Victory for the #912 EBM Porsche at Bathurst

EBM's No. 911 Porsche 3 GT912-R of Werner-Olsen-Campbell is victorious at the Bathurst 12 Hour, but the crew is under investigation.

Published on 03/02/2019 à 13:58

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Victory for Porsche #912 EBM at Bathurst

Matt Campbell, Dirk Werner and Dennis Olsen won the Bathurst 12 Hours on Porsche 911 GT3-R n°912 d’EBM, mais les résultats restaient provisoires en raison d’un contact sur la BMW M6 GT3 de Chaz Mostert n°42 du Team Schnitzer survenu dans la dernière heure de course pour le gain de la 3e place. Les commissaires ont finalement décidé de ne pas sanctionner l’auteur de l’incident. Le record de distance a été battu avec 1938,5km couverts.

The provisional podium is completed by theAston Martin Vantage n°62 of R-Motorsport entrusted to Dennis-Vaxivière-Kirchhöfer and the Mercedes-AMG n°999 of Marciello-Buhk-Götz, Raffaele Marciello ahead of the n°888 of Team Vodafone entrusted to Shane van Gisgbergen (associated with Whincup-Lowndes) by 2 tenths.

However, it was EBM's sister car driven by Dumas-Müller-Jaminet which led in the ninth hour until a power steering problem forced the team to return it to the garage. The No. 912 then made the difference in strategy by trying to conserve as much fuel as possible.

La BMW de Mostert-Farfus-Tomczyk a complété le Top 5 devant la Bentley Continental n°108 du Team M-Sport de Soucek-Soulet-Abril.

The Pro-Am victory went to the Ferrari 488 n°51 of Spirit of Race driven by Dalla Lana-Lamy-Lauda.

Discover the report of the Bathurst 12 Hours in issue 2202 of AUTOhebdo, available from Monday evening in digital version on all platforms, and from this Wednesday on newsstands.