The 2023 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour was an endurance race for FIA GT3 cars and invited vehicles, staged at the

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in Bathurst,

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, on 5 February 2023. It was the opening round of five in the

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. The race was won by the SunEnergy1 AKKodis ASP Team entered Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo driven by Kenny Habul,

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and

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Entry list

Class structure

Entries were divided into classes based on car type and driver ratings. * Class A – GT3 (current-specification GT3 cars) ** Pro - for driving combinations with no driver category restrictions.2023 LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour Sporting and Technical Regulations - Issue 4, as archived at web.archive.org
/ref> ** Pro-Am - for driving combinations featuring two FIA Platinum-, FIA Gold- or FIA Silver-rated drivers and one or two FIA Bronze-rated drivers. ** Silver Cup - for driving combinations featuring only FIA Silver- and FIA Bronze-rated drivers ** Bronze - for driving combinations featuring only FIA Bronze-rated drivers. * Class I – Invitational class ** Class I will be open to MARC Cars, GT2 cars and GTC cars from one-make categories. ** Class I entries are required to have at least one FIA Bronze-rated driver. Class B was also available for entry for Porsche GT3 Cup cars and Class C was also available for entry for GT4 cars, however due to a lack of entries in both classes, Classes B & C were merged into Class I.

Entries

– The #50 Vantage Racing entry switched from a KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept to an Audi R8 LMS Evo II following an engine failure during Friday practice.

Entry list

Class structure

Entries

Qualifying

Qualifying

Top Ten Shootout

Race

Notes

References