Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit
The race winning Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 of John Bowe, Peter Edwards, Craig Lowndes and Mika Salo.

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44 cars were entered for the race, though four entries were withdrawn due to crashes in practice and qualifying.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, 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)
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.

Official results

Pos. Class No. Team / Entrant Drivers Car Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 A 88 Australia Maranello Motorsport Australia John Bowe
Australia Peter Edwards
Australia Craig Lowndes
Finland Mika Salo		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 296 12:00:29.5750
4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8
2 A 84 Germany HTP Motorsport Germany Maximilian Buhk
Germany Thomas Jäger
Switzerland Harold Primat		 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 296 +0.4138
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
3 A 63 Australia Erebus Motorsport Australia Greg Crick
Australia Will Davison
Australia Jack Le Brocq		 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 296 +2.4025
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
4 A 37 Australia VIP Holdings (Aust) Pty Ltd United Kingdom Andrew Kirkaldy
Australia Klark Quinn
United Kingdom Tony Quinn
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen		 McLaren MP4-12C GT3 296 +3.0541
3.8 L McLaren M838T twin-turbo V8
5 A 3 Germany Phoenix Racing Switzerland Rahel Frey
Germany René Rast
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor		 Audi R8 LMS Ultra 296 +36.9483
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
6 A 25 United States United Autosports United States Eric Lux
United States Mark Patterson
Germany Markus Winkelhock		 Audi R8 LMS Ultra 294 +2 laps
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
7 A 1 Australia Erebus Motorsport Germany Nico Bastian
Germany Maro Engel
Germany Bernd Schneider		 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 291 +5 laps
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
8 B 4 Australia Grove Motorsport New Zealand Earl Bamber
United Kingdom Ben Barker
Australia Stephen Grove		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 286 +10 laps
3.6 L Porsche H6
9 B 12 United States Competition Motorsports Australia David Calvert-Jones
Australia Alex Davison
United States Patrick Long		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 284 +12 laps
3.6 L Porsche H6
10 A 9 Australia Hallmarc Racing Australia Marc Cini
Australia Mark Eddy
Germany Christopher Mies		 Audi R8 LMS Ultra 278 +18 laps
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
11 B 19 Australia Nexus Racing Australia Damien Flack
Australia Rob Smith
Australia Shane Smollen		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 277 +19 laps
3.6 L Porsche H6
12 B 69 Australia Supabarn Supermarkets Racing Australia James Koundouris
Australia Theo Koundouris
Australia Steve Owen
Australia Max Twigg		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S 275 +21 laps
3.6 L Porsche H6
13 B 99 Australia Racing Incident Australia Eric Bana
Australia Peter Hill
Australia Simon Middleton		 Lamborghini Gallardo LP520 275 +21 laps
5.2 L Lamborghini V10
14 B 71 Australia Equity-One Racing Australia Dean Fiore
Australia Dean Grant
Australia Dean Koutsoumidis
Australia Michael Loccisano		 Audi R8 LMS 271 +25 laps
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
15 I 70 Australia MARC Cars Australia Australia Grant Denyer
Australia Adam Gowans
Australia Garry Jacobson
Australia Andrew Miedecke		 MARC Focus GTC 268 +28 laps
5.0 L Ford Coyote V8
16 D 22 New Zealand Richard Billington Racing New Zealand Richard Billington
New Zealand Stuart Owers
New Zealand Lewis Scott		 SEAT León Supercopa 247 +49 laps
2.0 L SEAT I4
17 I 50 Australia MARC Cars Australia Australia Jake Camilleri
Papua New Guinea Keith Kassulke
New Zealand Chris Pither		 MARC Focus GTC 246 +50 laps
5.0 L Ford Coyote V8
18 F 96 Australia Fiat Abarth Motorsport Australia Paul Gover
Australia Gregory Hede
Australia Mike Sinclair
Australia Luke Youlden		 Fiat Abarth 500 243 +53 laps
1.4 L Fire Turbojet I4
19 I 60 Australia MARC Cars Australia Australia Michael Benton
Australia Hadrian Morrall
Australia Dylan Thomas		 MARC Focus GTC 242 +54 laps
5.0 L Ford Coyote V8
20 D 28 Australia GWS Personnel Motorsport Australia Kean Booker
Australia Matt Chahda
Australia Peter O’Donnell
Australia Allan Shephard		 BMW 335i 238 +58 laps
3.0 L BMW N54 twin-turbo I6
21 B 51 Australia AMAC Motorsport Australia Andrew Macpherson
Australia Ben Porter
Australia Garth Walden		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S 237 +59 laps
3.6 L Porsche H6
22 F 95 Australia Fiat Abarth Motorsport Australia Clyde Campbell
Australia Joshua Dowling
Australia Toby Hagon
Australia Paul Stokell		 Fiat Abarth 500 236 +60 laps
1.4 L Fire Turbojet I4
23 D 66 New Zealand Motorsport Services New Zealand Michael Driver
Australia Guy Stewart
Australia Danny Stutterd		 SEAT León Supercopa 212 +84 laps
2.0 L SEAT I4
24 D 7 Australia Maximum Motorsport Australia Dean Herridge
Australia Angus Kennard
Australia John O'Dowd		 Subaru Impreza WRX STi 208 +88 laps
2.5 L Subaru H4
25 C 54 Australia Donut King Racing Australia Tony Alford
Australia Peter Leemhuis
Australia Mark O'Connor		 Lotus Exige Cup R 204 +92 laps
3.5 L Toyota 2GR-FE supercharged V6
26 B 35 Australia Team BRM Australia Andrew Fisher
Australia Indiran Padayachee
Australia Ric Shaw
Australia Aaron Zerefos		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 183 +113 laps
3.6 L Porsche H6
27 D 97 New Zealand Mortimer Motorsports United Kingdom Frank Lyons
United Kingdom Michael Lyons
New Zealand Andre Mortimer
New Zealand Warwick Mortimer		 BMW M3 GT4 126 +170 laps
4.0 L BMW S65 V8
28 F 59 Australia Fiat Abarth Motorsport Australia Matt Campbell
Australia Matt Cherry
Australia Luke Ellery		 Fiat Abarth 500 10 +286 laps
1.4 L Fire Turbojet I4
DNF D 65 Australia Daytona Sports Cars Australia Jamie Augustine
Australia Paul Freestone
Australia Benjamin Schoots		 Daytona Sportscar 236 Driveline
6.0 L GM LS1 V8
DNF B 67 New Zealand Motorsport Services New Zealand Jeff Lowrey
New Zealand Tony Richards
Australia Jonathon Venter		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 208 Crash
3.6 L Porsche H6
DNF B 45 Australia Team BRM Australia Barton Mawer
Australia Richard Muscat
Australia Duvashen Padayachee		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 190 Engine
3.6 L Porsche H6
DNF C 17 Australia Griffith Corporation P/L New Zealand Daniel Gaunt
Australia Mark Griffith
Australia Karl Reindler		 Ginetta G50 GT4 181 Engine
3.5 L Ford Cyclone V6
DNF B 6 Australia SAFE-T-STOP Australia Garth Duffy
Australia Richard Gartner
Australia Michael Hector
Australia Stuart Kostera		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 168 Overheating
3.6 L Porsche H6
DNF B 14 United States Rotek Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
United States Kevin Gleason
United Kingdom Rob Huff
United Kingdom Richard Meins		 Audi R8 LMS 91 Engine
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
DNF A 48 Australia M Motorsport Australia Ross Lilley
Australia Justin McMillan
New Zealand Steven Richards
Australia Dale Wood		 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 78 Crash
5.2 L Lamborghini V10
DNF C 55 United Kingdom Motionsport United Kingdom Ben Gower
United Kingdom Gordon Shedden
United Kingdom Pete Storey		 Lotus Exige S 68 Engine
3.5 L Toyota 2GR-FE supercharged V6
DNF A 32 Japan NISMO Athlete Global Team United Kingdom Alex Buncombe
Japan Katsumasa Chiyo
Australia Rick Kelly
Belgium Wolfgang Reip		 Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 58 Crash
3.8 L Nissan VR38DETT twin-turbo V6
DNF A 33 Singapore Clearwater Racing New Zealand Craig Baird
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
Japan Hiroshi Hamaguachi
Singapore Weng Sun Mok		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 57 Crash
4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8
DNF A 23 Australia Lago Racing Netherlands Peter Kox
Australia Roger Lago
Australia David Russell		 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 5 Hit Kangaroo
5.2 L Lamborghini V10
DNF D 42 Australia Motorline BMW Australia Angus Chapel
Australia Jason Clements
Australia Anthony Gilbertson		 BMW M3 GTR 1 Throttle
4.0 L BMW P60B40 V8
DNS B 68 New Zealand Motorsport Services Hong Kong Daniel Bilski
New Zealand David Glasson
New Zealand Marcus Mahy		 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Crash in Practice 3
3.6 L Porsche H6
DNS A 5 Australia Rod Salmon Racing Australia Jason Bright
Australia Warren Luff
Australia Rod Salmon
Australia Liam Talbot		 Audi R8 LMS Ultra Crash in Qualifying
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
DNS A 77 Italy AF Corse Italy Marco Cioci
Italy Michele Rugolo
Australia Steve Wyatt		 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Crash in Qualifying
4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8
DNS A 49 Australia Vicious Rumour Racing Australia Dean Canto
Australia Tony D'Alberto
Australia Tony Defelice
Australia 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. 1 2 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Official Event Programme, p. 34–35
  3. 1 2 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.
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