Campbell puts Porsche on top in Bathurst 12 Hour Practice 5

Matt Campbell has given the Manthey EMA Porsche squad top spot in Practice 5 at the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour.

The 2019 race winner was one of three drivers to break into the ‘twos’ during the hour-long Saturday morning session at Mount Panorama, the others being SunEnergy1’s Jules Gounon and Triple Eight Race Engineering’s Richie Stanaway, both behind the wheel of Mercedes-AMGs.

Campbell set a late 2:02.7513s to top the session by 0.0769s, with Stanaway 0.1061s off the pace in his Bathurst 12 Hour debut.

The session got underway at 08:35 local time but a red flag was deployed before anyone had a chance to set a lap due to the #101 Volante Rosso Motorsport Mercedes-AMG stopping on-track.

Once pit lane opened again, Broc Feeney set the fastest initial flyer of a 2:07.7042s in the Supercheap Auto-backed #888 Triple Eight Mercedes-AMG.

He clocked a 2:04.4861s next time through and then pitted to make way for Shane van Gisbergen, during which time Christopher Haase took over top spot with a 2:04.1543s in the #74 Melbourne Performance Centre Audi.

One Audi replaced another in first position when Frederic Vervisch wheeled the #55 Schumacher Motorsport entry to a 2:03.9568s, the fastest lap of the weekend to that point, before a rush of new fastest laps.

No sooner had Jamie Whincup set a 2:03.9232s in the #99 Triple Eight Mercedes-AMG, Gounon set a 2:03.7754s in the #75 Mercedes-AMG and then Thomas Preining a 2:03.4562s in the #912 Manthey EMA Porsche.

Gounon raised the bar even further when he nailed a 2:02.8282s at the end of the third run for Car #75, but it took almost a quarter of an hour before he was joined in the ‘twos’ when Stanaway drove the #99 Mercedes-AMG to a 2:02.8574s in the 46th minute.

Campbell bettered both with a 2:02.7513s in the #912 Porsche with four minutes remaining and, with Luca Stolz subsequently driving the SunEnergy1 entry into the garage, Manthey EMA would remain on top.

GruppeM Racing took fourth thanks to Raffaele Marciello’s 2:03.1698s in the #999 Mercedes-AMG with the chequered flag out, with the #74 Audi ending up fifth on a 2:03.3574s.

Rounding out the top 10 were the #47 Supabarn Audi, the #888 Mercedes-AMG, the #32 Team WRT BMW, the #46 Team WRT BMW, and the #65 MPC Audi, with the #55 Audi finishing 11th-fastest.

The sixth and final practice session takes place later this morning at 10:50 local time/AEDT.

Results: Practice 5 All drivers

Pos	Num	Team/Sponsor	Driver(s)	Car	Cls	Fastest lap	Split
1	912	Manthey EMA	M.Campbell/M.Jaminet/T.Preining	Porsche GT3 R Spec 2	PRO	2:02.7513
2	75	Sun Energy 1	J.Gounon/L.Stolz	Mercedes Benz AMG GT	PRO	2:02.8282	0:00.0769
3	99	Boost Mobile Racing	J.Whincup/R.Stanaway	Mercedes Benz AMG GT	PAM	2:02.8574	0:00.1061
4	999	GruppeM Racing	M.Engel/M.Grenier/R.Marciello	Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO	PRO	2:03.1698	0:00.4185
5	74	The Bend Motorsport Park / MPC	C.Haase/P.Niederhauser/M.Drudi	Audi R8 LMS Evo 2	PRO	2:03.3574	0:00.6061
6	47	Supabarn Team MPC	D.Russell/T.Koundouris	Audi R8 LMS Evo 2	SIL	2:03.4245	0:00.6732
7	888	Supercheap Auto Racing	S.van Gisbergen/B.Feeney/M.Goetz	Mercedes Benz AMG GT	PRO	2:03.4428	0:00.6915
8	32	Team WRT	S.van der Linde/D.Vanthoor/C.Weerts	BMW M4GT3	PRO	2:03.6436	0:00.8923
9	46	Team WRT	A.Farfus/M.Martin/V.Rossi	BMW M4GT3	PRO	2:03.8293	0:01.0780
10	65	Sportsbet Team MPC	C.Mostert/F.Ross/L.Talbot	Audi R8 LMS Evo 2	PAM	2:03.8785	0:01.1272
11	55	FUCHS Lubricants Racing	B.Schumacher/F.Vervisch	Audi R8 LMS Evo 2	PAM	2:03.9568	0:01.2055
12	77	Mercedes-AMG Craft-Bamboo	D.Juncadella/P.Ellis/N.Catsburg	Mercedes-AMG GT3	PRO	2:04.1021	0:01.3508
13	777	The Bend Motorsport Park / MPC	C.Mies/R.Feller/Y.Shahin	Audi R8 LMS Evo 2	PAM	2:04.5317	0:01.7804
14	24	Tony Bates Racing /Makita	J.Love/D.Reynolds	Mercedes-AMG GT3	PAM	2:04.8457	0:02.0944
15	4	Grove Racing	A.De Pasquale/B.Grove/S.Grove	Porsche  911 GT3R	PAM	2:05.2541	0:02.5028
16	10	MYLAND Team IMS	D.Gaunt/A.Fawcet	Audi R8 LMS Evo 2	SIL	2:05.5517	0:02.8004
17	9	Hallmarc Team MPC	L.Holdsworth/D.Fiore/M.Cini	Audi R8 LMS Evo 2	PAM	2:05.5775	0:02.8262
18	6	Wall Racing	D.Wall/A.Deitz	Lamborghini Huracan	SIL	2:06.2057	0:03.4544
19	101	Harrolds Volante Rosso M’Sport	R.Poulakis/J.Hui	Mercedes Benz AMG GT	SIL	2:07.4646	0:04.7133
20	44	Valmont Racing	M.Zalloua/S.Pires	Mercedes Benz AMG GT	SIL	2:07.8128	0:05.0615
21	111	111Racing/MRA Motorsport	G.Taunton/D.Currie/G.Donaldson	MARC I Mazda	INV	2:11.9173	0:09.1660
22	19	Nineteen Corporation	C.Pancione/F.Schiller	Mercedes Benz	INV	2:11.9659	0:09.2146
23	222	Scott Taylor Motorsport	C.Lowndes/S.Taylor	Mercedes Benz AMG GT	PAM	2:12.1396	0:09.3883
24	66	Daytona Sports Cars	D.Thomas/S.Woodman	SIN R1	INV	2:12.6369	0:09.8856
25	50	MMotorsport /Vantage Racing	Trent Harrison	Audi R8 LMS Evo 2	SIL	2:18.6838	0:15.9325