Complete Bathurst 12 Hour entry list released

Organisers of the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour have released the complete entry list ahead of next month’s event.

The 53 car field includes a mix of GT3, GT4 and Invitational Class machinery.

Headlining the event are the 13 Pro Class cars, with factory-backed efforts from Mercedes-AMG, BMW, McLaren, Bentley, Audi, Lamborghini, and Porsche.

Defending race winners Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup return, though in 2018 will compete for different teams, with a total of 11 full-time Supercars drivers joined by a raft of Pirtek Enduro Cup co-drivers.

The event also boasts Formula 1 pedigree with former Ferrari driver Ivan Capelli returning in the Trofeo Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan, Timo Glock alongside Steve Richards in the BMW Team SRM M6 GT3, and Markus Winkelhock back for the Jamec Pem Racing squad.

Notable changes include Alvaro Parente lining up for Strakka Racing, having switched from McLaren to Mercedes since last year’s event, while Shane van Gisbergen has moved in the opposite direction and will join YNA Autosport.

The GT4 class (Class C) boasts 10 entries, including the BMW M4 of former Bathurst 12 Hour winner Tony Longhurst.

M Motorsport will again run a brace of KTM X-Bow GT4s, Porsche is represented with a single car in the class, while Ginetta is yet to confirm a number of drivers across its three entries.

The 2018 Bathurst 12 Hour is set to take place on February 2-4.

Entry List: 2018 Bathurst 12 Hour Updated

No	Class	Team	Drivers	Car
17	PRO	Bentley Team M-Sport	Steven Kane Guy Smith Jules Gounon	Bentley Continental GT3
18	PRO	Bentley Team M-Sport	Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet Vincent Abril	Bentley Continental GT3
22	PRO	Audi Sport Customer Racing	Garth Tander Kelvin van der Linde Frederic Vervisch	Audi R8 LMS
37	PRO	Audi Sport Team WRT	Robin Frijns Stuart Leonard Dries Vanthoor	Audi R8 LMS
43	PRO	BMW Team Schnitzer	Augusto Farfus Chaz Mostert Marco Wittmann	BMW M6 GT3
55	PRO	Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Lewis Williamson Cam Waters David Fumanelli	Mercedes-AMG GT3
56	PRO	Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing	Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Gotz Alvaro Parente	Mercedes-AMG GT3
58	PRO	YNA Autosport	Shane van Gisbergen Craig Lowndes Come Ledogar	Mclaren 650S GT3
74	PRO	Audi Sport Customer Racing	Christopher Mies Christopher Haase Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS
75	PRO	Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing	Kenny Habul Tristan Vautier Jamie Whincup Raffaele Marciello	Mercedes-AMG GT3
100	PRO	BMW Team SRM	Steven Richards Timo Glock Philipp Eng	BMW M6 GT3
911	PRO	Manthey-Racing	Romain Dumas Frederic Makowiecki Dirk Werner	Porsche 911
991	PRO	Craft Bamboo Racing	Earl Bamber Kevin Estre Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 GT3 R
8	PRO-AM	Scott Taylor Motorsport	Max Twigg Craig Baird Tony D’Alberto	Mercedes-AMG GT3
9	PRO-AM	Audi Sport Customer Racing	Marc Cini Lee Holdsworth Dean Fiore	Audi R8 LMS
11	PRO-AM	Objective Racing	Tony Walls Warren Luff Tim Slade Jaxon Evans	McLaren 650S
12	PRO-AM	Competition Motorsports	David Calvert-Jones Patrick Long Matt Campbell Alex Davison	Porsche 991 GT3R
19	PRO-AM	Nineteen Corp P/L	David Reynolds John Martin Liam Talbot Mark Griffith	Mercedes-AMG GT3
29	PRO-AM	Trofeo Motorsport	Jim Manolios Ryan Millier Ivan Capelli Dean Canto	Lamborghini Huracan
32	PRO-AM	Lago Racing	Roger Lago David Russell Steve Owen	Lamborghini R-EX GT3
39	PRO-AM	Audi Sport Team WRT	Pedro Lamy Paul Dalla Lana Mathias Lauda Will Davison	Audi R8 LMS
47	PRO-AM	YNA Autosport	Scott McLaughlin Fraser Ross Andrew Watson Alexander West	McLaren 650S GT3
82	PRO-AM	Internatioal Motorsport	Andrew Bagnall Matt Halliday Jonny Reid	Audi R8 LMS
540	PRO-AM	Black Swan Racing	Tim Pappas Jeroen Bleekemolen Luca Stolz Marc Lieb	Porsche 911 GT3 R
777	PRO-AM	Buik Motorworks	Yasser Shahin Luke Youlden Tomas Enge	Lamborghini R-EX GT3
3	AM	Audi Sport Customer Racing	Ash Samadi Daniel Gaunt Dylan O’Keeffe	Audi R8 LMS
6	AM	Safe-T-Stop	Richard Gartner Hadrian Morrall David Wall John Bowe	Lamborghini Gallardo
69	AM	Audi Sport Customer Racing	James Koundouris Theo Koundouris Ash Walsh Duvashen Padayachee	Audi R8 LMS
4	B	Grove Motorsport Pty Ltd	Stephen Grove Brenton Grove Ben Barker	Porsche GT3 Cup
21	B	JFC – Carter Grange	Danny Stutterd Sam Fillmore TBA	Porsche 911
23	B	Team Carrera Cup Asia	Paul Tresidder Chris van der Drift Andrew Tang Chen Yi Fan	Porsche 991
42	B	On Track Motorsport	Garry Mennell Kean Booker Aaron Zerefos Mark Caine	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
85	B	Wall Racing	Charles Putman Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
13	C	RHC-Lawrence/Strom (MarcGT)	Daren Eric Jorgensen Cameron Lawrence Brett Strom Kuno Wittmer	BMW M4 GT4
15	C	Baigent Motorsport	Kent Baigent Neil Allport Matt Spratt Ash Blewett	BMW M4 GT4
30	C	Boat Works Racing	Aaron Seton Matt Brabham Tony Longhurst	BMW M4 GT4
44	C	BMW Team SRM	Dean Grant Xavier West Cameron Hill	BMW M4 GT4
46	C	Prosport Performance GABH	Jorg Viebahn Max Braams Marco Schelp	Porsche Cayman PRO4
48	C	M Motorsport P/L	Justin McMillan David Crampton Tim Macrow Caitlin Wood	KTM X-Bow GT4
49	C	KTM / M Motorsport	Glen Wood Trent Harrison Cody Hill	KTM X-Bow GT4
77	C	Ginetta Australia	Mike Simpson Coleby Cowham Lindsay Kearns	Ginetta G55
88	C	Ginetta Australia	Will Tregurtha Jaie Robson Ben Walsh	Ginetta G55
111	C	Ginetta Australia	TBA	Ginetta G50
33	I	MARC Cars Australia	TBA	MARC Mazda V8
54	I	MARC Cars Australia	Tony Alford Kyle Alford Chad Parrish	MARC II V8
65	I	Daytona Sportscars	Jamie Augustine Dylan Thomas Rhys Howell	Daytona Coupe
66	I	Daytona Sportscars	Ben Schoots Adam Macrow Michael Caine	Dodge Viper
67	I	MARC Cars Australia	Jake Camilleri Morgan Haber Aaron Cameron	MARC II V8
91	I	MARC Cars Australia	Keith Kassulke Rod Salmon Will Brown	MARC II V8
93	I	MARC Cars Australia	Zane Goddard Rob Thomson Drew Ridge	MARC Mazda V8
94	I	MARC Cars Australia	Nick Rowe Tyler Everingham James Kaye	MARC Mazda V8
95	I	Eastgate Engineering	Geoff Taunton Jason Busk Bryce Fullwood	MARC Focus V8
96	I	MARC Cars Australia	John Goodacre Peter Major Jordan Love	MARC Focus V8