2020 Bathurst 1000

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Flag of New South Wales.svg 2020 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
Event Information
Round 8 of 8 in the 2020 Supercars Championship
Mount Panorama street racing circuit in Australia.svg
Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit
Date15–18 October 2020
Location Bathurst, New South Wales
Venue Mount Panorama Circuit
WeatherThursday: Fine, 24°C
Results
Race 1
Distance 161 laps 1000 km
Pole position Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cam Waters
Tickford Racing 		2:03.5592
Winner Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander
Triple Eight Race Engineering 		6:10:56.1143

The 2020 Bathurst 1000 (formally known as the 2020 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000) was a motor racing event for Supercars that was held on the weekend of 15–18 October 2020. It was held at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, and featured a single 1000 kilometre race. The event was the final race of the 2020 Supercars Championship and the final time Supercheap Auto was the naming rights sponsor, having been so since 2005, as United States–based Genuine Parts Company has acquired naming rights for both the Supercars Championship and the Bathurst 1000 starting in 2021. This was the first Bathurst 1000 in history to run with a limited crowd capacity, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

After a qualifying session held on the Friday, the top 10 drivers from that session competed in the shootout where Cam Waters from Tickford Racing claim the pole position with a time of 2:03.5592. In the race, driver pairing, Shane Van Gisbergen and Garth Tander from Triple Eight Race Engineering who started in fourth place won the race with Van Gisbergen winning his first Bathurst 1000 and Tander his fourth. Cam Waters and Will Davison from Tickford Racing finished in second, with Walkinshaw Andretti United's Chaz Mostert and Warren Luff completing the podium in third.

Following this, Scott McLaughlin who finished fifth in the race would win his third Supercars drivers' championship finishing 451 points ahead of Waters with Van Gisbergen finishing in third. In the teams' championship, DJR Team Penske claimed the title, finishing 262 points ahead of Triple Eight, with Tickford Racing rounding out the top three.

Report

Background and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

The event was the 63rd running of the Bathurst 1000, which was first held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in 1960 as a 500-mile race for Australian-made standard production sedans, and marks the 60th time that the race was held at Mount Panorama. It was the 24th running of the Australian 1000 race, which was first held after the organisational split between the Australian Racing Drivers Club and V8 Supercars Australia that saw two "Bathurst 1000" races contested in both 1997 and 1998.

This was the first time since 2000 that the race was also the final round of the championship. [1]

The 2019 winners of the race were Scott McLaughlin and Alexandre Prémat, though Premat, a Clark County, Nevada (United States) resident who is the lead instructor at driving school for premium sportscars there, was unable to compete in the race due to border restrictions imposed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. [2] [3]

Entry list

Twenty-five cars were entered in the event – 17 Holden Commodores and eight Ford Mustangs, the smallest entry list in the events' history and the first Ford and Holden-only race since 2012. In addition to the 24 regular entries, there was a single 'Wildcard' entry from the Garry Rogers Motorsport team for débutants Tyler Everingham and Jayden Ojeda from the Super2 Series. [4] GRM had originally planned for Nathan Herne from the Australian TA2 Racing Series to race in place of Ojeda, however Herne's entry was blocked as Motorsport Australia denied him the required licence. [5] [6] Seven drivers made their debuts in the race – Everingham and Ojeda, championship driver Zane Goddard, Australian and World TCR driver Dylan O'Keeffe, former Super2 driver Kurt Kostecki, and current Super2 drivers Jordan Boys and Broc Feeney. With 45 Australians and 5 New Zealanders in the line-up, it marked the first grid made up of solely Antipodean drivers since 1964.

No.DriversTeam (Sponsors)CarNo.DriversTeam (Sponsors)Car
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bryce Fullwood
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kurt Kostecki 		Walkinshaw Andretti United
(Middy's Electrical)		 Holden Commodore ZB 19 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jonathon Webb 		Team Sydney
(Local Legends Jerky Biltong)		 Holden Commodore ZB
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Macauley Jones
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Blanchard 		Tim Blanchard Racing
(CoolDrive)		 Holden Commodore ZB 20 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Fiore 		Team 18
(DeWalt)		 Holden Commodore ZB
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Smith
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Perkins 		Brad Jones Racing
(SCT Logistics)		 Holden Commodore ZB 22 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Pither
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Owen 		Team Sydney
(Coca-Cola)		 Holden Commodore ZB
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Caruso 		Tickford Racing
(Truck Assist)		 Ford Mustang GT 25 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Warren Luff 		Walkinshaw Andretti United
(Appliances Online)		 Holden Commodore ZB
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cam Waters
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Davison 		Tickford Racing
(Monster Energy)		 Ford Mustang GT 34 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zane Goddard
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake Kostecki 		Matt Stone Racing
(Unit Workwear)		 Holden Commodore ZB
7 Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dylan O'Keeffe 		Kelly Racing
(Ned Whisky)		 Ford Mustang GT 35 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garry Jacobson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Russell 		Matt Stone Racing
(YellowCover)		 Holden Commodore ZB
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Randle 		Brad Jones Racing
(R+J Batteries)		 Holden Commodore ZB 40 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tyler Everingham
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jayden Ojeda 		Garry Rogers Motorsport [7]
(Valvoline, LMCT+)		 Holden Commodore ZB
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Brown 		Erebus Motorsport
(Penrite)		 Holden Commodore ZB 44 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Broc Feeney 		Tickford Racing
(Boost Mobile)		 Ford Mustang GT
12 Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony D'Alberto 		DJR Team Penske
(Shell V-Power)		 Ford Mustang GT 55 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Le Brocq
Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Moffat 		Tickford Racing
(Supercheap Auto)		 Ford Mustang GT
14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Hazelwood
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Boys 		Brad Jones Racing
(Cub Cadet Lawnmowers)		 Holden Commodore ZB 97 Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander 		Triple Eight Race Engineering
(Red Bull, Holden)		 Holden Commodore ZB
15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Kelly
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Wood 		Kelly Racing
(Castrol)		 Ford Mustang GT 99 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anton de Pasquale
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brodie Kostecki 		Erebus Motorsport
(Penrite)		 Holden Commodore ZB
17 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade 		DJR Team Penske
(Shell V-Power)		 Ford Mustang GT 888 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes 		Triple Eight Race Engineering
(Red Bull, Holden)		 Holden Commodore ZB
18 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom
Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding 		Team 18
(Irwin Tools)		 Holden Commodore ZB
Source: [8]

Entries with a grey background are wildcard entries which do not compete in the full championship season.

Results

Practice

Practice summary
SessionDayTimeFastest lap
No.DriverTeamCarTimeCond.Ref.
Practice 1Thursday0930–10306 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT 2:05.0233Fine [9]
Practice 21245–134555 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Moffat Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT 2:06.0584Fine [10]
Practice 31600–17006 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT 2:04.1696Fine [11]
Practice 4Friday0945–10556 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Davison Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT 2:05.0667Heavy cloud [12]
Practice 51210–131017 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang GT 2:04.3716Patchy cloud [13]
Practice 6Saturday0910-101025 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Warren Luff Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.4597Fine [14]
Practice 71135–12356 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT 2:04.3493Fine [15]
Warm-UpSunday0840-09007 Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner Kelly Racing Ford Mustang GT 2:05.3195Fine [16]

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverTeamCarTimeGapGrid [a]
15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT 2:04.0242Top 10 [b]
297 Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.0351+0.0108Top 10 [b]
317 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang GT 2:04.1035+0.0792Top 10 [b]
46 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT 2:04.1056+0.0813Top 10 [b]
5888 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.2660+0.2417Top 10 [b]
612 Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang GT 2:04.2813+0.2571Top 10 [b]
799 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anton de Pasquale Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.4668+0.4425Top 10 [b]
825 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.4936+0.4693Top 10 [b]
944 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT 2:04.5485+0.5242Top 10 [b]
108 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.5539+0.5296Top 10 [b]
112 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bryce Fullwood Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.6050+0.580711
1220 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye Team 18 Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.6320+0.607712
139 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.6730+0.648713
147 Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner Kelly Racing Ford Mustang GT 2:04.8529+0.828714
1555 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Le Brocq Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT 2:04.9054+0.881115
1614 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Hazelwood Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.9729+0.948616
173 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Macauley Jones Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.0374+1.013117
1818 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom Team 18 Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.1731+1.148918
1915 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Kelly Kelly Racing Ford Mustang GT 2:05.2592+1.234919
2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison Team Sydney Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.3322+1.307920
2135 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garry Jacobson Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore ZB 2:05.4141+1.389921
224 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Smith Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 2:06.3498+2.325522
2322 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Pither Team Sydney Holden Commodore ZB 2:06.3535+2.329223
2440 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tyler Everingham Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 2:06.6812+2.65724
2534 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake Kostecki Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore ZB 2:15.1542+11.129925
Source

Top 10 Shootout

Pos.No.DriverTeamCarTimeGapGrid
16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT 2:03.55921
217 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang GT 2:04.0020+0.44292
325 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.0100+0.45083
497 Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.4511+0.89194
55 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT 2:04.6765+1.11735
699 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anton de Pasquale Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 2:04.7768+1.20966
712 Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang GT 2:04.8533+1.29427
844 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT 2:05.3549+1.79578
9888 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 2:06.3940+2.83499
DSQ [c] 8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 0:00.0000n/a10
Source: [17]

Race

Pos.No.DriversTeamCarLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
197 Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander 		Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 1616:10:56.11434300
26 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cam Waters
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Davison 		Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT 161+0.8661276
325 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Warren Luff 		Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 161+1.6093258
412 Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony D'Alberto 		DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang GT 161+2.1627240
517 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade 		DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang GT 161+2.7112222
620 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Fiore 		Team 18 Holden Commodore ZB 161+3.96912204
75 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Caruso 		Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT 161+4.7345192
818 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom
Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding 		Team 18 Holden Commodore ZB 161+6.13818180
999 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anton De Pasquale
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brodie Kostecki 		Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 161+7.6456168
1044 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Broc Feeney 		Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT 161+7.7168156
117 Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dylan O'Keeffe 		Kelly Racing Ford Mustang GT 161+8.09014144
1219 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jonathon Webb 		Team Sydney Holden Commodore ZB 161+9.14420138
133 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Macauley Jones
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Blanchard 		Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB 161+9.45817132
1455 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Le Brocq
Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Moffat 		Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT 161+11.47115126
159 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Brown 		Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 160+1 Lap13120
1622 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Pither
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Owen 		Team Sydney Holden Commodore ZB 159+2 Laps23114
1715 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Kelly
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Wood 		Kelly Racing Ford Mustang GT 144+17 Laps19108
188 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Randle 		Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 133+28 Laps10102
1940 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tyler Everingham
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jayden Ojeda 		Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 121+40 Laps2496
Ret34 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake Kostecki
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zane Goddard 		Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore ZB 155Accident25
Ret4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Smith
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Perkins 		Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 149Accident22
Ret2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bryce Fullwood
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kurt Kostecki 		Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 147Accident11
Ret35 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garry Jacobson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Russell 		Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore ZB 62Engine21
Ret14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Hazelwood
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Boys 		Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 50Accident16
Ret888 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes 		Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 32Accident9

Broadcast

The event telecast was produced by Supercars Media and carried domestically by Fox Sports Australia (via Fox Sports 506 and Kayo Sports), a paid service which covered all sessions including support categories, and Network 10 (via free-to-air channels 10 and 10HD), which covered select sessions from midday Friday onwards. [18] [19]

Fox SportsNetwork 10
Host: Jessica Yates
Booth: Neil Crompton, Mark Skaife
Pit-lane: Riana Crehan, Andrew Jones, Mark Larkham 		Presenters: Grant Denyer
Pundit: Rick Kelly
Roving: Sam Charlwood, Kate Peck

Notes

  1. ↑ Starting grid position
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Grid position determined by Top 10 Shootout
  3. ↑ Nick Percat was fourth fastest in the shootout, but was disqualified for the car being two kilograms below the minimum weight. He was relegated to 10th starting position.

References

  1. ↑ O'Brian, Connor (31 August 2020). "Bathurst decider, date change confirmed". Supercars.com .
  2. ↑ Herrero, Daniel (13 October 2019). "McLaughlin wins Bathurst 1000 in final-lap dash". speedcafe.com . Speedcafe.
  3. ↑ O'Brien, Connor (30 August 2020). "Davison, Tickford reunite for Bathurst co-drive". Supercars Championship . V8 Supercars Holdings Pty Ltd. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "GRM confirms Ojeda in place of Herne for Bathurst". Speedcafe. 9 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Everingham, Herne to make Bathurst 1000 debut with GRM". Speedcafe. 11 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Nathan Herne denied dispensation for Bathurst 1000 with GRM". Touring Car Times. 21 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "GRM reveals Bathurst 1000 wildcard livery". Speedcafe. 9 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Full 2020 Bathurst 1000 entry list". Motorsport.com. 22 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – Practice 1". Natsoft Race Results. 15 October 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  10. ↑ "Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – Practice 2". Natsoft Race Results. 15 October 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  11. ↑ "Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – Practice 3". Natsoft Race Results. 15 October 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  12. ↑ "Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – Practice 4". Natsoft Race Results. 16 October 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  13. ↑ "Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – Practice 5". Natsoft Race Results. 16 October 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  14. ↑ "Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – Practice 6". Natsoft Race Results. 17 October 2020.
  15. ↑ "Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – Practice 7". Natsoft Race Results. 17 October 2020.
  16. ↑ "Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – Warm-Up". Natsoft Race Results. 18 October 2020.
  17. ↑ "Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – Top Ten Shootout". Supercars Championship. 12 October 2019.
  18. ↑ "BATHURST 1000 TV GUIDE: WHAT'S ON AND WHERE". V8 Sleuth. 16 October 2020.
  19. ↑ "BATHURST 1000 TV GUIDE". Auto Action. 13 October 2020.
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