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]
| 2018 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour | |||
| Previous: | 2017 | Next: | 2019 |
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51 cars were entered and 50 cars started, with one entry withdrawn following a crash in practice.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
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
Bold denotes category winner.
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^1 – Daniel 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[6]
^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.[7]
^3 – Following an incident in Saturday practice, the #94 MARC Cars Australia car was withdrawn and replaced with the team’s spare car and renumbered #33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
- Race Information, www.bathurst12hour.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- "Tourist Trophy awarded to B12H winners". Speedcafe. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- Audi Trio Win Australian Tourist Trophy, www.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- "Audi claims Bathurst 12Hr after late red flag". Speedcafe.com. 4 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- "Entry List". Bathurst 12 Hour. 4 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- Dale, Will (4 February 2018). "No.37 Team WRT Audi wins as horror crash cuts race short". News.com.au. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- "Late Lamborghini switch for Wall Racing". Speedcafe. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
External links
- Official website
- 2018 Bathurst 12 Hour Entry List, www.bathurst12hour.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Sporting and Technical Regulations, www.bathurst12hour.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- 2018 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour (race results), www.bathurst12hour.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
| Intercontinental GT Challenge | ||
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| Previous race: none |
2018 season | Next race: 24 Hours of Spa |