A FIELD of 28 cars will duke it out at the 2023 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour, event organisers have confirmed.
With the event regaining its international identity and all-pro line-ups, 22 GT3 entries will headline the grid.
Joining Triple Eight (Supercheap Auto Racing), GruppeM, Craft-Bamboo, Team WRT and Manthey EMA in the Pro class are Melbourne Performance Centre and 2022 winners SunEnergy1, representing Audi and Mercedes-AMG respectively.
Other new information includes the presence of a second Triple Eight Mercedes, in the Pro-Am class.
Also in Pro-Am is the PremiAir Racing-aligned Schumacher Motorsport Fuchs Racing Audi and Craig Lowndes-led Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes, among others.
Across the classes, there are eight cars in Pro, another eight in Pro-Am, six in Silver and six in Invitational.
The latter includes a return of the KTM X-Bow GT2 (M Motorsport) and the addition of a Sin R1 (Daytona Sports Cars).
Most teams are yet to name their driver line-ups for the February 3-5 event.
Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour entry list
Team | Class | Make | Model |
SunEnergy1 | Pro | Mercedes | AMG GT3 |
Supercheap Auto Racing | Pro | Mercedes | AMG GT3 |
GruppeM Racing | Pro | Mercedes | AMG GT3 |
Craft-Bamboo Racing | Pro | Mercedes | AMG GT3 |
Melbourne Performance Centre | Pro | Audi | R8 LMS Evo 2 |
Team WRT | Pro | BMW | M4 GT3 |
Team WRT | Pro | BMW | M4 GT3 |
Manthey EMA | Pro | Porsche | 911 GT3R |
Schumacher Motorsport Fuchs Racing | Pro-Am | Audi | R8 LMS Evo 2 |
Melbourne Performance Centre | Pro-Am | Audi | R8 LMS Evo 2 |
Hallmarc | Pro-Am | Audi | R8 LMS Evo 2 |
Makita Volante Rosso Motorsport | Pro-Am | Mercedes | AMG GT3 |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Pro-Am | Mercedes | AMG GT3 |
Scott Taylor Motorsport | Pro-Am | Mercedes | AMG GT3 |
EBM Giga Racing | Pro-Am | Porsche | 911 GT3R |
EBM Giga Racing | Pro-Am | Porsche | 911 GT3R |
Harrolds Volante Rosso Motorsport | Silver | Mercedes | AMG GT3 |
Valmont Racing | Silver | Mercedes | AMG GT3 |
Wall Racing | Silver | Lamborghini | Huracan |
Supabarn | Silver | Audi | R8 LMS Evo 2 |
Melbourne Performance Centre | Silver | Audi | R8 LMS Evo 2 |
Melbourne Performance Centre | Silver | Audi | R8 LMS Evo 2 |
Our Kloud – Up To 11 MotorSport | Invitational | Porsche | 991 GT3 Cup Gen II |
Nineteen Corporation | Invitational | Mercedes | GT4 |
M Motorsport/Vantage Racing | Invitational | KTM | GT XBOW |
Daytona Sports Cars | Invitational | Sin | R1 |
MRA Motorsport | Invitational | MARC | I Mazda |
Wheels / FX Racing | Invitational | MARC | II V8 |