2020 Bathurst 12 Hour
The 2020 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour was an endurance race that was staged on the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst, in New South Wales, Australia on 2 February 2020. The event was open to cars in GT and touring car classes, namely GT3 and GT4. It was the 18th running of the Bathurst 12 Hour, and the opening round of both the 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge and the 2020 Australian Endurance Championship.
| 2020 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour | |||
| Previous: | 2019 | Next: | 2021 |
39 cars were entered and 34 cars started, with five entries withdrawn following crashes in practice & qualifying.
Class structure
Cars will compete in the following four classes.
- Class A – GT3 Outright
- (GT3 Pro)
- (GT3 Pro-Am)
- (GT3 Silver)
- Class C – GT4
- Class I – Invitational
No entries were recorded for Class B, for Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo, Porsche 911 GT3 Cup and new Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo spec vehicles.
Results
Qualifying
| Pos. | No. | Class | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 911 | GT3 Pro | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Matt Campbell |
 Absolute Racing |
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2:03.4336 | |
| 2 | 77 | GT3 Pro |  Maro Engel |
 Mercedes-AMG Craft-Bamboo Black Falcon |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:03.5361 | +0.1025 |
| 3 | 60 | GT3 Pro |  Álvaro Parente |
Team 59Racing |
McLaren 720S GT3 | 2:03.6021 | +0.1685 |
| 4 | 999 | GT3 Pro |  Raffaele Marciello |
Mercedes-AMG GruppeM Racing |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:03.6431 | +0.2095 |
| 5 | 1 | GT3 Pro | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Laurens Vanthoor |
 Earl Bamber Motorsport |
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2:03.6832 | +0.2496 |
| 6 | 222 | GT3 Pro |  Kelvin van der Linde |
Audi Sport Team Valvoline |
Audi R8 LMS Evo | 2:03.6858 | +0.2522 |
| 7 | 18 | GT3 Pro |  João Paulo de Oliveira |
KCMG |
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) | 2:03.7150 | +0.2814 |
| 8 | 76 | GT3 Pro |  Jake Dennis |
 Castrol Racing R-Motorsport |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 2:03.7539 | +0.3203 |
| 9 | 63 | GT3 Pro | Marco Mapelli |
Orange 1 FFF Racing Team |
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 2:03.9407 | +0.5071 |
| 10 | 888 | GT3 Pro | Shane van Gisbergen |
Triple Eight Race Engineering |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:03.9882 | +0.5546 |
| 11 | 7 | GT3 Pro |  Jules Gounon |
Bentley Team M-Sport |
Bentley Continental GT3 | 2:04.1107 | +0.6771 |
| 12 | 912 | GT3 Pro | Matteo Cairoli |
Absolute Racing |
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2:04.2267 | +0.7931 |
| 13 | 75 | GT3 Pro-Am | David Reynolds |
 SunEnergy1 Racing |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:04.2711 | +0.8375 |
| 14 | 2 | GT3 Pro | Dries Vanthoor |
Audi Sport Team Valvoline |
Audi R8 LMS Evo | 2:04.2742 | +0.8406 |
| 15 | 34 | GT3 Pro | Chaz Mostert |
Walkenhorst Motorsport |
BMW M6 GT3 | 2:04.3096 | +0.8760 |
| 16 | 4 | GT3 Pro-Am | Benjamin Barker |
Grove Racing |
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2:04.3591 | +0.9255 |
| 17 | 59 | GT3 Silver | Dominic Storey |
Team 59Racing |
McLaren 720S GT3 | 2:04.3883 | +0.9547 |
| 18 | 188 | GT3 Pro-Am | Côme Ledogar |
Garage 59 |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 2:04.4248 | +0.9912 |
| 19 | 22 | GT3 Pro | Christopher Mies |
Audi Sport Team Valvoline |
Audi R8 LMS Evo | 2:04.5434 | +1.1098 |
| 20 | 159 | GT3 Silver | Andrew Watson |
Garage 59 |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 2:04.6088 | +1.1752 |
| 21 | 46 | GT3 Silver | Patrick Assenheimer |
Black Falcon |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:04.6515 | +1.2179 |
| 22 | 9 | GT3 Pro-Am | Lee Holdsworth |
Hallmarc Racing |
Audi R8 LMS Evo | 2:04.6804 | +1.2468 |
| 23 | 62 | GT3 Pro | Marvin Kirchhöfer |
R-Motorsport |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 2:04.7039 | +1.2703 |
| 24 | 30 | GT3 Pro |  Renger van der Zande |
 Honda Racing Team JAS |
Honda NSX GT3 Evo | 2:04.7948 | +1.3612 |
| 25 | 12 | GT3 Pro-Am | Romain Dumas |
EBM - NED Racing Team |
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2:05.3877 | +1.9541 |
| 26 | 29 | GT3 Pro-Am | Dean Canto |
Trofeo Motorsport |
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | 2:05.4162 | +1.9826 |
| 27 | 6 | GT3 Silver | Cameron McConville |
Wall Racing |
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 2:05.4408 | +2.0072 |
| 28 | 91 | Invitational | Nick Percat |
SCANDIA Racing - by Racer Industries |
Ford Mustang MARC II V8 | 2:05.5375 | +2.1039 |
| 29 | 24 | GT3 Silver | Dylan O'Keeffe |
Tony Bates Racing |
Audi R8 LMS Evo | 2:05.9268 | +2.4932 |
| 30 | 95 | Invitational | Warren Luff |
GJ Motorsport |
Ford Mustang MARC II V8 | 2:05.9928 | +2.5592 |
| 31 | 96 | GT3 Silver | Kurt Kostecki |
Hobson/Garth Walden Racing |
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2015) | 2:07.2753 | +3.8417 |
| 32 | 20 | Invitational | Steve Owen |
T2 Racing |
Ford Mustang MARC II V8 | 2:07.3434 | +3.9098 |
| 33 | 92 | Invitational | Tyler Everingham |
SCANDIA Racing - by Racer Industries |
Ford Mustang MARC II V8 | 2:08.5309 | +5.0973 |
| 34 | 777 | GT3 Pro-Am | Sam Shahin |
Triple Eight Race Engineering |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 2:09.6731 | +6.2395 |
| 35 | 13 | GT4 | Brett Strom |
RHC Jorgensen-Strom |
BMW M4 GT4 | 2:16.8128 | +13.3792 |
| 36 | 19 | GT4 | Dirk Müller |
Nineteen Corp. With Multimatic Motorsports |
Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 2:17.4249 | +13.9913 |
| NC | 8 | GT3 Pro | Oliver Jarvis |
Bentley Team M-Sport |
Bentley Continental GT3 | No time | |
| WD | 27 | GT3 Pro | Daniel Serra |
 HubAuto Corsa |
Ferrari 488 GT3 | Withdrawn | |
| WD | 35 | GT3 Pro | Katsumasa Chiyo |
KCMG |
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) | Withdrawn | |
| Source:[1] | |||||||
Top 10 shootout
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 911 | Matt Campbell |
Absolute Racing |
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2:03.5554 | |
| 2 | 60 | Álvaro Parente |
Team 59Racing |
McLaren 720S GT3 | 2:03.7802 | +0.2248 |
| 3 | 999 | Raffaele Marciello |
Mercedes-AMG GruppeM Racing |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:03.8219 | +0.2665 |
| 4 | 18 | João Paulo de Oliveira |
KCMG |
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) | 2:03.9403 | +0.3849 |
| 5 | 1 | Laurens Vanthoor |
Earl Bamber Motorsport |
Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2:03.9829 | +0.4275 |
| 6 | 77 | Maro Engel |
Mercedes-AMG Craft-Bamboo Black Falcon |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:04.0769 | +0.5215 |
| 7 | 222 | Kelvin van der Linde |
Audi Sport Team Valvoline |
Audi R8 LMS Evo | 2:04.3442 | +0.7888 |
| 8 | 888 | Shane van Gisbergen |
Triple Eight Race Engineering |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:04.3560 | +0.8006 |
| 9 | 63 | Marco Mapelli |
Orange 1 FFF Racing Team |
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 2:04.5014 | +0.9460 |
| 10 | 76 | Jake Dennis |
Castrol Racing R-Motorsport |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 2:04.7524 | +1.1970 |
| Source:[2] | ||||||
Race
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- Key
- (P) – Platinum FIA Drivers' Categorisation rating
- (G) – Gold driver rating
- (S) – Silver driver rating
- (B) – Bronze driver rating
- (U) – Unspecified/unknown driver rating
- Race facts
- Race time of winning car: 12:00:33.8710
- Race distance of cars on the lead lap: 1950.882 km (record)
- Fastest race lap: 2:03.2789 – Kelvin van der Linde on lap 305
- Notes
References
- "Campbell takes provisional pole in bruising qualifying". Speedcafe. 1 February 2020.
- "Campbell storms to Bathurst 12 Hour pole for Porsche". Speedcafe. 1 February 2020.
- jarvis, oliver (1 February 2020). "What a weekend. Luck just not on our side. A puncture has put us out the race after climbing from p36 to p5 and in the mix for a podium. Awesome job @al_buncombe @SebMorris31 @BentleyRacing. Sometimes that's the way it goes". @ollyjarvis. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- Team, FFF Racing (2 February 2020). "Fuel system issue forced our @LamborghiniSC #63 to retire #IntGTC #B12hr @IntercontGTC #Bathurst12Hr #Bathurst12H @andreacalda @MARCOMAPELLI @DennisLindRacin #FFF". @FFFracingteam. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- HondaProRacing (1 February 2020). "Race over, unfortunately. Another electrical issue stopped @Rengervdz while running behind the safety car in P21 in the eighth hour. Still, race speed was good; strong effort from Honda Racing Team JAS.pic.twitter.com/ToiHitq38E". @hondaproracing. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- Farfus, Augusto (2 February 2020). "Was a weird race. @nickcatsburg hit a kangaroo.. poor kangaroo.. our spare bonnet didn't solve and because of high temperatures we had to retire." @augustofarfus. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- "3 hrs in and it was over, engine failure as I was exiting turn one. Thank you to my team mates Dylan OKeefe Tony Bates and Geoff Emery . And to the crew that put in all the hard yards to get the Boston Audi to the start line". @maxtwigg on Instagram. 3 February 2020.
- Perrins, Slade. "Tander Audi Crashes Amid Incident-Filled Morning – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- Garage 59 (1 February 2020). "For those not watching the livestream, our #188 Aston Martin is out of the #B12hr after an accident at Skyline". @Garage_59. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- "Mount Panorama Claims Record Number Of Pre-Race Victims – dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- Perrins, Slade. "HubAuto Corsa Ferrari Withdrawn Despite Rebuild Attempt – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- Challenge, Intercontinental GT (31 January 2019). "RED FLAG Separate incidents have brought FP5 to an early end. Oliver Jarvis' Bentley and Daniel Serra's Ferrari are both a little shorter than at the start of the session". Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- Perrins, Slade. "No. 35 KCMG Nissan Withdrawn After Bathurst Practice Crash – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- "Bentley takes comprehensive win in Bathurst 12 Hour". Speedcafe. 2 February 2020.
- "Bathurst 12 Hour - Race Final Classification" (PDF). Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- "Live Timing Aggregator". timing.71wytham.org.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
External links
| Intercontinental GT Challenge | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous race: none |
2020 season | Next race: Indianapolis 8 Hours |
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