Endurance: Mercedes wins Bathurst 12 Hour

Five-time DTM champion Bernd Schneider, Thomas Jaeger and Alex Roloff have won the Bathurst 12 Hour this weekend, in Australia, aboard their Erebus Motorsport Mercedes SLS AMG GT3.

Rain came down hard near the end of the race, but couldn't knock the No. 36 entry off the lead.

The No. 36 winning Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 (Photo: Nathan Wong)

Erebus Motorsport's second entry, the No. 63, started on pole but slid from second to sixth late in the race because of a contact.

This opened the door for Craig Baird, Matt Griffin and Mok Weng Sung to place their Clearwater Racing Ferrari 458 GT3 in second place.

Third place was the affair of Shane van Gisbergen, Klark Quinn and Matt Kingsley, in the No. 5 VIP Porsche 911 GT3 R.



Race results – Bathurst 12 Hour (Australia)
1.Erebus Motorsports (No. 36 Mercedes SLMS AMG GT3) 268 laps in 12 hours, 2 minutes, 34 seconds
2.Clearwater Racing (No. 33 Ferrari F458) + 1 lap
3.VIP Petfoods (No. 5 Porsche 911 GT3 R) +1 lap
4.Phoenix Racing (No. 1 Audi R8 LMS Ultra GT) + 2 laps
5.Network Clothing (No. 9 Audi R8 LMS Ultra GT) + 6 laps
6.Erebus Motorsport (No. 63 Mercedes SLS AMG GT3) + 6 laps
7.AF Corse SRL (No. 58 Ferrari F458) + 8 laps
8.Peter Conroy Motorsport (No. 14 Audi R8 LMS Ultra GT) + 7 laps
9.Hunter Sports Group (No. 30 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup) + 10 laps
10.Equity-One Mortgage Fund (No. 71 Audi R8 LMS Ultra GT) + 12 laps
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