The 2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour was an endurance race for a variety of GT and touring car classes, including: GT3 cars, GT4 cars and Group 3E Series Production Cars. The event, which was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, near Bathurst, in New South Wales, Australia on 7 February 2016, was the fourteenth running of the Bathurst 12 Hour. It was also the opening round of the 2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge Series.

37 cars were entered for the race and 36 cars started the race, with one entry withdrawn following a crash in practice. Álvaro Parente, Shane van Gisbergen and Jonathon Webb won the event driving a McLaren 650S GT3. Despite 13 safety car periods, the race ended with 297 laps completed, a race record distance.

Class structure Cars competed in the following three classes.2016 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Official Programme, p. 42–43 Class A – GT3 Outright Class AP – GT3 Pro-Am, for driver combinations including one unseeded driver. Class AA – GT3 Am, for driver combinations including two or three unseeded drivers. Class B – GT3 Cup Cars Class I – Invitational

Class C was also available for entry for GT4 cars, however due to lack of entries, the sole Class C car entered was merged into Class I.

Official results

Class Team / Entrant Drivers Car Laps Time/Retired Engine 1 AP 59 Tekno Autosports Álvaro Parente Shane van Gisbergen Jonathon Webb McLaren 650S GT3 297 12:01:05.133 3.8 L McLaren M838T twin-turbo V8 2 AP 1 NISMO Athlete Global Team Katsumasa Chiyo Rick Kelly Florian Strauss Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 297 +1.276 3.8 L Nissan VR38DETT twin-turbo V6 3 AP 10 Bentley Team M-Sport Matt Bell Steven Kane Guy Smith Bentley Continental GT3 297 +1:18.503 4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8 4 AP 2 Phoenix Racing Alex Davison Laurens Vanthoor Markus Winkelhock Audi R8 LMS 297 +2:05.621 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 5 AP 36 Erebus Motorsport Nico Bastian Thomas Jäger David Reynolds Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 296 +1 lap 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 6 AA 5 GT Motorsport Nathan Antunes Barton Mawer Greg Taylor Audi R8 LMS 294 +3 laps 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 7 AP 31 Bentley Team M-Sport David Russell Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet Bentley Continental GT3 293 +4 laps 4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8 8 AP 75 Jamec Pem Racing Steve McLaughlan René Rast Garth Tander Audi R8 LMS 293 +4 laps 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 9 AP 60 Tekno Autosports Robert Bell Will Davison Andrew Watson McLaren 650S GT3 292 +5 laps 3.8 L McLaren M838T twin-turbo V8 10 AA 32 Lago Racing Roger Lago Steve Owen Luke Youlden Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX 291 +6 laps 5.2 L Lamborghini V10 11 AA 82 International Motorsport Rick Armstrong Andrew Bagnall Matt Halliday Audi R8 LMS Ultra 287 +10 laps 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 12 B 4 Grove Motorsport Earl Bamber Stephen Grove Scott McLaughlin Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 285 +12 laps 3.6 L Porsche H6 13 I 93 MARC Cars Australia Jake Camilleri Morgan Haber Aaron Seton MARC Mazda3 GTC 280 +17 laps 5.0 L Ford Coyote V8 14 I 54 Donut King Racing Tony Alford Mark Griffith Beric Lynton MARC Focus GTC 271 +26 laps 5.0 L Ford Coyote V8 15 I 92 MARC Cars Australia Michael Benton Hadrian Morrall Angus Kennard MARC Focus GTC 271 +26 laps 5.0 L Ford Coyote V8 16 B 6 Wall Racing Richard Gartner Michael O'Donnell Indiran Padayachee Aaron Zerefos Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 270 +27 laps 3.6 L Porsche H6 17 AA 49 Vicious Rumour Racing Tony DeFelice Renato Loberto Andrea Montermini Benny Simonsen Ferrari 458 GT3 256 +41 laps 4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8 18 I 91 MARC Cars Australia Lindsay Kearns Rob Thomson Jimmy Vernon MARC Focus GTC 228 +69 laps 5.0 L Ford Coyote V8 19 I 94 MARC Cars Australia Bryce Fullwood Gerard McLeod Nick Rowe MARC Mazda3 GTC 195 +102 laps 5.0 L Ford Coyote V8 20 B 77 Team NZ Motorsport John Curran Nick Foster Craig Smith Will Bamber Graeme Dowsett Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 79 +218 laps 3.6 L Porsche H6 B 21 Ashley Seward Motorsport James Bergmuller Sam Fillmore Danny Stutterd Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 268 Out of Fuel 3.6 L Porsche H6 DNF AA 40 Supabarn Supermarkets Racing Shae Davies James Koundouris Theo Koundouris Marcus Marshall Audi R8 LMS 251 Tyre Failure 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 DNF AP 63 Erebus Motorsport Austin Cindric Maro Engel Bernd Schneider Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 219 Crash 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 DNF AA 37 Keltic Racing Craig Baird Klark Quinn Tony Quinn McLaren 650S GT3 171 Spun out/stalled 3.8 L McLaren M838T twin-turbo V8 DNF AA 9 Hallmarc Racing Marc Cini Mark Eddy Christer Jöns Audi R8 LMS Ultra 157 Crash 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 DNF B 69 APO Sport James May Paul May Alex Osborne Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 149 Crash 3.6 L Porsche H6 DNF AP 33 MISHUMOTORS Alex Kapadia Mirco Schultis Patrick Simon Renger van der Zande Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 133 Crash 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 DNF B 38 Wall Racing Daniel Bilski Paul Tresidder David Wall Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S 128 Gearbox 3.6 L Porsche H6 DNF B 12 Motorsport Services Limited Allan Dippie Scott O'Donnell Chris van der Drift Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 128 Gearbox 3.6 L Porsche H6 DNF I 65 Daytona Sports Cars Jamie Augustine Dean Lillie Benjamin Schoots Daytona Sportscar 126 Oil Pressure 6.0 L GM LS1 V8 DNF I 28 GWS Personnel Motorsport Will Cauchi David Cox Ric Shaw Jake Williams BMW 335i 107 Not Classified (last lap too slow) 3.0 L BMW N55 twin-turbo I6 DNF I 16 PROsport Performance Adam Christodoulou Fabian Hamprecht Nico Verdonck Jörg Viebahn Porsche Cayman Pro 4 92 Crash 3.4 L Porsche H6 DNF AP 88 Maranello Motorsport Tony D'Alberto Grant Denyer Mika Salo Toni Vilander Ferrari 458 GT3 63 Crash Damage 4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8 DNF AP 74 Jamec Pem Racing Christopher Haase Marco Mapelli Christopher Mies Audi R8 LMS 50 Tyre Failure 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 DNF AA 11 Objective Racing Matt Campbell Warren Luff Tim Slade Tony Walls McLaren 650S GT3 49 Crash 3.8 L McLaren M838T twin-turbo V8 DNF AA 62 Performance West Motorsport Scott Andrews Nick Percat Peter Rullo Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 1 Suspension 5.2 L Lamborghini V10 AA 48 M Motorsport John McIntyre Justin McMillan Dale Wood Glen Wood Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Crash in Practice 5 5.2 L Lamborghini V10 Sources:

– The #93 MARC Cars Australia entry was listed in both the official entry list and the official results as a MARC Focus GTC but it was actually a MARC Mazda3 GTC. – Will Bamber was unable to drive in the race following a crash during the qualifying session. – Greame Dowsett was unable to drive in the race following a pre-race injury. He was replaced by Nick Foster Class winners are shown in bold. Race time of winning car: 12:01:05.1330 Fastest race lap: 2:01.5670 – Shane van Gisbergen

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