2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour
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The race and Class AP-winning McLaren 650S GT3 of Álvaro Parente, Shane Van Gisbergen and Jonathon Webb.
The 2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour was an endurance race for a variety of GT and touring car classes, including: GT3 cars, GT4 cars and Group 3E Series Production Cars. The event, which was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, near Bathurst, in New South Wales, Australia on 7 February 2016, was the fourteenth running of the Bathurst 12 Hour. It was also the opening round of the 2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge Series.[1]
37 cars were entered for the race and 36 cars started the race, with one entry withdrawn following a crash in practice.[2] Álvaro Parente, Shane Van Gisbergen and Jonathon Webb won the event driving a McLaren 650S GT3.[3]
Class structure
Cars competed in the following three classes.[4]
- Class A – GT3 Outright
- Class AP – GT3 Pro-Am, for driver combinations including one unseeded driver.
- Class AA – GT3 Am, for driver combinations including two or three unseeded drivers.
- Class B – GT3 Cup Cars
- Class I – Invitational
Official results
Shane Van Gisbergen crosses the finish line to take victory.
The Class AA-winning Audi R8 LMS of Nathan Antunes, Barton Mawer and Greg Taylor.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team / Entrant | Drivers | Car | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | ||||||
| 1 | AP | 59 | Tekno Autosports |  Álvaro Parente Shane Van Gisbergen Jonathon Webb |
McLaren 650S GT3 | 297 |
| 3.8 L McLaren M838T twin-turbo V8 | ||||||
| 2 | AP | 1 | NISMO Athlete Global Team |  Katsumasa Chiyo Rick Kelly Florian Strauss |
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 | 297 |
| 3.8 L Nissan VR38DETT twin-turbo V6 | ||||||
| 3 | AP | 10 | Bentley Team M-Sport |  Matt Bell Steven Kane Guy Smith |
Bentley Continental GT3 | 297 |
| 4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8 | ||||||
| 4 | AP | 2 | Phoenix Racing | Alex Davison Laurens Vanthoor Markus Winkelhock |
Audi R8 LMS | 297 |
| 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 | ||||||
| 5 | AP | 36 | Erebus Motorsport | Nico Bastian Thomas Jäger David Reynolds |
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG | 296 |
| 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 | ||||||
| 6 | AA | 5 | GT Motorsport | Nathan Antunes Barton Mawer Greg Taylor |
Audi R8 LMS | 294 |
| 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 | ||||||
| 7 | AP | 31 | Bentley Team M-Sport | David Russell Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet |
Bentley Continental GT3 | 293 |
| 4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8 | ||||||
| 8 | AP | 75 | Melbourne Performance Centre | Steve McLaughlan René Rast Garth Tander |
Audi R8 LMS | 293 |
| 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 | ||||||
| 9 | AP | 60 | Tekno Autosports | Robert Bell Will Davison Andrew Watson |
McLaren 650S GT3 | 292 |
| 3.8 L McLaren M838T twin-turbo V8 | ||||||
| 10 | AA | 32 | JBS Australia | Roger Lago Steve Owen Luke Youlden |
Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX | 291 |
| 5.2 L Lamborghini V10 | ||||||
| 11 | AA | 82 | International Motorsport | Rick Armstrong Andrew Bagnall Matt Halliday |
Audi R8 LMS Ultra | 287 |
| 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 | ||||||
| 12 | B | 4 | Grove Hire | Earl Bamber Stephen Grove Scott McLaughlin |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 285 |
| 3.6 L Porsche H6 | ||||||
| 13 | I | 93 | MARC Cars Australia | Jake Camilleri Morgan Haber Aaron Seton |
MARC Mazda3 GTC1 | 280 |
| 5.0 L Ford Coyote V8 | ||||||
| 14 | I | 54 | Donut King | Tony Alford Mark Griffith Beric Lynton |
MARC Focus GTC | 271 |
| 5.0 L Ford Coyote V8 | ||||||
| 15 | I | 92 | MARC Cars Australia | Michael Benton Hadrian Morrall Angus Kennard |
MARC Focus GTC | 271 |
| 5.0 L Ford Coyote V8 | ||||||
| 16 | B | 6 | SAFE-T-STOP | Richard Gartner Michael O'Donnell Indiran Padayachee Aaron Zerefos |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 270 |
| 3.6 L Porsche H6 | ||||||
| 17 | AA | 49 | Vicious Rumour Racing | Tony DeFelice Renato Loberto Andrea Montermini Benny Simonsen |
Ferrari 458 GT3 | 256 |
| 4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8 | ||||||
| 18 | I | 91 | MARC Cars Australia | Lindsay Kearns Rob Thompson Jimmy Vernon |
MARC Focus GTC | 228 |
| 5.0 L Ford Coyote V8 | ||||||
| 19 | I | 94 | MARC Cars Australia | Bryce Fullwood Gerard McLeod Nick Rowe |
MARC Mazda3 GTC | 195 |
| 5.0 L Ford Coyote V8 | ||||||
| 20 | B | 77 | Team NZ Motorsport |  John Curran Graeme Dowsett3 Craig Smith Will Bamber2 |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 79 |
| 3.6 L Porsche H6 | ||||||
| DNF | B | 21 | JFC-Freem-Rotex | James Bergmuller Sam Fillmore Danny Stutterd |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 268 |
| 3.6 L Porsche H6 | ||||||
| DNF | AA | 40 | Supabarn Supermarkets | Shae Davies James Koundouris Theo Koundouris Marcus Marshall |
Audi R8 LMS | 251 |
| 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 | ||||||
| DNF | AP | 63 | Erebus Motorsport |  Austin Cindric Maro Engel Bernd Schneider |
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG | 219 |
| 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 | ||||||
| DNF | AA | 37 | Darrell Lea | Craig Baird Klark Quinn Tony Quinn |
McLaren 650S GT3 | 171 |
| 3.8 L McLaren M838T twin-turbo V8 | ||||||
| DNF | AA | 9 | Hallmarc / Network | Marc Cini Mark Eddy Christer Jöns |
Audi R8 LMS Ultra | 157 |
| 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 | ||||||
| DNF | B | 69 | Patisserie Valerie | James May Paul May Alex Osborne |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 149 |
| 3.6 L Porsche H6 | ||||||
| DNF | AP | 33 | MISHUMOTORS | Alex Kapadia Mirco Schultis Patrick Simon Renger van der Zande |
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG | 133 |
| 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 | ||||||
| DNF | B | 38 | Wall Racing |  Daniel Bilski Paul Tresidder David Wall |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S | 128 |
| 3.6 L Porsche H6 | ||||||
| DNF | B | 12 | Mobil 1 New Zealand | Allan Dippie Scott O'Donnell Chris van der Drift |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | 128 |
| 3.6 L Porsche H6 | ||||||
| DNF | I | 65 | Daytona Sports Cars | Jamie Augustine Dean Lillie Benjamin Schoots |
Daytona Sportscar | 126 |
| 6.0 L GM LS1 V8 | ||||||
| DNF | I | 28 | GWS Personnel | Will Cauchi David Coxs Ric Shaw Jake Williams |
BMW 335i | 107 |
| 3.0 L BMW N55 twin-turbo I6 | ||||||
| DNF | I | 16 | Pro Sport Performance | Adam Christodoulou Fabian Hamprecht Nico Verdonck Jörg Viebahn |
Porsche Cayman Pro 4 | 92 |
| 3.4 L Porsche H6 | ||||||
| DNF | AP | 88 | Maranello Motorsport | Tony D'Alberto Grant Denyer Mika Salo Toni Vilander |
Ferrari 458 GT3 | 63 |
| 4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8 | ||||||
| DNF | AP | 74 | Melbourne Performance Centre | Christopher Haase Marco Mapelli Christopher Mies |
Audi R8 LMS | 50 |
| 5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10 | ||||||
| DNF | AA | 11 | Objective Racing | Matt Campbell Warren Luff Tim Slade Tony Walls |
McLaren 650S GT3 | 49 |
| 3.8 L McLaren M838T twin-turbo V8 | ||||||
| DNF | AA | 62 | Performance West Motorsport | Scott Andrews Nick Percat Peter Rullo |
Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 | 1 |
| 5.2 L Lamborghini V10 | ||||||
| WD | AA | 48 | M Motorsport | John McIntyre Justin McMillan Dale Wood Glen Wood |
Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 | |
| 5.2 L Lamborghini V10 | ||||||
| Sources:[2][4][5] | ||||||
^1 - The #93 MARC Cars Australia entry was listed in both the official entry list and the official results as a MARC Focus GTC but it was actually a MARC Mazda3 GTC.[6][7][8]
^2 - Will Bamber was unable to drive in the race following a crash during the qualifying session. ^3 - Greame Dowsett was unable to drive in the race following a pre-race injury. He was replaced by Nick Foster
- Class winners are shown in bold.
- Race time of winning car: 12:01:05.1330[5]
- Fastest race lap: 2:01.5670 – Shane Van Gisbergen[5]
References
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 2016 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Official Programme, p. 42–43
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