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. 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.
Class structure
Entries were divided into classes based on car type and driver ratings.
- 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
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. | No. | 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 | Shane van Gisbergen Prince Jefri Ibrahim |
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 Huracán 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 | ||
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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.
| Pos. | No. | 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 Huracán GT3 Evo | 2:04.6908 | +2.1978 |
| 10 | 45 | AAM | Brett Hobson | RAM Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:04.7550 | +2.2620 |
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Race
Class winners are shown in bold.
