# 2022 Bathurst 12 Hour

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

| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Class |
| Grove Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 4 | Ben Barker | APA |
| Grove Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 4 | Brenton Grove | APA |
| Grove Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 4 | Stephen Grove | APA |
| Wall Racing | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo | 6 | Tony D'Alberto | APA |
| Wall Racing | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo | 6 | Grant Denyer | APA |
| Wall Racing | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo | 6 | Adrian Deitz | APA |
| Wall Racing | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo | 6 | David Wall | APA |
| Team Hallmarc | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 9 | Marc Cini | APA |
| Team Hallmarc | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 9 | Dean Fiore | APA |
| Team Hallmarc | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 9 | Lee Holdsworth | APA |
| Our Kloud-UpTo11 Motorsport | Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup | 11 | Eric Constantinidis | C |
| Our Kloud-UpTo11 Motorsport | Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup | 11 | Indiran Padayachee | C |
| Our Kloud-UpTo11 Motorsport | Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup | 11 | Aaron Zerefos | C |
| Team BRM | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 17 | Nick Percat | APA |
| Team BRM | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 17 | Joey Mawson | APA |
| Team BRM | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 17 | Mark Rosser | APA |
| Nineteen Corp. Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 19 | Will Brown | APA |
| Nineteen Corp. Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 19 | Mark Griffith | APA |
| Nineteen Corp. Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 19 | Jack Perkins | APA |
| Tony Bates Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 24 | Tony Bates | APA |
| Tony Bates Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 24 | David Reynolds | APA |
| Tony Bates Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 24 | Cam Waters | APA |
| RAM Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 45 | Brett Hobson | AAM |
| RAM Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 45 | Michael Sheargold | AAM |
| RAM Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 45 | Garth Walden | AAM |
| Supabarn Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 47 | James Koundouris | AAM |
| Supabarn Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 47 | Theo Koundouris | AAM |
| Supabarn Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 47 | David Russell | AAM |
| Supabarn Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 47 | Paul Stokell | AAM |
| M Motorsport | KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept | 50 | David Crampton | I |
| M Motorsport | KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept | 50 | Trent Harrison | I |
| M Motorsport | KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept | 50 | Dale Wood | I |
| M Motorsport | KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept | 50 | Glen Wood | I |
| Wheels/ FX Racing PNG | MARC II V8 | 52 | Keith Kassulke | I |
| Wheels/ FX Racing PNG | MARC II V8 | 52 | Hadrian Morall | I |
| Wheels/ FX Racing PNG | MARC II V8 | 52 | Zane Morse | I |
| Valmont Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 55 | Duvashen Padayachee | AAM |
| Valmont Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 55 | Sergio Pires | AAM |
| Valmont Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 55 | Marcel Zalloua | AAM |
| CoinSpot Racing Team | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 65 | Chaz Mostert | APA |
| CoinSpot Racing Team | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 65 | Fraser Ross | APA |
| CoinSpot Racing Team | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 65 | Liam Talbot | APA |
| Audi Sport Team Valvoline | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 74 | Nathanaël Berthon | APA |
| Audi Sport Team Valvoline | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 74 | Kelvin van der Linde | APA |
| Audi Sport Team Valvoline | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 74 | Brad Schumacher | APA |
| The Bend Motorsport Park Team Valvoline | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 777 | Ricardo Feller | APA |
| The Bend Motorsport Park Team Valvoline | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 777 | Yasser Shahin | APA |
| The Bend Motorsport Park Team Valvoline | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 777 | Markus Winkelhock | APA |
| SunEnergy1 Triple Eight Race Engineering | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 75 | Jules Gounon | APA |
| SunEnergy1 Triple Eight Race Engineering | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 75 | Kenny Habul | APA |
| SunEnergy1 Triple Eight Race Engineering | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 75 | Martin Konrad | APA |
| SunEnergy1 Triple Eight Race Engineering | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 75 | Luca Stolz | APA |
| MANN FILTER Triple Eight Race Engineering | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 888 | Broc Feeney | APA |
| MANN FILTER Triple Eight Race Engineering | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 888 | Shane van Gisbergen | APA |
| MANN FILTER Triple Eight Race Engineering | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 888 | Prince Jefri Ibrahim | APA |
| Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 91 | Maro Engel | APA |
| Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 91 | Daniel Juncadella | APA |
| Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 91 | Kevin Tse | APA |
| MARC Cars Australia | MARC II V8 | 95 | Jake Camilleri | I |
| MARC Cars Australia | MARC II V8 | 95 | Declan Fraser | I |
| MARC Cars Australia | MARC II V8 | 95 | Geoff Taunton | I |
| Scott Taylor Motorsport | Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup | 222 | Alex Davison | C |
| Scott Taylor Motorsport | Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup | 222 | Geoff Emery | C |
| Scott Taylor Motorsport | Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup | 222 | Craig Lowndes | C |
| Scott Taylor Motorsport | Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup | 222 | Scott Taylor | C |

## 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 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 | | |
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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 Huracan 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.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Time/Retired |
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Engine | Laps | Time/Retired |
| 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 |
| 1 | APA | 75 | SunEnergy1 Triple Eight Race Engineering | Kenny Habul Jules Gounon Martin Konrad Luca Stolz | 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 | 291 | 12:00:56.1980 |
| 2 | APA | 91 | Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo | Daniel Juncadella Maro Engel Kevin Tse | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 291 | +8.7071 |
| 2 | APA | 91 | Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo | Daniel Juncadella Maro Engel Kevin Tse | 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 | 291 | +8.7071 |
| 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 |
| 3 | APA | 888 | MANN FILTER Triple Eight Race Engineering | Shane van Gisbergen Broc Feeney Prince Jefri Ibrahim | 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 | 291 | +1:35.3671 |
| 4 | APA | 74 | Audi Sport Team Valvoline | Kelvin van der Linde Nathanael Berthon Brad Schumacher | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 290 | +1 Lap |
| 4 | APA | 74 | Audi Sport Team Valvoline | Kelvin van der Linde Nathanael Berthon Brad Schumacher | 5.2 L FSI 2xDOHC Audi V10 | 290 | +1 Lap |
| 5 | APA | 6 | Wall Racing | Tony D'Alberto David Wall Adrian Deitz Grant Denyer | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 286 | +5 Laps |
| 5 | APA | 6 | Wall Racing | Tony D'Alberto David Wall Adrian Deitz Grant Denyer | 5.2 L Lamborghini V10 | 286 | +5 Laps |
| 6 | APA | 9 | Hallmarc Racing | Lee Holdsworth Dean Fiore Marc Cini | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 286 | +5 Laps |
| 6 | APA | 9 | Hallmarc Racing | Lee Holdsworth Dean Fiore Marc Cini | 5.2 L FSI 2xDOHC Audi V10 | 286 | +5 Laps |
| 7 | APA | 777 | Audi Sport Team Valvoline | Markus Winkelhock Ricardo Feller Yasser Shahin | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 285 | +6 Laps |
| 7 | APA | 777 | Audi Sport Team Valvoline | Markus Winkelhock Ricardo Feller Yasser Shahin | 5.2 L FSI 2xDOHC Audi V10 | 285 | +6 Laps |
| 8 | APA | 17 | Team BRM | Nick Percat Joey Mawson Mark Rosser | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 284 | +7 Laps |
| 8 | APA | 17 | Team BRM | Nick Percat Joey Mawson Mark Rosser | 5.2 L FSI 2xDOHC Audi V10 | 284 | +7 Laps |
| 9 | AAM | 47 | Supabarn Racing | David Russell Paul Stokell James Koundouris Theo Koundouris | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 283 | +8 Laps |
| 9 | AAM | 47 | Supabarn Racing | David Russell Paul Stokell James Koundouris Theo Koundouris | 5.2 L FSI 2xDOHC Audi V10 | 283 | +8 Laps |
| 10 | C | 222 | Prostate Cancer Foundation Racing / STM | Scott Taylor Alex Davison Craig Lowndes Geoff Emery | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 276 | +15 Laps |
| 10 | C | 222 | Prostate Cancer Foundation Racing / STM | Scott Taylor Alex Davison Craig Lowndes Geoff Emery | 3.8 L Porsche H6 | 276 | +15 Laps |
| 11 | APA | 24 | C Tech Laser by Tony Bates Racing | Cam Waters David Reynolds Tony Bates | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 256 | +35 Laps |
| 11 | APA | 24 | C Tech Laser by Tony Bates Racing | Cam Waters David Reynolds Tony Bates | 5.2 L FSI 2xDOHC Audi V10 | 256 | +35 Laps |
| NC | AAM | 55 | Valmont Racing | Duvashen Padayachee Sergio Pires Marcel Zalloua | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | 199 | +92 laps |
| NC | AAM | 55 | Valmont Racing | Duvashen Padayachee Sergio Pires Marcel Zalloua | 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 | 199 | +92 laps |
| NC | C | 11 | Our Kloud-UpTo11 Motorsport | Aaron Zerefos Eric Constantindis Indiran Padayachee | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup | 198 | +93 laps |
| NC | C | 11 | Our Kloud-UpTo11 Motorsport | Aaron Zerefos Eric Constantindis Indiran Padayachee | 3.8 L Porsche H6 | 198 | +93 laps |
| DNF | APA | 4 | Grove Racing | Ben Barker Brenton Grove Stephen Grove | Porsche 911 GT3 R | 197 | Accident |
| DNF | APA | 4 | Grove Racing | Ben Barker Brenton Grove Stephen Grove | 4.0 L Porsche H6 | 197 | Accident |
| DNF | AAM | 45 | RAM Motorsport | Garth Walden Brett Hobson Mike Sheargold | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 170 | Accident |
| DNF | AAM | 45 | RAM Motorsport | Garth Walden Brett Hobson Mike Sheargold | 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 | 170 | Accident |
| DNF | APA | 65 | CoinSpot Racing Team | Chaz Mostert Liam Talbot Fraser Ross | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 161 | Accident |
| DNF | APA | 65 | CoinSpot Racing Team | Chaz Mostert Liam Talbot Fraser Ross | 5.2 L FSI 2xDOHC Audi V10 | 161 | Accident |
| DNF | I | 95 | MARC Cars Australia | Geoff Taunton Jake Camilleri Declan Fraser | MARC II V8 | 143 | Engine |
| DNF | I | 95 | MARC Cars Australia | Geoff Taunton Jake Camilleri Declan Fraser | 5.2 L Ford Coyote V8 | 143 | Engine |
| DNF | I | 50 | M Motorsport | Dale Wood Glenn Wood Trent Harrison David Crampton | KTM X-Bow GT2 | 38 | Accident |
| DNF | I | 50 | M Motorsport | Dale Wood Glenn Wood Trent Harrison David Crampton | 2.5 L Audi 20v TFSI turbocharged I5 | 38 | Accident |
| DNF | APA | 19 | Nineteen Corp. Racing Team | Will Brown Jack Perkins Mark Griffith | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 33 | Accident |
| DNF | APA | 19 | Nineteen Corp. Racing Team | Will Brown Jack Perkins Mark Griffith | 6.2 L Mercedes-Benz M159 V8 | 33 | Accident |
| DNF | I | 52 | Speed / FX Wheels Racing PNG | Keith Kassulke Hadrian Morrall Zane Morse | MARC II V8 | 15 | Accident |
| DNF | I | 52 | Speed / FX Wheels Racing PNG | Keith Kassulke Hadrian Morrall Zane Morse | 5.2 L Ford Coyote V8 | 15 | Accident |
| Fastest lap: Kelvin van der Linde – 2:03.1173 (lap 256) ||||||||
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