Mostert named in final Bathurst 12 Hour field

Chaz Mostert has been named in the final, 39-car field for next weekend’s Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour.

As in years past, Mostert will drive an M6 GT3, but this time with Walkenhorst Motorsport after Team Schnitzer was shifted to alternate programs with BMW.

He will share Car #34 with Brazilian Augusto Farfus, with whom he raced at Mount Panorama in 2019, and Dutchman Nicky Catsburg.

The confirmation of the final field for the 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour represents a reduction of one car relative to the provisional entry list released earlier in the month, namely the other Walkenhorst entry.

However, it is comprised of a still healthy 33 GT3s, two GT4s, and the four MARC IIs which make up the Invitational class.

The Walkenhorst car is the final piece of the puzzle in the Pro ranks of Class A for GT3 cars, with Catsburg the carryover in the driving crew from last year’s 12 Hour.

As previously reported, 2019 race-winning outfit Earl Bamber Motorsport has entered two Porsches, with its Pro subclass entry to be steered by Craig Lowndes, Bamber himself, and Laurens Vanthoor.

In terms of last year’s race-winning drivers, Matt Campbell and Dirk Werner back up, although they are separated in the two Absolute Racing Porsches.

Triple Eight Race Engineering has drawn support from Mercedes-AMG, with the German marque’s factory driver Maximilian Gotz joining its Supercars full-timers Shane van Gisbergen and Jamie Whincup.

Audi Sport Team Valvoline boasts a stacked line-up of three Pro R8s to be piloted by eight factory drivers and three-time Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 winner Garth Tander.

Also in the Pro class again are two factory-supported Bentley Continentals run by M-Sport, two Nissan GT-Rs out of the KCMG stable, and HubAuto Corsa’s Ferrari 488.

Honda Racing Team JAS is responsible for the Bathurst debut of the NSX GT3, while two examples of the new generation Aston Martin Vantage have been entered by R-Motorsport, including the Castrol-backed entry of Rick Kelly, Scott Dixon, and Jake Dennis.

Alvaro Parente is back in a McLaren with 59Racing after winning the 2016 Bathurst 12 Hour in a 650S, and there are two more Mercedes-AMG GT3s in the #77 entry of Craft Bamboo/Black Falcon and the #999 entry of GruppeM.

With the presence also in Class A Pro of a Lamborghini Huracan out of Orange 1 FFF Racing Team, there are 11 different makes of GT3 on the grid.

The entire field will be involved in Thursday’s ‘Town to Track’ parade, with practice beginning on Friday.

Entry list Updated

Num	Team	Drivers	Car
A-Pro: GT3 Professional
1	Earl Bamber Motorsport	Earl Bamber / Laurens Vanthoor / Craig Lowndes	Porsche GT3 R
2	Audi Sport Team Valvoline	Dries Vanthoor / Christopher Haase / Frederic Vervisch	Audi R8 LMS GT3
7	Bentley Team M-Sport	Jules Gounon / Maxime Soulet / Jordan Pepper	Bentley Continental GT3
8	Bentley Team M-Sport	Alex Buncombe / Oliver Jarvis / Sebastian Morris	Bentley ContinentalGT3
18	KCMG	Josh Burdon / Katsumasa Chiyo / Tsugio Matsuda	Nissan GTR Nismo GT3
22	Audi Sport Team Valvoline	Garth Tander / Christopher Mies / Mirko Bortolotti	Audi R8 LMS GT3
27	Hub Auto Corsa	Tim Slade / Marcos Gomes / Daniel Serra	Ferrari 488 GT3
30	Honda Racing JAS	Dane Cameron / Renger Van Der Zande / Mario Farnbacher	Honda NSX GT3
34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Augusto Farfus / Nicky Catsburg / Chaz Mostert	BMW M6 GT3
35	KCMG	Edoardo Liberati / Alexandre Imperatori / Joao Paulo de Oliveira	Nissan GTR Nismo GT3
60	59Racing / EMA Racing	Alvaro Parente / Ben Barnicoat / Tom Blomqvist	McLaren 720S GT3
62	R – Motorsport	Rick Kelly / Jake Dennis / Scott Dixon	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3
63	Orange 1 FFF Racing Team	Andrea Caldarelli / Marco Mapelli / Dennis Lind	Lamborghini Huracan GT3
76	R – Motorsport	Olli Caldwell / Luca Ghiotto / Marvin Kirchofer	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3
77	Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Black Falcon	Yelmer Buurman / Maro Engel / Luca Stolz	Mercedes AMG GT3
222	Audi Sport Team Valvoline	Kelvin van der Linde / Mattia Drudi / Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS GT3
888	Mercedes-AMG Team Triple Eight Race Engineering	Jamie Whincup / Shane van Gisbergen / Maximilian Gotz	Mercedes AMG GT3
911	Absolute Racing	Matt Campbell / Mathieu Jaminet / Patrick Pilet	Porsche GT3 R
912	Absolute Racing	Dirk Werner / Thomas Preining / Matteo Cairoli	Porsche GT3 R
999	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	Maximilian Buhk / Raffaelle Marciello / Felipe Fraga	Mercedes AMG GT3
A-PA: GT3 Pro-Am
4	Grove Racing	Stephen Grove / Brenton Grove / Ben Barker	Porsche GT3 R
9	Hallmarc	Marc Cini / Lee Holdsworth / Dean Fiore	Audi R8 LMS GT3
12	NED Racing Team	David Calvert-Jones / Jaxon Evans / Romain Dumas	Porsche GT3 R
75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Kenny Habul / Dominik Baumann / Martin Konrad / David Reynolds	Mercedes AMG GT3
188	Garage 59	Alexander West / Chris Goodwin / Come Ledogar	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3
777	The Bend Motorsport Park	Yasser Shahin / Sam Shahin / Nick Foster / Anton De Pasquale	Mercedes AMG GT3
A-SIL: GT3 Silver
6	Wall Racing	Cameron McConville / Tony D’Alberto / Jules Westwood / Adrian Deitz	Lamborghini Huracan GT3
24	Bostik Australia	Tony Bates / Geoff Emery / Max Twigg / Dylan O’Keeffe	Audi R8 LMS GT3
29	Trofeo Motorsport	Liam Talbot / Dean Canto / Marcel Zalloua / Grant Denyer	Lamborghini Huracan GT3
46	Black Falcon	Patrick Assenheimer / Sergei Afanasiev / TBA	Mercedes AMG GT3
59	59Racing	Dominic Storey / Fraser Ross / Martin Kodric	McLaren 720S GT3
96	Hobson Motorsport	Brett Hobson / Kurt Kostecki / Garth Walden	Nissan GTR NISMO GT3
159	Garage 59	Andrew Watson / Oliver Hart / Roman De Angelis	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3
C-GT4: GT4
13	RHC Jorgensen-Strom	Darren Jorgensen / Brett Strom / Danny von Dongen	BMW M4 GT4
19	used.trucks.com.au	Mark Griffith / Dirk Muller / Harrison Newey	Mercedes AMG GT4
I-Inv: Invitational
20	T2 Racing	Adam Hargraves / Cedric Sbirrazzuoli / Daniel Jilesen / Steve Owen	MARC II
91	SCANDIA Racing – by Racer Industries	Aaron Cameron / Nick Percat / Jake Camilleri	MARC II
92	SCANDIA Racing – by Racer Industries	Hadrian Morrall / Tyler Everingham / James Kaye	MARC II
95	GJ Motorsport	Geoff Taunton / Warren Luff / Bayley Hall / Brad Schumacher	MARC II