The 2022 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour was an endurance race staged on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, on 15 May 2022. It was the opening round of the 2022 Intercontinental GT Challenge.[1] The race was originally planned to be held on 27 February 2022, but was postponed to May due to concerns with the COVID-19 quarantine regulations of Australia.[2]

Australia 2022 Bathurst 12 Hour
Event Information
Round 1 of 4 in the 2022
Date13–15 May 2022
LocationBathurst, New South Wales, Australia
VenueMount Panorama Circuit
Results
Race 1
Distance 291 laps 1807.983 km
Pole position Australia Chaz Mostert
CoinSpot Racing Team
2:02.4930
Winner Australia Kenny Habul
France Jules Gounon
Austria Martin Konrad
Germany Luca Stolz
SunEnergy1 Triple Eight Race Engineering
12:00:56.1980

Class structure

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Entries were divided into classes based on car type and driver ratings.[3]

  • Class A – GT3 (current-specification GT3 cars)
    • Class APA (Pro-Am) - for driving combinations featuring two FIA Platinum- or FIA Gold-rated drivers and one or two FIA Bronze-rated drivers.
    • Class AAM (Am) - for driving combinations featuring at most one FIA Silver-rated driver, with the remaining drivers being FIA Bronze-rated.
  • Class B – GT3 Trophy (older-specification GT3 cars)
    • Pro-Am - for driving combinations featuring at most one FIA Silver-rated driver, with the remaining drivers being FIA Bronze-rated.
    • Am - for driving combinations featuring only FIA Bronze-rated drivers.
  • Class C – Porsche GT3 Cup Car
  • Class D – GT4 cars
  • Class I – Invitational class
    • Class I was open to MARC Cars, GT2 cars and GTC cars from one-make categories.

There were no entries in Classes B and D.

Entry list

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Team Car No. Drivers Class
  Grove Racing[4] Porsche 911 GT3 R 4   Ben Barker[4] APA
  Brenton Grove[4]
  Stephen Grove[4]
  Wall Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo 6   Tony D'Alberto APA
  Grant Denyer
  Adrian Deitz
  David Wall
  Team Hallmarc[5] Audi R8 LMS Evo II 9   Marc Cini[5] APA
  Dean Fiore[5]
  Lee Holdsworth[5]
  Our Kloud-UpTo11 Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup 11   Eric Constantinidis C
  Indiran Padayachee
  Aaron Zerefos
  Team BRM[6] Audi R8 LMS Evo II 17   Nick Percat[6] APA
  Joey Mawson[6]
  Mark Rosser[6]
  Nineteen Corp. Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 19   Will Brown APA
  Mark Griffith
  Jack Perkins
  Tony Bates Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II 24   Tony Bates APA
  David Reynolds
  Cam Waters
  RAM Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 45   Brett Hobson AAM
  Michael Sheargold
  Garth Walden
  Supabarn Motorsport[5] Audi R8 LMS Evo II 47   James Koundouris[5] AAM
  Theo Koundouris[5]
  David Russell[5]
  Paul Stokell[5]
  M Motorsport[7] KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept[7] 50   David Crampton[7] I
  Trent Harrison[7]
  Dale Wood[7]
  Glen Wood[7]
  Wheels/ FX Racing PNG MARC II V8 52   Keith Kassulke I
  Hadrian Morall
  Zane Morse
  Valmont Racing[8] Mercedes-AMG GT3 55   Duvashen Padayachee[8] AAM
  Sergio Pires[8]
  Marcel Zalloua[8]
  CoinSpot Racing Team[5] Audi R8 LMS Evo II 65   Chaz Mostert[5] APA
  Fraser Ross[5]
  Liam Talbot[5]
  Audi Sport Team Valvoline Audi R8 LMS Evo II 74   Nathanaël Berthon APA
  Kelvin van der Linde
  Brad Schumacher
  The Bend Motorsport Park Team Valvoline 777   Ricardo Feller APA
  Yasser Shahin
  Markus Winkelhock
  SunEnergy1 Triple Eight Race Engineering[9] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 75   Jules Gounon[9] APA
  Kenny Habul[9]
  Martin Konrad[9]
  Luca Stolz[9]
  MANN FILTER Triple Eight Race Engineering[10] 888   Broc Feeney[10] APA
  Shane van Gisbergen[10]
  Prince Jefri Ibrahim[10]
  Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing[11] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 91   Maro Engel[12] APA
  Daniel Juncadella[12]
  Kevin Tse[12]
  MARC Cars Australia MARC II V8 95   Jake Camilleri I
  Declan Fraser
  Geoff Taunton
  Scott Taylor Motorsport[13] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup 222   Alex Davison C
  Geoff Emery
  Craig Lowndes
  Scott Taylor

Qualifying

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Qualifying was split into two sessions, with Class A cars required to have an FIA Bronze-rated driver take part in the first and a higher-rated driver take part in the second. Results were formed by taking the aggregate times for each car from the two sessions. Class leaders are shown in bold.

Pos. No. Class Drivers Team Car Combined time Gap
1 65 APA   Chaz Mostert
  Liam Talbot
  CoinSpot Racing Team Audi R8 LMS Evo II 4:08.5891
2 74 APA   Kelvin van der Linde
  Brad Schumacher
  Audi Sport Team Valvoline Audi R8 LMS Evo II 4:08.9259 +0.3368
3 777 APA   Ricardo Feller
  Yasser Shahin
  The Bend Motorsport Park Team Valvoline Audi R8 LMS Evo II 4:09.2725 +0.6834
4 75 APA   Jules Gounon
  Martin Konrad
  SunEnergy1 Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 4:09.7717 +1.1826
5 45 AAM   Garth Walden
  Brett Hobson
  RAM Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 4:11.2251 +2.6660
6 4 APA   Ben Barker
  Stephen Grove
  Grove Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 4:12.7094 +4.1203
7 55 AAM   Duvashen Padayachee
  Sergio Pieres
  Valmont Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 4:13.8589 +5.2698
8 888 APA   Shane van Gisbergen
  Prince Jefri Ibrahim
  MANN FILTER Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 4:13.9941 +5.4050
9 6 APA   Tony D'Alberto
  Grant Denyer
  Wall Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo 4:14.5492 +5.9608
10 9 APA   Lee Holdsworth
  Marc Cini
  Team Hallmarc Audi R8 LMS Evo II 4:14.9955 +6.4064
11 19 APA   Will Brown
  Mark Griffith
  Nineteen Corp. Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 4.15.9068 +7.3177
12 50 I   Dale Wood
  Trent Harrison
  M Motorsport KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept 4:16.1244 +7.5353
13 52 I   Zane Morse
  Keith Kassulke
  Wheels FX Racing PNG MARC II V8 4:18.1303 +9.5412
14 222 C   Alex Davison
  Geoff Emery
  Scott Taylor Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup 4:18.5187 +9.9296
15 11 C   Eric Constantinidis
  Aaron Zerefos
  Our Kloud-UpTo11 Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup 4:35.1478 +26.5587
16 24 APA   David Reynolds
  Tony Bates
  Tony Bates Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II 5:33.7784 +1:25.1993
47 AAM   David Russell
  Paul Stokell
  Supabarn Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II
95 I   Declan Fraser
  Jake Camilleri
  MARC Cars Australia MARC II V8
17 APA   Nick Percat
  Mark Rosser
  Team BRM Audi R8 LMS Evo II
91 APA   Maro Engel
  Kevin Tse
  Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo
Source:[14]

Top Ten Shootout

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Due to concerns over low tyre temperature, the traditional one-lap shootout was replaced by two fifteen minute sessions, the first for 6th to 10th positions in the qualifying session and the second from 1st to 5th positions.[15]

Pos. No. Class Driver Team Car Time Gap
1 65 APA   Chaz Mostert   CoinSpot Racing Team Audi R8 LMS Evo II 2:02.4930
2 74 APA   Kelvin van der Linde   Audi Sport Team Valvoline Audi R8 LMS Evo II 2:02.5788 +0.0858
3 75 APA   Jules Gounon   SunEnergy1 Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:03.2192 +0.7262
4 777 APA   Ricardo Feller   The Bend Motorsport Park Team Valvoline Audi R8 LMS Evo II 2:03.3380 +0.8450
5 888 APA   Shane van Gisbergen   MANN FILTER Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:03.6381 +1.1451
6 9 APA   Lee Holdsworth   Team Hallmarc Audi R8 LMS Evo II 2:04.0224 +1.5294
7 4 APA   Ben Barker   Grove Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 2:04.1710 +1.6780
8 55 AAM   Duvashen Padayachee   Valmont Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 2:04.6340 +2.1410
9 6 APA   Tony D'Alberto   Wall Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo 2:04.6908 +2.1978
10 45 AAM   Brett Hobson   RAM Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:04.7550 +2.2620
Source:[16]

Race

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Class winners are shown in bold.

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Car Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 APA 75   SunEnergy1 Triple Eight Race Engineering   Kenny Habul
  Jules Gounon
  Martin Konrad
  Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 291 12:00:56.1980
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
2 APA 91   Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo   Daniel Juncadella
  Maro Engel
  Kevin Tse
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 291 +8.7071
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
3 APA 888   MANN FILTER Triple Eight Race Engineering   Shane van Gisbergen
  Broc Feeney
  Prince Jefri Ibrahim
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 291 +1:35.3671
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
4 APA 74   Audi Sport Team Valvoline   Kelvin van der Linde
  Nathanael Berthon
  Brad Schumacher
Audi R8 LMS Evo II 290 +1 Lap
5.2 L FSI 2xDOHC Audi V10
5 APA 6   Wall Racing   Tony D'Alberto
  David Wall
  Adrian Deitz
  Grant Denyer
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 286 +5 Laps
5.2 L Lamborghini V10
6 APA 9   Hallmarc Racing   Lee Holdsworth
  Dean Fiore
  Marc Cini
Audi R8 LMS Evo II 286 +5 Laps
5.2 L FSI 2xDOHC Audi V10
7 APA 777   Audi Sport Team Valvoline   Markus Winkelhock
  Ricardo Feller
  Yasser Shahin
Audi R8 LMS Evo II 285 +6 Laps
5.2 L FSI 2xDOHC Audi V10
8 APA 17   Team BRM   Nick Percat
  Joey Mawson
  Mark Rosser
Audi R8 LMS Evo II 284 +7 Laps
5.2 L FSI 2xDOHC Audi V10
9 AAM 47   Supabarn Racing   David Russell
  Paul Stokell
  James Koundouris
  Theo Koundouris
Audi R8 LMS Evo II 283 +8 Laps
5.2 L FSI 2xDOHC Audi V10
10 C 222   Prostate Cancer Foundation Racing / STM   Scott Taylor
  Alex Davison
  Craig Lowndes
  Geoff Emery
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 276 +15 Laps
3.8 L Porsche H6
11 APA 24   C Tech Laser by Tony Bates Racing   Cam Waters
  David Reynolds
  Tony Bates
Audi R8 LMS Evo II 256 +35 Laps
5.2 L FSI 2xDOHC Audi V10
NC AAM 55   Valmont Racing   Duvashen Padayachee
  Sergio Pires
  Marcel Zalloua
Mercedes-AMG GT3 199 +92 laps
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
NC C 11   Our Kloud-UpTo11 Motorsport   Aaron Zerefos
  Eric Constantindis
  Indiran Padayachee
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 198 +93 laps
3.8 L Porsche H6
DNF APA 4   Grove Racing   Ben Barker
  Brenton Grove
  Stephen Grove
Porsche 911 GT3 R 197 Accident
4.0 L Porsche H6
DNF AAM 45   RAM Motorsport   Garth Walden
  Brett Hobson
  Mike Sheargold
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 170 Accident
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
DNF APA 65   CoinSpot Racing Team   Chaz Mostert
  Liam Talbot
  Fraser Ross
Audi R8 LMS Evo II 161 Accident
5.2 L FSI 2xDOHC Audi V10
DNF I 95   MARC Cars Australia   Geoff Taunton
  Jake Camilleri
  Declan Fraser
MARC II V8 143 Engine
5.2 L Ford Coyote V8
DNF I 50   M Motorsport   Dale Wood
  Glenn Wood
  Trent Harrison
  David Crampton
KTM X-Bow GT2 38 Accident
2.5 L Audi 20v TFSI turbocharged I5
DNF APA 19   Nineteen Corp. Racing Team   Will Brown
  Jack Perkins
  Mark Griffith
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 33 Accident
6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
DNF I 52   Speed / FX Wheels Racing PNG   Keith Kassulke
  Hadrian Morrall
  Zane Morse
MARC II V8 15 Accident
5.2 L Ford Coyote V8
Fastest lap:   Kelvin van der Linde – 2:03.1173 (lap 256)
Source:[17]

References

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