2020 Bathurst 12 Hour

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 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.

39 cars were entered and 34 cars started, with five entries withdrawn following crashes in practice & qualifying.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 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 Bentley Team 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 Nineteen Corporation Mercedes-AMG GT4 2:17.4249 +13.9913
NC 8 P Oliver Jarvis Bentley Team 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:

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:

Race

Pos. Class No. Team / Entrant Drivers Car Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 P 7 Bentley Team 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 +1:07.794
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 laps
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 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 Bentley Team M-Sport Alex Buncombe
Oliver Jarvis
Seb Morris 		Bentley Continental GT3 225 Puncture
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 Classified
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
5.2 L Lamborghini V10
DNF P 30 JAS Motorsport Dane Cameron
Mario Farnbacher
Renger van der Zande 		Honda NSX GT3 Evo 184 Electrical
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 Classified
5.2 L Ford Coyote V8
DNF P 34 Walkenhorst Motorsport Nick Catsburg
Augusto Farfus
Chaz Mostert 		BMW M6 GT3 166 Overheating
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
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
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
5.2L Lamborghini V10
DNF PA 188 Garage 59 Chris Goodwin
Côme Ledogar
Maxime Martin
Alexander West 		Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 37 Crash
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
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
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
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
WD P 27 HubAuto Corsa Marcos Gomes
Daniel Serra
Tim Slade 		Ferrari 488 GT3 Crash in FP5
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
3.8 L Nissan VR38DETT twin-turbo V6
Fastest lap set by Kelvin van der Linde on lap 305 – 2:03.2789
Source:
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.