2019 Bathurst 12 Hour
The 2019 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour was an endurance race staged on the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst, in New South Wales, Australia on 3 February 2019. The event was open to cars in GT and touring car classes, namely GT3 and GT4. It was the 17th running of the Bathurst 12 Hour, and the opening round of the 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge.
40 cars were entered and 38 cars started, with two entries withdrawn following crashes in practice.
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 B – GT3 Cup Cars
- Class C – GT4
- Class I – Invitational
No entries were recorded for Class AAM (GT3 Am) for driver combinations including only FIA Bronze drivers.
Official results
Stephen Grove, Brenton Grove and Ben Barker won Class B driving a Porsche 991 GT3 Cup.
Justin McMillan, Dean Lillie, Glen Wood and Elliot Barbour won Class C driving a KTM X-Bow GT4.
Adam Hargraves, Daniel Jilesen and Steve Owen won Class I driving a MARC II V8.
Bold denotes category winner.
- Race time of winning car: 12:02:08.4067
- Race distance of cars on the leaders lap: 1,204.632 mi (1,938.667 km)
- Fastest race lap: 2:03.5382 – Josh Burdon on lap 300