Mostert Audi Bathurst 12 Hour class change confirmed

A class change has been confirmed for the Audi which Chaz Mostert will drive in this weekend’s Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour.

The two-time Bathurst 12 Hour pole-sitter will share the #65 Audi Sport Customer Racing Australia entry with Liam Talbot and Fraser Ross in the Pro-Am class.

Just the latter two drivers were initially confirmed in Car #65 by Audi itself and, even with Mostert added, it remained in the Silver class per the entry list issued by event organisers last week.

However, Mostert being a Gold-ranked driver under the FIA’s categorisation, the entry would not be eligible for the Silver class, and the change has now been made official.

It makes for eight cars in Pro-Am, including potent entries in the form of the #99 Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes-AMG of Jamie Whincup/Richie Stanaway/Prince Jefri Ibrahim and the #777 The Bend Audi of Christopher Mies/Ricardo Feller/Yasser Shahin, with Pro remains at eight cars.

The Silver class is made up of five cars and likewise Invitational.

The later includes the Nineteen Corporation Mercedes-AMG GT4 entered by Mark Griffith, who has confirmed 25-year-old German Fabian Schiller as his other co-driver alongside Christian Pancione.

Practice 1 starts on Friday at 09:45 local time/AEDT.

2023 Bathurst 12 Hour Entry List

Num	Team	Car	Driver 1	Driver 2	Driver 3	Driver 4
Class A Pro
32	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3	Sheldon Van Der Linde	Dries Vanthoor	Charles Weerts
46	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3	Augusto Farfus	Maxime Martin	Valentino Rossi
74	Audi Sport	Audi R8 LMS Evo 2	Christopher Haase	Patrick Niederhauser	Mattia Drudi
75	Sun Energy 1	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Kenny Habul	Jules Gounon	Luca Stolz
77	Mercedes-AMG Craft-Bamboo Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Daniel Juncadella	Philip Ellis	Nicky Catsburg
888	Supercheap Auto Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Shane van Gisbergen	Broc Feeney	Maximilian Gotz
912	Manthey EMA	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Matt Campbell	Mathieu Jaminet	Thomas Preining
999	GruppeM Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Maro Engel	Mikael Grenier	Raffaele Marciello
Class A Pro-Am
4	Grove Racing	Porsche  911 GT3 R	Stephen Grove	Brenton Grove	Anton De Pasquale
9	Hallmarc	Audi R8 LMS Evo 2	Lee Holdsworth	Dean Fiore	Marc Cini
24	Makita Volante Rosso Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Tony Bates	Jordan Love	David Reynolds
55	FUCHS Lubricants Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo 2	Brad Schumacher	James Golding	Frédéric Vervisch
65	Melbourne Performance Centre	Audi R8 LMS Evo 2	Chaz Mostert	Fraser Ross	Liam Talbot
99	Boost Mobile Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Jamie Whincup	Richie Stanaway	Prince Jefri Ibrahim
222	Scott Taylor Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Craig Lowndes	Alex Davison	Geoff Emery	Scott Taylor
777	The Bend Motorsport Park	Audi R8 LMS Evo 2	Christopher Mies	Ricardo Feller	Yasser Shahin
Class A Silver
6	Wall Racing	Lamborghini Huracan	Tony D’Alberto	David Wall	Grant Denyer	Adrian Deitz
10	MYLAND	Audi R8 LMS Evo 2	Daniel Gaunt	Dylan O’Keeffe	Andrew Fawcett
44	Valmont Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Marcel Zalloua	Sergio Pires	Duvashen Padayachee	Aaron Cameron
47	Supabarn	Audi R8 LMS Evo 2	David Russell	Jonathon Webb	Theo Koundouris	James Koundouris
101	Harrolds Volante Rosso Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Ross Poulakis	Josh Hunt	Kevin Tse	Jonathan Hui
Invitational
19	Nineteen Corporation	Mercedes Benz	Mark Griffith	Fabian Schiller	Christian Pancione
50	MMotorsport / Vantage Racing	KTM GT XBOW	Trent Harrison	Jayden Ojeda	Glen Wood	David Crampton
52	Wheels / FX Racing	MARC II V8	Keith Kassulke	Hadrian Morrall	Cameron McLeod
66	Daytona Sports Cars	SIN R1	Ben Schoots	Dylan Thomas	Shane Woodman
111	111Racing / MRA Motorsport	MARC I Mazda	Darren Currie	Grant Donaldson	Geoff Taunton