THERE’S a field of 20 cars that have started practice for this weekend’s Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour at Mount Panorama.
While it may be the smallest field in the event’s history, the entry list is still packed with plenty of local and international stars, cool GT3 machinery and some interesting driver line-ups.
To help guide you through who is who in the zoo for this year’s event, here’s your event guide with a listing of drivers, cars and classes and an image of every car to assist in your viewing, whether you’re trackside or watching at home on television.
Speedshots Photography’s Nathan Wong is here at the Mountain this weekend snapping some quality photos, the below are his fine work.
#4 Stephen Grove/Brenton Grove/Ben Barker – Grove Racing, Class A Pro-Am
Porsche 911 GT3R
#6 Tony D’Alberto/David Wall/Adrian Deitz/Grant Denyer – Wall Racing, Class A Pro-Am
Lamborghini Huracan GT3
#9 Marc Cini/Lee Holdsworth/Dean Fiore – Hallmarc, Class A Pro-Am
Audi R8 GT3 Evo II
#11 Indiran Padayachee/Eric Constantindis/Aaron Zerefos – Our Kloud-UpTo11 Motorsport, Class C Porsche Cup
Porsche 911 GT3 Gen II
#17 Mark Rosser/Nick Percat/Joey Mawson – Team BRM, Class A Pro-Am
Audi R8 GT3 Evo II
#19 Mark Griffith/Will Brown/Jack Perkins – Nineteen Corporation Pty Ltd, Class A Pro-Am
Mercedes-Benz AMG GT3
#24 Tony Bates/David Reynolds/Cam Waters – Class A Pro-Am
Audi R8 GT3 Evo II
#45 Michael Sheargold/Garth Walden/Brett Hobson – RAM Motorsport, Class A Am
Mercedes-Benz AMG GT3
#47 James Koundouris/Theo Koundouris/David Russell/Paul Stokell – Supabarn, Class A Am
Audi R8 GT3 Evo II (UPDATE: car damaged in Friday practice, spare car transported from Melbourne in time to start from pit lane on race day. Theo Koundouris not medically cleared to race post accident).
#50 David Crampton/Trent Harrison/Glen Wood/Dale Wood – M Motorsport/Vantage Racing, Invitational
KTM X-Bow GT2
#52 Keith Kassulke/Hadrian Morall/Zane Morse – Wheels/FX Racing PNG, Invitational
MARC II V8
#55 Marcel Zalloua/Sergio Pires/Duvashen Padayachee – Valmont Racing, Class A Am
Mercedes-Benz AMT GT3
#65 Liam Talbot/Fraser Ross/Chaz Mostert – Coinspot, Class A Pro-Am
Audi R8 GT3 Evo II
#74 Brad Schumacher/Nathanael Berthon/Kelvin van der Linde – Audi Sport Team Valvoline, Class A Pro-Am
Audi R8 GT3 Evo II
#75 Kenny Habul/Martin Konrad/Jules Gounon/Luca Stolz – SunEnergy1 Racing, Class A Pro-Am
Mercedes-Benz AMG GT3
#91 Maro Engel/Daniel Juncadella/Kevin Tse – Mercedes-Benz AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing, Class A Pro-Am
Mercedes-Benz AMG GT3
#95 Geoff Taunton/Jake Camilleri/Declan Fraser – MARC Cars Australia, Invitational
MARC II V8
#222 Alex Davison/Geoff Emery/Craig Lowndes/Scott Taylor – Scott Taylor Motorsport, Class C Porsche Cup
Porsche 991 GT3 Gen II
#777 Yasser Shahin/Markus Winkelhock/Ricardo Feller – Audi Sport Team Valvoline, Class A Pro-Am
Audi R8 GT3 Evo II
#888 Prince Jefri Ibrahim/Shane van Gisergen/Broc Feeney – Triple Eight Race Engineering, Class A Pro-Am
Mercedes-Benz AMG GT3
