2020 Bathurst 12 Hour

The 2020 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour was an endurance motor race which was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst, in New South Wales, Australia on 2 February 2020.^[1] The race, which was promoted and organised by V8 Supercars Australia Pty Ltd., was open to GT3 cars, GT4 cars, Lamborghini Super Trofeo cars and Invitational vehicles.^[1] 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Challenge and the 2020 Australian Endurance Championship. 39 cars were entered and 34 cars started, with five entries withdrawn following crashes in practice & qualifying.

2020 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour

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2020 Bathurst 12 Hour

Event Information
Round 1 of 4 in the 2020
Date	31 January – 2 February 2020
Location	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Venue	Mount Panorama Circuit
Results
Race 1 Distance 314 laps 1950.882 km Pole position Matthew Campbell Absolute Racing 2:03.5554 Winner Jules Gounon Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet M-Sport 12:00:33.8710

The race was won by Jules Gounon, Jordan Pepper and Maxime Soulet driving a Bentley Continental GT3 entered by M-Sport.

Class structure

Cars were classified into the following four classes.

• Class A – GT3 Outright
  • (GT3 Pro)
  • (GT3 Pro-Am)
  • (GT3 Silver)
• Class B - Lamborghini Super Trofeo cars (no entries received)
• Class C – GT4
• Class I – Invitational

Results

The winning Bentley Continental GT3

The 2018 model Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 entry of KCMG was driven by Edoardo Liberati, Alex Imperatori and João Paulo de Oliveira.

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Class	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Gap
1	911	P	Matt Campbell	Absolute Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	2:03.4336
2	77	P	Maro Engel	Craft-Bamboo Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	2:03.5361	+0.1025
3	60	P	Álvaro Parente	59Racing	McLaren 720S GT3	2:03.6021	+0.1685
4	999	P	Raffaele Marciello	GruppeM Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	2:03.6431	+0.2095
5	1	P	Laurens Vanthoor	Earl Bamber Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	2:03.6832	+0.2496
6	222	P	Kelvin van der Linde	Melbourne Performance Centre	Audi R8 LMS Evo	2:03.6858	+0.2522
7	18	P	João Paulo de Oliveira	KCMG	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018)	2:03.7150	+0.2814
8	76	P	Jake Dennis	R-Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	2:03.7539	+0.3203
9	63	P	Marco Mapelli	FFF Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	2:03.9407	+0.5071
10	888	P	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	2:03.9882	+0.5546
11	7	P	Jules Gounon	M-Sport	Bentley Continental GT3	2:04.1107	+0.6771
12	912	P	Matteo Cairoli	Absolute Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	2:04.2267	+0.7931
13	75	PA	David Reynolds	SunEnergy1 Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	2:04.2711	+0.8375
14	2	P	Dries Vanthoor	Melbourne Performance Centre	Audi R8 LMS Evo	2:04.2742	+0.8406
15	34	P	Chaz Mostert	Walkenhorst Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	2:04.3096	+0.8760
16	4	PA	Ben Barker	Grove Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	2:04.3591	+0.9255
17	59	S	Dominic Storey	59Racing	McLaren 720S GT3	2:04.3883	+0.9547
18	188	PA	Côme Ledogar	Garage 59	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	2:04.4248	+0.9912
19	22	P	Christopher Mies	Melbourne Performance Centre	Audi R8 LMS Evo	2:04.5434	+1.1098
20	159	S	Andrew Watson	Garage 59	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	2:04.6088	+1.1752
21	46	S	Patrick Assenheimer	Black Falcon	Mercedes-AMG GT3	2:04.6515	+1.2179
22	9	PA	Lee Holdsworth	Hallmarc Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	2:04.6804	+1.2468
23	62	P	Marvin Kirchhöfer	R-Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	2:04.7039	+1.2703
24	30	P	Renger van der Zande	JAS Motorsport	Honda NSX GT3 Evo	2:04.7948	+1.3612
25	12	PA	Romain Dumas	Earl Bamber Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R	2:05.3877	+1.9541
26	29	PA	Dean Canto	Trofeo Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	2:05.4162	+1.9826
27	6	S	Cameron McConville	Wall Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	2:05.4408	+2.0072
28	91	INV	Nick Percat	MARC Cars Australia	MARC II V8	2:05.5375	+2.1039
29	24	S	Dylan O'Keeffe	Tony Bates Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	2:05.9268	+2.4932
30	95	INV	Warren Luff	GJ Motorsport	MARC II V8	2:05.9928	+2.5592
31	96	S	Kurt Kostecki	Hobson Motorsport	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2015)	2:07.2753	+3.8417
32	20	INV	Steve Owen	T2 Racing	MARC II V8	2:07.3434	+3.9098
33	92	INV	Tyler Everingham	MARC Cars Australia	MARC II V8	2:08.5309	+5.0973
34	777	PA	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	Multimatic Motorsports / Nineteen Corporation	Mercedes-AMG GT4	2:17.4249	+13.9913
NC	8	P	Oliver Jarvis	M-Sport	Bentley Continental GT3	No time
WD	27	P	Daniel Serra	HubAuto Corsa	Ferrari 488 GT3	Withdrawn
WD	35	P	Katsumasa Chiyo	KCMG	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018)	Withdrawn
Source:[2]

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	59Racing	McLaren 720S GT3	2:03.7802	+0.2248
3	999	Raffaele Marciello	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	Craft-Bamboo Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	2:04.0769	+0.5215
7	222	Kelvin van der Linde	Melbourne Performance Centre	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	FFF Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	2:04.5014	+0.9460
10	76	Jake Dennis	R-Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	2:04.7524	+1.1970
Source:[3]

Race

Pos.	Class	No.	Team / Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps	Time/Retired
					Engine
1	P	7	M-Sport	Jules Gounon Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet	Bentley Continental GT3	314	12:00:33.8710
					4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8
2	P	60	59Racing	Ben Barnicoat Tom Blomqvist Álvaro Parente	McLaren 720S GT3	314	+41.524
					4.0 L McLaren M840T twin-turbocharged V8
3	P	888	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Shane van Gisbergen Maximilian Götz Jamie Whincup	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	314	+44.460
					6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
4	P	911	Absolute Racing	Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Patrick Pilet	Porsche 911 GT3 R	314	+45.990
					4.0 L Porsche H6
5	P	77	Craft-Bamboo Racing	Yelmer Buurman Maro Engel Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	314	+1:03.039
					6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
6	P	999	GruppeM Racing	Maximilian Buhk Felipe Fraga Raffaele Marciello	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	314	+1:07.7941
					6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
7	P	912	Absolute Racing	Matteo Cairoli Thomas Preining Dirk Werner	Porsche 911 GT3 R	314	+1:36.097
					4.0 L Porsche H6
8	S	59	59Racing	Martin Kodrić Fraser Ross Dominic Storey	McLaren 720S GT3	313	+1 lap
					4.0 L McLaren M840T twin-turbocharged V8
9	P	1	Earl Bamber Motorsport	Earl Bamber Craig Lowndes Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 GT3 R	312	+2 laps
					4.0 L Porsche H6
10	PA	4	Grove Racing	Ben Barker Brenton Grove Stephen Grove	Porsche 911 GT3 R	312	+2 laps
					4.0 L Porsche H6
11	PA	12	Earl Bamber Motorsport	David Calvert-Jones Romain Dumas Jaxon Evans	Porsche 911 GT3 R	311	+3 laps
					4.0 L Porsche H6
12	P	18	KCMG	Alexandre Imperatori Edoardo Liberati João Paulo de Oliveira	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018)	311	+3 laps
					3.8 L Nissan VR38DETT twin-turbo V6
13	S	159	Garage 59	Roman De Angelis Olivier Hart Andrew Watson	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	311	+3 laps
					4.0 L Mercedes-Benz M177 twin-turbocharged V8
14	S	46	Black Falcon	Sergey Afanasyev Patrick Assenheimer Michele Beretta	Mercedes-AMG GT3	311	+3 laps2
					6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
15	INV	91	MARC Cars Australia	Aaron Cameron Nick Percat Broc Feeney	MARC II V8	310	+4 laps
					5.2 L Ford Coyote V8
16	P	76	R-Motorsport	Jake Dennis Scott Dixon Rick Kelly	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	308	+6 laps
					4.0 L Mercedes-Benz M177 twin-turbocharged V8
17	PA	9	Hallmarc Racing	Marc Cini Dean Fiore Lee Holdsworth	Audi R8 LMS Evo	308	+6 laps
					5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
18	P	222	Melbourne Performance Centre	Mattia Drudi Kelvin van der Linde Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS Evo	308	+6 laps
					5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
19	S	29	Trofeo Motorsport	Dean Canto Grant Denyer Liam Talbot Marcel Zalloua	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	300	+14 laps
					5.2 L Lamborghini V10
20	PA	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Dominik Baumann Kenny Habul Martin Konrad David Reynolds	Mercedes-AMG GT3	290	+24 laps
					6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
21	S	96	Hobson Motorsport	Brett Hobson Kurt Kostecki Garth Walden	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2015)	288	+26 laps
					3.8 L Nissan VR38DETT twin-turbo V6
22	GT4	13	RHC Jorgensen-Strom	Danny van Dongen Daren Jorgensen Brett Strom	BMW M4 GT4	277	+37 laps
					3.0 L BMW N55 twin-turbo I6
23	GT4	19	Multimatic Motorsports / Nineteen Corporation	Mark Griffith Dirk Müller Harrison Newey	Mercedes-AMG GT4	270	+44 laps
					4.0 L Mercedes-Benz M178 twin-turbocharged V8
DNF	P	8	M-Sport	Alex Buncombe Oliver Jarvis Seb Morris	Bentley Continental GT3	225	Puncture[4]
					4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8
NC	INV	20	T2 Racing	Adam Hargraves Daniel Jilesen Steve Owen Cedric Sbirrazzuoli	MARC II V8	203	Not Classified3
					5.2 L Ford Coyote V8
DNF	P	63	FFF Racing Team	Andrea Caldarelli Dennis Lind Marco Mapelli	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	187	Fuel pump[5]
					5.2 L Lamborghini V10
DNF	P	30	JAS Motorsport	Dane Cameron Mario Farnbacher Renger van der Zande	Honda NSX GT3 Evo	184	Electrical[6]
					3.5 L Honda JNC1 twin-turbocharged V6
NC	INV	95	GJ Motorsport	Bayley Hall Warren Luff Brad Schumacher Geoff Taunton	MARC II V8	167	Not Classified3
					5.2 L Ford Coyote V8
DNF	P	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Nick Catsburg Augusto Farfus Chaz Mostert	BMW M6 GT3	166	Overheating[7]
					4.4 L S63 BMW twin-turbo V8
DNF	P	2	Melbourne Performance Centre	Christopher Haase Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch	Audi R8 LMS Evo	148	Camshaft sensor
					5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
DNF	S	24	Tony Bates Racing	Tony Bates Geoff Emery Dylan O'Keeffe Max Twigg	Audi R8 LMS Evo	84	Engine[8]
					5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
DNF	P	22	Melbourne Performance Centre	Mirko Bortolotti Christopher Mies Garth Tander	Audi R8 LMS Evo	61	Crash[9]
					5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
DNF	S	6	Wall Racing	Adrian Deitz Tony D'Alberto Cameron McConville Jules Westwood	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	43	Crash[9]
					5.2L Lamborghini V10
DNF	PA	188	Garage 59	Chris Goodwin Côme Ledogar Maxime Martin Alexander West	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	37	Crash[10]
					4.0 L Mercedes-Benz M177 twin-turbocharged V8
WD	P	62	R-Motorsport	Oliver Caldwell Luca Ghiotto Marvin Kirchhöfer	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3		Crash in Q2[11]
					4.0 L Mercedes-Benz M177 twin-turbocharged V8
WD	INV	92	MARC Cars Australia	Tyler Everingham James Kaye Hadrian Morrall	MARC II V8		Crash in Q1[11]
					5.2 L Ford Coyote V8
WD	PA	777	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Anton de Pasquale Nick Foster Sam Shahin Yasser Shahin	Mercedes-AMG GT3		Crash in Q1[11]
					6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
WD	P	27	HubAuto Corsa	Marcos Gomes Daniel Serra Tim Slade	Ferrari 488 GT3		Crash in FP5[12][13]
					3.9 L Ferrari F154 twin-turbo V8
WD	P	35	KCMG	Josh Burdon Katsumasa Chiyo Tsugio Matsuda	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018)		Crash in FP1[14]
					3.8 L Nissan VR38DETT twin-turbo V6
Fastest lap set by Kelvin van der Linde on lap 305 – 2:03.2789
Source:[15][16][17]

Notes

• ^1 – Car No. 999 received a 30 seconds post-race penalty for a pit procedure infringement.
• ^2 – Car No. 46 received a 270 seconds post-race penalty
• ^3 – Cars No. 95 and No. 20 were both running at the finish of the race, but failed to complete the minimum laps necessary to be classified.

Australian Tourist Trophy

The Australian Tourist Trophy was awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport to the drivers of the outright winning car.^[1]

References

1. 2020 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Sporting and Technical Regulations, as archived at web.archive.org
2. "Campbell takes provisional pole in bruising qualifying". Speedcafe. 1 February 2020.
3. "Campbell storms to Bathurst 12 Hour pole for Porsche". Speedcafe. 1 February 2020.
4. 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. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
8. "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. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021.
9. Perrins, Slade (February 2020). "Tander Audi Crashes Amid Incident-Filled Morning – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
10. 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. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
11. "Mount Panorama Claims Record Number Of Pre-Race Victims – dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
12. Perrins, Slade (31 January 2020). "HubAuto Corsa Ferrari Withdrawn Despite Rebuild Attempt – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
13. 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". Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
14. Perrins, Slade (30 January 2020). "No. 35 KCMG Nissan Withdrawn After Bathurst Practice Crash – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
15. "Bentley takes comprehensive win in Bathurst 12 Hour". Speedcafe. 2 February 2020.
16. "Bathurst 12 Hour – Race Final Classification" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
17. "Live Timing Aggregator". timing.71wytham.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

External links

• 2020 Entry List, www.bathurst12hour.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
• Official website

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