Christer Jöns, Christopher Mies and Darryl O'Young converted their pole position effort of yesterday into a win at the Bathurst 12 Hour race, giving Audi a second consecutive victory at Mount Panorama.
The margin of victory was just 1min13s, and the battle with Ferrari and Mercedes – through rain, fog and spins – hard fought.
The Maranello Racing Ferrari 458 of Simonsen/Farnbacher/Bowe/Edwards seemed to have pace, but could not overcome the consistency of the No. 1 Phoenix Racing Audi in the long run. Not even a spin from the eventual winners could upset their race.
In the end, it was the Erebus Racing Mercedes SLS of Slade/Bleekmolen/Hackett/Curtis that came home second, in front of the Clearwater Racing Ferrari 458 of Sun/Baird/Griffin.
Race results – Bathurst 12 Hour (Mount Panorama, Australia)
1 Jöns/Mies/O’Young (Audi R8 LMS), 270 laps in 12h 03m 31.375s
2 Slade/Bleekemolen/Hackett/Curtis (Mercedes) + 1m 13.284s
3 Sun/Baird/Griffin (Ferrari) - 2 laps
4 Tinkler/Johnson/Richards (Porsche) - 16 laps
5 O’Donnell/Niall/McLennon (Porsche) - 26 laps
6 Alford/Leemhuis/Beechey (Porsche) - 33 laps
7 Pye/Barbour/Pither (Holden) - 39 laps
8 Thomlinson/Dippie/Maddren (Porsche) - 42 laps
9 Thomson/Klien/Harley (Lotus) - 43 laps
10 Newman/Lillie/Atkinson (Holden) - 48 laps
Source: Audi Motorsport
The margin of victory was just 1min13s, and the battle with Ferrari and Mercedes – through rain, fog and spins – hard fought.
The Maranello Racing Ferrari 458 of Simonsen/Farnbacher/Bowe/Edwards seemed to have pace, but could not overcome the consistency of the No. 1 Phoenix Racing Audi in the long run. Not even a spin from the eventual winners could upset their race.
In the end, it was the Erebus Racing Mercedes SLS of Slade/Bleekmolen/Hackett/Curtis that came home second, in front of the Clearwater Racing Ferrari 458 of Sun/Baird/Griffin.
Race results – Bathurst 12 Hour (Mount Panorama, Australia)
1 Jöns/Mies/O’Young (Audi R8 LMS), 270 laps in 12h 03m 31.375s
2 Slade/Bleekemolen/Hackett/Curtis (Mercedes) + 1m 13.284s
3 Sun/Baird/Griffin (Ferrari) - 2 laps
4 Tinkler/Johnson/Richards (Porsche) - 16 laps
5 O’Donnell/Niall/McLennon (Porsche) - 26 laps
6 Alford/Leemhuis/Beechey (Porsche) - 33 laps
7 Pye/Barbour/Pither (Holden) - 39 laps
8 Thomlinson/Dippie/Maddren (Porsche) - 42 laps
9 Thomson/Klien/Harley (Lotus) - 43 laps
10 Newman/Lillie/Atkinson (Holden) - 48 laps
Source: Audi Motorsport