2020 Bathurst 12 Hour
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| Round 1 of 4 in the 2020 | ||||||||||||||
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| Date | 31 January – 2 February 2020 | |||||||||||||
| Location | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Mount Panorama Circuit | |||||||||||||
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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39 cars were entered and 34 cars started, with five entries withdrawn following crashes in practice & qualifying.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
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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
Top 10 shootout
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 911 |  Matt Campbell
|
 Absolute Racing
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Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2:03.5554 | |
| 2 | 60 |  Álvaro Parente
|
59Racing
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McLaren 720S GT3 | 2:03.7802 | +0.2248 |
| 3 | 999 |  Raffaele Marciello
|
 GruppeM Racing
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Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:03.8219 | +0.2665 |
| 4 | 18 |  João Paulo de Oliveira
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KCMG
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Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) | 2:03.9403 | +0.3849 |
| 5 | 1 |  Laurens Vanthoor
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 Earl Bamber Motorsport
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Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2:03.9829 | +0.4275 |
| 6 | 77 |  Maro Engel
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Craft-Bamboo Racing
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Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:04.0769 | +0.5215 |
| 7 | 222 |  Kelvin van der Linde
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Melbourne Performance Centre
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Audi R8 LMS Evo | 2:04.3442 | +0.7888 |
| 8 | 888 | Shane van Gisbergen
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Triple Eight Race Engineering
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Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:04.3560 | +0.8006 |
| 9 | 63 | Marco Mapelli
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FFF Racing Team
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Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 2:04.5014 | +0.9460 |
| 10 | 76 |  Jake Dennis
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 R-Motorsport
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Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 2:04.7524 | +1.1970 |
| Source:[2] | ||||||
Race
- 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
- ^ "Campbell takes provisional pole in bruising qualifying". Speedcafe. 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Campbell storms to Bathurst 12 Hour pole for Porsche". Speedcafe. 1 February 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Perrins, Slade (February 2020). "Tander Audi Crashes Amid Incident-Filled Morning – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ 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) - ^ a b c "Mount Panorama Claims Record Number Of Pre-Race Victims – dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ Perrins, Slade (31 January 2020). "HubAuto Corsa Ferrari Withdrawn Despite Rebuild Attempt – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Perrins, Slade (30 January 2020). "No. 35 KCMG Nissan Withdrawn After Bathurst Practice Crash – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "Bentley takes comprehensive win in Bathurst 12 Hour". Speedcafe. 2 February 2020.
- ^ "Bathurst 12 Hour – Race Final Classification" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "Live Timing Aggregator". timing.71wytham.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
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