DRIVERS pushed themselves to the limits to qualify in the best position possible for the 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour.
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While some teams were happy with their performance, multiple cars didn't survive qualifying on Saturday afternoon.
After two crazy sessions, the top 10 performing cars got to go around the mountain one more time in the shootout.
Their performance determined those final spots on the grid for what is set to be a great 12 hours of racing on Sunday.
See below how the cars will line up.
NOTE: The previous attempts counter starts from the revival of the Bathurst 12 Hour in 2007. The best place figure refers to a driver's finishing position in an overall race, rather than class standings.
P1 ... #911 - Absolute Racing
Drivers: Mathieu Jaminet (France), Patrick Pilet (France) and Matt Campbell (Australia)
Car: Porsche GT3 R
Class: A-Pro
Previous attempts: Jaminet (1, DNF), Pilet (0), Campbell (5, best place 1st)
P2 ... #60 - 59Racing / EMA Racing
Drivers: Alvaro Parente (Portugal), Ben Barnicoat (Great Britain) and Tom Blomqvist (Great Britain)
Car: McLaren 720S GT3
Class: A-Pro
Previous attempts: Parente (3, best place 1st), Barnicoat (1, best place DNS), Blomqvist (0)
P3 ... #999 - Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing
Drivers: Felipe Fraga (Brazil), Maximilian Buhk (German) and Raffaele Marciello (Switzerland)
Car: Mercedes AMG GT3
Class: A-Pro
Previous attempts: Fraga (0), Buhk (4 , best place 2nd), Marciello (2, best place 2nd)
P4 ... #18 - KCMG
Drivers: Joao Paulo Lima De Oliveira (Brazil), Edoardo Liberati (Italy) and Alexandre Imperatori (Hong Kong)
Car: Nissan GTR Nismo GT3
Class: A-Pro
Previous attempts: Oliveira (0), Liberati (1, best place 7th), Imperatori (2, best place 7th)
P5 ... #1 - Earl Bamber Motorsport
Drivers: Earl Bamber (New Zealand), Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) and Craig Lowndes (Australia)
Car: Porsche GT3 R
Class: A-Pro
Previous attempts: Bamber (4, best place 5th), L. Vanthoor (6, best place 2nd), Lowndes (7, best place 1st twice)
P6 ... #77 - Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Black Falcon
Drivers: Maro Engel (Germany), Luca Stolz (Germany) and Yelmer Buurman (Netherlands)
Car: Mercedes AMG GT3
Class: A-Pro
Previous attempts: Engel (4 best place 7th), Stolz (2, best place 3rd), Buurman (1, best place 13th)
P7 ... #222 - Audi Sport Team Valvoline
Drivers: Kelvin Van der Linde (South Africa), Mattia Drudi (Italy) and Markus Winkelhock (Germany)
Car: Audi R8 - LMS GT3
Class: A-Pro
Previous attempts: Van der Linde (2, best place 27th), Drudi (0), Winkelhock (5, best place 2nd)
P8 ... #888 - Mercedes-AMG Team Triple Eight Race Engineering
Drivers: Shane Van Gisbergen (New Zealand), Jamie Whincup (Australia) and Maximilian Gtz (Germany)
Car: Mercedes AMG GT3
Class: A-Pro
Previous attempts: Van Gisbergen (6, best place 1st), Whincup (3, best place 1st), Gtz (2, best place 3rd)
P9 ... #63 - Orange 1 FFF Racing Team
Drivers: Andrea Caldarelli (Monaco), Marco Mapelli (Switzerland) and Dennis Lind (Denmark)
Car: Lamborghini Hurracan GT3
Class: A-Pro
Previous attempts: Caldarelli (0), Mapelli (2, best place 2nd), Lind (0)
P10 ... #76 - R - Motorsport
Drivers: Jake Dennis (Great Britain), Rick Kelly (Australia) and Scott Dixon (USA)
Car: Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3
Class: A-Pro
Previous attempts: Dennis (1, best place 2nd), Kelly (2, best place 2nd), Dixon (0)
P11 ... #7 - Bentley Team M-Sport
Drivers: Jules Gounon (France), Maxime Soulet (Belgium) and Jordan Pepper (South Africa)
Car: Bentley Continental GT3
Class: A-Pro
Previous attempts: Gounon (2, best place 8th), Soulet (4, best place 6th), Pepper (1, best place 8th)
P12 ... #912 - Absolute Racing
Drivers: Dirk Werner (German), Matteo Cairoli (Italy) and Thomas Preining (Austria)
Car: Porsche GT3 R
Class: A-Pro
Previous attempts: Werner (2, best place 1st), Cairoli (0), Preining (0)
P13 ... #75 - SunEnergy1 Racing
Drivers: Kenny Habul (USA), Dominik Baumann (Austria), Martin Konrad (Austria) and David Reynolds (Australia)
Car: Mercedes AMG GT3
Class: A-PA
Previous attempts: Habul (2, best place 2nd), Baumann (1, best place DNF), Konrad (0), Reynolds (5, best place 5th)
P14 ... #2 - Audi Sport Team Valvoline
Drivers: Dries Vanthoor (Belgium), Christopher Haase (Germany) and Frederic Vervisch (Belgium)
Car: Audi R8 - LMS GT3
Class: A-Pro
Previous attempts: D. Vanthoor (1, best place 1st), Haase (5, best place 9th), Vervisch (2, best place 27th)
P15 ... #34 - Walkenhorst Motorsport
Drivers: Augusto Farfus (Brazil), Nicky Catsburg (Netherlands) and Chaz Mostert (Australia)
Car: BMW M6 GT3
Class: A-Pro
Previous attempts: Farfus (2, best place 5th), Catsburg (1, best place DNF), Mostert (4, best place 5th)
P16 ... #4 - Grove Racing
Drivers: Stephen Grove (Australia), Brenton Grove (Australia) and Benjamin Barker (Great Britain)
Car: Porsche GT3 R
Class: A-PA
Previous attempts: S. Grove (7, best place 8th), B. Grove (2, best place 16th), Barker (5, best place 8th)
P17 ... #59 - 59Racing
Drivers: Dominic Storey (New Zealand), Fraser Ross (Australia) and Martin Kodric (Croatia)
Car: McLaren 720S GT3
Class: A-SIL
Previous attempts: Storey (1, best place DNF), Ross (1, best place 11th), Kodric (0)
P18 ... #188 - Garage 59
Drivers: Alexander West (Sweden), Chris Goodwin (Great Britian), Come Ledogar (France) and Maxime Martin (Belgium)
Car: Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3
Class: A-PA
Previous attempts: West (1, best place 11th), Goodwin (0), Ledogar (2, best place 5th), Martin (0)
P19 ... #22 - Audi Sport Team Valvoline
Drivers: Garth Tander (Australia), Christopher Mies (German), and Mirko Bortolotti (Italy)
Car: Audi R8 - LMS GT3
Class: A-Pro
Previous attempts: Tander (4, best place 8th), Mies (9, best place 1st twice), Bortolotti (0)
P20 ... #159 - Garage 59
Drivers: Andrew Watson (Great Britian), Olivier Hart (Neatherlands) and Roman De Angelis (Canada)
Car: Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3
Class: A-SIL
Previous attempts: Watson (3, best place 9th), Hart (0), de Angelis (0)
P21 ... #46 - Black Falcon
Drivers: Patrick Assenheimer (Germany), Sergey Afanasiev (Russia) and Michele Beretta (Italy)
Car: Mercedes AMG GT3
Class: A-SIL
Previous attempts: Assenheimer (0), Afanasiev (0), Beretta (0)
P22 ... #9 - Hallmarc
Drivers: Marc Cini (Australia), Fiore (Australia) and Holdsworth (Australia)
Car: Audi R8 - LMS GT3
Class: A-PA
Previous attempts: Cini (9, best place 5th), Fiore (5, best place 9th), Holdsworth (6, best place 6th)
23 ... #30 - Honda Racing Team JAS
Drivers: Dane Cameron (USA), Renger Van Der Zande (Netherlands) and Mario Farnbacher (Germany)
Car: Acura/ Honda NSX GT3
Class: A-Pro
Previous attempts: Cameron (0), van der Zande (1, best place DNF), Farnbacher (0)
24 ... #12 - NED Racing Team
Drivers: David Calvert-Jones (USA), Romain Dumas (France) and Jaxon Evans (New Zealand)
Car: Porsche GT3 R
Class: A-PA
Previous attempts: Calvert-Jones (6, best place 2nd), Dumas (2, best place 6th), Evans (2, DNF)
P25 ... #29 - Trofeo Motorsport
Drivers: Liam Talbot (Australia), Dean Canto (Australia), Marcel Zalloua (Australia) and Grant Denyer (Australia)
Car: Lamborghini Huracan GT3
Class: A-SIL
Previous attempts: Talbot (4, best place 4th), Canto (4, best place 5th), Zalloua (0), Denyer (8, best place 2nd)
P26 ... #6 - Wall Racing
Drivers: Adrian Deitz (Australia), Antonio D'Alberto (Australia), Julian Westwood (Great Britain) and Cameron McConville (Australia)
Car: Lamborghini Hurracan GT3
Class: A-SIL
Previous attempts: Deitz (1, best place 12th), D'Alberto (5, best place 12th), Westwood (1, best place 12th), McConville (4, best place 3rd)
P27 ... #91 - SCANDIA Racing - by Racer Industries
Drivers: Aaron Cameron (Australia), Broc Feeney (Australia) and Nick Percat (Australia)
Car: MARC II
Class: I-Inv
Previous attempts: Cameron (1, best place DNF), Feeney (0), Percat (2, best place 18th)
P28 ... #24 - Bostik Australia
Drivers: Tony Bates (Australia), Geoff Emery (Australia), Max Twigg (Australia) and Dylan O'Keeffe (Australia)
Car: Audi R8 - LMS GT3
Class: A-SIL
Previous attempts: Bates (2, best place DNF), Emery (1, best place DNF), Twigg (8, best place 11th), O'Keefe (3, best place 15th)
P29 ... #95 - MARC Cars Australia
Drivers: Geoff Taunton (Australia), Bayley Hall (Australia), Warren Luff (Australia) and Brad Schumacher (Australia)
Car: MARC II
Class: I-Inv
Previous attempts: Taunton (3, best place 25th), Hall (0), Luff (11, best place 2nd), Schumacher (1, best place 22nd)
P30 ... #96 - Hobson Motorsport
Drivers: Brett Hobson (Australia), Kurt Kostecki (Australia) and Garth Walden (Australia)
Car: Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3
Class: A-SIL
Previous attempts: Hobson (1, best place DNF), Kostecki (0), Walden (6, best place 9th)
P31 ... #20 - T2 Racing
Drivers: Adam Hargraves (Australia), Cedric Sbirrazzuoli (Monaco), Daniel Jilesen (New Zealand) and Steve Owen (Australia)
Car: MARC II
Class: I-Inv
Previous attempts: Hargraves (1, best place 17th), Sbirrazzuoli (0), Jilesen (1, best place 17th), Owen (10, best place 4th)
P32 ... #13 - RHC Jorgensen / Strom
Drivers: Daren E. Jorgensen (USA), Brett Strom (USA) and Danny van Dongen (Neatherlands)
Car: BMW M4 GT4
Class: C-GT4
Previous attempts: Jorgensen (2, best place 21st), Strom (2, best place 21st), van Dongen (0)
P33 ... #19 - Nineteen Corp
Drivers: Mark Griffith (Australia), Dirk Mller (Germany) and Harrison Newey (Great Britain)
Car: Mercedes AMG GT4
Class: C-GT4
Previous attempts: Griffith (6, best place 13th), Mller (0), Newey (0)
P34 ... #8 - Bentley Team M-Sport
Drivers: Alex Buncombe (Great Britain), Oliver Jarvis (Great Britain) and Sebastian Morris (Great Britain)
Car: Bentley Continental GT3
Class: A-Pro
Previous attempts: Buncombe (2, best place 32nd), Jarvis (2, best place 3rd), Morris (0)
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As of Saturday night, the field had reduced from 39 to 34 cars due to withdrawals from the #27 Hub Auto Corsa Ferrari, the #35 KCMG Nissan, the #62 R-Motorsport Aston Martin, the #777 Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes, and the #92 Scandia Racing by Racer Industries Marc II.