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Round 1 of 4 in the 2020 | ||||||||||||||
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Date | 31 January – 2 February 2020 | |||||||||||||
Location | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||
Venue | Mount Panorama Circuit | |||||||||||||
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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. [1] 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. [1] 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Challenge and the 2020 Australian Endurance Championship. 39 cars were entered and 34 cars started, with five entries withdrawn following crashes in practice & qualifying.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.
Cars were classified into the following four classes.
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap |
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1 | 911 | ![]() | ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2:03.5554 | |
2 | 60 | ![]() | ![]() | McLaren 720S GT3 | 2:03.7802 | +0.2248 |
3 | 999 | ![]() | ![]() | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:03.8219 | +0.2665 |
4 | 18 | ![]() | ![]() | Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2018) | 2:03.9403 | +0.3849 |
5 | 1 | ![]() | ![]() | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 2:03.9829 | +0.4275 |
6 | 77 | ![]() | ![]() | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:04.0769 | +0.5215 |
7 | 222 | ![]() | ![]() | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 2:04.3442 | +0.7888 |
8 | 888 | ![]() | ![]() | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:04.3560 | +0.8006 |
9 | 63 | ![]() | ![]() | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 2:04.5014 | +0.9460 |
10 | 76 | ![]() | ![]() | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 2:04.7524 | +1.1970 |
Source: [3] |
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