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 2020.2020 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Sporting and Technical Regulations, as archived at web.archive.org 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. 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Challenge and the 2020 Australian Endurance Championship. 39 cars were entered and 34 cars started, with five entries withdrawn following crashes in practice & qualifying.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. Class A – GT3 Outright (GT3 Pro) (GT3 Pro-Am) (GT3 Silver) Class B - Lamborghini Super Trofeo cars (no entries received) Class C – GT4 Class I – Invitational

Entry list TeamCarDriversClass Earl Bamber MotorsportPorsche 911 GT3 R1 Earl BamberAP Craig Lowndes Laurens Vanthoor Melbourne Performance CentreAudi R8 LMS Evo2 Christopher HaaseAP Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch Grove RacingPorsche 911 GT3 R4 Ben BarkerAPA Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Wall RacingLamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo6 Adrian DeitzAS Tony D'Alberto Cameron McConville Jules Westwood M-SportBentley Continental GT37 Jules GounonAP Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet8 Alex BuncombeAP Oliver Jarvis Seb Morris Hallmarc RacingAudi R8 LMS Evo9 Marc CiniAPA Dean Fiore Lee Holdsworth Earl Bamber MotorsportPorsche 911 GT3 R12 David Calvert-JonesAPA Romain Dumas Jaxon Evans RHC Jorgensen-StromBMW M4 GT413 Danny van DongenC Daren Jorgensen Brett Strom KCMGNissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018)18 Alexandre ImperatoriAP Edoardo Liberati João Paulo de Oliveira Multimatic Motorsports / Nineteen CorporationMercedes-AMG GT419 Mark GriffithC Dirk Müller Harrison Newey T2 RacingMARC II V820 Adam HargravesI Daniel Jilesen Steve Owen Cédric Sbirrazzuoli Melbourne Performance CentreAudi R8 LMS Evo22 Mirko BortolottiAP Christopher Mies Garth Tander Tony Bates RacingAudi R8 LMS Evo24 Tony BatesAS Geoff Emery Dylan O'Keeffe Max Twigg HubAuto CorsaFerrari 488 GT327 Marcos GomesAP Daniel Serra Tim Slade Trofeo MotorsportLamborghini Huracán GT329 Dean CantoAS Grant Denyer Liam Talbot Marcel Zalloua JAS MotorsportHonda NSX GT3 Evo30 Dane CameronAP Mario Farnbacher Renger van der Zande Walkenhorst MotorsportBMW M6 GT334 Nick CatsburgAP Augusto Farfus Chaz Mostert KCMGNissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018)35 Josh BurdonAP Katsumasa Chiyo Tsugio Matsuda Black FalconMercedes-AMG GT346 Sergey AfanasyevAS Patrick Assenheimer Michele Beretta 59RacingMcLaren 720S GT359 Martin KodrićAS Fraser Ross Dominic Storey60 Ben BarnicoatAP Tom Blomqvist Álvaro Parente R-MotorsportAston Martin Vantage AMR GT362 Oliver CaldwellAP Luca Ghiotto Marvin Kirchhöfer FFF Racing TeamLamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo63 Andrea CaldarelliAP Dennis Lind Marco Mapelli SunEnergy1 RacingMercedes-AMG GT375 Dominik BaumannAPA Kenny Habul Martin Konrad David Reynolds R-MotorsportAston Martin Vantage AMR GT376 Jake DennisAP Scott Dixon Rick Kelly Craft-Bamboo RacingMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo77 Yelmer BuurmanAP Maro Engel Luca Stolz MARC Cars AustraliaMARC II V891 Aaron CameronI Nick Percat Broc Feeney92 Tyler EveringhamI James Kaye Hadrian Morrall GJ MotorsportMARC II V895 Bayley HallI Warren Luff Brad Schumacher Geoff Taunton Hobson MotorsportNissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2015)96 Brett HobsonAS Kurt Kostecki Garth Walden Garage 59Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3159 Roman De AngelisAS Olivier Hart Andrew Watson188 Chris GoodwinAPA Côme Ledogar Maxime Martin Alexander West Melbourne Performance CentreAudi R8 LMS Evo222 Mattia DrudiAP Kelvin van der Linde Markus Winkelhock Triple Eight Race EngineeringMercedes-AMG GT3777 Anton de PasqualeAPA Nick Foster Sam Shahin Yasser ShahinMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo888 Shane van GisbergenAP Maximilian Götz Jamie Whincup Absolute RacingPorsche 911 GT3 R911 Matt CampbellAP Mathieu Jaminet Patrick Pilet912 Matteo CairoliAP Thomas Preining Dirk Werner GruppeM RacingMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo999 Maximilian BuhkAP Felipe Fraga Raffaele MarcielloSource:

Results

Qualifying 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 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 Multimatic Motorsports / Nineteen Corporation Mercedes-AMG GT4 2:17.4249 +13.9913 NC 8 P Oliver Jarvis 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 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:

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