The 2022 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour was an endurance race staged on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, on 15 May 2022. It was the opening round of the 2022 Intercontinental GT Challenge. The race was originally planned to be held on 27 February 2022, but was postponed to May due to concerns with the COVID-19 quarantine regulations of Australia.

Class structure Entries were divided into classes based on car type and driver ratings. Class A – GT3 (current-specification GT3 cars) Class APA (Pro-Am) - for driving combinations featuring two FIA Platinum- or FIA Gold-rated drivers and one or two FIA Bronze-rated drivers. Class AAM (Am) - for driving combinations featuring at most one FIA Silver-rated driver, with the remaining drivers being FIA Bronze-rated. Class B – GT3 Trophy (older-specification GT3 cars) Pro-Am - for driving combinations featuring at most one FIA Silver-rated driver, with the remaining drivers being FIA Bronze-rated. Am - for driving combinations featuring only FIA Bronze-rated drivers. Class C – Porsche GT3 Cup Car Class D – GT4 cars Class I – Invitational class Class I was open to MARC Cars, GT2 cars and GTC cars from one-make categories.

There were no entries in Classes B and D.

Entry list Team Car Drivers Class Grove Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 4 Ben Barker APA Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Wall Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 6 Tony D'Alberto APA Grant Denyer Adrian Deitz David Wall Team Hallmarc Audi R8 LMS Evo II 9 Marc Cini APA Dean Fiore Lee Holdsworth Our Kloud-UpTo11 Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup 11 Eric Constantinidis C Indiran Padayachee Aaron Zerefos Team BRM Audi R8 LMS Evo II 17 Nick Percat APA Joey Mawson Mark Rosser Nineteen Corp. Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 19 Will Brown APA Mark Griffith Jack Perkins Tony Bates Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II 24 Tony Bates APA David Reynolds Cam Waters RAM Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 45 Brett Hobson AAM Michael Sheargold Garth Walden Supabarn Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II 47 James Koundouris AAM Theo Koundouris David Russell Paul Stokell M Motorsport KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept 50 David Crampton I Trent Harrison Dale Wood Glen Wood Wheels/ FX Racing PNG MARC II V8 52 Keith Kassulke I Hadrian Morall Zane Morse Valmont Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 55 Duvashen Padayachee AAM Sergio Pires Marcel Zalloua CoinSpot Racing Team Audi R8 LMS Evo II 65 Chaz Mostert APA Fraser Ross Liam Talbot Audi Sport Team Valvoline Audi R8 LMS Evo II 74 Nathanaël Berthon APA Kelvin van der Linde Brad Schumacher The Bend Motorsport Park Team Valvoline 777 Ricardo Feller APA Yasser Shahin Markus Winkelhock SunEnergy1 Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 75 Jules Gounon APA Kenny Habul Martin Konrad Luca Stolz MANN FILTER Triple Eight Race Engineering 888 Broc Feeney APA Shane van Gisbergen Prince Jefri Ibrahim Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 91 Maro Engel APA Daniel Juncadella Kevin Tse MARC Cars Australia MARC II V8 95 Jake Camilleri I Declan Fraser Geoff Taunton Scott Taylor Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup 222 Alex Davison C Geoff Emery Craig Lowndes Scott Taylor

Qualifying Qualifying was split into two sessions, with Class A cars required to have an FIA Bronze-rated driver take part in the first and a higher-rated driver take part in the second. Results were formed by taking the aggregate times for each car from the two sessions. Class leaders are shown in bold.

Pos. Class Drivers Team Car Combined time Gap 1 65 APA Chaz Mostert Liam Talbot CoinSpot Racing Team Audi R8 LMS Evo II 4:08.5891 2 74 APA Kelvin van der Linde Brad Schumacher Audi Sport Team Valvoline Audi R8 LMS Evo II 4:08.9259 +0.3368 3 777 APA Ricardo Feller Yasser Shahin The Bend Motorsport Park Team Valvoline Audi R8 LMS Evo II 4:09.2725 +0.6834 4 75 APA Jules Gounon Martin Konrad SunEnergy1 Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 4:09.7717 +1.1826 5 45 AAM Garth Walden Brett Hobson RAM Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 4:11.2251 +2.6660 6 4 APA Ben Barker Stephen Grove Grove Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 4:12.7094 +4.1203 7 55 AAM Duvashen Padayachee Sergio Pieres Valmont Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 4:13.8589 +5.2698 8 888 APA Shane van Gisbergen Prince Jefri Ibrahim MANN FILTER Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 4:13.9941 +5.4050 9 6 APA Tony D'Alberto Grant Denyer Wall Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 4:14.5492 +5.9608 10 9 APA Lee Holdsworth Marc Cini Team Hallmarc Audi R8 LMS Evo II 4:14.9955 +6.4064 11 19 APA Will Brown Mark Griffith Nineteen Corp. Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 4.15.9068 +7.3177 12 50 I Dale Wood Trent Harrison M Motorsport KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept 4:16.1244 +7.5353 13 52 I Zane Morse Keith Kassulke Wheels FX Racing PNG MARC II V8 4:18.1303 +9.5412 14 222 C Alex Davison Geoff Emery Scott Taylor Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup 4:18.5187 +9.9296 15 11 C Eric Constantinidis Aaron Zerefos Our Kloud-UpTo11 Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup 4:35.1478 +26.5587 16 24 APA David Reynolds Tony Bates Tony Bates Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II 5:33.7784 +1:25.1993 – 47 AAM David Russell Paul Stokell Supabarn Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II – 95 I Declan Fraser Jake Camilleri MARC Cars Australia MARC II V8 – 17 APA Nick Percat Mark Rosser Team BRM Audi R8 LMS Evo II – 91 APA Maro Engel Kevin Tse Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Source:

Top Ten Shootout Due to concerns over low tyre temperature, the traditional one-lap shootout was replaced by two fifteen minute sessions, the first for 6th to 10th positions in the qualifying session and the second from 1st to 5th positions.

Pos. Class Driver Team Car Time Gap 1 65 APA Chaz Mostert CoinSpot Racing Team Audi R8 LMS Evo II 2:02.4930 2 74 APA Kelvin van der Linde Audi Sport Team Valvoline Audi R8 LMS Evo II 2:02.5788 +0.0858 3 75 APA Jules Gounon SunEnergy1 Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:03.2192 +0.7262 4 777 APA Ricardo Feller The Bend Motorsport Park Team Valvoline Audi R8 LMS Evo II 2:03.3380 +0.8450 5 888 APA Shane van Gisbergen MANN FILTER Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:03.6381 +1.1451 6 9 APA Lee Holdsworth Team Hallmarc Audi R8 LMS Evo II 2:04.0224 +1.5294 7 4 APA Ben Barker Grove Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 2:04.1710 +1.6780 8 55 AAM Duvashen Padayachee Valmont Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 2:04.6340 +2.1410 9 6 APA Tony D'Alberto Wall Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2:04.6908 +2.1978 10 45 AAM Brett Hobson RAM Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:04.7550 +2.2620 Source:

Race Class winners are shown in bold.

Pos Class Team Drivers CarLapsTime/RetiredEngine1APA75 SunEnergy1 Triple Eight Race Engineering Kenny Habul Jules Gounon Martin Konrad Luca StolzMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo29112:00:56.1980Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V82APA91 Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Daniel Juncadella Maro Engel Kevin TseMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo291 +8.7071Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V83APA888 MANN FILTER Triple Eight Race Engineering Shane van Gisbergen Broc Feeney Prince Jefri IbrahimMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo291 +1:35.3671Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V84APA74 Audi Sport Team Valvoline Kelvin van der Linde Nathanael Berthon Brad SchumacherAudi R8 LMS Evo II290 +1 LapAudi DAR 5.2 L V105APA6 Wall Racing Tony D'Alberto David Wall Adrian Deitz Grant DenyerLamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo286 +5 LapsLamborghini DGF 5.2 L V106APA9 Hallmarc Racing Lee Holdsworth Dean Fiore Marc CiniAudi R8 LMS Evo II286 +5 LapsAudi DAR 5.2 L V107APA777 Audi Sport Team Valvoline Markus Winkelhock Ricardo Feller Yasser ShahinAudi R8 LMS Evo II285 +6 LapsAudi DAR 5.2 L V108APA17 Team BRM Nick Percat Joey Mawson Mark RosserAudi R8 LMS Evo II284 +7 LapsAudi DAR 5.2 L V109AAM47 Supabarn Racing David Russell Paul Stokell James Koundouris Theo KoundourisAudi R8 LMS Evo II283+8 LapsAudi DAR 5.2 L V1010C222 Prostate Cancer Foundation Racing / STM Scott Taylor Alex Davison Craig Lowndes Geoff EmeryPorsche 991 GT3 II Cup276+15 LapsPorsche 4.0 L Flat-611APA24 C Tech Laser by Tony Bates Racing Cam Waters David Reynolds Tony BatesAudi R8 LMS Evo II256 +35 LapsAudi DAR 5.2 L V10AAM55 Valmont Racing Duvashen Padayachee Sergio Pires Marcel ZallouaMercedes-AMG GT3199+92 lapsMercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8NCC11 Our Kloud-UpTo11 Motorsport Aaron Zerefos Eric Constantindis Indiran PadayacheePorsche 991 GT3 II Cup198+93 lapsPorsche 4.0 L Flat-6APA4 Grove Racing Ben Barker Brenton Grove Stephen GrovePorsche 911 GT3 R197AccidentPorsche 4.0 L Flat-6DNFAAM45 RAM Motorsport Garth Walden Brett Hobson Mike SheargoldMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo170AccidentMercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8DNFAPA65 CoinSpot Racing Team Chaz Mostert Liam Talbot Fraser RossAudi R8 LMS Evo II161AccidentAudi DAR 5.2 L V10DNFI95 MARC Cars Australia Geoff Taunton Jake Camilleri Declan FraserMARC II V8143EngineFord Coyote 5.2 L V8DNFI50 M Motorsport Dale Wood Glen Wood Trent Harrison David CramptonKTM X-Bow GT2 Concept38AccidentAudi TFSI 2.5 L Turbo I5DNFAPA19 Nineteen Corp. Racing Team Will Brown Jack Perkins Mark GriffithMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo33AccidentMercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8DNFI52 Speed / FX Wheels Racing PNG Keith Kassulke Hadrian Morrall Zane MorseMARC II V815AccidentFord Coyote 5.2 L V8 Fastest lap: Kelvin van der Linde – 2:03.1173 (lap 256)Source:

References

External links

2022 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Sporting and Technical Regulations, as archived at web.archive.org 2022 LIQUI-MOLY BATHURST 12 HOUR SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS, as archived at web.archive.org 2022 Entry List, www.bathurst12hour.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org