2014 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour

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.

2014 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour
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The race winning Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 of John Bowe, Peter Edwards, Craig Lowndes and Mika Salo.

44 cars were entered for the race, though four entries were withdrawn due to crashes in practice and qualifying.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, after Lowndes won a close battle with German driver Maximilian Buhk late in the race. Buhk finished second for HTP Motorsport along with Thomas Jäger and Harold Primat, just four tenths of a second behind Lowndes. Greg Crick, Will Davison and Jack Le Brocq finished third for Erebus Motorsport, with Davison holding off Shane van Gisbergen in the closing laps despite having a damaged car. The Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 had shown early pace but was involved in an early crash at the top of the circuit and did not finish.

Three Fiat Abarth 500s had been invited and were competing in their own class, with their lap times being much slower than the GT3 cars. A late safety car saw the three Fiats mixed in with the leading GT3 cars at the front of the safety car queue. The three drivers voluntarily drove through the pit lane as the race restarted, giving the leading GT3 cars a clearer track as they battled for position in the closing laps.

The 2014 race was the fastest ever contested to that point, setting a distance record of 296 laps (1839 kilometres), which was not broken until 2016.

Class structure

Cars competed in the following six classes.[2]

• Class A – GT3 Outright
• Class B – GT3 (Older Specification)/GT3 Cup Cars
• 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	Time/Retired
					Engine
1	A	88	Maranello Motorsport	John Bowe Peter Edwards Craig Lowndes Mika Salo	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	296	12:00:29.5750
					4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8
2	A	84	HTP Motorsport	Maximilian Buhk Thomas Jäger Harold Primat	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	296	+0.4138
					6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
3	A	63	Erebus Motorsport	Greg Crick Will Davison Jack Le Brocq	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	296	+2.4025
					6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
4	A	37	VIP Holdings (Aust) Pty Ltd	Andrew Kirkaldy Klark Quinn Tony Quinn Shane van Gisbergen	McLaren MP4-12C GT3	296	+3.0541
					3.8 L McLaren M838T twin-turbo V8
5	A	3	Phoenix Racing	Rahel Frey René Rast Laurens Vanthoor	Audi R8 LMS Ultra	296	+36.9483
					5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
6	A	25	United Autosports	Eric Lux Mark Patterson Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS Ultra	294	+2 laps
					5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
7	A	1	Erebus Motorsport	Nico Bastian Maro Engel Bernd Schneider	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	291	+5 laps
					6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
8	B	4	Grove Motorsport	Earl Bamber Ben Barker Stephen Grove	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	286	+10 laps
					3.6 L Porsche H6
9	B	12	Competition Motorsports	David Calvert-Jones Alex Davison Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	284	+12 laps
					3.6 L Porsche H6
10	A	9	Hallmarc Racing	Marc Cini Mark Eddy Christopher Mies	Audi R8 LMS Ultra	278	+18 laps
					5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
11	B	19	Nexus Racing	Damien Flack Rob Smith Shane Smollen	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	277	+19 laps
					3.6 L Porsche H6
12	B	69	Supabarn Supermarkets Racing	James Koundouris Theo Koundouris Steve Owen Max Twigg	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	275	+21 laps
					3.6 L Porsche H6
13	B	99	Racing Incident	Eric Bana Peter Hill Simon Middleton	Lamborghini Gallardo LP520	275	+21 laps
					5.2 L Lamborghini V10
14	B	71	Equity-One Racing	Dean Fiore Dean Grant Dean Koutsoumidis Michael Loccisano	Audi R8 LMS	271	+25 laps
					5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
15	I	70	MARC Cars Australia	Grant Denyer Adam Gowans Garry Jacobson Andrew Miedecke	MARC Focus GTC	268	+28 laps
					5.0 L Ford Coyote V8
16	D	22	Richard Billington Racing	Richard Billington Stuart Owers Lewis Scott	SEAT León Supercopa	247	+49 laps
					2.0 L SEAT I4
17	I	50	MARC Cars Australia	Jake Camilleri Keith Kassulke Chris Pither	MARC Focus GTC	246	+50 laps
					5.0 L Ford Coyote V8
18	F	96	Fiat Abarth Motorsport	Paul Gover Gregory Hede Mike Sinclair Luke Youlden	Fiat Abarth 500	243	+53 laps
					1.4 L Fire Turbojet I4
19	I	60	MARC Cars Australia	Michael Benton Hadrian Morrall Dylan Thomas	MARC Focus GTC	242	+54 laps
					5.0 L Ford Coyote V8
20	D	28	GWS Personnel Motorsport	Kean Booker Matt Chahda Peter O’Donnell Allan Shephard	BMW 335i	238	+58 laps
					3.0 L BMW N54 twin-turbo I6
21	B	51	AMAC Motorsport	Andrew Macpherson Ben Porter Garth Walden	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	237	+59 laps
					3.6 L Porsche H6
22	F	95	Fiat Abarth Motorsport	Clyde Campbell Joshua Dowling Toby Hagon Paul Stokell	Fiat Abarth 500	236	+60 laps
					1.4 L Fire Turbojet I4
23	D	66	Motorsport Services	Michael Driver Guy Stewart Danny Stutterd	SEAT León Supercopa	212	+84 laps
					2.0 L SEAT I4
24	D	7	Maximum Motorsport	Dean Herridge Angus Kennard John O'Dowd	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	208	+88 laps
					2.5 L Subaru H4
25	C	54	Donut King Racing	Tony Alford Peter Leemhuis Mark O'Connor	Lotus Exige Cup R	204	+92 laps
					3.5 L Toyota 2GR-FE supercharged V6
26	B	35	Team BRM	Andrew Fisher Indiran Padayachee Ric Shaw Aaron Zerefos	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	183	+113 laps
					3.6 L Porsche H6
27	D	97	Mortimer Motorsports	Frank Lyons Michael Lyons Andre Mortimer Warwick Mortimer	BMW M3 GT4	126	+170 laps
					4.0 L BMW S65 V8
28	F	59	Fiat Abarth Motorsport	Matt Campbell Matt Cherry Luke Ellery	Fiat Abarth 500	10	+286 laps
					1.4 L Fire Turbojet I4
DNF	D	65	Daytona Sports Cars	Jamie Augustine Paul Freestone Benjamin Schoots	Daytona Sportscar	236	Driveline
					6.0 L GM LS1 V8
DNF	B	67	Motorsport Services	Jeff Lowrey Tony Richards Jonathon Venter	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	208	Crash
					3.6 L Porsche H6
DNF	B	45	Team BRM	Barton Mawer Richard Muscat Duvashen Padayachee	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	190	Engine
					3.6 L Porsche H6
DNF	C	17	Griffith Corporation P/L	Daniel Gaunt Mark Griffith Karl Reindler	Ginetta G50 GT4	181	Engine
					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	Overheating
					3.6 L Porsche H6
DNF	B	14	Rotek Racing	Oliver Gavin Kevin Gleason Rob Huff Richard Meins	Audi R8 LMS	91	Engine
					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	Crash
					5.2 L Lamborghini V10
DNF	C	55	Motionsport	Ben Gower Gordon Shedden Pete Storey	Lotus Exige S	68	Engine
					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	Crash
					3.8 L Nissan VR38DETT twin-turbo V6
DNF	A	33	Clearwater Racing	Craig Baird Matt Griffin Hiroshi Hamaguachi Weng Sun Mok	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	57	Crash
					4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8
DNF	A	23	Lago Racing	Peter Kox Roger Lago David Russell	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560	5	Hit Kangaroo
					5.2 L Lamborghini V10
DNF	D	42	Motorline BMW	Angus Chapel Jason Clements Anthony Gilbertson	BMW M3 GTR	1	Throttle
					4.0 L BMW P60B40 V8
DNS	B	68	Motorsport Services	Daniel Bilski David Glasson Marcus Mahy	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup		Crash in Practice 3
					3.6 L Porsche H6
DNS	A	5	Rod Salmon Racing	Jason Bright Warren Luff Rod Salmon Liam Talbot	Audi R8 LMS Ultra		Crash in Qualifying
					5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
DNS	A	77	AF Corse	Marco Cioci Michele Rugolo Steve Wyatt	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3		Crash in Qualifying
					4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8
DNS	A	49	Vicious Rumour Racing	Dean Canto Tony D'Alberto Tony Defelice Renato Loberto	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3		Crash in Practice 1
					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

1. "Appendix I: List of Eligible Vehicles" (PDF). Bathurst 12 Hour. 13 January 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
2. Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Official Event Programme, p. 34–35
3. "2014 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour - Mount Panorama - Bathurst - Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour". National Software. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
4. Bartholomaeus, Stefan (8 February 2014). "AF Corse Ferrari joins Bathurst casualties". SpeedCafe. Retrieved 10 February 2014.

External links

• Official website