2020 16 Hours of Hockenheimring explained

The 2020 Hankook 16 Hours of Hockenheimring was the 1st running of the 16 Hours of Hockenheimring. It is the fourth round of both the 2020 24H GT Series and the 2020 24H TCE Series, the third round of the Europe and Continent Series, and will be held from 5 to 6 September at the Hockenheimring. It was the first 24H Series event to take place in Germany. The race was won by Gijs Bessem, Harry Hilders and Marcel van Berlo.

Schedule

The race was split into two parts, the first being 8 hours and the second being 8 hours long due to noise restrictions.

DateTime (local: CEST)EventDistance
Friday, 4 September15:45 - 17:15Practice (GT and TCE)90 Mins
18:50 - 19:20Qualifying - TCE30 Mins
19:30 - 20:00Qualifying - GT30 Mins
Saturday, 5 September11:00Start Grid
12:00Race (Part 1)8 Hours
Sunday, 6 September11:00Start Grid
12:00Race (Part 2)8 Hours
Source:[1]

Entry list

A total of fifteen cars were entered for the event; 8 GT and 7 TCE cars.

TeamCarDrivers
GT3-Am (2 entries)
Equipe VerschuurRenault R.S. 01 FGT39 Harrie Kolen
Erik van Loon
Mike Verschuur
CP RacingMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo85 Charles Espenlaub
Joe Foster
Shane Lewis
Charles Putman
GTX (1 entry)
Proton CompetitionPorsche 911 RSR711 Dominique Bastien
Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
Christian Ried
991 (3 entries)
DUWO RacingPorsche 991 GT3 Cup II909 Andrey Mukovoz
Sergey Peregudov
Stanislav Sidoruk
Speed LoverPorsche 991 GT3 Cup II978 Dominique Bastien
Eric Mouez
Jeroen Kreeft
Rolf Lietart
NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten RacingPorsche 991 GT3 Cup II991 Gijs Bessem
Harry Hilders
Marcel van Berlo
GT4 (2 entries)
PROsport Performance AMRAston Martin Vantage AMR GT4401 Rodrigue Gillion
Tom Heeren
Nico Verdonck
Team Avia Sorg RennsportBMW M4 GT4451 Björn Simon
José Manuel de los Milagros
Heiko Eichenberg
Olaf Meyer
TCR (5 entries)
Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power RacingVolkswagen Golf GTI TCR1 Constantin Kletzer
Christopher Lenz
Rhys Lloyd
Yannick Mettler
Jasmin Preisig
112 Miklas Born
Roberto Ferri
Benjamin Leuchter
Marek Schaller
Alberto Vescovi
Red Camel-Jordans.nlCUPRA León TCR101 Ivo Breukers
Luc Breukers
Stephen Liquorish
TOPCAR SportCUPRA León TCR131 Fabian Danz
Karen Gaillard
Kai Jordan
AC MotorsportAudi RS 3 LMS TCR188 Mathieu Detry
Stéphane Perrin
Vincent Radermecker
TCX (6 entries)
Nordschleife RacingLigier JS2 R226 Guillaume Roman
Michel Sallenbach
Daniel Waszczinski
DayVTec EngineeringBMW M240i Cup240 Tim Coronel
Jan Jaap van Roon
Gaby Uljee
Source:[2]

Results

Practice

Fastest in class in bold.

ClassTeamDriversCarTimeLaps
1GT3-Am9 Equipe Verschuur Harrie Kolen
Erik van Loon
Mike Verschuur
Renault R.S. 01 FGT31:41.43723
2GT3-Am85 CP Racing Charles Espenlaub
Joe Foster
Shane Lewis
Charles Putman
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo1:42.09632
3GTX711 Proton Competition Dominique Bastien
Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
Christian Ried
Porsche 911 RSR1:44.52228
4991909 DUWO Racing Andrey Mukovoz
Sergey Peregudov
Stanislav Sidoruk
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II1:48.63321
5991991 NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing Gijs Bessem
Harry Hilders
Marcel van Berlo
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II1:48.78136
6TCR1 Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing Constantin Kletzer
Christopher Lenz
Rhys Lloyd
Yannick Mettler
Jasmin Preisig
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR1:51.66521
7TCR112 Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing Miklas Born
Roberto Ferri
Benjamin Leuchter
Marek Schaller
Alberto Vescovi
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR1:52.16225
8TCX226 Nordschleife Racing Guillaume Roman
Michel Sallenbach
Daniel Waszczinski
Ligier JS2 R1:52.44512
9TCR131 TOPCAR Sport Fabian Danz
Karen Gaillard
Kai Jordan
CUPRA León TCR1:52.45626
10GT4451 Team Avia Sorg Rennsport Björn Simon
José Manuel de los Milagros
Heiko Eichenberg
Olaf Meyer
BMW M4 GT41:53.04333
11GT4401 PROsport Performance AMR Rodrigue Gillion
Tom Heeren
Nico Verdonck
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT41:54.16624
12TCR101 Red Camel-Jordans.nl Ivo Breukers
Luc Breukers
CUPRA León TCR1:54.22530
13991978 Speed Lover Dominique Bastien
Eric Mouez
Jeroen Kreeft
Rolf Lietart
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II1:54.32017
14TCX240 DayVTec Engineering Tim Coronel
Jan Jaap van Roon
Gaby Uljee
BMW M240i Cup1:56.689 38
15TCR188 AC Motorsport Mathieu Detry
Stéphane Perrin
Vincent Radermecker
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR
Source:[3]

Qualifying

GT

Fastest in class in bold.

ClassTeamDriversCarTimeLaps
1GT3-Am9 Equipe Verschuur Harrie Kolen
Erik van Loon
Mike Verschuur
Renault R.S. 01 FGT31:39.28811
2GT3-Am85 CP Racing Charles Espenlaub
Joe Foster
Shane Lewis
Charles Putman
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo1:40.2777
3991909 DUWO Racing Andrey Mukovoz
Sergey Peregudov
Stanislav Sidoruk
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II1:46.1166
4991991 NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing Gijs Bessem
Harry Hilders
Marcel van Berlo
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II1:47.37215
5991978 Speed Lover Dominique Bastien
Eric Mouez
Jeroen Kreeft
Rolf Lietart
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II1:48.922 12
6GT4401 PROsport Performance AMR Rodrigue Gillion
Tom Heeren
Nico Verdonck
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT41:49.8855
7GT4451 Team Avia Sorg Rennsport Björn Simon
José Manuel de los Milagros
Heiko Eichenberg
Olaf Meyer
BMW M4 GT41:50.672 11
8GTX711 Proton Competition Dominique Bastien
Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
Christian Ried
Porsche 911 RSR
Source:[4]

TCE

Fastest in class in bold.

ClassTeamDriversCarTimeLaps
1TCR112 Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing Miklas Born
Roberto Ferri
Benjamin Leuchter
Marek Schaller
Alberto Vescovi
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR1:49.66610
2TCR131 TOPCAR Sport Fabian Danz
Karen Gaillard
Kai Jordan
CUPRA León TCR1:50.59515
3TCR101 Red Camel-Jordans.nl Ivo Breukers
Luc Breukers
CUPRA León TCR1:51.04211
4TCR1 Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing Constantin Kletzer
Christopher Lenz
Rhys Lloyd
Yannick Mettler
Jasmin Preisig
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR1:51.17911
5TCR188 AC Motorsport Mathieu Detry
Stéphane Perrin
Vincent Radermecker
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR1:52.03714
6TCX240 DayVTec Engineering Tim Coronel
Jan Jaap van Roon
Gaby Uljee
BMW M240i Cup1:54.05712
7TCX226 Nordschleife Racing Guillaume Roman
Michel Sallenbach
Daniel Waszczinski
Ligier JS2 R
Source:[5]

Race

Part 1

Class winner in bold.

ClassTeamDriversCarTime/ReasonLaps
1GT3-Am85 CP Racing Charles Espenlaub
Joe Foster
Shane Lewis
Charles Putman
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo8:00:06.915236
2991909 DUWO Racing Andrey Mukovoz
Sergey Peregudov
Stanislav Sidoruk
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II+6 Laps230
3991991 NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing Gijs Bessem
Harry Hilders
Marcel van Berlo
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II+6 Laps230
4TCR131 TOPCAR Sport Fabian Danz
Karen Gaillard
Kai Jordan
CUPRA León TCR+15 Laps221
5TCR1 Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing Constantin Kletzer
Christopher Lenz
Rhys Lloyd
Yannick Mettler
Jasmin Preisig
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR+16 Laps220
6TCR112 Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing Miklas Born
Roberto Ferri
Benjamin Leuchter
Marek Schaller
Alberto Vescovi
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR+17 Laps219
7TCR188 AC Motorsport Mathieu Detry
Stéphane Perrin
Vincent Radermecker
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR+20 Laps216
8GT4451 Team Avia Sorg Rennsport Björn Simon
José Manuel de los Milagros
Heiko Eichenberg
Olaf Meyer
BMW M4 GT4+20 Laps216
9TCX240 DayVTec Engineering Tim Coronel
Jan Jaap van Roon
Gaby Uljee
BMW M240i Cup+24 Laps212
10GT4401 PROsport Performance AMR Rodrigue Gillion
Tom Heeren
Nico Verdonck
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4+24 Laps212
11TCX226 Nordschleife Racing Guillaume Roman
Michel Sallenbach
Daniel Waszczinski
Ligier JS2 R+25 Laps211
12
DNF
GT3-Am9 Equipe Verschuur Harrie Kolen
Erik van Loon
Mike Verschuur
Renault R.S. 01 FGT3Driveshaft193
13TCR101 Red Camel-Jordans.nl Ivo Breukers
Luc Breukers
CUPRA León TCR+53 Laps183
14991978 Speed Lover Dominique Bastien
Eric Mouez
Jeroen Kreeft
Rolf Lietart
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II+61 Laps175
DNSGTX711 Proton Competition Dominique Bastien
Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
Christian Ried
Porsche 911 RSRPractice only
Source:[6]

Part 2

Class winner in bold.

ClassTeamDriversCarTime/ReasonLaps
1991991 NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing Gijs Bessem
Harry Hilders
Marcel van Berlo
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II8:01:40.408470
2991909 DUWO Racing Andrey Mukovoz
Sergey Peregudov
Stanislav Sidoruk
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II+1:46.659470
3TCR1 Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing Constantin Kletzer
Christopher Lenz
Rhys Lloyd
Yannick Mettler
Jasmin Preisig
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR+20 Laps450
4TCR112 Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing Miklas Born
Roberto Ferri
Benjamin Leuchter
Marek Schaller
Alberto Vescovi
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR+21 Laps449
5TCR131 TOPCAR Sport Fabian Danz
Karen Gaillard
Kai Jordan
CUPRA León TCR+21 Laps449
6GT4451 Team Avia Sorg Rennsport Björn Simon
José Manuel de los Milagros
Heiko Eichenberg
Olaf Meyer
BMW M4 GT4+28 Laps442
7GT3-Am85 CP Racing Charles Espenlaub
Joe Foster
Shane Lewis
Charles Putman
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo+28 Laps442
8TCX240 DayVTec Engineering Tim Coronel
Jan Jaap van Roon
Gaby Uljee
BMW M240i Cup+36 Laps434
9TCX226 Nordschleife Racing Guillaume Roman
Michel Sallenbach
Daniel Waszczinski
Ligier JS2 R+38 Laps432
10GT4401 PROsport Performance AMR Rodrigue Gillion
Tom Heeren
Nico Verdonck
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4+54 Laps416
11TCR101 Red Camel-Jordans.nl Ivo Breukers
Luc Breukers
CUPRA León TCR+64 Laps406
12991978 Speed Lover Dominique Bastien
Eric Mouez
Jeroen Kreeft
Rolf Lietart
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II+77 Laps393
13
DNF
TCR188 AC Motorsport Mathieu Detry
Stéphane Perrin
Vincent Radermecker
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR+166 Laps304
DNFGT3-Am9 Equipe Verschuur Harrie Kolen
Erik van Loon
Mike Verschuur
Renault R.S. 01 FGT3Driveshaft259
DNSGTX711 Proton Competition Dominique Bastien
Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak
Christian Ried
Porsche 911 RSRPractice only
Source:[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: 12H HOCKENHEIMRING. 24hseries.com. Creventic.
  2. News: PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST 16H HOCKENHEIMRING. 24hseries.com. Creventic.
  3. News: 1st Hankook 16H HOCKENHEIMRING 2020 Free Practice. 4 September 2020. 4 September 2020. getraceresults.com.
  4. News: 1st Hankook 16H HOCKENHEIMRING 2020 Qualifying GT. 4 September 2020. 4 September 2020. getraceresults.com.
  5. News: 1st Hankook 16H HOCKENHEIMRING 2020 Qualifying TCE. 4 September 2020. 4 September 2020. getraceresults.com.
  6. News: 1st Hankook 16H HOCKENHEIMRING 2020 Race Part 1. 5 September 2020. 5 September 2020. getraceresults.com.
  7. News: 1st Hankook 16H HOCKENHEIMRING 2020 Race Race Part 2. 6 September 2020. 6 September 2020. getraceresults.com.