2017 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour

Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit
The race and Class APP-winning Ferrari 488 GT3 of Toni Vilander, Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup.

The 2017 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour endurance race was a motorsport event for GT3 cars, GT3 Cup cars, GT4 cars and invited vehicles. It was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, near Bathurst, in New South Wales, Australia on 5 February 2017. The race, which was the 15th running of the Bathurst 12 Hour, was the opening round of the 2017 Intercontinental GT Challenge Series. For the first time, the winners of the race were awarded the Australian Tourist Trophy.[1]

Of the 2016 winning drivers, Shane van Gisbergen moved from Tekno Autosports and McLaren to Scott Taylor Motorsport's Mercedes-AMG GT3, prepared by HTP Motorsport with factory Mercedes backing, Álvaro Parente remained with Tekno Autosports and Tekno team owner Jonathon Webb did not drive.[2]

The GT4 Class expanded for 2017 with eight entries, the Porsche Cayman, KTM X-Bow GT4, Ginetta G55 and Aston Martin Vantage GT4.

55 cars were entered (the largest field since the 2007 revival) and 51 cars started, with four entries withdrawn following crashes in practice and qualifying.

The race was won by Craig Lowndes, Jamie Whincup and Toni Vilander driving a Ferrari 488 GT3 entered by Maranello Motorsport.

Class structure

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2017 the first year all-professional driver rosters were permitted. Previously, teams were required one unseeded driver in each entry.[3]

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

Official results

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Bold denotes category winner.[4]

Pos. Class No. Team / Entrant[5] Drivers Car Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 APP 88 Australia Maranello Motorsport Australia Craig Lowndes
Australia Jamie Whincup
Finland Toni Vilander 		Ferrari 488 GT3 290 12:00:36.966
3.9 L Ferrari F154 twin-turbo V8
2 APA 12 United States Competition Motorsports[6] Australia David Calvert-Jones
United States Patrick Long
Germany Marc Lieb
Australia Matt Campbell 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 289 +1 lap
4.0 L Porsche H6
3 APP 17 United Kingdom Bentley Team M-Sport United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
United Kingdom Steven Kane
United Kingdom Guy Smith 		Bentley Continental GT3 289 +1 lap
4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8
4 AAM 912 Australia Walkinshaw GT3 Racing Australia Liam Talbot
Australia John Martin
Australia Duvashen Padayachee 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 289 +1 lap
4.0 L Porsche H6
5 APP 1 Australia Tekno Autosports Portugal Álvaro Parente
United Kingdom Rob Bell
France Côme Ledogar 		McLaren 650S GT3 289 +1 lap
3.8 L McLaren M838T twin-turbo V8
6 AAM 32 Australia Lago Racing Australia Roger Lago
Australia Steve Owen
Australia David Russell 		Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX 288 +2 laps
5.2 L Lamborghini V10
7 APA 3 Australia Team ASR Australia Ash Samadi
New Zealand Daniel Gaunt
New Zealand Matt Halliday 		Audi R8 LMS 288 +2 laps
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
8 APP 24 Australia Nissan Motorsport United Kingdom Jann Mardenborough
Australia Todd Kelly
Germany Florian Strauss 		Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 288 +2 laps
3.8 L Nissan VR38DETT twin-turbo V6
9 APA 9 Australia Hallmarc Racing Australia Marc Cini
Australia Dean Fiore
Australia Lee Holdsworth 		Audi R8 LMS 287 +3 laps
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
10 AAM 29 Australia Trofeo Motorsport Italy Ivan Capelli
Australia Jim Manolios
Australia Ryan Millier
Australia Dean Canto 		Lamborghini Huracán GT3 285 +5 laps
5.2 L Lamborghini V10
11 AAM 44 Australia Supabarn Supermarkets Racing Australia James Koundouris
Australia Theo Koundouris
Australia Marcus Marshall
New Zealand Simon Evans 		Audi R8 LMS 284 +6 laps
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
12 APP 8 United Kingdom Bentley Team M-Sport Spain Andy Soucek
Belgium Maxime Soulet
Monaco Vincent Abril 		Bentley Continental GT3 283 +7 laps
4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8
13 APP 75 Australia Jamec Pem Racing Germany Christopher Haase
Germany Christopher Mies
Australia Garth Tander 		Audi R8 LMS 282 +8 laps
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
14 APP 60 New Zealand BMW Team SRM New Zealand Steven Richards
Germany Marco Wittmann
Australia Mark Winterbottom 		BMW M6 GT3 281 +9 laps
4.4 L S63 BMW V8
15 B 21 New Zealand Steven Richards Motorsport Australia Dean Grant
Australia Dylan O'Keeffe
Australia Xavier West
Australia David Wall 		Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 274 +16 laps
3.8 L Porsche H6
16 B 50 Australia Synep Racing Australia Josh Cranston
Australia Adam Cranston
Australia Aaron Steer
United Kingdom James Winslow 		Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 272 +18 laps
3.8 L Porsche H6
17 I 91 Australia MARC Cars Australia Australia Will Brown
Papua New Guinea Keith Kassulke
Australia Rod Salmon 		MARC Focus V8 270 +20 laps
5.0 L Ford Coyote V8
18 I 92 Australia MARC Cars Australia Australia Michael Benton
Australia Hadrian Morrall
Australia Aaron Seton
Australia Glenn Seton 		MARC Focus V8 270 +20 laps
5.0 L Ford Coyote V8
19 B 14 Australia IKAD Racing Australia Peter Major
Australia Jordan Love
Australia Nick McBride 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 269 +21 laps
3.6 L Porsche H6
20 APA 11 Australia Objective Racing Australia Alex Davison
Australia Warren Luff
Australia Tim Slade
Australia Tony Walls 		McLaren 650S GT3 268 +22 laps
3.8 L McLaren M838T twin-turbo V8
21 I 93 Australia MARC Cars Australia Australia Jake Camilleri
Australia Jack Smith
Australia Rob Thomson 		MARC Mazda 3 V8 267 +23 laps
5.0 L Ford Coyote V8
22 B 6 Australia Wall Racing Australia Richard Gartner
Australia Ric Shaw
Australia Indiran Padayachee
Australia Aaron Zerefos 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 267 +23 laps
3.6 L Porsche H6
23 C 19 Germany PROsport Performance Netherlands Max Braams
Denmark Nicolaj Møller Madsen
Germany Jörg Viebahn
Australia Harri Jones 		Porsche Cayman Pro 4 263 +27 laps
3.4 L Porsche H6
24 C 40 United Kingdom Brookspeed United Kingdom Aaron Mason
United Kingdom David Drinkwater
United Kingdom Adrian Watt 		Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport 260 +30 laps
3.8 L Porsche H6
25 I 95 Australia MARC Cars Australia Australia Geoff Taunton
Australia Jason Busk
Australia Bryce Fullwood 		MARC Focus V8 258 +32 laps
5.0 L Ford Coyote V8
26 I 76 Switzerland R-Motorsport Germany Markus Lungstrass
Austria Florian Kamelger
United Kingdom Darren Turner 		Aston Martin Vantage GT8 253 +37 laps
4.7 L Aston Martin V8
27 C 41 United Kingdom Brookspeed Australia Coleby Cowham
Australia Lindsay Kearns
Australia Ashley Jarvis 		Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport 249 +41 laps
3.8 L Porsche H6
28 C 69 Malaysia Ayelzo Ecotint Racing Australia Jake Parsons
Japan Shinyo Sano
Malaysia Zen Low
Australia Aidan Read 		Ginetta G55 247 +43 laps
3.7 L Ford Cyclone V6
29 I 65 Australia Daytona Sports Cars Australia Jamie Augustine
Australia Dean Lillie
Australia Benjamin Schoots 		Dodge Viper Competition Coupe 226 +64 laps
8.3 L Viper V10
30 I 94 Australia MARC Cars Australia Australia Tim Leahey
Australia Gerard McLeod
Australia Nick Rowe
Australia Leanne Tander 		MARC Mazda 3 V8 218 +72 laps
5.0 L Ford Coyote V8
31 AAM 38 Australia Wall Racing[7] Hong Kong Daniel Bilski
Australia Adrian Flack
New Zealand Chris Pither 		Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 200 +90 laps
3.8 L Nissan VR38DETT twin-turbo V6
32 APP 23 Australia Nissan Motorsport United Kingdom Alex Buncombe
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo
Australia Michael Caruso 		Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 174 +116 laps
3.8 L Nissan VR38DETT twin-turbo V6
DNF APP 22 Australia Scott Taylor Motorsport[8] New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen
New Zealand Craig Baird
Germany Maro Engel 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 282 Crash
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
DNF AAM 2 Australia DJS Racing Australia James Bergmuller
New Zealand Sam Fillmore
Australia Danny Stutterd 		Audi R8 LMS Ultra 272 Crash
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
DNF APA 83 Germany HTP Motorsport Canada Paul Dalla Lana
Portugal Pedro Lamy
Austria Mathias Lauda
Germany Bernd Schneider 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 263 Chassis damage
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
DNF C 48 Australia M Motorsport Australia Justin McMillan
Australia Glen Wood
Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
Austria Reinhard Kofler 		KTM X-Bow GT4 220 Fire
2.0 L Audi 16v TFSI turbocharged I4
DNF I 54 Australia Donut King Racing Australia Tony Alford
Australia Beric Lynton
United Kingdom Jeff Smith 		MARC Focus V8 217 Crash
5.0 L Ford Coyote V8
DNF AAM 51 Australia AMAC Motorsport Australia Andrew Macpherson
Australia Neale Muston
Australia Tim Miles 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 210 Crash
3.8 L Porsche H6
DNF AAM 66 Australia Wall Racing Australia Brett Hobson
United States Erik Davis
United States Fred Poordad 		Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 202 Crash
3.8 L Nissan VR38DETT twin-turbo V6
DNF C 55 Australia RA Motorsports Australia Tim Berryman
Australia Peter Paddon
United Kingdom Mike Simpson 		Ginetta G55 172 Crash
3.7 L Ford Cyclone V6
DNF AAM 5 Australia GT Motorsport Australia Nathan Antunes
Australia Elliot Barbour
Australia Greg Taylor 		Audi R8 LMS 161 Spun off
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
DNF APA 61 Australia Griffith Corporation Australia Mark Griffith
New Zealand Dominic Storey
Australia David Reynolds 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 157 Crash
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
DNF AAM 90 Australia MARC Cars Australia Australia Chaz Mostert
Australia Morgan Haber
Australia Max Twigg 		BMW M6 GT3 136 Gearbox
4.4 L S63 BMW V8
DNF APP 7 Australia BMW Team SRM Germany Timo Glock
Australia Russell Ingall
Australia Tony Longhurst
Australia Mark Skaife 		BMW M6 GT3 134 Crash
4.4 L S63 BMW V8
DNF AAM 47 New Zealand Kiwi Racing[9] New Zealand Glenn Smith
New Zealand Kevin Bell
New Zealand Nicholas Chester
New Zealand John de Veth 		Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX 133 Engine
5.2 L Lamborghini V10
DNF I 28 Australia On Track Motorsport Australia Garry Mennell
New Zealand Bernard Verryt
Belgium Steve van Bellingen 		BMW 335i 111 Brakes
3.0 L BMW N55 twin-turbo I6
DNF AAM 37 Australia Keltic Racing Australia Klark Quinn
United Kingdom Tony Quinn
Australia Grant Denyer
New Zealand Andrew Waite 		McLaren 650S GT3 95 Crash
3.8 L McLaren M838T twin-turbo V8
DNF AAM 35 Australia Miedecke Stone Motorsport Australia George Miedecke
Australia Ash Walsh
Australia Tony Bates 		Aston Martin Vantage GT3 75 Crash
6.0 L Aston Martin V12
DNF APP 911 Australia Walkinshaw GT3 Racing New Zealand Earl Bamber
France Kévin Estre
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 		Porsche 911 GT3 R 44 Steering Rack
4.0 L Porsche H6
DNF B 4 Australia Grove Motorsport Australia Stephen Grove
United Kingdom Ben Barker
Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori 		Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 32 Crash
3.8 L Porsche H6
DNF APP 74 Australia Jamec Pem Racing Germany Markus Winkelhock
Netherlands Robin Frijns
Germany Frank Stippler 		Audi R8 LMS 6 Crash
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
DNS C 18 Germany PROsport Performance United States Charles Putman
United States Charles Espenlaub
United States Joe Foster
United States Andy Pilgrim 		Porsche Cayman Pro 4 Crash in Qualifying
3.4 L Porsche H6
DNS APP 59 Australia Tekno Autosports United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat
Australia Will Davison
United Kingdom Jonny Kane 		McLaren 650S GT3 Crash in Qualifying
3.8 L McLaren M838T twin-turbo V8
DNS APP 99 Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport Germany Jörg Müller
Germany Nico Menzel
United Kingdom Ricky Collard 		BMW M6 GT3 Crash in Qualifying
4.4 L S63 BMW V8
DNS C 62 Switzerland R-Motorsport Switzerland Andreas Baenziger
Australia Peter Leemhuis
Denmark Jan Struve 		Aston Martin Vantage GT4 Crash in Practice 5
4.7 L Aston Martin V8
  • Race time of winning car: 12:00:36.966
  • Fastest race lap: 2:02.908 – Toni Vilander

References

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  1. ^ "Tourist Trophy awarded to B12H winners". Speedcafe. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  2. ^ Lomas, Gordon (24 January 2017). "Tekno finalise drivers for twin McLaren B12H raid". Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Bathurst 12 Hour to adopt all-pro class". Speedcafe. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour 2017 - Result of 12 Hour" (PDF). raceresults.nu. 6 February 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Entry List". Bathurst 12 Hour. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Campbell added to Competition squad". Bathurst 12 Hour official website.
  7. ^ Howard, Tom (29 August 2016). "Hobson, Wall combine for Nissan GT-R program". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Bernd Schneider confirmed for HTP Mercedes squad". speedcafe.com. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  9. ^ Smith, Colin (18 January 2017). "Bathurst on bucket list". driven.co.nz. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
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