2020 4 Hours of The Bend

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The 2020 4 Hours of The Bend was an endurance sportscar racing event held on January 12, 2020, at The Bend Motorsport Park in Tailem Bend, Australia. It served as the second round of the 2019-20 Asian Le Mans Series season. [1] The race was announced in 16 February 2019, [2] and included into the Asian Le Mans Series season calendar by replacing the 4 Hours of Fuji five days later. [3] The competing classes were LMP2, LMP3 and GT, with both LMP2 and GT split to include the AM class.

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The race was the first major international motor race held on The Bend's 35 turn, 7.770 km (4.828 mi) long GT Circuit, officially the second longest permanent motor racing circuit in the world behind only the 20.832 km (12.944 mi) Nürburgring Nordschleife.

The race was attended by the President of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO), Pierre Fillon. [4] [5]

Schedule

DateTime (local: ACDT)Event
Friday, 10 January16:10Free Practice 1
Saturday, 11 January9:30Free Practice 2
13:30Qualifying
Sunday, 12 January13:00Race
Source: [6]

Free practice

Free Practice 1ClassNo.EntrantTime
LMP21 Flag of the Philippines.svg Eurasia Motorsport2:36.496
LMP2 Am59 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg RLR MSport2:46.312
LMP312 Flag of Italy.svg ACE1 Villorba Corse2:52.431
GT88 Flag of Japan.svg Team JLOC 2:59.913
GT Am
Free Practice 2ClassNo.EntrantTime
LMP226 Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing with Algarve 2:35.418
LMP2 Am59 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg RLR MSport2:43.416
LMP312 Flag of Italy.svg ACE1 Villorba Corse2:50.933
GT88 Flag of Japan.svg Team JLOC 2:58.787
GT Am16 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Astro Veloce Motorsport3:04.525
Source: [7] [8]

Qualifying

British driver Ben Barnicoat took pole position for the 4 Hours of The Bend with a time of 2:35.698 driving a Dallara P217 LMP2 for Thunderhead Carlin Racing. It was the first time that the Dallara P217 had scored a pole position in any LMP2 competition. Young Scottish driver Colin Noble took pole in LMP3 with a time of 2:50.802 in his Norma M30 for Nielsen Racing's first ever LMP3 pole, while Italian Davide Rigon scored the GT pole in the HubAuto Corsa's Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 with a 2:56.109 lap. [9] [10]

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

Pos.ClassNo.EntryCarTime
1LMP245 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Thunderhead Carlin Racing Dallara P217 2:35.698
2LMP21 Flag of the Philippines.svg Eurasia Motorsport Ligier JS P217 2:35.870
3LMP226 Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing with Algarve Aurus 01 2:36.711
4LMP234 Flag of Poland.svg Inter Europol Endurance Ligier JS P217 2:36.772
5LMP236 Flag of the Philippines.svg Eurasia Motorsport Ligier JS P217 2:37.262
6LMP2 Am59 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg RLR MSport Oreca 05 2:43.235
7LMP2 Am4 Flag of Slovakia.svg ARC Bratislava Ligier JS P2 2:43.957
8LMP2 Am52 Flag of the United States.svg Rick Ware Racing Ligier JS P2 2:44.884
9LMP233 Flag of Poland.svg Inter Europol Endurance Ligier JS P217 2:46.044
10LMP2 Am25 Flag of the United States.svg Rick Ware Racing Ligier JS P2 2:48.471
11LMP32 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nielsen Racing Norma M30 2:50.802
12LMP312 Flag of Italy.svg ACE1 Villorba Corse Ligier JS P3 2:51.925
13LMP39 Flag of France.svg Graff Racing Norma M30 2:51.952
14LMP313 Flag of Poland.svg Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 2:52.298
15LMP314 Flag of Poland.svg Inter Europol Competition Ligier JS P3 2:54.512
16GT27 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg HubAuto Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 2:56.109
17GT7 Flag of Japan.svg Car Guy Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 2:56.924
18GT17 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Astro Veloce Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 2:58.442
19GT75 Flag of Singapore.svg T2 Motorsports Ferrari 488 GT3 2:58.462
20GT51 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Spirit of Race Ferrari 488 GT3 2:58.509
21GT88 Flag of Japan.svg Team JLOC Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2:58.605
22GT77 Flag of Japan.svg D'station Racing AMR Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 2:59.284
23LMP365 Flag of Malaysia.svg Viper Niza Racing Ligier JS P3 3:08.667
24GT Am16 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Astro Veloce Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 3:20.329
25LMP33 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nielsen Racing Norma M30
Source: [11]

Race

Race results

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 54 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

Pos.ClassNo.EntryDriversCarLapsTime/Gap
Engine
1LMP226 Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing with Algarve Flag of the United States.svg James French
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Leonard Hoogenboom
Flag of Russia.svg Roman Rusinov
Aurus 01 784:05:23.417
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
2LMP236 Flag of the Philippines.svg Eurasia Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Foster
Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Merhi
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aidan Read
Ligier JS P217 78+44.886
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
3LMP245 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Thunderhead Carlin Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Barnicoat
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Manchester
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Tincknell
Dallara P217 78+2:10.774
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
4LMP233 Flag of Poland.svg Inter Europol Endurance Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Corbett
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Kumar
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Neilson
Ligier JS P217 75+3 Laps
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5LMP2 Am52 Flag of the United States.svg Rick Ware Racing Flag of Lithuania.svg Gustas Grinbergas
Flag of the United States.svg Cody Ware
Ligier JS P2 75+3 Laps
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
6LMP2 Am25 Flag of the United States.svg Rick Ware Racing Flag of the United States.svg Philippe Mulacek
Flag of the United States.svg Guy Cosmo
Flag of the United States.svg Anthony Lazzaro
Ligier JS P2 75+3 Laps
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
7LMP2 Am4 Flag of Slovakia.svg ARC Bratislava Flag of Slovakia.svg Miro Konôpka
Flag of Greece.svg Andreas Laskaratos
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garnet Patterson
Ligier JS P2 74+4 Laps
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8LMP32 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nielsen Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin Noble
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Wells
Norma M30 73+5 Laps
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
9LMP313 Flag of Poland.svg Inter Europol Competition Flag of Germany.svg Martin Hippe
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Moore
Ligier JS P3 73+5 Laps
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
10LMP312 Flag of Italy.svg ACE1 Villorba Corse Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Bressan
Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Lancieri
Flag of Italy.svg David Fumanelli
Ligier JS P3 73+5 Laps
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
11GT7 Flag of Japan.svg Car Guy Racing Flag of Italy.svg Kei Cozzolino
Flag of Japan.svg Takeshi Kimura
Flag of France.svg Côme Ledogar
Ferrari 488 GT3 71+7 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
12GT27 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg HubAuto Corsa Flag of Australia (converted).svg Liam Talbot
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcos Gomes
Flag of Italy.svg Davide Rigon
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 71+7 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
13GT51 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Spirit of Race Flag of Brazil.svg Oswaldo Negri Jr.
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Pier Guidi
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Francesco Piovanetti
Ferrari 488 GT3 71+7 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
14GT75 Flag of Singapore.svg T2 Motorsports Flag of Italy.svg Christian Colombo
Flag of Indonesia.svg Rio Haryanto
Flag of Indonesia.svg David Tjiptobiantoro
Ferrari 488 GT3 71+7 Laps
Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
15GT17 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Astro Veloce Motorsport Flag of Germany.svg Jens Klingmann
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Aven Qi
Flag of Italy.svg Max Wiser
BMW M6 GT3 71+7 Laps
BMW 4.4 L V8
16LMP314 Flag of Poland.svg Inter Europol Competition Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Paddon
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Walden
Flag of the United States.svg Austin McCusker
Ligier JS P3 68+10 Laps
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
17GT77 Flag of Japan.svg D'station Racing AMR Flag of Japan.svg Tomonobu Fujii
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ross Gunn
Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Hoshino
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 65+13 Laps
Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
18GT88 Flag of Japan.svg Team JLOC Flag of Macau.svg André Couto
Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Motojima
Flag of Japan.svg Yusaku Shibata
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 54+24 Laps
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
Not Classified
DNFLMP21 Flag of the Philippines.svg Eurasia Motorsport Flag of New Zealand.svg Daniel Gaunt
Flag of New Zealand.svg Nick Cassidy
Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen
Ligier JS P217 73
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNFLMP39 Flag of France.svg Graff Racing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg David Droux
Flag of France.svg Eric Trouillet
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ricky Capo
Norma M30 63
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
DNFGT Am16 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Astro Veloce Motorsport Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Michael Lu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg David Weian Chen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Dennis Zhang
BMW M6 GT3 59
BMW 4.4 L V8
DNFLMP365 Flag of Malaysia.svg Viper Niza Racing Flag of Malaysia.svg Dominc Ang
Flag of Malaysia.svg Douglas Khoo
Ligier JS P3 57
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
DNFLMP2 Am59 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg RLR MSport Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Farano
Flag of New Zealand.svg Andrew Higgins
Flag of India.svg Arjun Maini
Oreca 05 26
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNFLMP33 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nielsen Racing Flag of the United States.svg Charles Crews
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Garett Grist
Flag of the United States.svg Rob Hodes
Norma M30 23
Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
DNFLMP234 Flag of Poland.svg Inter Europol Endurance Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Mathias Beche
Flag of Poland.svg Jakub Śmiechowski
Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Winslow
Ligier JS P217 19
Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Source: [12]

References

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