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.

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

39 cars were entered and 34 cars started, with five entries withdrawn following crashes in practice & qualifying.

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

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 P Australia Matt Campbell China Absolute Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 2:03.4336
2 77 P Germany Maro Engel Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:03.5361 +0.1025
3 60 P Portugal Álvaro Parente Australia 59Racing McLaren 720S GT3 2:03.6021 +0.1685
4 999 P Switzerland Raffaele Marciello Hong Kong GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:03.6431 +0.2095
5 1 P Belgium Laurens Vanthoor New Zealand Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 2:03.6832 +0.2496
6 222 P South Africa Kelvin van der Linde Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Audi R8 LMS Evo 2:03.6858 +0.2522
7 18 P Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira Hong Kong KCMG Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) 2:03.7150 +0.2814
8 76 P United Kingdom Jake Dennis Switzerland R-Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 2:03.7539 +0.3203
9 63 P Italy Marco Mapelli China FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2:03.9407 +0.5071
10 888 P New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Australia Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:03.9882 +0.5546
11 7 P France Jules Gounon United Kingdom M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 2:04.1107 +0.6771
12 912 P Italy Matteo Cairoli China Absolute Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 2:04.2267 +0.7931
13 75 PA Australia David Reynolds Australia SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 2:04.2711 +0.8375
14 2 P Belgium Dries Vanthoor Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Audi R8 LMS Evo 2:04.2742 +0.8406
15 34 P Australia Chaz Mostert Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 2:04.3096 +0.8760
16 4 PA United Kingdom Ben Barker Australia Grove Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 2:04.3591 +0.9255
17 59 S New Zealand Dominic Storey Australia 59Racing McLaren 720S GT3 2:04.3883 +0.9547
18 188 PA France Côme Ledogar United Kingdom Garage 59 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 2:04.4248 +0.9912
19 22 P Germany Christopher Mies Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Audi R8 LMS Evo 2:04.5434 +1.1098
20 159 S United Kingdom Andrew Watson United Kingdom Garage 59 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 2:04.6088 +1.1752
21 46 S Germany Patrick Assenheimer Germany Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 2:04.6515 +1.2179
22 9 PA Australia Lee Holdsworth Australia Hallmarc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo 2:04.6804 +1.2468
23 62 P Germany Marvin Kirchhöfer Switzerland R-Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 2:04.7039 +1.2703
24 30 P Netherlands Renger van der Zande Italy JAS Motorsport Honda NSX GT3 Evo 2:04.7948 +1.3612
25 12 PA France Romain Dumas New Zealand Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 2:05.3877 +1.9541
26 29 PA Australia Dean Canto Australia Trofeo Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 2:05.4162 +1.9826
27 6 S Australia Cameron McConville Australia Wall Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2:05.4408 +2.0072
28 91 INV Australia Nick Percat Australia MARC Cars Australia MARC II V8 2:05.5375 +2.1039
29 24 S Australia Dylan O'Keeffe Australia Tony Bates Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo 2:05.9268 +2.4932
30 95 INV Australia Warren Luff Australia GJ Motorsport MARC II V8 2:05.9928 +2.5592
31 96 S Australia Kurt Kostecki Australia Hobson Motorsport Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2015) 2:07.2753 +3.8417
32 20 INV Australia Steve Owen Australia T2 Racing MARC II V8 2:07.3434 +3.9098
33 92 INV Australia Tyler Everingham Australia MARC Cars Australia MARC II V8 2:08.5309 +5.0973
34 777 PA Australia Sam Shahin Australia Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes-AMG GT3 2:09.6731 +6.2395
35 13 GT4 United States Brett Strom United States RHC Jorgensen-Strom BMW M4 GT4 2:16.8128 +13.3792
36 19 GT4 Germany Dirk Müller Canada Multimatic Motorsports /
Australia Nineteen Corporation		 Mercedes-AMG GT4 2:17.4249 +13.9913
NC 8 P United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis United Kingdom M-Sport Bentley Continental GT3 No time
WD 27 P Brazil Daniel Serra Taiwan HubAuto Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 Withdrawn
WD 35 P Japan Katsumasa Chiyo Hong Kong KCMG Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) Withdrawn
Source:[1]

Top 10 shootout
Pos. No. Driver Team Car Time Gap
1 911 Australia Matt Campbell China Absolute Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 2:03.5554
2 60 Portugal Álvaro Parente Australia 59Racing McLaren 720S GT3 2:03.7802 +0.2248
3 999 Italy Raffaele Marciello Hong Kong GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:03.8219 +0.2665
4 18 Brazil João Paulo de Oliveira Hong Kong KCMG Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) 2:03.9403 +0.3849
5 1 Belgium Laurens Vanthoor New Zealand Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 2:03.9829 +0.4275
6 77 Germany Maro Engel Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:04.0769 +0.5215
7 222 South Africa Kelvin van der Linde Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Audi R8 LMS Evo 2:04.3442 +0.7888
8 888 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Australia Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:04.3560 +0.8006
9 63 Italy Marco Mapelli China FFF Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2:04.5014 +0.9460
10 76 United Kingdom Jake Dennis Switzerland R-Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 2:04.7524 +1.1970
Source:[2]

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

References
  1. "Campbell takes provisional pole in bruising qualifying". Speedcafe. 1 February 2020.
  2. "Campbell storms to Bathurst 12 Hour pole for Porsche". Speedcafe. 1 February 2020.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. "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.
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