2022 Bathurst 12 Hour

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Bottom post of the previous page:

Van der Linde sets Friday pace in the dusk/night session

Kelvin van der Linde has dominated the 12 Hour’s first ever night practice session to ive Audi a clean sweep of every session. He was the only driver today to dip into the 3's with a 2:03.9569. Chaz Mostert (#65 Coinspot Audi R8 Evo II) split the internationals to go second, and Gounon’s time would be bumped to fourth by a last-ditch effort from Maro Engel (#91 Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3). Markus Winkelhock (#777 Audi Sport Team Valvoline Audi R8 Evo II) rounded out the top five,

Only 19 cars took part with the Supabarn Audi crashed earlier in the day yet to reappear.

Results: Practice 4

Pos # Team Driver Car Class Fastest lap Gap
1 74 Audi Sport Team Valvoline K.van der Linde/N.Berthon Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 2:03.9569
2 65 Coinspot C.Mostert/L.Talbot Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 2:04.2950 +0.3381
3 91 Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing M.Engel/D.Juncadella Mercedes AMG GT3 APA 2:04.3501 +0.3932
4 75 SunEnergy1 Racing L.Stolz/J.Gounon Mercedes AMG GT3 APA 2:04.4064 +0.4495
5 777 Audi Sport Team Valvoline Markus Winkelhock Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 2:04.9212 +0.9643
6 24 Tony Bates Racing D.Reynolds/T.Bates Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 2:05.2554 +1.2985
7 4 Grove Racing B.Barker/B.Grove Porsche 911 GT3R APA 2:05.4519 +1.4950
8 17 Team BRM N.Percat/J.Mawson Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 2:05.7521 +1.7952
9 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering Broc Feeney Mercedes AMG GT3 APA 2:05.8453 +1.8884
10 6 Wall Racing T.D’Alberto/D.Wall Lamborghini Huracan GT3 APA 2:06.6945 +2.7376
11 19 Nineteen Corporation Pty Ltd J.Perkins/W.Brown Mercedes AMG GT3 APA 2:06.7649 +2.8080
12 9 Hallmarc L.Holdsworth/D.Fiore Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 2:07.4046 +3.4477
13 45 RAM Motorsport G.Walden/B.Hobson Mercedes AMG GT3 AAM 2:08.0106 +4.0537
14 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Alex Davison Porsche 991 GT3 Gen II C 2:08.5953 +4.6384
15 50 M Motorsport/ Vantage Racing G.Wood/D.Wood KTM X-Bow GT2 I 2:09.4189 +5.4620
16 55 Valmont Racing D.Padayachee/S.Pires Mercedes AMG GT3 AAM 2:09.4550 +5.4981
17 95 MARC Cars Australia G.Taunton/J.Camilleri MARC II V8 I 2:10.7275 +6.7706
18 52 Wheels/ FX Racing PNG Keith Kassulke MARC II V8 I 2:14.2927 +10.3358
19 11 Our Kloud-UpTo11 Motorsport I.Padayachee/E.Constantindis/A.Zerefos Porsche 991 GT3 Gen II C 2:21.5993 +17.6424



Just read that non Antipodeans can watch all of the Bathurst 12 Hour action live and free on https://motorsport.tv/ (not available to viewers in Australia and New Zealand).

In Addition SRO’s GT WORLD YouTube Channel ( https://www.youtube.com/gtworld ) will stream the event in its entirety.

International streaming will also be available via several other locations, including the Bathurst 12 Hour website and Facebook page.
Click this link for details https://www.bathurst12hour.com.au/news/ ... t-12-hour/

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Practice 3

Supabarn Audi crashes,

The red flag came 15 minutes into the scheduled 40-minute session with Theo Koundouris in the wall at the top of the Mountain in the #47 Supabarn Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II.

The car got sideways through Reid Park before slapping into the concrete wall on driver’s right just before the Grate, causing heavy damage to the right rear.

The car suffered irreparable (on site) chassis damage and wont be able to run......

However.....

.MPC to revive Supabarn B12H entry with spare Audi
The entry’s hopes have been kept alive with Audi Sport Customer Racing Australia to ship one of their spare R8s to Mount Panorama from Melbourne.

Notably, the car which is on its way is an Evo I specification and will have to be upgraded to the Evo II spec on the ground at Bathurst. Team boss Troy Russell says it will be a tight turnaround with all the work that has to be done but is confident the Supabarn car will at least be able to start from pit lane on Sunday morning.“This [car] is out, unfortunately, it’s got chassis damage on the right rear there.” Russell explained:

“We’ve got another car at work [Melbourne Performance Centre] which is actually only an Evo I so we’ve got to update it to Evo II when it arrives.

“So it’s going to be a big day, but we’ve just got permission to start from pit lane Sunday morning, so we’ll get it here; it’s basically being loaded on a tilt tray now.

“We’ll try and get to quali but there’s a lot of stuff to swap over, all the telemetry stuff, all the BoP logging, the radios, the drinks system, the cameras.

“There’s a bit to do, but anyway, we’ll press on and get it done.

“If we can make quali well and good, if we can’t we’ll start pit lane on Sunday. It’s on its way now.

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LIVE STREAM INFO FOR OVERSEAS (Non Aus /NZ)

SRO’s GT WORLD YouTube Channel ( https://www.youtube.com/gtworld ) will stream the event in its entirety.

International streaming will also be available via several other locations, including the Bathurst 12 Hour website and Facebook page.
Click this link for details https://www.bathurst12hour.com.au/news/ ... t-12-hour/

Or another live stream is on this page. (Geo blocked for me to I cant post the actual youtube links that you will see on the page)
http://www.radiolemans.co/2022/05/12/bathurst-12h-2022/

2 links on that page, , one for Saturday, one for Sunday.
Despite being from Radio Le Mans they are video links.


Qualifying gets under way at midday local time.
Race start on Sunday is 5:00am local (Coverage starts at 5:00, race at 5:15am)

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Breaking News: Craft Bamboo likely to miss qualifying following engine change

Team Craft-Bamboo Racing, the only International entry, is likely to miss Bathurst 12 Hour qualifying after taking its car off-site for an engine change.

During Friday’s practice running the team, which is a top contender, noticed ‘irregularities’ and consulted with the Mercedes-AMG factory in Germany.

The conclusion was met that the engine should be replaced, with the decision to take the #91 Mercedes-AMG GT3 off-site to perform the job safely on a car hoist.

It is likely the Maro Engel/Daniel Juncadella/Kevin Tse entry will miss qualifying, which begins at 13:20 local time/AEST.

Its a long race though and will a bit of luck with SCs and strategy breaks a pit lane start can be overcome.

Especially as this year there is a new "lucky dog" ruling.....

All lapped cars will be given a free pass under Safety Car conditions for this year’s race.

The introduction of the wave-by, colloquially known as the ‘Lucky Dog’, is designed to keep as many Class A GT3 competitors in the running for outright honours as possible.

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Winkelhock blitzes P5

A couple of no shows for P5 but nothing unexpected.... they were the Craft Bamboo car (see post above) and the being rebuilt Supabarn Audi crashed yesterday, both anticipated to miss the session.

Winkelhock did a 2:03.1336, certainly the fastest lap this year, and indeed just shy of the 2019 race pole position.

Two red flags for crashes interrupted things..... one where Hadrian Morrell found the wall in the dipper, but managed to returnthe damaged carto the pits with the red to clear debris, the other when Mark Rosser came unstuck at the top of The Mountain.

Sharing the #17 Audi R8 Evo II with Nick Percat and Joey Mawson, Rosser was not able to carry on and remained stranded on track.

In the end, it was Ben Barker (#4 Porsche) who wound up as Winkelhock’s nearest threat, on a 2:03.6543s which kept him fractionally ahead of Jules Gounon (#75 Mercedes) in third.



Results: Practice 5

Pos # Team Driver Car Class Fastest lap Gap
1 777 Audi Sport Team Valvoline M.Winkelhock/R.Feller Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 2:03.1336
2 4 Grove Racing B.Barker/B.Grove Porsche 911 GT3R APA 2:03.6543 +0.5207
3 75 SunEnergy1 Racing L.Stolz/J.Gounon/M.Konrad Mercedes AMG GT3 APA 2:03.6695 +0.5359
4 24 Tony Bates Racing D.Reynolds/T.Bates Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 2:03.9725 +0.8389
5 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering S.van Gisbergen/B.Feeney/J.Ibrahim Mercedes AMG GT3 APA 2:04.3615 +1.2279
6 65 Coinspot F.Ross/L.Talbot Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 2:04.6172 +1.4836
7 19 Nineteen Corporation Pty Ltd J.Perkins/W.Brown Mercedes AMG GT3 APA 2:04.6665 +1.5329
8 74 Audi Sport Team Valvoline Nathanael Berthon Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 2:04.8160 +1.6824
9 55 Valmont Racing D.Padayachee/S.Pires/M.Zalloua Mercedes AMG GT3 AAM 2:06.3421 +3.2085
10 95 MARC Cars Australia J.Camilleri/D.Fraser MARC II V8 I 2:06.4554 +3.3218
11 9 Hallmarc D.Fiore/M.Cini Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 2:06.5041 +3.3705
12 17 Team BRM Mark Rosser Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 2:07.3550 +4.2214
13 45 RAM Motorsport M.Sheargold/G.Walden Mercedes AMG GT3 AAM 2:08.6073 +5.4737
14 50 M Motorsport/ Vantage Racing D.Crampton/T.Harrison KTM X-Bow GT2 I 2:09.3731 +6.2395
15 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport S.Taylor/C.Lowndes/G.Emery Porsche 991 GT3 Gen II C 2:09.7832 +6.6496
16 6 Wall Racing A.Deitz/G.Denyer Lamborghini Huracan GT3 APA 2:11.6225 +8.4889
17 11 Our Kloud-UpTo11 Motorsport I.Padayachee/E.Constantindis/A.Zerefos Porsche 991 GT3 Gen II C 2:17.4822 +14.3486
18 52 Wheels/ FX Racing PNG Hadrian Morrall MARC II V8 I 2:22.2773 +19.1437


One more practice and then it gets serious with Qualifying followed by the Top 10 Shootout.

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@erwin greven@Cheeveer@Vassagoand others who might be looking to follow the racing this weekend.


I checked to make sure the International stream is running ok.... logged in via the VPN on my PC.. All good.

This link is running now and showing the supports atm. (Currently Aussie Race Cars.)

Full Schedule here: https://www.bathurst12hour.com.au/schedule/

Qualy starts in 45 minutes. 13:20 local

This is the link for today.... a different link will be up for the race tomorrow.

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Q1 underway now. (Am / Bronze) drivers only in this session

Good to see the BASF retro type livery is running again on the #6 Lambo. Reminds me of the old M1 that ran BASF livery in Procar many moons ago....



And the #6 Wall Racing Lambo running at Bathurst

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It seems Theo Koundouris who crashed the #47 Supabarn Audi heavily yesterday is to sit out the Bathurst 12 Hour race.

While he is okay, Koundouris has not been cleared to race by the medical team. Maybe he got a concussion I dont know.

That means the originally four-car entry will now be down to the trio of Theo’s brother James Koundouris, David Russell and Paul Stokell.

The car, which as mentioned previously, has undergone a full rebuild into a new chassis shipped up from Melbourne, has been finished and made it out for qualifying.

As expected the Craft Bamboo Mercedes which is undergoing an engine change will miss qualy and start from pitlane.

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Qualy was interrupted by reds and with the new format of qualifying for the shootout (and qualifying for grid position for those that dont get to the shootout,) by means of the qualifying time being an aggregate qualifying format, with the times from the Am / Bronze drivers in each car being added to the fastest lap time per car for the all drivers Q2 session.

Liam Talbot (Sharing with Chaz Mosterthad a bit of luck in being the fastest Q1 (Bronze) driver thanks to a Red flag in the last minute.... Schumacher in the #74 Audi he shares with Van der Linde was on a flyer but the red flag screwed it.

Anyway bottom line is Mostert /Talbot car has provisional pole.

Results: Aggregate qualifying.... those in blue will form the top 10 shoutout. Grid positions 11 down in black.

Pos # Team Driver Car Class Combined time Gap
1 65 Coinspot C.Mostert/L.Talbot Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 4:08.5891
2 74 Audi Sport Team Valvoline K.van der Linde/B.Schumacher Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 4:08.9259 +0.3368
3 777 Audi Sport Team Valvoline R.Feller/Y.Shahin Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 4:09.2725 +0.6834
4 75 SunEnergy1 Racing J.Gounon/M.Konrad Mercedes AMG GT3 APA 4:09.7717 +1.1826
5 45 RAM Motorsport B.Hobson/G.Walden Mercedes AMG GT3 AAM 4:11.2551 +2.6660
6 4 Grove Racing B.Barker/S.Grove Porsche 911 GT3R APA 4:12.7094 +4.1203
7 55 Valmont Racing D.Padayachee/S.Pires Mercedes AMG GT3 AAM 4:13.8589 +5.2698
8 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering S.van Gisbergen/J.Ibrahim Mercedes AMG GT3 APA 4:13.9941 +5.4050
9 6 Wall Racing T.D’Alberto/G.Denyer Lamborghini Huracan GT3 APA 4:14.5492 +5.9601
10 9 Hallmarc L.Holdsworth/M.Cini Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 4:14.9955 +6.4064

11 19 Nineteen Corporation Pty Ltd W.Brown/M.Griffith Mercedes AMG GT3 APA 4:15.9068 +7.3177
12 50 M Motorsport/ Vantage Racing D.Wood/T.Harrison KTM X-Bow GT2 I 4:16.1244 +7.5353
13 52 Wheels/ FX Racing PNG Z.Morse/K.Kassulke MARC II V8 I 4:18.1303 +9.5412
14 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport A.Davison/G.Emery Porsche 991 GT3 Gen II C 4:18.5107 +9.9296
15 11 Our Kloud-UpTo11 Motorsport E.Constantindis/A.Zerefos Porsche 991 GT3 Gen II C 4:30.5381 +21.9490
16 24 Tony Bates Racing D.Reynolds/T.Bates Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 5:33.7884 +1:25.1993
17 47 Supabarn D.Russell/P.Stokell Audi R8 GT3 Evo II AAM – –


Results: Qualifying 1

Pos # Team Driver Car Class Fastest lap Gap
1 65 Coinspot Liam Talbot Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 2:05.5296
2 45 RAM Motorsport Garth Walden Mercedes AMG GT3 AAM 2:05.8106 +0.2810
3 74 Audi Sport Team Valvoline Brad Schumacher Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 2:06.1144 +0.5848
4 75 SunEnergy1 Racing Martin Konrad Mercedes AMG GT3 APA 2:06.3900 +0.8604
5 777 Audi Sport Team Valvoline Yasser Shahin Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 2:06.5999 +1.0703
6 24 Tony Bates Racing Tony Bates Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 2:06.9832 +1.4536
7 47 Supabarn Paul Stokell Audi R8 GT3 Evo II AAM 2:08.2727 +2.7431
8 4 Grove Racing Stephen Grove Porsche 911 GT3R APA 2:08.2779 +2.7483
9 50 M Motorsport/ Vantage Racing Trent Harrison KTM X-Bow GT2 I 2:08.3293 +2.7997
10 55 Valmont Racing Sergio Pires Mercedes AMG GT3 AAM 2:08.9376 +3.4080
11 6 Wall Racing Grant Denyer Lamborghini Huracan GT3 APA 2:09.2745 +3.7449
12 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering Jefri Ibrahim Mercedes AMG GT3 APA 2:09.9150 +4.3854
13 9 Hallmarc Marc Cini Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 2:10.5657 +5.0361
14 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Geoff Emery Porsche 991 GT3 Gen II C 2:10.7722 +5.2426
15 52 Wheels/ FX Racing PNG Keith Kassulke MARC II V8 I 2:10.8012 +5.2716
16 19 Nineteen Corporation Pty Ltd Mark Griffith Mercedes AMG GT3 APA 2:11.3094 +5.7798
17 11 Our Kloud-UpTo11 Motorsport Aaron Zerefos Porsche 991 GT3 Gen II C 2:15.9099 +10.4247

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STOP PRESS: Bathurst 12 Hour organisers have made a last-minute change to the format of Saturday’s Top 10 Shootout.

Basically it is no longer a one lap dash as a normal shootout.

It seems the 10 have been split into two groups of 5 (1-5 and 6-10) Each group will have a 15 minute session to set their best time.
Any of the ten can still take pole.

It seems the reason for the change was amid concern over tyre warm-up in a one-lap dash shootout.

A change to the regulations has seen the pre-heating of tyres at this year’s event banished, with drivers reporting at least four laps is needed to get tyres to the optimal temperature.

A few teams agreed the change to the shootout procedure was necessary. The long tyre warmup required would mean the cars would be setting their time with only one warm up lap. At best a safety risk for what is a 12 hour race

The 15-minute window will allow each driver enough time in the Shootout / top 10 to reach those temperatures and put in at least one flying lap.

I can see the sense in it although I will miss the shootout countdown aspect.

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So the bottom five of the top ten are now out on track for 15 minutes to set their fastest lap.

Thats these cars from 6-10 are out with the faster driver (shown) at the wheel:

# 4 Grove Racing B.Barker/ Porsche 911 GT3R APA 4:12.7094 +4.1203
#55 Valmont Racing D.Padayachee/ Mercedes AMG GT3 AAM 4:13.8589 +5.2698
#888 Triple Eight Race Engineering S.van Gisbergen Mercedes AMG GT3 APA 4:13.9941 +5.4050
# 6 Wall Racing T.D’Alberto Lamborghini Huracan GT3 APA 4:14.5492 +5.9601
# 9 Hallmarc L.Holdsworth Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 4:14.9955 +6.4064

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with 6 minutes to go Barker is fastest from Holdsworth Padayachee SVG and D'Alberto but now is the time for their best laps on warmed tyres.

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At the moment after the end of the first (6-10 session)

its SVG with a 2:03.638
Holdsworth +0.384
Barker +0.532
Padayachee +0.995
D'Alberto +1.052

Next out will be the faster group from pos 1-5 in qualy.

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Mostert has done a 2:02.675 from Van der Linde Feller and Gounon


Edit Van der Linde does a faster 2:02

its all down to Mostert now on his last lap. He has to find 6/100

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MOSTERT POLE with a 2:02.4983 to win pole by 8/100ths.

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Results: Top 10 Shootout

Pos # Team Driver Car Class Fastest lap Gap
1 65 Coinspot Chaz Mostert Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 2:02.4930
2 74 Audi Sport Team Valvoline Kelvin van der Linde Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 2:02.5788 +0.0858
3 75 SunEnergy1 Racing Jules Gounon Mercedes AMG GT3 APA 2:03.2192 +0.7262
4 777 Audi Sport Team Valvoline Ricardo Feller Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 2:03.3380 +0.8450
5 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering Shane van Gisbergen Mercedes AMG GT3 APA 2:03.6381 +1.1451
6 9 Hallmarc Lee Holdsworth Audi R8 GT3 Evo II APA 2:04.0224 +1.5294
7 4 Grove Racing Ben Barker Porsche 911 GT3R APA 2:04.1710 +1.6780
8 55 Valmont Racing Duvashen Padayachee Mercedes AMG GT3 AAM 2:04.6340 +2.1410
9 6 Wall Racing Tony D’Alberto Lamborghini Huracan GT3 APA 2:04.6908 +2.1978
10 45 RAM Motorsport Brett Hobson Mercedes AMG GT3 AAM 2:04.7550

But its tomorrow when the money is earnt.


Now for a quick channel / Stream change to the Monaco Historic GP Qualifying. (Stream details for that in the Monaco Historic thread in Nostalgia)