2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour

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37 cars were entered for the race and 36 cars started the race, with one entry withdrawn following a crash in practice.^[2] Álvaro Parente, Shane Van Gisbergen and Jonathon Webb won the event driving a McLaren 650S GT3.^[3]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.

The Class B-winning Porsche 997 GT3 Cup of Earl Bamber, Stephen Grove and Scott McLaughlin

The Class I-winning MARC Mazda3 GTC of Jake Camilleri, Morgan Haber and Aaron Seton.

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 GTC^1	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 Dowsett Craig Smith Will Bamber^2	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.

• 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

1. Howard, Tom (8 February 2016). "Ratel keen for all pro Bathurst 12 Hour class". Speedcafe. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
2. Bartholomaeus, Stefan (6 February 2016). "M Motorsport Lambo withdrawn after crash". Speedcafe. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
3. Bartholomaeus, Stefan (7 February 2016). "SVG leads McLaren to Bathurst 12 Hour victory". Speedcafe. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
4. 2016 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Official Programme, p. 42–43
5. "2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour – Unofficial – Mount Panorama". National Software. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
6. "Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Entry List". Bathurst 12 Hour. 5 February 2016. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
7. "Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hours - 2016" (PDF). RaceResults.nu. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
8. van Leeuwen, Andrew (7 February 2016). "Bathurst 12 Hour: van Gisbergen storms to victory". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on February 9, 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

External links

• Official website