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Challenge and the 2020 Australian Endurance Championship. 39 cars were entered and 34 cars started, with five entries withdrawn following crashes in practice & qualifying.

Australia 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour
Event Information
Round 1 of 4 in the 2020
Date31 January – 2 February 2020
LocationBathurst, New South Wales, Australia
VenueMount Panorama Circuit
Results
Race 1
Distance 314 laps 1950.882 km
Pole position Australia Matthew Campbell
Absolute Racing
2:03.5554
Winner France Jules Gounon
South Africa Jordan Pepper
Belgium 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c "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.
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