2022 Bathurst 12 Hour

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

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

Qualifying

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 Australia Chaz Mostert
Australia Liam Talbot		 Australia CoinSpot Racing Team Audi R8 LMS Evo II 4:08.5891
2 74 APA South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
Australia Brad Schumacher		 Australia Audi Sport Team Valvoline Audi R8 LMS Evo II 4:08.9259 +0.3368
3 777 APA Switzerland Ricardo Feller
Australia Yasser Shahin		 Australia The Bend Motorsport Park Team Valvoline Audi R8 LMS Evo II 4:09.2725 +0.6834
4 75 APA France Jules Gounon
Austria Martin Konrad		 Australia SunEnergy1 Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 4:09.7717 +1.1826
5 45 AAM Australia Garth Walden
Australia Brett Hobson		 Australia RAM Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 4:11.2251 +2.6660
6 4 APA United Kingdom Ben Barker
Australia Stephen Grove		 Australia Grove Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 4:12.7094 +4.1203
7 55 AAM Australia Duvashen Padayachee
Australia Sergio Pieres		 Australia Valmont Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 4:13.8589 +5.2698
8 888 APA New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen
Malaysia Prince Jefri Ibrahim		 Australia MANN FILTER Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 4:13.9941 +5.4050
9 6 APA Australia Tony D'Alberto
Australia Grant Denyer		 Australia Wall Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo 4:14.5492 +5.9608
10 9 APA Australia Lee Holdsworth
Australia Marc Cini		 Australia Team Hallmarc Audi R8 LMS Evo II 4:14.9955 +6.4064
11 19 APA Australia Will Brown
Australia Mark Griffith		 Australia Nineteen Corp. Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 4.15.9068 +7.3177
12 50 I Australia Dale Wood
Australia Trent Harrison		 Australia M Motorsport KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept 4:16.1244 +7.5353
13 52 I Australia Zane Morse
Papua New Guinea Keith Kassulke		 Papua New Guinea Wheels FX Racing PNG Ford Mustang MARC II V8 4:18.1303 +9.5412
14 222 C Australia Alex Davison
Australia Geoff Emery		 Australia Scott Taylor Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup 4:18.5187 +9.9296
15 11 C Australia Eric Constantinidis
Australia Aaron Zerefos		 Australia Our Kloud-UpTo11 Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup 4:35.1478 +26.5587
16 24 APA Australia David Reynolds
Australia Tony Bates		 Australia Tony Bates Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II 5:33.7784 +1:25.1993
– 47 AAM Australia David Russell
Australia Paul Stokell		 Australia Supabarn Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II
– 95 I Australia Declan Fraser
Australia Jake Camilleri		 Australia MARC Cars Australia Ford Mustang MARC II V8
– 17 APA Australia Nick Percat
Australia Mark Rosser		 Australia Team BRM Audi R8 LMS Evo II
– 91 APA Germany Maro Engel
Macau Kevin Tse		 Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo
Source:[14]

Top Ten Shootout

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 Australia Chaz Mostert Australia CoinSpot Racing Team Audi R8 LMS Evo II 2:02.4930
2 74 APA South Africa Kelvin van der Linde Australia Audi Sport Team Valvoline Audi R8 LMS Evo II 2:02.5788 +0.0858
3 75 APA France Jules Gounon Australia SunEnergy1 Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:03.2192 +0.7262
4 777 APA Switzerland Ricardo Feller Australia The Bend Motorsport Park Team Valvoline Audi R8 LMS Evo II 2:03.3380 +0.8450
5 888 APA New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen Australia MANN FILTER Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:03.6381 +1.1451
6 9 APA Australia Lee Holdsworth Australia Team Hallmarc Audi R8 LMS Evo II 2:04.0224 +1.5294
7 4 APA United Kingdom Ben Barker Australia Grove Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R 2:04.1710 +1.6780
8 55 AAM Australia Duvashen Padayachee Australia Valmont Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 2:04.6340 +2.1410
9 6 APA Australia Tony D'Alberto Australia Wall Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo 2:04.6908 +2.1978
10 45 AAM Australia Brett Hobson Australia RAM Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:04.7550 +2.2620
Source:[16]

Race

Class winners are shown in bold.

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

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