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 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]
| Date | Time (local: ACDT) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 10 January | 16:10 | Free Practice 1 |
| Saturday, 11 January | 9:30 | Free Practice 2 |
| 13:30 | Qualifying | |
| Sunday, 12 January | 13:00 | Race |
| Source: [2] | ||
| Free Practice 1 | Class | No. | Entrant | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMP2 | 1 |  Eurasia Motorsport | 2:36.496 | |
| LMP2 Am | 59 |  RLR MSport | 2:46.312 | |
| LMP3 | 12 |  ACE1 Villorba Corse | 2:52.431 | |
| GT | 88 |  Team JLOC | 2:59.913 | |
| GT Am | — | |||
| Free Practice 2 | Class | No. | Entrant | Time |
| LMP2 | 26 |  G-Drive Racing with Algarve | 2:35.418 | |
| LMP2 Am | 59 | RLR MSport | 2:43.416 | |
| LMP3 | 12 | ACE1 Villorba Corse | 2:50.933 | |
| GT | 88 | Team JLOC | 2:58.787 | |
| GT Am | 16 |  Astro Veloce Motorsport | 3:04.525 | |
| Source: [3] [4] | ||||
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Entry | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LMP2 | 45 | Thunderhead Carlin Racing | Dallara P217 | 2:35.698 |
| 2 | LMP2 | 1 | Eurasia Motorsport | Ligier JS P217 | 2:35.870 |
| 3 | LMP2 | 26 | G-Drive Racing with Algarve | Aurus 01 | 2:36.711 |
| 4 | LMP2 | 34 |  Inter Europol Endurance | Ligier JS P217 | 2:36.772 |
| 5 | LMP2 | 36 | Eurasia Motorsport | Ligier JS P217 | 2:37.262 |
| 6 | LMP2 Am | 59 | RLR MSport | Oreca 05 | 2:43.235 |
| 7 | LMP2 Am | 4 |  ARC Bratislava | Ligier JS P2 | 2:43.957 |
| 8 | LMP2 Am | 52 |  Rick Ware Racing | Ligier JS P2 | 2:44.884 |
| 9 | LMP2 | 33 | Inter Europol Endurance | Ligier JS P217 | 2:46.044 |
| 10 | LMP2 Am | 25 | Rick Ware Racing | Ligier JS P2 | 2:48.471 |
| 11 | LMP3 | 2 | Nielsen Racing | Norma M30 | 2:50.802 |
| 12 | LMP3 | 12 | ACE1 Villorba Corse | Ligier JS P3 | 2:51.925 |
| 13 | LMP3 | 9 |  Graff Racing | Norma M30 | 2:51.952 |
| 14 | LMP3 | 13 | Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P3 | 2:52.298 |
| 15 | LMP3 | 14 | Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P3 | 2:54.512 |
| 16 | GT | 27 |  HubAuto Corsa | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | 2:56.109 |
| 17 | GT | 7 | Car Guy Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2:56.924 |
| 18 | GT | 17 | Astro Veloce Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | 2:58.442 |
| 19 | GT | 75 |  T2 Motorsports | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2:58.462 |
| 20 | GT | 51 |  Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 2:58.509 |
| 21 | GT | 88 | Team JLOC | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 2:58.605 |
| 22 | GT | 77 | D'station Racing AMR | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 2:59.284 |
| 23 | LMP3 | 65 |  Viper Niza Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 3:08.667 |
| 24 | GT Am | 16 | Astro Veloce Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | 3:20.329 |
| 25 | LMP3 | 3 | Nielsen Racing | Norma M30 | — |
| Source: [5] | |||||
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 54 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Entry | Drivers | Car | Laps | Time/Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | |||||||
| 1 | LMP2 | 26 | G-Drive Racing with Algarve | James French  Leonard Hoogenboom Roman Rusinov | Aurus 01 | 78 | 4:05:23.417 |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 2 | LMP2 | 36 | Eurasia Motorsport |  Nick Foster Roberto Merhi Aidan Read | Ligier JS P217 | 78 | +44.886 |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 3 | LMP2 | 45 | Thunderhead Carlin Racing | Ben Barnicoat Jack Manchester Harry Tincknell | Dallara P217 | 78 | +2:10.774 |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 4 | LMP2 | 33 | Inter Europol Endurance | John Corbett Nathan Kumar Mitchell Neilson | Ligier JS P217 | 75 | +3 Laps |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | |||||||
| 5 | LMP2 Am | 52 | Rick Ware Racing |  Gustas Grinbergas Cody Ware | Ligier JS P2 | 75 | +3 Laps |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 6 | LMP2 Am | 25 | Rick Ware Racing | Philippe Mulacek Guy Cosmo Anthony Lazzaro | Ligier JS P2 | 75 | +3 Laps |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 7 | LMP2 Am | 4 | ARC Bratislava | Miro Konopka Andreas Laskaratos Garnet Patterson | Ligier JS P2 | 74 | +4 Laps |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| 8 | LMP3 | 2 | Nielsen Racing | Colin Noble Tony Wells | Norma M30 | 73 | +5 Laps |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | |||||||
| 9 | LMP3 | 13 | Inter Europol Competition |  Martin Hippe Nigel Moore | Ligier JS P3 | 73 | +5 Laps |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | |||||||
| 10 | LMP3 | 12 | ACE1 Villorba Corse | Alessandro Bressan Gabriele Lancieri David Fumanelli | Ligier JS P3 | 73 | +5 Laps |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | |||||||
| 11 | GT | 7 | Car Guy Racing | Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura Côme Ledogar | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 71 | +7 Laps |
| Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 12 | GT | 27 | HubAuto Corsa | Liam Talbot Marcos Gomes Davide Rigon | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | 71 | +7 Laps |
| Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 13 | GT | 51 | Spirit of Race | Oswaldo Negri Jr. Alessandro Pier Guidi  Francesco Piovanetti | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 71 | +7 Laps |
| Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 14 | GT | 75 | T2 Motorsports | Christian Colombo Rio Haryanto David Tjiptobiantoro | Ferrari 488 GT3 | 71 | +7 Laps |
| Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 15 | GT | 17 | Astro Veloce Motorsport | Jens Klingmann Aven Qi Max Wiser | BMW M6 GT3 | 71 | +7 Laps |
| BMW 4.4 L V8 | |||||||
| 16 | LMP3 | 14 | Inter Europol Competition | Peter Paddon Garth Walden Austin McCusker | Ligier JS P3 | 68 | +10 Laps |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | |||||||
| 17 | GT | 77 | D'station Racing AMR | Tomonobu Fujii Ross Gunn Satoshi Hoshino | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 65 | +13 Laps |
| Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | |||||||
| 18 | GT | 88 | Team JLOC |  André Couto Yuya Motojima Yusaku Shibata | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 54 | +24 Laps |
| Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | |||||||
| Not Classified | |||||||
| DNF | LMP2 | 1 | Eurasia Motorsport |  Daniel Gaunt Nick Cassidy Shane van Gisbergen | Ligier JS P217 | 73 | |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | |||||||
| DNF | LMP3 | 9 | Graff Racing | David Droux Eric Trouillet Ricky Capo | Norma M30 | 63 | |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | |||||||
| DNF | GT Am | 16 | Astro Veloce Motorsport | Michael Lu David Weian Chen Dennis Zhang | BMW M6 GT3 | 59 | |
| BMW 4.4 L V8 | |||||||
| DNF | LMP3 | 65 | Viper Niza Racing | Dominc Ang Douglas Khoo | Ligier JS P3 | 57 | |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | |||||||
| DNF | LMP2 Am | 59 | RLR MSport |  John Farano Andrew Higgins Arjun Maini | Oreca 05 | 26 | |
| Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | |||||||
| DNF | LMP3 | 3 | Nielsen Racing | Charles Crews Garett Grist Rob Hodes | Norma M30 | 23 | |
| Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8 | |||||||
| DNF | LMP2 | 34 | Inter Europol Endurance | Mathias Beche Jakub Śmiechowski James Winslow | Ligier JS P217 | 19 | |
| Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | |||||||
| Source: [6] | |||||||
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