The 2020 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour was an endurance motor race which was staged at the

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near Bathurst, in

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on 2 February 2020.2020 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Sporting and Technical Regulations, as archived at web.archive.org
/ref> The race, which was promoted and organised by V8 Supercars Australia Pty Ltd., was open to GT3 cars, GT4 cars, Lamborghini Super Trofeo cars and Invitational vehicles. It was the 18th running of the

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, and the opening round of both the

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and the 2020 Australian Endurance Championship. 39 cars were entered and 34 cars started, with five entries withdrawn following crashes in practice & qualifying. The race was won by

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and

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driving a Bentley Continental GT3 entered by

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Class structure

Cars were classified into the following four classes. * Class A – GT3 Outright ** (GT3 Pro) ** (GT3 Pro-Am) ** (GT3 Silver) * Class B -

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cars (no entries received) * Class C – GT4 * Class I – Invitational

Entry List

Results

Qualifying

Top 10 shootout

Race

;Notes: * – Car No. 999 received a 30 seconds post-race penalty for a pit procedure infringement. * – Car No. 46 received a 270 seconds post-race penalty * – Cars No. 95 and No. 20 were both running at the finish of the race, but failed to complete the minimum laps necessary to be classified.

Australian Tourist Trophy

The

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was awarded by the

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to the drivers of the outright winning car.

References

External links

2020 Entry List, www.bathurst12hour.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
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