2020 4 Hours of The Bend

The 2020 4 Hours of The Bend was an endurance sportscar racing event held on January 12, 2020, at The Bend Motorsport Park in Tailem Bend, Australia. It served as the second round of the 2019-20 Asian Le Mans Series season.

Background The race was announced in 16 February 2019, and included into the Asian Le Mans Series season calendar by replacing the 4 Hours of Fuji five days later. The competing classes were LMP2, LMP3 and GT, with both LMP2 and GT split to include the AM class.

The race was the first major international motor race held on The Bend's 35 turn, 7.770 km (4.828 mi) long GT Circuit, officially the second longest permanent motor racing circuit in the world behind only the 20.832 km (12.944 mi) Nürburgring Nordschleife. The race was attended by the President of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO), Pierre Fillon.EPMtv for Asian Le Mans Series 4-Hrs of THE BEND - Highlights4H of The Bend - LIVE - Round 2 -2019/20 Asian Le Mans Series - Full Race

Schedule DateTime (local: ACDT)EventFriday, 10 January16:10Free Practice 1Saturday, 11 January9:30Free Practice 213:30QualifyingSunday, 12 January13:00RaceSource:

Free practice

Only the fastest car in each class is shown.

Free Practice 1ClassEntrantTimeLMP21 Eurasia Motorsport2:36.496LMP2 Am59 RLR MSport2:46.312LMP312 ACE1 Villorba Corse2:52.431GT88 Team JLOC2:59.913GT Am—Free Practice 2ClassEntrantTimeLMP226 G-Drive Racing with Algarve2:35.418LMP2 Am59 RLR MSport2:43.416LMP312 ACE1 Villorba Corse2:50.933GT88 Team JLOC2:58.787GT Am16 Astro Veloce Motorsport3:04.525Source:

Qualifying British driver Ben Barnicoat took pole position for the 4 Hours of The Bend with a time of 2:35.698 driving a Dallara P217 LMP2 for Thunderhead Carlin Racing. It was the first time that the Dallara P217 had scored a pole position in any LMP2 competition. Young Scottish driver Colin Noble took pole in LMP3 with a time of 2:50.802 in his Norma M30 for Nielsen Racing's first ever LMP3 pole, while Italian Davide Rigon scored the GT pole in the HubAuto Corsa's Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 with a 2:56.109 lap.ASIAN LE MANS SERIES - 4 Hours of The Bend - Qualifying Highlights from Australia

Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold. ClassEntryCarTime1LMP245 Thunderhead Carlin RacingDallara P2172:35.6982LMP21 Eurasia MotorsportLigier JS P2172:35.8703LMP226 G-Drive Racing with AlgarveAurus 012:36.7114LMP234 Inter Europol EnduranceLigier JS P2172:36.7725LMP236 Eurasia MotorsportLigier JS P2172:37.2626LMP2 Am59 RLR MSportOreca 052:43.2357LMP2 Am4 ARC BratislavaLigier JS P22:43.9578LMP2 Am52 Rick Ware RacingLigier JS P22:44.8849LMP233 Inter Europol EnduranceLigier JS P2172:46.04410LMP2 Am25 Rick Ware RacingLigier JS P22:48.47111LMP32 Nielsen RacingNorma M302:50.80212LMP312 ACE1 Villorba CorseLigier JS P32:51.92513LMP39 Graff RacingNorma M302:51.95214LMP313 Inter Europol CompetitionLigier JS P32:52.29815LMP314 Inter Europol CompetitionLigier JS P32:54.51216GT27 HubAuto CorsaFerrari 488 GT3 Evo 20202:56.10917GT7 Car Guy RacingFerrari 488 GT32:56.92418GT17 Astro Veloce MotorsportBMW M6 GT32:58.44219GT75 T2 MotorsportsFerrari 488 GT32:58.46220GT51 Spirit of RaceFerrari 488 GT32:58.50921GT88 Team JLOCLamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2:58.60522GT77 D'station Racing AMRAston Martin Vantage AMR GT32:59.28423LMP365 Viper Niza RacingLigier JS P33:08.66724GT Am16 Astro Veloce MotorsportBMW M6 GT33:20.32925LMP33 Nielsen RacingNorma M30—Source:

Race

Race results The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of overall winning car's distance) was 54 laps. Class winners are marked in bold. ClassEntryDriversCarLapsTime/GapEngine1LMP226 G-Drive Racing with Algarve James French Leonard Hoogenboom Roman RusinovAurus 01784:05:23.417Gibson GK428 4.2 L V82LMP236 Eurasia Motorsport Nick Foster Roberto Merhi Aidan ReadLigier JS P21778 +44.886Gibson GK428 4.2 L V83LMP245 Thunderhead Carlin Racing Ben Barnicoat Jack Manchester Harry TincknellDallara P21778 +2:10.774Gibson GK428 4.2 L V84LMP233 Inter Europol Endurance John Corbett Nathan Kumar Mitchell NeilsonLigier JS P21775 +3 LapsGibson GK428 4.2 L V85LMP2 Am52 Rick Ware Racing Gustas Grinbergas Cody WareLigier JS P275+3 LapsNissan VK45DE 4.5 L V86LMP2 Am25 Rick Ware Racing Philippe Mulacek Guy Cosmo Anthony LazzaroLigier JS P275 +3 LapsNissan VK45DE 4.5 L V87LMP2 Am4 ARC Bratislava Miro Konôpka Andreas Laskaratos Garnet PattersonLigier JS P274 +4 LapsNissan VK45DE 4.5 L V88LMP32 Nielsen Racing Colin Noble Tony WellsNorma M3073+5 LapsNissan VK50 5.0 L V89LMP313 Inter Europol Competition Martin Hippe Nigel MooreLigier JS P373 +5 LapsNissan VK50 5.0 L V810LMP312 ACE1 Villorba Corse Alessandro Bressan Gabriele Lancieri David FumanelliLigier JS P373 +5 LapsNissan VK50 5.0 L V811GT7 Car Guy Racing Kei Cozzolino Takeshi Kimura Côme LedogarFerrari 488 GT371+7 LapsFerrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V812GT27 HubAuto Corsa Liam Talbot Marcos Gomes Davide RigonFerrari 488 GT3 Evo 202071 +7 LapsFerrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V813GT51 Spirit of Race Oswaldo Negri Jr. Alessandro Pier Guidi Francesco PiovanettiFerrari 488 GT371 +7 LapsFerrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V814GT75 T2 Motorsports Christian Colombo Rio Haryanto David TjiptobiantoroFerrari 488 GT371 +7 LapsFerrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V815GT17 Astro Veloce Motorsport Jens Klingmann Aven Qi Max WiserBMW M6 GT371 +7 LapsBMW 4.4 L V816LMP314 Inter Europol Competition Peter Paddon Garth Walden Austin McCuskerLigier JS P368 +10 LapsNissan VK50 5.0 L V817GT77 D'station Racing AMR Tomonobu Fujii Ross Gunn Satoshi HoshinoAston Martin Vantage AMR GT365 +13 LapsAston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V818GT88 Team JLOC André Couto Yuya Motojima Yusaku ShibataLamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo54 +24 LapsLamborghini 5.2 L V10Not ClassifiedDNFLMP21 Eurasia Motorsport Daniel Gaunt Nick Cassidy Shane van GisbergenLigier JS P21773Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8DNFLMP39 Graff Racing David Droux Eric Trouillet Ricky CapoNorma M3063Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8DNFGT Am16 Astro Veloce Motorsport Michael Lu David Weian Chen Dennis ZhangBMW M6 GT359BMW 4.4 L V8DNFLMP365 Viper Niza Racing Dominc Ang Douglas KhooLigier JS P357Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8DNFLMP2 Am59 RLR MSport John Farano Andrew Higgins Arjun MainiOreca 0526Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8DNFLMP33 Nielsen Racing Charles Crews Garett Grist Rob HodesNorma M3023Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8DNFLMP234 Inter Europol Endurance Mathias Beche Jakub Śmiechowski James WinslowLigier JS P21719Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8Source:

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