# 2020 16 Hours of Hockenheimring

The 2020 Hankook 16 Hours of Hockenheimring was the 1st running of the 16 Hours of Hockenheimring. It is the fourth round of both the 2020 24H GT Series and the 2020 24H TCE Series, the third round of the Europe and Continent Series, and will be held from 5 to 6 September at the Hockenheimring. It was the first 24H Series event to take place in Germany. The race was won by Gijs Bessem, Harry Hilders and Marcel van Berlo.

## Schedule

The race was split into two parts, the first being 8 hours and the second being 8 hours long due to noise restrictions.
| Date | Time (local: CEST) | Event | Distance |
| Friday, 4 September | 15:45 - 17:15 | Practice (GT and TCE) | 90 Mins |
| Friday, 4 September | 18:50 - 19:20 | Qualifying - TCE | 30 Mins |
| Friday, 4 September | 19:30 - 20:00 | Qualifying - GT | 30 Mins |
| Saturday, 5 September | 11:00 | Start Grid | |
| Saturday, 5 September | 12:00 | Race (Part 1) | 8 Hours |
| Sunday, 6 September | 11:00 | Start Grid | |
| Sunday, 6 September | 12:00 | Race (Part 2) | 8 Hours |
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## Entry list

A total of fifteen cars were entered for the event; 8 GT and 7 TCE cars.
| Team | Car | No. | Drivers |
| GT3-Am (2 entries) ||||
| Equipe Verschuur | Renault R.S. 01 FGT3 | 9 | Harrie Kolen Erik van Loon Mike Verschuur |
| CP Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 85 | Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster Shane Lewis Charles Putman |
| GTX (1 entry) ||||
| Proton Competition | Porsche 911 RSR | 711 | Dominique Bastien Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak Christian Ried |
| 991 (3 entries) ||||
| DUWO Racing | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II | 909 | Andrey Mukovoz Sergey Peregudov Stanislav Sidoruk |
| Speed Lover | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II | 978 | Dominique Bastien Eric Mouez Jeroen Kreeft Rolf Lietart |
| NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II | 991 | Gijs Bessem Harry Hilders Marcel van Berlo |
| GT4 (2 entries) ||||
| PROsport Performance AMR | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | 401 | Rodrigue Gillion Tom Heeren Nico Verdonck |
| Team Avia Sorg Rennsport | BMW M4 GT4 | 451 | Björn Simon José Manuel de los Milagros Heiko Eichenberg Olaf Meyer |
| TCR (5 entries) ||||
| Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 1 | Constantin Kletzer Christopher Lenz Rhys Lloyd Yannick Mettler Jasmin Preisig |
| Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 112 | Miklas Born Roberto Ferri Benjamin Leuchter Marek Schaller Alberto Vescovi |
| Red Camel-Jordans.nl | CUPRA León TCR | 101 | Ivo Breukers Luc Breukers Stephen Liquorish |
| TOPCAR Sport | CUPRA León TCR | 131 | Fabian Danz Karen Gaillard Kai Jordan |
| AC Motorsport | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 188 | Mathieu Detry Stéphane Perrin Vincent Radermecker |
| TCX (6 entries) ||||
| Nordschleife Racing | Ligier JS2 R | 226 | Guillaume Roman Michel Sallenbach Daniel Waszczinski |
| DayVTec Engineering | BMW M240i Cup | 240 | Tim Coronel Jan Jaap van Roon Gaby Uljee |
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## Results
### Practice

Fastest in class in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Time | Laps |
| 1 | GT3-Am | 9 | Equipe Verschuur | Harrie Kolen Erik van Loon Mike Verschuur | Renault R.S. 01 FGT3 | 1:41.437 | 23 |
| 2 | GT3-Am | 85 | CP Racing | Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster Shane Lewis Charles Putman | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 1:42.096 | 32 |
| 3 | GTX | 711 | Proton Competition | Dominique Bastien Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak Christian Ried | Porsche 911 RSR | 1:44.522 | 28 |
| 4 | 991 | 909 | DUWO Racing | Andrey Mukovoz Sergey Peregudov Stanislav Sidoruk | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II | 1:48.633 | 21 |
| 5 | 991 | 991 | NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing | Gijs Bessem Harry Hilders Marcel van Berlo | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II | 1:48.781 | 36 |
| 6 | TCR | 1 | Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing | Constantin Kletzer Christopher Lenz Rhys Lloyd Yannick Mettler Jasmin Preisig | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 1:51.665 | 21 |
| 7 | TCR | 112 | Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing | Miklas Born Roberto Ferri Benjamin Leuchter Marek Schaller Alberto Vescovi | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 1:52.162 | 25 |
| 8 | TCX | 226 | Nordschleife Racing | Guillaume Roman Michel Sallenbach Daniel Waszczinski | Ligier JS2 R | 1:52.445 | 12 |
| 9 | TCR | 131 | TOPCAR Sport | Fabian Danz Karen Gaillard Kai Jordan | CUPRA León TCR | 1:52.456 | 26 |
| 10 | GT4 | 451 | Team Avia Sorg Rennsport | Björn Simon José Manuel de los Milagros Heiko Eichenberg Olaf Meyer | BMW M4 GT4 | 1:53.043 | 33 |
| 11 | GT4 | 401 | PROsport Performance AMR | Rodrigue Gillion Tom Heeren Nico Verdonck | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | 1:54.166 | 24 |
| 12 | TCR | 101 | Red Camel-Jordans.nl | Ivo Breukers Luc Breukers | CUPRA León TCR | 1:54.225 | 30 |
| 13 | 991 | 978 | Speed Lover | Dominique Bastien Eric Mouez Jeroen Kreeft Rolf Lietart | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II | 1:54.320 | 17 |
| 14 | TCX | 240 | DayVTec Engineering | Tim Coronel Jan Jaap van Roon Gaby Uljee | BMW M240i Cup | 1:56.689 | 38 |
| 15 | TCR | 188 | AC Motorsport | Mathieu Detry Stéphane Perrin Vincent Radermecker | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | | |
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### Qualifying
#### GT

Fastest in class in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Time | Laps |
| 1 | GT3-Am | 9 | Equipe Verschuur | Harrie Kolen Erik van Loon Mike Verschuur | Renault R.S. 01 FGT3 | 1:39.288 | 11 |
| 2 | GT3-Am | 85 | CP Racing | Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster Shane Lewis Charles Putman | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 1:40.277 | 7 |
| 3 | 991 | 909 | DUWO Racing | Andrey Mukovoz Sergey Peregudov Stanislav Sidoruk | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II | 1:46.116 | 6 |
| 4 | 991 | 991 | NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing | Gijs Bessem Harry Hilders Marcel van Berlo | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II | 1:47.372 | 15 |
| 5 | 991 | 978 | Speed Lover | Dominique Bastien Eric Mouez Jeroen Kreeft Rolf Lietart | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II | 1:48.922 | 12 |
| 6 | GT4 | 401 | PROsport Performance AMR | Rodrigue Gillion Tom Heeren Nico Verdonck | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | 1:49.885 | 5 |
| 7 | GT4 | 451 | Team Avia Sorg Rennsport | Björn Simon José Manuel de los Milagros Heiko Eichenberg Olaf Meyer | BMW M4 GT4 | 1:50.672 | 11 |
| 8 | GTX | 711 | Proton Competition | Dominique Bastien Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak Christian Ried | Porsche 911 RSR | | |
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#### TCE

Fastest in class in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Time | Laps |
| 1 | TCR | 112 | Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing | Miklas Born Roberto Ferri Benjamin Leuchter Marek Schaller Alberto Vescovi | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 1:49.666 | 10 |
| 2 | TCR | 131 | TOPCAR Sport | Fabian Danz Karen Gaillard Kai Jordan | CUPRA León TCR | 1:50.595 | 15 |
| 3 | TCR | 101 | Red Camel-Jordans.nl | Ivo Breukers Luc Breukers | CUPRA León TCR | 1:51.042 | 11 |
| 4 | TCR | 1 | Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing | Constantin Kletzer Christopher Lenz Rhys Lloyd Yannick Mettler Jasmin Preisig | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 1:51.179 | 11 |
| 5 | TCR | 188 | AC Motorsport | Mathieu Detry Stéphane Perrin Vincent Radermecker | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | 1:52.037 | 14 |
| 6 | TCX | 240 | DayVTec Engineering | Tim Coronel Jan Jaap van Roon Gaby Uljee | BMW M240i Cup | 1:54.057 | 12 |
| 7 | TCX | 226 | Nordschleife Racing | Guillaume Roman Michel Sallenbach Daniel Waszczinski | Ligier JS2 R | | |
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### Race
#### Part 1

Class winner in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Time/Reason | Laps |
| 1 | GT3-Am | 85 | CP Racing | Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster Shane Lewis Charles Putman | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 8:00:06.915 | 236 |
| 2 | 991 | 909 | DUWO Racing | Andrey Mukovoz Sergey Peregudov Stanislav Sidoruk | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II | +6 Laps | 230 |
| 3 | 991 | 991 | NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing | Gijs Bessem Harry Hilders Marcel van Berlo | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II | +6 Laps | 230 |
| 4 | TCR | 131 | TOPCAR Sport | Fabian Danz Karen Gaillard Kai Jordan | CUPRA León TCR | +15 Laps | 221 |
| 5 | TCR | 1 | Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing | Constantin Kletzer Christopher Lenz Rhys Lloyd Yannick Mettler Jasmin Preisig | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | +16 Laps | 220 |
| 6 | TCR | 112 | Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing | Miklas Born Roberto Ferri Benjamin Leuchter Marek Schaller Alberto Vescovi | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | +17 Laps | 219 |
| 7 | TCR | 188 | AC Motorsport | Mathieu Detry Stéphane Perrin Vincent Radermecker | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | +20 Laps | 216 |
| 8 | GT4 | 451 | Team Avia Sorg Rennsport | Björn Simon José Manuel de los Milagros Heiko Eichenberg Olaf Meyer | BMW M4 GT4 | +20 Laps | 216 |
| 9 | TCX | 240 | DayVTec Engineering | Tim Coronel Jan Jaap van Roon Gaby Uljee | BMW M240i Cup | +24 Laps | 212 |
| 10 | GT4 | 401 | PROsport Performance AMR | Rodrigue Gillion Tom Heeren Nico Verdonck | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | +24 Laps | 212 |
| 11 | TCX | 226 | Nordschleife Racing | Guillaume Roman Michel Sallenbach Daniel Waszczinski | Ligier JS2 R | +25 Laps | 211 |
| 12 DNF | GT3-Am | 9 | Equipe Verschuur | Harrie Kolen Erik van Loon Mike Verschuur | Renault R.S. 01 FGT3 | Driveshaft | 193 |
| 13 | TCR | 101 | Red Camel-Jordans.nl | Ivo Breukers Luc Breukers | CUPRA León TCR | +53 Laps | 183 |
| 14 | 991 | 978 | Speed Lover | Dominique Bastien Eric Mouez Jeroen Kreeft Rolf Lietart | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II | +61 Laps | 175 |
| DNS | GTX | 711 | Proton Competition | Dominique Bastien Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak Christian Ried | Porsche 911 RSR | Practice only | |
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#### Part 2

Class winner in bold.
| Pos | Class | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Time/Reason | Laps |
| 1 | 991 | 991 | NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing | Gijs Bessem Harry Hilders Marcel van Berlo | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II | 8:01:40.408 | 470 |
| 2 | 991 | 909 | DUWO Racing | Andrey Mukovoz Sergey Peregudov Stanislav Sidoruk | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II | +1:46.659 | 470 |
| 3 | TCR | 1 | Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing | Constantin Kletzer Christopher Lenz Rhys Lloyd Yannick Mettler Jasmin Preisig | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | +20 Laps | 450 |
| 4 | TCR | 112 | Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing | Miklas Born Roberto Ferri Benjamin Leuchter Marek Schaller Alberto Vescovi | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | +21 Laps | 449 |
| 5 | TCR | 131 | TOPCAR Sport | Fabian Danz Karen Gaillard Kai Jordan | CUPRA León TCR | +21 Laps | 449 |
| 6 | GT4 | 451 | Team Avia Sorg Rennsport | Björn Simon José Manuel de los Milagros Heiko Eichenberg Olaf Meyer | BMW M4 GT4 | +28 Laps | 442 |
| 7 | GT3-Am | 85 | CP Racing | Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster Shane Lewis Charles Putman | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +28 Laps | 442 |
| 8 | TCX | 240 | DayVTec Engineering | Tim Coronel Jan Jaap van Roon Gaby Uljee | BMW M240i Cup | +36 Laps | 434 |
| 9 | TCX | 226 | Nordschleife Racing | Guillaume Roman Michel Sallenbach Daniel Waszczinski | Ligier JS2 R | +38 Laps | 432 |
| 10 | GT4 | 401 | PROsport Performance AMR | Rodrigue Gillion Tom Heeren Nico Verdonck | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | +54 Laps | 416 |
| 11 | TCR | 101 | Red Camel-Jordans.nl | Ivo Breukers Luc Breukers | CUPRA León TCR | +64 Laps | 406 |
| 12 | 991 | 978 | Speed Lover | Dominique Bastien Eric Mouez Jeroen Kreeft Rolf Lietart | Porsche 991 GT3 Cup II | +77 Laps | 393 |
| 13 DNF | TCR | 188 | AC Motorsport | Mathieu Detry Stéphane Perrin Vincent Radermecker | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | +166 Laps | 304 |
| DNF | GT3-Am | 9 | Equipe Verschuur | Harrie Kolen Erik van Loon Mike Verschuur | Renault R.S. 01 FGT3 | Driveshaft | 259 |
| DNS | GTX | 711 | Proton Competition | Dominique Bastien Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak Christian Ried | Porsche 911 RSR | Practice only | |
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