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Starting grid: LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour

04 Feb 2023
Four brands represented in the top six
3 mins by James Pavey

The 2023 LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour grid is set, with four brands represented in the top six.

Maro Engel took his second 12 Hour pole with a stunning record-breaking lap in the Pirelli Top 10 Shootout.

Engel will start the #999 GruppeM Mercedes-AMG when the race starts at 5:45am local time.

The German will be joined on the front row by countryman Maximilian Gotz.

Gotz is sharing the #888 Supercheap Auto Mercedes-AMG with Shane van Gisbergen and Broc Feeney.

Feeney qualified the #888 in second ahead of Matt Campbell (#912 Porsche) and Jules Gounon (#75 Mercedes-AMG).

The 2023 grid is comprised of 24 cars following the withdrawals of the #52 MARC and #66 SIN.

The #52 MARC was ruled out following Keith Kassulke's big Friday practice crash at The Chase.

Shane Woodman crashed the SIN heavily during practice at Brock's Skyline on Saturday.

The #32 BMW and #74 Audi were disqualified from the Shootout results over separate breaches.

It promoted the #65 Audi to fifth, #46 BMW to sixth, #44 Mercedes-AMG to seventh and #77 Mercedes-AMG to eighth.

There have also been technical adjustments regarding tyres and Balance of Performance per the SRO.

The minimum tyre pressure requirement has been changed to 1.85 bar for each tyre after eight green laps in a stint.

The previous rule had been 1.40 bar for each tyre when leaving pit lane and on the starting grid.

Regarding BoP, the Mercedes-AMGs have had 10kg added to their BoP ballast, while Porsche has had 5kg added.

The Audis, the BMWs, and the Lamborghinis, have had 10kg removed.

2023 LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour starting grid

Note: The driver listed first will start the race

Key: P (Pro), PAM (Pro-Am), SIL (Silver), INV (Invitational)

Pos

No.

Class

Brand

Drivers

1

999

P

Mercedes-AMG

Engel, Grenier, Marciello

2

888

P

Mercedes-AMG

Gotz, Feeney, van Gisbergen

3

912

P

Porsche

Preining, Campbell, Jaminet

4

75

P

Mercedes-AMG

Stolz, Gounon, Habul

5

65

PAM

Audi

Talbot, Mostert, Ross

6

46

P

BMW

Farfus, Martin, Rossi

7

44

SIL

Mercedes-AMG

Padayachee, Zalloua, Pires, Cameron

8

77

P

Mercedes-AMG

Ellis, Juncadella, Catsburg

9

32

P

BMW

Vanthoor, van der Linde, Weerts

10

74

P

Audi

Haase, Niederhauser, Drudi

11

6

SIL

Lamborghini

Wall, D'Alberto, Denyer, Deitz

12

55

PAM

Audi

Vervisch, Golding, Schumacher

13

10

SIL

Audi

O'Keeffe, Gaunt, Fawcett

14

47

SIL

Audi

Russell, T.Koundouris, Webb, J.Koundouris

15

99

PAM

Mercedes-AMG

Whincup, Stanaway, Ibrahim

16

777

PAM

Audi

Feller, Mies, Shahin

17

222

PAM

Mercedes-AMG

Davison, Davison, Emery, Taylor

18

24

PAM

Mercedes-AMG

Reynolds, Love, Bates

19

101

SIL

Mercedes-AMG

Hunt, Poulakis, Hui, Tse

20

4

PAM

Porsche

B.Grove, De Pasquale, S.Grove

21

9

PAM

Audi

Holdsworth, Fiore, Cini

22

50

SIL

Audi

Wood, Harrison, Crampton

23

19

INV

Mercedes

Schiller, Pancione, Griffith

24

111

INV

MARC

Taunton, Currie, Donaldson

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