BATHURST 12 HOUR SCHEDULE RELEASED
Bathurst 12 Hour schedule released – Photo: InSyde Media
Bathurst 12 Hour organisers have revealed the full schedule for the 2020 edition of the event.
By RHYS VANDERSYDE
As previously reported, the three-day program will feature Aussie Racing Cars, Group S Historic Sports Cars and Combined Sedans as support categories. While the full schedule reveals the addition of Group C Sports Cars demonstration sessions.
Group C was introduced by the FIA as the main International Sports Car category in 1982, attracting a range of brands to compete in both the World Sportscar Championship, Le Mans and in the IMSA GTP Series, which all utilised similar rules.
The most famous Group C cars were the all-conquering Porsche 956 and subsequent 962 models, while other manufacturers including Lancia, Jaguar, Mercedes, Nissan, Toyota, Mazda and Aston Martin also built and ran cars to Group C specification.
Group C demonstrations added to the program – Photo: InSyde Media
A selection of classic Croup C Machinery will take to the track once on Friday and then for a pair of 15-minute sessions on Saturday.
Meanwhile, 12-Hour competitors will have over 6 hours of track time across practice and qualifying before Sunday’s race. Teams will get five practice sessions split across 1 x 30min (excluding Class A Platinum and Gold drivers) and 4 x 1-hour sessions before Saturday’s 45 minute all in qualifying session followed 30 minute Class A only qualifying session to determine the bulk of the grid.
Saturday’s on-track action will be rounded out with the Pirelli Top-10 Shootout to lock in the grid positions for the front of the grid.
As per tradition, the 2020 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Race itself commences at 5:45am on Sunday morning, 2 February.
FOX Sports will cover Saturday’s action exclusively with their broadcast to run between 12:30pm – 6:00pm local time.
Sunday’s coverage will commence at 5:30am local time and run for 12.5 Hours concurrently on Channel 7 and FOX Sports 506.
| Friday 31 January | ||||
| Start | Finish | Category | Duration | Session |
| 7:20 | 7:50 | Aussie Race Cars | 0:30 | Practice / Qualifying |
| 8:00 | 8:30 | Group S | 0:30 | Practice / Qualifying |
| 8:40 | 9:10 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 0:30 | Practice 1 (exc. Class A Platinum & Gold drivers) |
| 9:15 | 10:15 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 1:00 | Practice 2 |
| 10:25 | 10:55 | Combined Sedans | 0:30 | Practice / Qualifying |
| 12:20 | 13:20 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 1:00 | Practice 3 |
| 13:30 | 13:40 | Group C | 0:10 | Demonstration |
| 13:45 | 14:15 | Aussie Race Cars | 0:30 | Race 1 |
| 14:25 | 14:55 | Group S | 0:30 | Race 1 |
| 15:05 | 16:05 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 1:00 | Practice 4 |
| 16:15 | 16:50 | Combined Sedans | 0:35 | Race 1 |
| 17:00 | 17:30 | Aussie Race Cars | 0:30 | Race 2 |
| Saturday 1 February | ||||
| Start | Finish | Category | Duration | Session |
| 7:20 | 7:55 | Combined Sedans | 0:35 | Race 2 |
| 8:05 | 8:35 | Group S | 0:30 | Race 2 |
| 8:45 | 9:45 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 1:00 | Practice 5 |
| 9:50 | 10:05 | Group C | 0:15 | Demonstration |
| 10:45 | 11:15 | Aussie Race Cars | 0:30 | Race 3 |
| 12:40 | 13:25 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 0:45 | Qualifying 1 (All Classes) |
| 13:35 | 14:05 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 0:30 | Qualifying 2 (Class A Only) |
| 14:45 | 15:15 | Group S | 0:30 | Race 3 |
| 15:25 | 16:00 | Combined Sedans | 0:35 | Race 3 |
| 16:10 | 16:40 | Aussie Race Cars | 0:30 | Race 4 |
| 16:45 | 17:00 | Group C | 0:15 | Demonstration |
| 17:05 | 17:50 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 0:45 | Top 10 Shootout (Class A only) |
| Sunday 2 February | ||||
| Start | Finish | Category | Duration | Session |
| 5:15 | Pit Exit Open | |||
| 5:25 | Pit Exit Close | |||
| 5:45 | 17:45 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 12:00 | RACE |
| Podium | ||||
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