2020 Bathurst 12 Hour Explained

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2020 Bathurst 12 Hour
Round No:1
Season No:4
Year:2020
Track Map:File:Mount Panorama street racing circuit in Australia.svg
Date:31 January – 2 February
Location:Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Circuit:Mount Panorama Circuit
Race1 Laps:314
Pole1: Matthew Campbell
Pole1 Team:Absolute Racing
Pole1 Time:2:03.5554
Winner1: Jules Gounon
Jordan Pepper
Maxime Soulet
Winner1 Team:M-Sport
Winner1 Time:12:00:33.8710

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Challenge and the 2020 Australian Endurance Championship. 39 cars were entered and 34 cars started, with five entries withdrawn following crashes in practice & qualifying.

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.

Results

Qualifying

ClassDriverTeamCarTimeGap
1911P Matt Campbell Absolute RacingPorsche 911 GT3 R2:03.4336
277P Maro Engel Craft-Bamboo RacingMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo2:03.5361+0.1025
360P Álvaro Parente 59RacingMcLaren 720S GT32:03.6021+0.1685
4999P Raffaele Marciello GruppeM RacingMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo2:03.6431+0.2095
51P Laurens Vanthoor Earl Bamber MotorsportPorsche 911 GT3 R2:03.6832+0.2496
6222P Kelvin van der Linde Melbourne Performance CentreAudi R8 LMS Evo2:03.6858+0.2522
718P João Paulo de Oliveira KCMGNissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018)2:03.7150+0.2814
876P Jake Dennis R-MotorsportAston Martin Vantage AMR GT32:03.7539+0.3203
963P Marco Mapelli FFF Racing TeamLamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2:03.9407+0.5071
10888P Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race EngineeringMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo2:03.9882+0.5546
117P Jules Gounon M-SportBentley Continental GT32:04.1107+0.6771
12912P Matteo Cairoli Absolute RacingPorsche 911 GT3 R2:04.2267+0.7931
1375PA David Reynolds SunEnergy1 RacingMercedes-AMG GT32:04.2711+0.8375
142P Dries Vanthoor Melbourne Performance CentreAudi R8 LMS Evo2:04.2742+0.8406
1534P Chaz Mostert Walkenhorst MotorsportBMW M6 GT32:04.3096+0.8760
164PA Ben Barker Grove RacingPorsche 911 GT3 R2:04.3591+0.9255
1759S Dominic Storey 59RacingMcLaren 720S GT32:04.3883+0.9547
18188PA Côme Ledogar Garage 59Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT32:04.4248+0.9912
1922P Christopher Mies Melbourne Performance CentreAudi R8 LMS Evo2:04.5434+1.1098
20159S Andrew Watson Garage 59Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT32:04.6088+1.1752
2146S Patrick Assenheimer Black FalconMercedes-AMG GT32:04.6515+1.2179
229PA Lee Holdsworth Hallmarc RacingAudi R8 LMS Evo2:04.6804+1.2468
2362P Marvin Kirchhöfer R-MotorsportAston Martin Vantage AMR GT32:04.7039+1.2703
2430P Renger van der Zande JAS MotorsportHonda NSX GT3 Evo2:04.7948+1.3612
2512PA Romain Dumas Earl Bamber MotorsportPorsche 911 GT3 R2:05.3877+1.9541
2629PA Dean Canto Trofeo MotorsportLamborghini Huracán GT32:05.4162+1.9826
276S Cameron McConville Wall RacingLamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2:05.4408+2.0072
2891INV Nick Percat MARC Cars AustraliaMARC II V82:05.5375+2.1039
2924S Dylan O'Keeffe Tony Bates RacingAudi R8 LMS Evo2:05.9268+2.4932
3095INV Warren Luff GJ MotorsportMARC II V82:05.9928+2.5592
3196S Kurt Kostecki Hobson MotorsportNissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2015)2:07.2753+3.8417
3220INV Steve Owen T2 RacingMARC II V82:07.3434+3.9098
3392INV Tyler Everingham MARC Cars AustraliaMARC II V82:08.5309+5.0973
34777PA Sam Shahin Triple Eight Race EngineeringMercedes-AMG GT32:09.6731+6.2395
3513GT4 Brett Strom RHC Jorgensen-StromBMW M4 GT42:16.8128+13.3792
3619GT4 Dirk Müller Multimatic Motorsports /
Nineteen Corporation
Mercedes-AMG GT42:17.4249+13.9913
NC8P Oliver Jarvis M-SportBentley Continental GT3No time
WD27P Daniel Serra HubAuto CorsaFerrari 488 GT3Withdrawn
WD35P Katsumasa Chiyo KCMGNissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018)Withdrawn
Source:[2]

Top 10 shootout

DriverTeamCarTimeGap
1911 Matt Campbell Absolute RacingPorsche 911 GT3 R2:03.5554
260 Álvaro Parente 59RacingMcLaren 720S GT32:03.7802+0.2248
3999 Raffaele Marciello GruppeM RacingMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo2:03.8219+0.2665
418 João Paulo de Oliveira KCMGNissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018)2:03.9403+0.3849
51 Laurens Vanthoor Earl Bamber MotorsportPorsche 911 GT3 R2:03.9829+0.4275
677 Maro Engel Craft-Bamboo RacingMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo2:04.0769+0.5215
7222 Kelvin van der Linde Melbourne Performance CentreAudi R8 LMS Evo2:04.3442+0.7888
8888 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race EngineeringMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo2:04.3560+0.8006
963 Marco Mapelli FFF Racing TeamLamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2:04.5014+0.9460
1076 Jake Dennis R-MotorsportAston Martin Vantage AMR GT32:04.7524+1.1970
Source:[3]

Race

ClassTeam / EntrantDriversCarLapsTime/Retired
Engine
1P7 M-Sport Jules Gounon
Jordan Pepper
Maxime Soulet
Bentley Continental GT331412:00:33.8710
4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8
2P60 59Racing Ben Barnicoat
Tom Blomqvist
Álvaro Parente
McLaren 720S GT3314+41.524
4.0 L McLaren M840T twin-turbocharged V8
3P888 Triple Eight Race Engineering Shane van Gisbergen
Maximilian Götz
Jamie Whincup
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo314+44.460
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
4P911 Absolute Racing Matt Campbell
Mathieu Jaminet
Patrick Pilet
Porsche 911 GT3 R314+45.990
4.0 L Porsche H6
5P77 Craft-Bamboo Racing Yelmer Buurman
Maro Engel
Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo314+1:03.039
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
6P999 GruppeM Racing Maximilian Buhk
Felipe Fraga
Raffaele Marciello
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo314+1:07.794
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
7P912 Absolute Racing Matteo Cairoli
Thomas Preining
Dirk Werner
Porsche 911 GT3 R314+1:36.097
4.0 L Porsche H6
8S59 59Racing Martin Kodrić
Fraser Ross
Dominic Storey
McLaren 720S GT3313+1 lap
4.0 L McLaren M840T twin-turbocharged V8
9P1 Earl Bamber Motorsport Earl Bamber
Craig Lowndes
Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 GT3 R312+2 laps
4.0 L Porsche H6
10PA4 Grove Racing Ben Barker
Brenton Grove
Stephen Grove
Porsche 911 GT3 R312+2 laps
4.0 L Porsche H6
11PA12 Earl Bamber Motorsport David Calvert-Jones
Romain Dumas
Jaxon Evans
Porsche 911 GT3 R311+3 laps
4.0 L Porsche H6
12P18 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
13S159 Garage 59 Roman De Angelis
Olivier Hart
Andrew Watson
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3311+3 laps
4.0 L Mercedes-Benz M177 twin-turbocharged V8
14S46 Black Falcon Sergey Afanasyev
Patrick Assenheimer
Michele Beretta
Mercedes-AMG GT3311+3 laps
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
15INV91 MARC Cars Australia Aaron Cameron
Nick Percat
Broc Feeney
MARC II V8310+4 laps
5.2 L Ford Coyote V8
16P76 R-Motorsport Jake Dennis
Scott Dixon
Rick Kelly
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3308+6 laps
4.0 L Mercedes-Benz M177 twin-turbocharged V8
17PA9 Hallmarc Racing Marc Cini
Dean Fiore
Lee Holdsworth
Audi R8 LMS Evo308+6 laps
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
18P222 Melbourne Performance Centre Mattia Drudi
Kelvin van der Linde
Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS Evo308+6 laps
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
19S29 Trofeo Motorsport Dean Canto
Grant Denyer
Liam Talbot
Marcel Zalloua
Lamborghini Huracán GT3300+14 laps
5.2 L Lamborghini V10
20PA75 SunEnergy1 Racing Dominik Baumann
Kenny Habul
Martin Konrad
David Reynolds
Mercedes-AMG GT3290+24 laps
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
21S96 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
22GT413 RHC Jorgensen-Strom Danny van Dongen
Daren Jorgensen
Brett Strom
BMW M4 GT4277+37 laps
3.0 L BMW N55 twin-turbo I6
23GT419 Multimatic Motorsports /
Nineteen Corporation
Mark Griffith
Dirk Müller
Harrison Newey
Mercedes-AMG GT4270+44 laps
4.0 L Mercedes-Benz M178 twin-turbocharged V8
P8 M-Sport Alex Buncombe
Oliver Jarvis
Seb Morris
Bentley Continental GT3225Puncture[4]
4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8
NCINV20 T2 Racing Adam Hargraves
Daniel Jilesen
Steve Owen
Cedric Sbirrazzuoli
MARC II V8203Not Classified
5.2 L Ford Coyote V8
DNFP63 FFF Racing Team Andrea Caldarelli
Dennis Lind
Marco Mapelli
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo187Fuel pump[5]
5.2 L Lamborghini V10
DNFP30 JAS Motorsport Dane Cameron
Mario Farnbacher
Renger van der Zande
Honda NSX GT3 Evo184Electrical[6]
3.5 L Honda JNC1 twin-turbocharged V6
NCINV95 GJ Motorsport Bayley Hall
Warren Luff
Brad Schumacher
Geoff Taunton
MARC II V8167Not Classified
5.2 L Ford Coyote V8
DNFP34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Nick Catsburg
Augusto Farfus
Chaz Mostert
BMW M6 GT3166Overheating[7]
4.4 L S63 BMW twin-turbo V8
DNFP2 Melbourne Performance Centre Christopher Haase
Dries Vanthoor
Frédéric Vervisch
Audi R8 LMS Evo148Camshaft sensor
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
DNFS24 Tony Bates Racing Tony Bates
Geoff Emery
Dylan O'Keeffe
Max Twigg
Audi R8 LMS Evo84Engine[8]
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
DNFP22 Melbourne Performance Centre Mirko Bortolotti
Christopher Mies
Garth Tander
Audi R8 LMS Evo61Crash[9]
5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
DNFS6 Wall Racing Adrian Deitz
Tony D'Alberto
Cameron McConville
Jules Westwood
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo43Crash
5.2L Lamborghini V10
DNFPA188 Garage 59 Chris Goodwin
Côme Ledogar
Maxime Martin
Alexander West
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT337Crash[10]
4.0 L Mercedes-Benz M177 twin-turbocharged V8
P62 R-Motorsport Oliver Caldwell
Luca Ghiotto
Marvin Kirchhöfer
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3Crash in Q2[11]
4.0 L Mercedes-Benz M177 twin-turbocharged V8
WDINV92 MARC Cars Australia Tyler Everingham
James Kaye
Hadrian Morrall
MARC II V8Crash in Q1
5.2 L Ford Coyote V8
WDPA777 Triple Eight Race Engineering Anton de Pasquale
Nick Foster
Sam Shahin
Yasser Shahin
Mercedes-AMG GT3Crash in Q1
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
WDP27 HubAuto Corsa Marcos Gomes
Daniel Serra
Tim Slade
Ferrari 488 GT3Crash in FP5[12] [13]
3.9 L Ferrari F154 twin-turbo V8
WDP35 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:

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://web.archive.org/web/20200211052939/https://d362tqiqbgshz5.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/31103651/2020-Liqui-Moly-Bathurst-12-Hour-Sporting-and-Technical-Regulations-Issue-3-21.01.20.pdf 2020 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Sporting and Technical Regulations, as archived at web.archive.org
  2. News: Campbell takes provisional pole in bruising qualifying. Speedcafe. 1 February 2020.
  3. News: Campbell storms to Bathurst 12 Hour pole for Porsche. Speedcafe. 1 February 2020.
  4. Web site: 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.. jarvis. oliver. 1 February 2020. @ollyjarvis. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200202222503/https://twitter.com/ollyjarvis/status/1223821190281809921 . 2 February 2020 . 2020-02-02.
  5. Web site: Fuel system issue forced our @LamborghiniSC #63 to retire #IntGTC #B12hr @IntercontGTC #Bathurst12Hr #Bathurst12H @andreacalda @MARCOMAPELLI @DennisLindRacin #FFF. Team. FFF Racing. 2 February 2020. @FFFracingteam. en. 2020-02-02.
  6. Web site: 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. 1 February 2020. @hondaproracing. en. 2020-02-02.
  7. Web site: 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... Farfus. Augusto. 2 February 2020. @augustofarfus. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200204172237/https://twitter.com/augustofarfus/status/1224037805187325953 . 4 February 2020 . 2020-02-02.
  8. News: 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.. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/maxtwigg/2234624294422474327_2234624291486555739 . 25 December 2021 . registration. @maxtwigg on Instagram. 3 February 2020.
  9. Web site: Tander Audi Crashes Amid Incident-Filled Morning – Sportscar365. Perrins. Slade. sportscar365.com. February 2020 . en-US. 2020-02-02.
  10. Web site: For those not watching the livestream, our #188 Aston Martin is out of the #B12hr after an accident at Skyline.. Garage 59. 1 February 2020. @Garage_59. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200202070054/https://twitter.com/Garage_59/status/1223706961415413762 . 2 February 2020 . 2020-02-02.
  11. Web site: Mount Panorama Claims Record Number Of Pre-Race Victims – dailysportscar.com. www.dailysportscar.com. 2020-02-02.
  12. Web site: HubAuto Corsa Ferrari Withdrawn Despite Rebuild Attempt – Sportscar365. Perrins. Slade. sportscar365.com. 31 January 2020 . en-US. 2020-02-02.
  13. Web site: 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. Challenge. Intercontinental GT. 31 January 2019. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200201140952/https://twitter.com/IntercontGTC/status/1223383758054686720 . 1 February 2020 . 2020-02-02.
  14. Web site: No. 35 KCMG Nissan Withdrawn After Bathurst Practice Crash – Sportscar365. Perrins. Slade. sportscar365.com. 30 January 2020 . en-US. 2020-02-02.
  15. News: Bentley takes comprehensive win in Bathurst 12 Hour. Speedcafe. 2 February 2020.
  16. Web site: Bathurst 12 Hour – Race Final Classification. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200202223424/https://www.intercontinentalgtchallenge.com/images/results/118/MOUN_02_02_2020_0545_Race_R11_12H_RES_F_1.pdf . 2 February 2020 . 2 February 2020.
  17. Web site: Live Timing Aggregator. timing.71wytham.org.uk. 2020-02-02. 2 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200202223742/https://timing.71wytham.org.uk/ra/cf03545ebd69421395fae30899c1765e/Classification. dead.