2016 Bathurst 12 Hour



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= 2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour = The race and Class AP-winning McLaren 650S GT3 of Álvaro Parente, Shane Van Gisbergen and Jonathon Webb.

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37 cars were entered for the race and 36 cars started the race, with one entry withdrawn following a crash in practice.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.

Class structureEdit
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

Official results
Shane Van Gisbergen crosses the finish line to take victory.

The Class AA-winning Audi R8 LMS of Nathan Antunes, Barton Mawer and Greg Taylor.

The Class B-winning Porsche 997 GT3 Cup of Earl Bamber, Stephen Grove and Scott McLaughlin

The Class I-winning MARC Mazda3 GTC of Jake Camilleri, Morgan Haber and Aaron Seton. ^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