2014 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour
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The 2014 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour was an endurance race for a variety of GT and touring car classes, including: GT3 cars, GT4 cars and Group 3E Series Production Cars.[1] The event, which was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, near Bathurst, in New South Wales, Australia on 9 February 2014, was the twelfth running of the Bathurst 12 Hour.
44 cars were entered for the race, though four entries were withdrawn due to crashes in practice and qualifying. John Bowe, Peter Edwards, Craig Lowndes and Mika Salo won the race for Maranello Motorsport, driving a Ferrari 458 GT3.
Class structure
Cars competed in the following six classes.[2]
- Class A – GT3 Outright
- Class B – GT3
- Class C – GT4
- Class D – Invitational (over 3000cc)
- Class F – Invitational (up to 3000cc)
- Class I – Invitational (non-production)
Official results
The Class B-winning Porsche 997 GT3 Cup of Earl Bamber, Ben Barker and Stephen Grove.
The Class C-winning Lotus Exige Cup R of Tony Alford, Peter Leemhuis and Mark O'Connor.
The Class D-winning SEAT León Supercopa of Richard Billington, Stuart Owers and Lewis Scott.
The Class F-winning Fiat Abarth 500 of Paul Gover, Gregory Hede, Mike Sinclair and Luke Youlden.
The Class I-winning MARC Focus GTC of Grant Denyer, Adam Gowans, Garry Jacobson and Andrew Miedecke.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team / Entrant | Drivers | Car | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | ||||||
| 1 | A | 88 | Maranello Motorsport |  John Bowe Peter Edwards Craig Lowndes Mika Salo |
Ferrari 458 GT3 | 296 |
| 4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8 | ||||||
| 2 | A | 84 | HTP Motorsport |  Maximilian Buhk Thomas Jäger Harold Primat |
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG | 296 |
| 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 | ||||||
| 3 | A | 63 | Erebus Motorsport | Greg Crick Will Davison Jack Le Brocq |
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG | 296 |
| 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 | ||||||
| 4 | A | 37 | Darrell Lea |  Andrew Kirkaldy Klark Quinn Tony Quinn Shane Van Gisbergen |
McLaren MP4-12C GT3 | 296 |
| 3.8 L McLaren M838T twin-turbo V8 | ||||||
| 5 | A | 3 | Phoenix Racing | Rahel Frey René Rast.svg.png){kind=small} Laurens Vanthoor |
Audi R8 LMS Ultra | 296 |
| 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 | ||||||
| 6 | A | 25 | United Autosports |  Eric Lux Mark Patterson Markus Winkelhock |
Audi R8 LMS Ultra | 294 |
| 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 | ||||||
| 7 | A | 1 | Erebus Motorsport | Nico Bastian Maro Engel Bernd Schneider |
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG | 291 |
| 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 | ||||||
| 8 | B | 4 | Grove Group | Earl Bamber Ben Barker Stephen Grove |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 286 |
| 3.6 L Porsche H6 | ||||||
| 9 | B | 12 | Competition Motorsports | David Calvert-Jones Alex Davison Patrick Long |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 284 |
| 3.6 L Porsche H6 | ||||||
| 10 | A | 9 | Network Clothing / Hallmarc | Marc Cini Mark Eddy Christopher Mies |
Audi R8 LMS Ultra | 278 |
| 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 | ||||||
| 11 | B | 19 | Rosche Visper RS75 | Damien Flack Rob Smith Shane Smollen |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 277 |
| 3.6 L Porsche H6 | ||||||
| 12 | B | 69 | Supabarn Supermarkets Pty Ltd | James Koundouris Theo Koundouris Steve Owen Max Twigg |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S | 275 |
| 3.6 L Porsche H6 | ||||||
| 13 | B | 99 | Racing Incident | Eric Bana Peter Hill Simon Middleton |
Lamborghini Gallardo LP520 | 275 |
| 5.2 L Lamborghini V10 | ||||||
| 14 | B | 71 | Equity-One Mortgage Fund | Dean Fiore Dean Grant Dean Koutsoumidis Michael Loccisano |
Audi R8 LMS | 271 |
| 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 | ||||||
| 15 | I | 70 | MARC Cars Australia Pty Ltd | Grant Denyer Adam Gowans Garry Jacobson Andrew Miedecke |
MARC Focus GTC | 268 |
| 5.0 L Ford Coyote V8 | ||||||
| 16 | D | 22 | GT Radial / Radio Hauraki | Richard Billington Stuart Owers Lewis Scott |
SEAT León Supercopa | 247 |
| 2.0 L SEAT I4 | ||||||
| 17 | I | 50 | MARC Cars Australia Pty Ltd | Jake Camilleri Keith Kassulke Chris Pither |
MARC Focus GTC | 246 |
| 5.0 L Ford Coyote V8 | ||||||
| 18 | F | 96 | Fiat Abarth Motorsport | Paul Gover Gregory Hede Mike Sinclair Luke Youlden |
Fiat Abarth 500 | 243 |
| 1.4 L Fire Turbojet I4 | ||||||
| 19 | I | 60 | MARC Cars Australia Pty Ltd | Michael Benton Ryan McLeod Hadrian Morrall Dylan Thomas |
MARC Focus GTC | 242 |
| 5.0 L Ford Coyote V8 | ||||||
| 20 | D | 28 | GWS Personnel | Kean Booker Matthew Chahda Peter O'Donnell Allan Shephard |
BMW 335i | 238 |
| 3.0 L BMW N54 twin-turbo I6 | ||||||
| 21 | B | 51 | IMAK / KWIKMIT | Andrew Macpherson Ben Porter Garth Walden |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S | 237 |
| 3.6 L Porsche H6 | ||||||
| 22 | F | 95 | Fiat Abarth Motorsport | Clyde Campbell Joshua Dowling Toby Hagon Paul Stokell |
Fiat Abarth 500 | 236 |
| 1.4 L Fire Turbojet I4 | ||||||
| 23 | D | 66 | Motorsport Services | Michael Driver Guy Stewart Danny Stutterd |
SEAT León Supercopa | 212 |
| 2.0 L SEAT I4 | ||||||
| 24 | D | 7 | Maximum Motorsport | Dean Herridge Angus Kennard John O'Dowd |
Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 208 |
| 2.5 L Subaru H4 | ||||||
| 25 | C | 54 | Donut King | Tony Alford Peter Leemhuis Mark O'Connor |
Lotus Exige Cup R | 204 |
| 3.5 L Toyota 2GR-FE supercharged V6 | ||||||
| 26 | B | 35 | Sennheiser / Rentcorp Forklifts / Fiji Water | Andrew Fisher Indiran Padayachee Ric Shaw Aaron Zerefos |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 183 |
| 3.6 L Porsche H6 | ||||||
| 27 | D | 97 | Te Manava Luxury Resort, DVS, Gull | Frank Lyons Michael Lyons Andre Mortimer Warwick Mortimer |
BMW M3 GT4 | 126 |
| 4.0 L BMW S65 V8 | ||||||
| 28 | F | 59 | Fiat Abarth Motorsport | Matt Campbell Matt Cherry Luke Ellery |
Fiat Abarth 500 | 10 |
| 1.4 L Fire Turbojet I4 | ||||||
| DNF | D | 65 | Daytona Sports Cars | Jamie Augustine Paul Freestone Benjamin Schoots |
Daytona Sportscar | 236 |
| 6.0 L GM LS1 V8 | ||||||
| DNF | B | 67 | Motorsport Services | Jeff Lowrey Tony Richards Jonathon Venter |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 208 |
| 3.6 L Porsche H6 | ||||||
| DNF | B | 45 | Rentcorp Hyundai Forklifts | Barton Mawer Richard Muscat Duvashen Padayachee |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 190 |
| 3.6 L Porsche H6 | ||||||
| DNF | C | 17 | Griffith Corporation | Daniel Gaunt Mark Griffiths Karl Reindler |
Ginetta G50 G4 | 181 |
| 3.5 L Ford Cyclone V6 | ||||||
| DNF | B | 6 | SAFE-T-STOP | Garth Duffy Richard Gartner Michael Hector Stuart Kostera |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 168 |
| 3.6 L Porsche H6 | ||||||
| DNF | B | 14 | Oakley Motorsports | Oliver Gavin Kevin Gleason Rob Huff Richard Meins |
Audi R8 LMS | 91 |
| 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 | ||||||
| DNF | A | 48 | M Motorsport | Ross Lilley Justin McMillan Steven Richards Dale Wood |
Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 | 78 |
| 5.2 L Lamborghini V10 | ||||||
| DNF | C | 55 | Compareinsurance.com.au | Ben Gower Gordon Shedden Pete Storey |
Lotus Exige S | 68 |
| 3.5 L Toyota 2GR-FE supercharged V6 | ||||||
| DNF | A | 32 | NISMO Athlete Global Team | Alex Buncombe Katsumasa Chiyo Rick Kelly Wolfgang Reip |
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | 58 |
| 3.8 L Nissan VR38DETT twin-turbo V6 | ||||||
| DNF | A | 33 | Clearwater Racing | Craig Baird Matt Griffin Hiroshi Hamaguachi Weng Sun Mok |
Ferrari 458 GT3 | 57 |
| 4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8 | ||||||
| DNF | A | 11 | JBS Swift |  Peter Kox Roger Lago David Russell |
Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 | 5 |
| 5.2 L Lamborghini V10 | ||||||
| DNF | D | 42 | Motorline BMW | Angus Chapel Jason Clements Anthony Gilbertson |
BMW M3 GTR | 1 |
| 4.0 L BMW P60B40 V8 | ||||||
| DNS | B | 68 | Motorsport Services |  Daniel Bilski David Glasson Marcus Mahy |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | |
| 3.6 L Porsche H6 | ||||||
| DNS | A | 5 | skwirk.com.au | Jason Bright Warren Luff Rod Salmon Liam Talbot |
Audi R8 LMS Ultra | |
| 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 | ||||||
| DNS | A | 77 | AF Corse |  Marco Cioci Michele Rugolo Steve Wyatt |
Ferrari 458 GT3 | |
| 4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8 | ||||||
| DNS | A | 49 | Vicious Rumour Racing | Dean Canto Tony D'Alberto Tony Defelice Renato Loberto |
Ferrari 458 GT3 | |
| 4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8 | ||||||
| Sources:[2][3][4] | ||||||
- Note: Class winners are shown in bold.
- Race time of winning car: 12:00:29.5750[3]
- Fastest race lap: 2:03.8506 – Shane Van Gisbergen[3]
References
- ↑ "Appendix I: List of Eligible Vehicles" (PDF). Bathurst 12 Hour. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Official Event Programme, p. 34–35
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "2014 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour - Mount Panorama - Bathurst - Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour". National Software. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ↑ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (8 February 2014). "AF Corse Ferrari joins Bathurst casualties". SpeedCafe. Retrieved 10 February 2014.