2022 Bathurst 12 Hour Explained

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2022 Bathurst 12 Hour
Round No:	1
Season No:	4
Year:	2022
Track Map:	File:Mount Panorama street racing circuit in Australia.svg
Map Size:	300px
Date:	13–15 May
Location:	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Circuit:	Mount Panorama Circuit
Race1 Laps:	291
Pole1:	Chaz Mostert
Pole1 Team:	CoinSpot Racing Team
Pole1 Time:	2:02.4930
Winner1:	Kenny Habul Jules Gounon Martin Konrad Luca Stolz
Winner1 Team:	SunEnergy1 Triple Eight Race Engineering
Winner1 Time:	12:00:56.1980

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]

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		Drivers	Class
Grove Racing^[4]	Porsche 911 GT3 R	4	Ben Barker	APA
			Brenton Grove
			Stephen Grove
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	APA
			Dean Fiore
			Lee Holdsworth
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	APA
			Joey Mawson
			Mark Rosser
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	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	47	James Koundouris	AAM
			Theo Koundouris
			David Russell
			Paul Stokell
M Motorsport^[7]	KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept	50	David Crampton	I
			Trent Harrison
			Dale Wood
			Glen Wood
Wheels/ FX Racing PNG	MARC II V8	52	Keith Kassulke	I
			Hadrian Morall
			Zane Morse
Valmont Racing^[8]	Mercedes-AMG GT3	55	Duvashen Padayachee	AAM
			Sergio Pires
			Marcel Zalloua
CoinSpot Racing Team	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	65	Chaz Mostert	APA
			Fraser Ross
			Liam Talbot
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	APA
			Kenny Habul
			Martin Konrad
			Luca Stolz
MANN FILTER Triple Eight Race Engineering^[10]		888	Broc Feeney	APA
			Shane van Gisbergen
			Prince Jefri Ibrahim
Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing^[11]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	91	Maro Engel^[12]	APA
			Daniel Juncadella
			Kevin Tse
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
			Craig Lowndes
			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.		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		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

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.		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

Class winners are shown in bold.

Pos	Class		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
	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
	APA	4	Grove Racing	Ben Barker Brenton Grove Stephen Grove	Porsche 911 GT3 R	197	Accident
	4.0 L Porsche H6
DNF	AAM	45		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]

External links

• • 2022 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Sporting and Technical Regulations, as archived at web.archive.org
• 2022 LIQUI-MOLY BATHURST 12 HOUR SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS, as archived at web.archive.org
• 2022 Entry List, www.bathurst12hour.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bathurst 12 Hour confirmed as 2022 Intercontinental GT Challenge Opener.. 2021-11-18. Bathurst 12 Hour.
2. Web site: New date set for 2022 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour. 13 January 2022. intercontinentalgtchallenge.com. 13 January 2022.
3. News: 2022 Class Structure, 2023 B12hr date confirmed. 25 February 2022. Bathurst 12 Hour. 18 May 2022.
4. Web site: Grove confirms Bathurst 12 Hour line-up. 2 April 2022. Speedcafe. Simon. Chapman. 2 April 2022.
5. Web site: Bathurst 1000 winners named in Audi 12 Hour squad. 3 May 2022. Speedcafe. Daniel. Herrero. 3 May 2022.
6. Web site: Percat lands Audi Bathurst 12 Hour drive. 30 March 2022. Speedcafe. Daniel. Herrero. 30 March 2022.
7. Web site: KTM X-Bow GT2 For Bathurst 12 Hour. Goodwin. Graham. 21 April 2022. Dailysportscar. 21 April 2022.
8. Web site: Valmont Racing confirms Entry. 29 April 2022. Speedcafe. Slade. Perrins.
9. Web site: Gounon to Lead SunEnergy1 Lineup in Bathurst 12H. 22 April 2022. sportscar365.com. Dagys. John. John Dagys Media. 22 April 2022.
10. Web site: Van Gisbergen to Lead Triple Eight’s Bathurst 12H Lineup. 17 February 2022. sportscar365.com. Dagys. John. John Dagys Media. 17 February 2022.
11. Web site: Craft Bamboo Confirm Bathurst 12 Hours Entry. Goodwin. Graham. 14 April 2022. Dailysportscar. 14 April 2022.
12. Web site: Engel, Juncadella & Tse For Craft Bamboo At Bathurst 12 Hour. Goodwin. Graham. 11 May 2022. Dailysportscar. 11 May 2022.
13. Web site: STM confirms B12H entry. 2022-05-05 . Supercars Championship. Pavey. James.
14. News: Mostert takes provisional pole for Bathurst 12 Hour. Speedcafe. O'Brien. Connor. 14 May 2022. 18 May 2022.
15. News: van Leeuwen . Andrew . Shootout dumped from Bathurst 12 Hour . 16 May 2022 . . 14 May 2022 . en.
16. News: Mostert stuns van der Linde to snatch Bathurst 12 Hour pole. Speedcafe. Perrins. Slade. 14 May 2022. 18 May 2022.
17. News: Gounon leads SunEnergy1 Racing to Bathurst 12 Hour glory. Speedcafe. O'Brien. Connor. 15 May 2022. 18 May 2022.