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The 2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour was an endurance race for a variety of GT and touring car classes, including: GT3 cars, GT4 cars and Group 3E Series Production Cars. The event, which was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, near Bathurst, in New South Wales, Australia on 7 February 2016, was the fourteenth running of the Bathurst 12 Hour. It was also the opening round of the 2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge Series.

37 cars were entered for the race and 36 cars started the race, with one entry withdrawn following a crash in practice. Álvaro Parente, Shane van Gisbergen and Jonathon Webb won the event driving a McLaren 650S GT3. Despite 13 safety car periods, the race ended with 297 laps completed, a race record distance.

Class structure

Cars competed in the following three classes.

• Class A – GT3 Outright
  • Class AP – GT3 Pro-Am, for driver combinations including one unseeded driver.
  • Class AA – GT3 Am, for driver combinations including two or three unseeded drivers.
• Class B – GT3 Cup Cars
• Class I – Invitational

Class C was also available for entry for GT4 cars, however due to lack of entries, the sole Class C car entered was merged into Class I.

Official results

Pos.	Class	No.	Team / Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps	Time/Retired
					Engine
1	AP	59	Tekno Autosports	Álvaro Parente Shane van Gisbergen Jonathon Webb	McLaren 650S GT3	297	12:01:05.133
					3.8 L McLaren M838T twin-turbo V8
2	AP	1	NISMO Athlete Global Team	Katsumasa Chiyo Rick Kelly Florian Strauss	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	297	+1.276
					3.8 L Nissan VR38DETT twin-turbo V6
3	AP	10	Bentley Team M-Sport	Matt Bell Steven Kane Guy Smith	Bentley Continental GT3	297	+1:18.503
					4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8
4	AP	2	Phoenix Racing	Alex Davison Laurens Vanthoor Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS	297	+2:05.621
					5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
5	AP	36	Erebus Motorsport	Nico Bastian Thomas Jäger David Reynolds	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	296	+1 lap
					6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
6	AA	5	GT Motorsport	Nathan Antunes Barton Mawer Greg Taylor	Audi R8 LMS	294	+3 laps
					5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
7	AP	31	Bentley Team M-Sport	David Russell Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet	Bentley Continental GT3	293	+4 laps
					4.0 L Volkswagen twin-turbo V8
8	AP	75	Jamec Pem Racing	Steve McLaughlan René Rast Garth Tander	Audi R8 LMS	293	+4 laps
					5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
9	AP	60	Tekno Autosports	Robert Bell Will Davison Andrew Watson	McLaren 650S GT3	292	+5 laps
					3.8 L McLaren M838T twin-turbo V8
10	AA	32	Lago Racing	Roger Lago Steve Owen Luke Youlden	Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX	291	+6 laps
					5.2 L Lamborghini V10
11	AA	82	International Motorsport	Rick Armstrong Andrew Bagnall Matt Halliday	Audi R8 LMS Ultra	287	+10 laps
					5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
12	B	4	Grove Motorsport	Earl Bamber Stephen Grove Scott McLaughlin	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	285	+12 laps
					3.6 L Porsche H6
13	I	93	MARC Cars Australia	Jake Camilleri Morgan Haber Aaron Seton	MARC Mazda3 GTC	280	+17 laps
					5.0 L Ford Coyote V8
14	I	54	Donut King Racing	Tony Alford Mark Griffith Beric Lynton	MARC Focus GTC	271	+26 laps
					5.0 L Ford Coyote V8
15	I	92	MARC Cars Australia	Michael Benton Hadrian Morrall Angus Kennard	MARC Focus GTC	271	+26 laps
					5.0 L Ford Coyote V8
16	B	6	Wall Racing	Richard Gartner Michael O'Donnell Indiran Padayachee Aaron Zerefos	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	270	+27 laps
					3.6 L Porsche H6
17	AA	49	Vicious Rumour Racing	Tony DeFelice Renato Loberto Andrea Montermini Benny Simonsen	Ferrari 458 GT3	256	+41 laps
					4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8
18	I	91	MARC Cars Australia	Lindsay Kearns Rob Thomson Jimmy Vernon	MARC Focus GTC	228	+69 laps
					5.0 L Ford Coyote V8
19	I	94	MARC Cars Australia	Bryce Fullwood Gerard McLeod Nick Rowe	MARC Mazda3 GTC	195	+102 laps
					5.0 L Ford Coyote V8
20	B	77	Team NZ Motorsport	John Curran Nick Foster Craig Smith Will Bamber Graeme Dowsett	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	79	+218 laps
					3.6 L Porsche H6
DNF	B	21	Ashley Seward Motorsport	James Bergmuller Sam Fillmore Danny Stutterd	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	268	Out of Fuel
					3.6 L Porsche H6
DNF	AA	40	Supabarn Supermarkets Racing	Shae Davies James Koundouris Theo Koundouris Marcus Marshall	Audi R8 LMS	251	Tyre Failure
					5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
DNF	AP	63	Erebus Motorsport	Austin Cindric Maro Engel Bernd Schneider	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	219	Crash
					6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
DNF	AA	37	Keltic Racing	Craig Baird Klark Quinn Tony Quinn	McLaren 650S GT3	171	Spun out/stalled
					3.8 L McLaren M838T twin-turbo V8
DNF	AA	9	Hallmarc Racing	Marc Cini Mark Eddy Christer Jöns	Audi R8 LMS Ultra	157	Crash
					5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
DNF	B	69	APO Sport	James May Paul May Alex Osborne	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	149	Crash
					3.6 L Porsche H6
DNF	AP	33	MISHUMOTORS	Alex Kapadia Mirco Schultis Patrick Simon Renger van der Zande	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	133	Crash
					6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8
DNF	B	38	Wall Racing	Daniel Bilski Paul Tresidder David Wall	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S	128	Gearbox
					3.6 L Porsche H6
DNF	B	12	Motorsport Services Limited	Allan Dippie Scott O'Donnell Chris van der Drift	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	128	Gearbox
					3.6 L Porsche H6
DNF	I	65	Daytona Sports Cars	Jamie Augustine Dean Lillie Benjamin Schoots	Daytona Sportscar	126	Oil Pressure
					6.0 L GM LS1 V8
DNF	I	28	GWS Personnel Motorsport	Will Cauchi David Cox Ric Shaw Jake Williams	BMW 335i	107	Not Classified (last lap too slow)
					3.0 L BMW N55 twin-turbo I6
DNF	I	16	PROsport Performance	Adam Christodoulou Fabian Hamprecht Nico Verdonck Jörg Viebahn	Porsche Cayman Pro 4	92	Crash
					3.4 L Porsche H6
DNF	AP	88	Maranello Motorsport	Tony D'Alberto Grant Denyer Mika Salo Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 GT3	63	Crash Damage
					4.5 L Ferrari F142 V8
DNF	AP	74	Jamec Pem Racing	Christopher Haase Marco Mapelli Christopher Mies	Audi R8 LMS	50	Tyre Failure
					5.2 L FSI 2×DOHC Audi V10
DNF	AA	11	Objective Racing	Matt Campbell Warren Luff Tim Slade Tony Walls	McLaren 650S GT3	49	Crash
					3.8 L McLaren M838T twin-turbo V8
DNF	AA	62	Performance West Motorsport	Scott Andrews Nick Percat Peter Rullo	Lamborghini Gallardo LP600	1	Suspension
					5.2 L Lamborghini V10
DNS	AA	48	M Motorsport	John McIntyre Justin McMillan Dale Wood Glen Wood	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4		Crash in Practice 5
					5.2 L Lamborghini V10
Sources:

^1 – The #93 MARC Cars Australia entry was listed in both the official entry list and the official results as a MARC Focus GTC but it was actually a MARC Mazda3 GTC.
^2 – Will Bamber was unable to drive in the race following a crash during the qualifying session.
^3 – Greame Dowsett was unable to drive in the race following a pre-race injury. He was replaced by Nick Foster

• Class winners are shown in bold.
• Race time of winning car: 12:01:05.1330
• Fastest race lap: 2:01.5670 – Shane van Gisbergen

References

1. Howard, Tom (8 February 2016). "Ratel keen for all pro Bathurst 12 Hour class". Speedcafe. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
2. ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (6 February 2016). "M Motorsport Lambo withdrawn after crash". Speedcafe. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
3. Bartholomaeus, Stefan (7 February 2016). "SVG leads McLaren to Bathurst 12 Hour victory". Speedcafe. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
4. ^ 2016 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Official Programme, p. 42–43
5. ^ "2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour – Unofficial – Mount Panorama". National Software. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
6. "Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Entry List". Bathurst 12 Hour. 5 February 2016. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
7. "Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hours – 2016" (PDF). RaceResults.nu. 7 February 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
8. van Leeuwen, Andrew (7 February 2016). "Bathurst 12 Hour: van Gisbergen storms to victory". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

External links

• Official website

• Motorsport in Bathurst, New South Wales
• 2016 in Australian motorsport
• February 2016 sports events in Australia
• 2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge