THIS is your car-by-car guide to the 2023 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour with photos of every single entry that is tackling this year’s edition of Mount Panorama’s international enduro.
A field of 26 cars has been entered for this year’s race, including factory-backed cars from Mercedes-AMG, Audi, Porsche and BMW, the latter’s headlined by nine-time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi.
PARITY: Mercedes hit with extra weight on eve of race
THE GRID: Where every car will start the Bathurst 12 Hour
EXCLUDED: Two cars hit with penalties after Top 10 Shootout
All pics by Ross Gibb Photography.
#4 Stephen Grove / Brenton Grove / Anton De Pasquale
Grove Racing
Class A Pro-Am
Porsche 911 GT3R
#6 Tony D’Alberto / David Wall / Grant Denyer / Adrian Deitz
Wall Racing
Class A Silver
Lamborghini Huracan
#9 Lee Holdsworth / Dean Fiore / Marc Cini
Hallmarc
Class A Pro-Am
Audi R8 LMS Evo 2
#10 Daniel Gaunt / Dylan O’Keeffe / Andrew Fawcett
MYLAND
Class A Silver
Audi R8 LMS Evo 2
#19 Fabian Schiller / Christian Pancione / Mark Griffith
Nineteen Corporation
Invitational
Mercedes-Benz GT
#24 Tony Bates / Jordan Love / David Reynolds
Tony Bates Racing
Class A Pro-Am
Mercedes-AMG GT3
#32 Sheldon van der Linde / Dries Vanthoor / Charles Weerts
Team WRT
Class A Pro
BMW M4 GT3
#44 Marcel Zalloua / Sergio Pires / Duvashen Padayachee / Aaron Cameron
Valmont Racing
Class A Silver
Mercedes-AMG GT3
#46 Augusto Farfus / Maxime Martin / Valentino Rossi
Team WRT
Class A Pro
BMW M4 GT3
#47 David Russell / Jonathon Webb / Theo Koundouris / James Koundouris
Supabarn
Class A Silver
Audi R8 LMS Evo 2
#50 Trent Harrison / Glen Wood / David Crampton
MMotorsport / Vantage Racing
Silver
Audi R8 LMS
#52 Keith Kassulke / Hadrian Morrall / Cameron McLeod
Wheels / FX Racing
Invitational
MARC II V8
Note: Car #52 has been withdrawn following a crash in Practice 4.
#55 Brad Schumacher / James Golding / Frédéric Vervisch
FUCHS Lubricants Racing
Class A Pro-Am
Audi R8 LMS Evo 2
#65 Chaz Mostert / Fraser Ross / Liam Talbot
Melbourne Performance Centre
Class A Pro-Am
Audi R8 LMS Evo 2
#66 Ben Schoots / Dylan Thomas / Shane Woodman
Daytona Sports Cars
Invitational
SIN R1
Note: Car #66 has been withdrawn following a crash in Practice 6.
#74 Christopher Haase / Patrick Niederhauser / Mattia Drudi
Audi Sport
Class A Pro
Audi R8 LMS Evo 2
#75 Kenny Habul / Jules Gounon / Luca Stoltz
Sun Energy 1
Class A Pro
Mercedes-AMG GT3
#77 Daniel Juncadella / Philip Ellis / Nicky Catsburg
Mercedes-AMG Craft-Bamboo Racing
Class A Pro
Mercedes-AMG GT3
#99 Jamie Whincup / Richie Stanaway / Prince Jefri Ibrahim
Boost Mobile Racing
Class A Pro-Am
Mercedes-AMG GT3
#101 Ross Poulakis / Josh Hunt / Kevin Tse / Jonathan Hui
Harrolds Volante Rosso Motorsport
Class A Silver
Mercedes-AMG GT3
#111 Darren Currie / Grant Donaldson / Geoff Taunton
111Racing / MRA Motorsport
Invitational
MARC I Mazda
#222 Craig Lowndes / Alex Davison / Geoff Emery / Scott Taylor
Scott Taylor Motorsport
Class A Pro-Am
Mercedes-AMG GT3
#777 Christopher Mies / Ricardo Feller / Yasser Shahin
The Bend Motorsport Park
Class A Pro-Am
Audi R8 LMS Evo 2
#888 Shane van Gisbergen / Broc Feeney / Maximilian Gotz
Supercheap Auto Racing
Class A Pro
Mercedes-AMG GT3
#912 Matt Campbell / Mathieu Jaminet / Thomas Preining
Manthey EMA
Class A Pro
Porsche 911 GT3R
#999 Maro Engel / Mikael Grenier / Raffaele Marciello
GruppeM Racing
Class A Pro
Mercedes-AMG GT3
