2020 4 Hours of The Bend explained

The 2020 4 Hours of The Bend was an endurance sportscar racing event held on January 12, 2020, at The Bend Motorsport Park in Tailem Bend, Australia. It served as the second round of the 2019-20 Asian Le Mans Series season.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time (local: ACDT)	Event
Friday, 10 January	16:10	Free Practice 1
Saturday, 11 January	9:30	Free Practice 2
	13:30	Qualifying
Sunday, 12 January	13:00	Race
Source:^[2]

Free practice

• Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1	Class		Entrant	Time
	LMP2	1	Eurasia Motorsport	2:36.496
	LMP2 Am	59	RLR MSport	2:46.312
	LMP3	12	ACE1 Villorba Corse	2:52.431
	GT	88	Team JLOC	2:59.913
	GT Am	—
Free Practice 2	Class		Entrant	Time
	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing with Algarve	2:35.418
	LMP2 Am	59	RLR MSport	2:43.416
	LMP3	12	ACE1 Villorba Corse	2:50.933
	GT	88	Team JLOC	2:58.787
	GT Am	16	Astro Veloce Motorsport	3:04.525
Source:^[3] ^[4]

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold.

	Class		Entry	Car	Time
1	LMP2	45	Thunderhead Carlin Racing	Dallara P217	2:35.698
2	LMP2	1	Eurasia Motorsport	Ligier JS P217	2:35.870
3	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing with Algarve	Aurus 01	2:36.711
4	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Endurance	Ligier JS P217	2:36.772
5	LMP2	36	Eurasia Motorsport	Ligier JS P217	2:37.262
6	LMP2 Am	59	RLR MSport	Oreca 05	2:43.235
7	LMP2 Am	4	ARC Bratislava	Ligier JS P2	2:43.957
8	LMP2 Am	52	Rick Ware Racing	Ligier JS P2	2:44.884
9	LMP2	33	Inter Europol Endurance	Ligier JS P217	2:46.044
10	LMP2 Am	25	Rick Ware Racing	Ligier JS P2	2:48.471
11	LMP3	2	Nielsen Racing	Norma M30	2:50.802
12	LMP3	12	ACE1 Villorba Corse	Ligier JS P3	2:51.925
13	LMP3	9	Graff Racing	Norma M30	2:51.952
14	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	2:52.298
15	LMP3	14	Inter Europol Competition	Ligier JS P3	2:54.512
16	GT	27	HubAuto Corsa	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	2:56.109
17	GT	7	Car Guy Racing	Ferrari 488 GT3	2:56.924
18	GT	17	Astro Veloce Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	2:58.442
19	GT	75	T2 Motorsports	Ferrari 488 GT3	2:58.462
20	GT	51	Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GT3	2:58.509
21	GT	88	Team JLOC	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	2:58.605
22	GT	77	D'station Racing AMR	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	2:59.284
23	LMP3	65	Viper Niza Racing	Ligier JS P3	3:08.667
24	GT Am	16	Astro Veloce Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	3:20.329
25	LMP3	3	Nielsen Racing	Norma M30	—
Source:^[5]

Race

Race results

The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 54 laps. Class winners are marked in bold.

	Class		Entry	Drivers	Car	Laps	Time/Gap
					Engine
1	LMP2	26	G-Drive Racing with Algarve	James French Leonard Hoogenboom Roman Rusinov	Aurus 01	78	4:05:23.417
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
2	LMP2	36	Eurasia Motorsport	Nick Foster Roberto Merhi Aidan Read	Ligier JS P217	78	+44.886
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
3	LMP2	45	Thunderhead Carlin Racing	Ben Barnicoat Jack Manchester Harry Tincknell	Dallara P217	78	+2:10.774
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
4	LMP2	33	Inter Europol Endurance	John Corbett Nathan Kumar Mitchell Neilson	Ligier JS P217	75	+3 Laps
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
5	LMP2 Am	52	Rick Ware Racing	Gustas Grinbergas Cody Ware	Ligier JS P2	75	+3 Laps
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
6	LMP2 Am	25	Rick Ware Racing	Philippe Mulacek Guy Cosmo Anthony Lazzaro	Ligier JS P2	75	+3 Laps
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
7	LMP2 Am	4	ARC Bratislava	Miro Konopka Andreas Laskaratos Garnet Patterson	Ligier JS P2	74	+4 Laps
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
8	LMP3	2	Nielsen Racing	Colin Noble Tony Wells	Norma M30	73	+5 Laps
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
9	LMP3	13	Inter Europol Competition	Martin Hippe Nigel Moore	Ligier JS P3	73	+5 Laps
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
10	LMP3	12	ACE1 Villorba Corse	Alessandro Bressan Gabriele Lancieri David Fumanelli	Ligier JS P3	73	+5 Laps
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
11	GT	7	Car Guy Racing	Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura Côme Ledogar	Ferrari 488 GT3	71	+7 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
12	GT	27	HubAuto Corsa	Liam Talbot Marcos Gomes Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	71	+7 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
13	GT	51	Spirit of Race	Oswaldo Negri Jr. Alessandro Pier Guidi Francesco Piovanetti	Ferrari 488 GT3	71	+7 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
14	GT	75	T2 Motorsports	Christian Colombo Rio Haryanto David Tjiptobiantoro	Ferrari 488 GT3	71	+7 Laps
					Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8
15	GT	17	Astro Veloce Motorsport	Jens Klingmann Aven Qi Max Wiser	BMW M6 GT3	71	+7 Laps
					BMW 4.4 L V8
16	LMP3	14	Inter Europol Competition	Peter Paddon Garth Walden Austin McCusker	Ligier JS P3	68	+10 Laps
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
17	GT	77	D'station Racing AMR	Tomonobu Fujii Ross Gunn Satoshi Hoshino	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	65	+13 Laps
					Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8
18	GT	88	Team JLOC	André Couto Yuya Motojima Yusaku Shibata	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	54	+24 Laps
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
Not Classified
DNF	LMP2	1	Eurasia Motorsport	Daniel Gaunt Nick Cassidy Shane van Gisbergen	Ligier JS P217	73
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
DNF	LMP3	9	Graff Racing	David Droux Eric Trouillet Ricky Capo	Norma M30	63
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
DNF	GT Am	16	Astro Veloce Motorsport	Michael Lu David Weian Chen Dennis Zhang	BMW M6 GT3	59
					BMW 4.4 L V8
DNF	LMP3	65	Viper Niza Racing	Dominc Ang Douglas Khoo	Ligier JS P3	57
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
DNF	LMP2 Am	59	RLR MSport	John Farano Andrew Higgins Arjun Maini	Oreca 05	26
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMP3	3	Nielsen Racing	Charles Crews Garett Grist Rob Hodes	Norma M30	23
					Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8
DNF	LMP2	34	Inter Europol Endurance	Mathias Beche Jakub Śmiechowski James Winslow	Ligier JS P217	19
					Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8
Source:^[6]

References

1. Web site: January 8, 2020 . 4H The Bend: Wednesday Paddock Notes . September 14, 2024 . www.dailysportscar.com.
2. Web site: 4 Hours of The Bend Asian Le Mans Series . September 14, 2024 . www.asianlemansseries.com.
3. Web site: January 10, 2020 . 2020 4 Hours of The Bend Free Practice 1 Results . September 14, 2024 . Asian Le Mans Series.
4. Web site: January 11, 2020 . 2020 4 Hours of The Bend Free Practice 2 Results . September 14, 2024 . Asian Le Mans Series.
5. Web site: January 11, 2020 . 2020 4 Hours of The Bend Qualifying Results . September 15, 2024 . Asian Le Mans Series.
6. Web site: January 12, 2020 . 2020 4 Hours of The Bend Race Results . September 15, 2024 . Asian Le Mans Series.