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2017 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour

Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit
The race and Class APP-winning Ferrari 488 GT3 of Toni Vilander, Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup.

The 2017 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour endurance race was a motorsport event for GT3 cars, GT3 Cup cars, GT4 cars and invited vehicles. It was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, near Bathurst, in New South Wales, Australia on 5 February 2017. The race, which was the 15th running of the Bathurst 12 Hour, was the opening round of the 2017 Intercontinental GT Challenge Series. For the first time, the winners of the race were awarded the Australian Tourist Trophy.[1]

Of the 2016 winning drivers, Shane van Gisbergen moved from Tekno Autosports and McLaren to Scott Taylor Motorsport's Mercedes-AMG GT3, prepared by HTP Motorsport with factory Mercedes backing, Álvaro Parente remained with Tekno Autosports and Tekno team owner Jonathon Webb did not drive.[2]

The GT4 Class expanded for 2017 with eight entries, the Porsche Cayman, KTM X-Bow GT4, Ginetta G55 and Aston Martin Vantage GT4.

55 cars were entered (the largest field since the 2007 revival) and 51 cars started, with four entries withdrawn following crashes in practice and qualifying.

The race was won by Craig Lowndes, Jamie Whincup and Toni Vilander driving a Ferrari 488 GT3 entered by Maranello Motorsport.

Class structure

2017 the first year all-professional driver rosters were permitted. Previously, teams were required one unseeded driver in each entry.[3]

Cars competed in the following four classes.

Official results

Bold denotes category winner.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Tourist Trophy awarded to B12H winners". Speedcafe. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  2. ^ Lomas, Gordon (24 January 2017). "Tekno finalise drivers for twin McLaren B12H raid". Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Bathurst 12 Hour to adopt all-pro class". Speedcafe. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour 2017 - Result of 12 Hour" (PDF). raceresults.nu. 6 February 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Entry List". Bathurst 12 Hour. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Campbell added to Competition squad". Bathurst 12 Hour official website.
  7. ^ Howard, Tom (29 August 2016). "Hobson, Wall combine for Nissan GT-R program". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Bernd Schneider confirmed for HTP Mercedes squad". speedcafe.com. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  9. ^ Smith, Colin (18 January 2017). "Bathurst on bucket list". driven.co.nz. Retrieved 6 February 2017.

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