS.

Class structure edit

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 AAM (GT3 Am) – for driver combinations including two or three unseeded drivers.
  • Class B – GT3 Cup Cars
  • Class C – GT4
  • Class I – Invitational

Report edit

Morning edit

Chaz Mostert led Frédéric Vervisch into Hell Corner as the race started, but there was chaos at the back of the pack as John Goodacre in the Ford Focus-bodied MARC Car was spun on the exit of the Chase, clouting the barrier and requiring a Safety Car after less than half a lap. As the race is restarted, Mostert sprints away from the pack at qualifying pace, aided by Vervischs' struggles as he is passed by Melbourne Performance Centre team-mate Christopher Haase before engaging in a ferocious battle with underdog Luke Youlden in the Peregrine Corporation Lamborghini Gallardo.

As the sun rises the Class B leaders strike trouble – first Ben Barker in the Grove Racing entry receives a drive-through penalty for a Safety Car restart breach, before Chris van der Drift suffers a puncture-induced spin at the Chase in the Carrera Cup Asia entry, pulling off all the windscreen tear-offs in the process. The #100 Steven Richards Motorsport BMW had been sent to the back of the grid for exceeding maximum boost pressure in qualifying; by the end of the opening hour Timo Glock had stormed past the lower classes and tail-end GT3 contenders. At the front of the field, disaster struck for Youlden as he clashed with the lapped Class B Porsche of Aaron Zerefos exiting Griffins' Bend – resulting in suspension damage for the former and a puncture for the latter.

A battle began to form between Jeroen Bleekemolen, Maximilian Buhk and Tristan Vautier – Bleekemolen made a move on 2014 runner-up Buhk into Griffins Bend, before Vautier attempted to follow the Dutchman through. Vautier clashed doors with the German, sending the Strakka Racing Mercedes bouncing off the tyre wall and into the pits with steering damage. After 75 minutes the opening round of pit-stops commenced, Mostert double-stinting the lead car as the Pro-Am/Am entries began plugging their Bronze drivers in to commence their required 100 minutes of driving time. Swede Alexander West was one such driver, taking over from Scott McLaughlin in the YNA McLaren – however he was back in the lane not long after with electrical problems.

The first major incident of the race occurred after 90 minutes, with David Crampton pinballing the #48 KTM X-Bow GT4 off the walls entering Forrests Elbow before coming to a rest in the tyre barrier. The Safety Car was brought out as a result, wiping out Mosterts' 50-second lead. Markus Winkelhock jumped into the second-placed Audi, but was stuck in traffic on the restart and lost 17 seconds to Mostert before the Safety Car was called a lap later. Andrew Bagnall smacked the outside fence at McPhillamy Park before gently drifting across to the inside, backing up the pack behind. Morgan Haber ran up the back of the Hallmarc Audi in the melee, spinning the Audi into the inside wall and puncturing the radiator on the #67. Whilst under Safety Car, Vincent Abril in the Bentley briefly stopped out on track before returning to the garage with gearbox problems.

The Vanthoor brothers went into battle after the restart, Laurens using Roger Lago's Lamborghini to draft past Dries down Conrod Straight for 5th. The pair continued to march forward, passing the #17 Bentley for 4th and Laurens taking Vervisch for P3 before a Safety Car was pre-emptively called for Stephen Grove stuck in the gravel at Murrays Corner – which he would escape before promptly spinning again at Hell Corner. The leaders took the opportunity to swap drivers as a wheelnut sheared off Xavier West's BMW M4 GT4 whilst he attempted to catch the Safety Car train, firing him into the fence at Forrests Elbow.

Tim Slade did not stop in the Objective Racing McLaren and led the field away, however Marco Wittmann – now aboard the Schnitzer Motorsport BMW – was a little too eager and moved to pass some lower class cars before the control line, landing him a drive-through; but before he could serve it, Ash Samadi in the Ashley Seward Motorsport Audi ran straight on at Hell Corner and made heavy contact with the concrete wall. This provided the Am drivers an opportunity to jump out having met their minimum driving times, with Kenny Habul and David Calvert-Jones still sitting inside the top 10 thanks to all the yellow flag running – leaving their effective all-Pro line-ups in very good shape strategically.

Another Safety Car further squandered Wittmann's hopes of getting his penalty out of the way as the Daytona Coupé lost a wheel coming onto the main straight. Craig Lowndes in the other YNA Autosport McLaren came in having snuck up to the top 5 whilst running off-sequence. The ensuing green flag period gave Wittmann the chance to serve his penalty, but also gave the Grove Porsche a chance to serve a 1-minute stop/go penalty for hitting the medical car in one of the previous caution periods.

The penalty for one BMW benefitted another – the #100 car elevated itself up to the lead from the back of the grid after the Objective McLaren made a green-flag pit-stop, but had the two factory Audis from MPC for close company. Taiwanese driver Evan Chen spun into the tyre wall at Forrests Elbow in the Carrera Cup Asia car, damaging the rear suspension and the rear wing but continued around to the pits without another Safety Car.

Having been sent back out onto the circuit with a transaxle transplant, the #18 Bentley suffered a major tyre failure in the braking zone of the Chase, firing off into the sand-trap just centimetres behind McLaughlin in the McLaren. With the car bogged the Safety Car was called, and the top 3 all took the opportunity to pit with exactly 4 hours done followed by Kévin Estre in the #991, promoting Steven Kane to the lead behind the Safety Car in #17. Max Twigg in the Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes briefly stopped on Conrod Straight with mechanical dramas, but re-fired before the restart and remained on the lead lap.

Mid-morning / lunchtime edit

The order on the restart was Kane, Patrick Long, Wittmann, Lowndes, Lewis Williamson, Jamie Whincup, Christopher Mies, Estre, Kelvin van der Linde and Steven Richards. The lapped GT3s of David Russell, McLaughlin and Tomáš Enge plus the Invitational class Dodge Viper were stuck in the train, allowing Kane to bolt away at the front as Lowndes began to fall back through the field. Long and Wittmann were engaged in a battle for second, which became the lead as Kane was pinged with a drive-through for going too early on the Safety Car restart, putting them outside the top 10 behind 12 Hour debutants Manthey Racing. The Viper proved problematic with its immense straight-line speed causing problems for the lead cars caught behind, setting the fastest final sector of the race. Further down the order, Marco Schelp in the Class C GT4 Porsche clouted the wall at Hell Corner and was forced to limp around a full lap with damage.

Lowndes' woes proved to be deeper than a lack of pace; his McLaren was sidelined in the garage with overheating issues. Shane van Gisbergen took the wheel for a few exploratory laps after some bodging, but the car was retired a few laps later. The next round of stops allowed the SunEnergy1 crew to jump the Schnitzer BMW for second, but Maximilian Götz immediately tangled with Chad Parrish in the #54 MARC Car having just jumped into the Strakka Mercedes. Audi squad Team WRT were making their debut on the Mountain in 2018, however it proved a tough start for their Pro entry as Robin Frijns joined a growing list of drivers to fall foul of the Safety Car rules.

Mies, Estre and Garth Tander out in front hadn't taken the chance to stop under green before Andrew Tang ended Team Carrera Cup Asia's eventful day before half-distance having spun into the fence at McPhillamy. Tander in the #22 Audi did not take tyres, enabling it to jump to the front. MPCs strategy hindered the WRT car, putting it a lap down. Tander with the worse tyre condition let the #37 back through on the restart, as Haase in the sister MPC car had a hairy moment trying to lap the Viper around the outside of Reid Park.

Haase used the new tyre advantage to slip past his team-mate into the lead a matter of seconds before another Safety Car was called. Alex Davison in the Competition Motorsports Porsche made wheel-to-wheel contact with the RHC Jorgensen/Strom BMW GT4 through Reid Park, punting the Class C contender into the inside fence before coming to a rest on the exit of the complex. The race settled into a holding pattern for a while after, with the Porsches of Romain Dumas and Davison the only real fight for P4 as they were chased by Augusto Farfus in the Schnitzer BMW. After its earlier incident, the #67 MARC Car returned to the track but had a wild ride through the McPhillamy Park gravel trap, launching out the other side off a bump in the run-off and landing hard enough to require a return to the pits.

The Invitational Class Viper looked to be in trouble with a flame-out requiring a brief stop at Quarry Corner, but worse was to come a few moments later when Paul Morris had an oil line come off the #54 MARC Car coming into the Chase, resulting in a large fire. Morris pulled over at a marshal post on the exit of the Chase and jumped out, commandeering a fire extinguisher himself as the fire was on the circuit side of the car and the nearby marshals were not appropriately attired.

Dumas in the Manthey Porsche did not stop under Safety Car and jumped to the head of the field. His advantage did not last long as Kane in the Bentley made a cut-back pass on the restart and powered into the lead up Mountain Straight. Further back in the field, Sam Fillmore in a Class B Porsche made an ambitious move up the inside of William Tregurtha in a GT4 Ginetta at Griffins Bend, destroying the Ginetta and resulting in another Safety Car. The front two pulled in having reached the end of their stints, revealing Cameron Waters in the Strakka Mercedes as the leader. Daniel Stutterd had taken over from Fillmore in the Ash Seward Porsche, and received a 5-minute stop/go penalty for causing the incident.

The Daytona Coupé struck trouble, stopping at the Cutting. The ensuing Safety Car vaulted the MPC Audis of Winkelhock and Van Der Linde back to the lead, but it was becoming clear that the Porsches had a significant advantage on fuel strategy of up to 6 laps. Álvaro Parente in the #56 Strakka Mercedes came close to getting its lap back in the Safety Car train, but suffered a rear-left suspension failure on the exit of Griffins at the restart.

The Audis were formation flying 1–2 with a healthy margin over Matthew Campbell in third when disaster struck; Van Der Linde made a rookie error trying to lap Bryce Fullwood in the MARC Mazda around the outside of the Esses, sliding on the marbles and into the fence – destroying the left-rear suspension. The car returned to the pits without a Safety Car, but the race was effectively over for the #22. Having lost a lap earlier running their Am driver off-sequence, the Objective McLaren now found itself provisionally on the podium after the incident.

Afternoon edit

Jaxon Evans in the McLaren and Kane in the Bentley were proving the only interlopers in a German marque-dominated race, as the leaders took their third-to-last stops. Raffaele Marciello in the SunEnergy1 car jumped Winkelhock in the cycle but (like Tander earlier) did not take tyres. Schnitzer however did take tyres as Mostert took over from Wittmann and went on a charge – scything past Evans and Dirk Werner, then David Fumanelli before ranging up on the back of Estre and Kane in the battle for P3. Caught behind the #40 Class B Porsche, Mostert attempted to go around the outside of Estre at Forrests Elbow, but was boxed in by the lapped car and clattered into Kane, taking Kean Booker in the #40 out on the spot and leaving both the #43 BMW and the #17 Bentley garaged with major damage – the Schnitzer car retired and the Bentley later returned to the track albeit 6 laps down. Mostert received heavy criticism for causing the incident having already impatiently bumped Estre on the run through the Dipper immediately prior, the Australian later receiving a AU$2,000 fine (half of which was suspended).[5]

Simultaneously, the #74 Audi was brought in for its stop some 50 seconds ahead. Marciello followed suit the next lap as the Safety Car was called to recover the stricken #40 Porsche, handing over to Whincup but losing out to the undercutting #74 and Long in the #12 Porsche. Fumanelli led away at the restart off-sequence, but threw it off the road at Murrays Corner and handed the lead to Winkelhock. Long came in after the Safety Car to hand over to Campbell as the driving time requirements played against them, but a stop late in the Safety Car period for a brake change left Glock in the #100 BMW a lap down as the field climbed Mountain Straight.

As a result of the #12 stopping, Frijns found himself fourth on the road having only recently faced the threat of going a lap down for the second time – then fortuitously passed Whincup for third just as the Safety Car came out yet again for the #777 Lamborghini, parked at the side of Conrod Straight missing a wheel. Fumanelli then came in, elevating the WRT car to P2.

With 2 hours remaining and just one stop left, Winkelhock in the #74 Audi for Melbourne Performance Centre looked to be in the box seat – until the German dropped the car off the end of the Griffins Bend exit kerb and broke the gearbox, grinding to a halt on the outside of the Cutting; out of the race. The WRT Audi, SunEnergy1 Mercedes (with triple-stinted front tyres), Craft-Bamboo Racing Porsche, Black Swan Racing Porsche and Competition Motorsports Porsche all took the chance to stop, leaving Frédéric Makowiecki in the Manthey Porsche in the lead. The Black Swan #540 had remained on the lead lap throughout, but had not been a major factor until this point. The #93 Invitational Class-leading MARC Mazda pulled into the paddock access gate on Mountain Straight with a loose wheel having just come out of the pits.

80 minutes remained and Makowiecki led away on the restart with Fumanelli in hot pursuit. Both cars needed to stop again, but were guaranteed to make the finish once they did. Everyone else on the lead lap – led by Frijns – was running on a fuel conservation knife-edge having taken the stops under Safety Car. The Porsches, sitting 5th, 6th and 8th on the road, were all in a much better position given their previous range and projected race distance. Caught up amongst the leaders on the restart was Jules Gounon in the Bentley, but was removed having received a drive-through penalty for a pit-stop infringement.

Fumanelli was the first to blink with an hour remaining, swapping over with Williamson but not changing tyres. Drama struck another contender however, as the Objective Racing McLaren received a mechanical black flag for failing to start under its own power after a stop. Warren Luff brought the car in, but it failed to restart and was retired from the race. Further down the field, two-time Bathurst 1000 winner Tony Longhurst took over the GT4-class leading BMW for his last ever stint in a race car.

After a 40 lap stint, Makowiecki handed over the Manthey Porsche to Dumas with just 45 minutes remaining – and a slick stop put them seventh a long way ahead of the Strakka car they were fighting previously. Frijns in the #37 Audi now led Whincup in the #75 Mercedes, but it looked increasingly unlikely that they would make it to the finish even with Safety Car intervention. That left the #991 Porsche in third followed by the sister cars #540 and #12; and given the range of Makowiecki those 3 looked comfortable and potentially on-course for an all-Porsche podium.

Finish edit

With 20 minutes remaining, 2 ratchet straps that were holding the front splitter together on Fullwood's MARC Mazda failed entering the grate section of Sulman Park, resulting in a tangle with Ashley Walsh in the Koundouris brothers Audi and sending both cars into the wall, leaving Walsh splayed across the track at a 90° angle. Garry Jacobson in another MARC entry narrowly avoided the Audi by centimetres, however John Martin in the #19 Mercedes could not avoid the incident, and hit the Audi side-on at full speed leaving both drivers with minor injuries and debris all over the circuit.

Having initially called a Safety Car, race control red-flagged the race with under 15 minutes to go and the clock continuing to count down. As the race was required to finish at 1745h AEDT due to television commitments, the decision was made to declare the race with Team WRT, Frijns, Leonard and Dries Vanthoor victorious – all on debut.

Official results edit

Bold denotes category winner.

Pos. Class No. Team / Entrant[6] Drivers Car Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 APP 37   Team WRT   Robin Frijns
  Stuart Leonard
  Dries Vanthoor
Audi R8 LMS 271 11:38:04.1333
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
2 APP 75   SunEnergy1 Racing   Kenny Habul
  Jamie Whincup
  Tristan Vautier
  Raffaele Marciello
Mercedes-AMG GT3 271 +1.5369
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
3 APA 540   Black Swan Racing   Jeroen Bleekemolen
  Tim Pappas
  Luca Stolz
  Marc Lieb
Porsche 911 GT3 R 271 +30.6599
4.0 L Porsche H6
4 APA 12   McElrea Racing
  Competition Motorsports
  David Calvert-Jones
  Alex Davison
  Matthew Campbell
  Patrick Long
Porsche 911 GT3 R 271 +32.0599
4.0 L Porsche H6
5 APP 991   Craft-Bamboo Racing   Kévin Estre
  Laurens Vanthoor
  Earl Bamber
Porsche 911 GT3 R 271 +57.5656
4.0 L Porsche H6
6 APP 911   Manthey Racing   Dirk Werner
  Romain Dumas
  Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 911 GT3 R 271 +1:20.2840
4.0 L Porsche H6
7 APA 55   Strakka Racing   Cameron Waters
  Nick Leventis
  Lewis Williamson
  David Fumanelli
Mercedes-AMG GT3 271 +1:29.9376
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
8 APA 29   Trofeo Motorsport   Ivan Capelli
  Jim Manolios
  Ryan Millier
  Dean Canto
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 270 +1 lap
5.2 L Lamborghini V10
9 APP 100   Steven Richards Motorsport   Steven Richards
  Timo Glock
  Philipp Eng
BMW M6 GT3 270 +1 lap
4.4 L S63 BMW twin-turbo V8
10 AAM 69   Melbourne Performance Centre   James Koundouris
  Theo Koundouris
  Duvashen Padayachee
  Ashley Walsh
Audi R8 LMS 269 +2 laps
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
11 APA 47   YNA Autosport   Scott McLaughlin
  Fraser Ross
  Andrew Watson
  Alexander West
McLaren 650S GT3 269 +2 laps
3.8 L McLaren M838T twin-turbo V8
12 APA 8   Scott Taylor Motorsport   Max Twigg
  Tony D'Alberto
  Craig Baird
Mercedes-AMG GT3 268 +3 laps
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
13 APA 32   Lago Racing   Roger Lago
  Steve Owen
  David Russell
Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX 267 +4 laps
5.2 L Lamborghini V10
14 APA 39   Team WRT   Pedro Lamy
  Mathias Lauda
  Paul Dalla Lana
  Will Davison
Audi R8 LMS 267 +4 laps
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
15 APA 19   Nineteen Corp P/L   Mark Griffith
  David Reynolds
  John Martin
  Liam Talbot
Mercedes-AMG GT3 266 +5 laps
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
16 APP 17   M-Sport   Guy Smith
  Steven Kane
  Jules Gounon
Bentley Continental GT3 265 +6 laps
4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8
17 B 4   Grove Racing   Stephen Grove
  Brenton Grove
  Ben Barker
  Daniel Gaunt1
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 260 +11 laps
3.8 L Porsche H6
18 I 91   MARC Cars Australia   Keith Kassulke
  Rod Salmon
  Will Brown
MARC II V8 258 +13 laps
5.2 L Ford Coyote V8
19 B 85   Wall Racing   Charles Putman
  Charles Espenlaub
  Joe Foster
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 257 +14 laps
3.8 L Porsche H6
20 B 21   Ashley Seward Motorsport   Danny Stutterd
  Sam Fillmore
  Andrew Fawcet
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 256 +15 laps
3.8 L Porsche H6
21 AAM 6   Wall Racing   Richard Gartner
  David Wall
  John Bowe
  Hadrian Morrall
Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX2 256 +15 laps
5.2 L Lamborghini V10
22 C 30   Longhurst Racing   Tony Longhurst
  Aaron Seton
  Matthew Brabham
BMW M4 GT4 250 +21 laps
3.0 L BMW N55 twin-turbo I6
23 C 77   Ginetta Australia   Lindsay Kearns
  Coleby Cowham
  Mike Simpson
Ginetta G55 246 +25 laps
3.7 L Ford Cyclone V6
24 C 49   M Motorsport   Glen Wood
  Trent Harrison
  Cody Hill
KTM X-Bow GT4 245 +26 laps
2.0 L Audi 16v TFSI turbocharged I4
25 I 93   MARC Cars Australia   Grant Denyer
  Garry Jacobson
  Tyler Everingham
MARC Mazda 3 V8 244 +27 laps
5.0 L Ford Coyote V8
26 I 333   MARC Cars Australia   Zane Goddard
  Drew Ridge
  Rob Thomson
MARC Mazda 3 V8 243 +28 laps
5.0 L Ford Coyote V8
27 APP 22   Melbourne Performance Centre   Garth Tander
  Kelvin van der Linde
  Frédéric Vervisch
Audi R8 LMS 241 +30 laps
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
28 APP 56   Strakka Racing   Maximilian Götz
  Maximilian Buhk
  Alvaro Parente
Mercedes-AMG GT3 237 +34 laps
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
29 C 13   RHC-Lawrence/Strom   Daren Jorgensen
  Cameron Lawrence
  Brett Strom
  Kuno Wittmer
BMW M4 GT4 188 +83 laps
3.0 L BMW N55 twin-turbo I6
30 C 44   Steven Richards Motorsport   Dean Grant
  Xavier West
  Cameron Hill
BMW M4 GT4 162 +109 laps
3.0 L BMW N55 twin-turbo I6
31 I 66   Daytona Sports Cars   Ben Schoots
  Adam Macrow
  Michael Caine
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe 162 +109 laps
8.3 L Viper V10
32 I 65   Daytona Sports Cars   Jamie Augustine
  Dylan Thomas
  Rhys Howell
Daytona Sportscar 145 +126 laps
6.0 L GM LS1 V8
DNF APA 11   Objective Racing   Tony Walls
  Tim Slade
  Warren Luff
  Jaxon Evans
McLaren 650S GT3 260 Starter Motor
3.8 L McLaren M838T twin-turbo V8
DNF I 95   MARC Cars Australia   Geoff Taunton
  Jason Busk
  Bryce Fullwood
MARC Focus V8 244 Crash
5.0 L Ford Coyote V8
DNF APP 74   Melbourne Performance Centre   Christopher Mies
  Christopher Haase
  Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS 238 Gearbox
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
DNF APA 777   Peregrine Corporation   Yasser Shahin
  Luke Youlden
  Tomáš Enge
Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX 219 Gearbox
5.2 L Lamborghini V10
DNF APP 43   Schnitzer Motorsport   Marco Wittmann
  Augusto Farfus
  Chaz Mostert
BMW M6 GT3 217 Crash
4.4 L S63 BMW twin-turbo V8
DNF B 40   On Track Motorsport   Garry Mennell
  Kean Booker
  Aaron Zerefos
  Mark Caine
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 193 Crash
3.6 L Porsche H6
DNF C 88   Ginetta Australia   Ben Walsh
  Jaie Robson
  William Tregurtha
Ginetta G55 133 Crash
3.7 L Ford Cyclone V6
DNF I 54   MARC Cars Australia   Tony Alford
  Kyle Alford
  Chad Parrish
  Paul Morris
MARC II V8 123 Fire
5.2 L Ford Coyote V8
DNF APP 58   YNA Autosport   Craig Lowndes
  Shane van Gisbergen
  Côme Ledogar
McLaren 650S GT3 119 Overheating
3.8 L McLaren M838T twin-turbo V8
DNF I 67   MARC Cars Australia   Morgan Haber
  Jake Camilleri
  Aaron Cameron
MARC II V8 87 Crash
5.2 L Ford Coyote V8
DNF C 46   PROSport Performance   Jörg Viebahn
  Max Braams
  Marco Schelp
  Nico Verdonck
Porsche Cayman Pro 4 84 Crash
3.4 L Porsche H6
DNF B 23   Team Carrera Cup Asia   Chris van der Drift
  Andrew Tang
  Evan Chen
  Paul Tresidder
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 82 Crash
3.8 L Porsche H6
DNF AAM 3   Ashley Seward Motorsport   Ash Samadi
  Daniel Gaunt
  Dylan O'Keeffe
Audi R8 LMS 66 Crash
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
DNF APP 18   M-Sport   Vincent Abril
  Andy Soucek
  Maxime Soulet
Bentley Continental GT3 58 Tyre Failure
4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8
DNF APA 82   International Motorsport   Matt Halliday
  Andrew Bagnall
  Jonny Reid
Audi R8 LMS 41 Crash
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
DNF APA 9   Hallmarc Racing   Marc Cini
  Lee Holdsworth
  Dean Fiore
Audi R8 LMS 41 Crash
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
DNF C 48   M Motorsport   Justin McMillan
  Tim Macrow
  David Crampton
  Caitlin Wood
KTM X-Bow GT4 31 Crash
2.0 L Audi 16v TFSI turbocharged I4
DNF I 96   MARC Cars Australia   John Goodacre
  Peter Major
  Jordan Love
MARC Focus V8 0 Spin on Formation lap
5.0 L Ford Coyote V8
DNS C 15   Baigent Racing Ltd   Kent Baigent
  Neil Allport
  Matt Spratt
  Ash Blewett
BMW M4 GT4 Crash in Practice 3
3.0 L BMW N55 twin-turbo I6

^1Daniel Gaunt was added to the Grove Motorsport entry during the race to temporarily replace Brenton Grove who had become ill and the retirement of #3 Audi in which Gaunt was scheduled to drive[7]

^2 – The #6 Wall Racing entry switched from a Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 to a Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX following an engine failure during Saturday practice.[8]

^3 – Following an incident in Saturday practice, the #94 MARC Cars Australia car was withdrawn and replaced with the team's spare car and renumbered #33

  • Race time of winning car: 11:38:04.133
  • Fastest race lap: 2:01.9575 – Chaz Mostert on lap 7

References edit

  1. ^ Race Information, www.bathurst12hour.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  2. ^ "Tourist Trophy awarded to B12H winners". Speedcafe. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  3. ^ Audi Trio Win Australian Tourist Trophy, www.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  4. ^ "Audi claims Bathurst 12Hr after late red flag". Speedcafe.com. 4 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Mostert fined for Bathurst 12H clash". Speedcafe. 4 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Entry List". Bathurst 12 Hour. 4 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  7. ^ Dale, Will (4 February 2018). "No.37 Team WRT Audi wins as horror crash cuts race short". News.com.au. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Late Lamborghini switch for Wall Racing". Speedcafe. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.

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