Bathurst 12 Hours: The full 35 car entry list has been revealed
- Marios Gantzoudis
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Mount Panorama action is right around the corner and the official entry list for the Bathurst 12 Hours has been revealed.
35 cars will take the start in what is the race’s largest field since 2020, with 31 GT3 cars from 6 manufacturers entered in total.
15 of the 31 GT3 cars will be battling it out for the overall crown in the Pro category, with 2025’s winners in Team WRT entering two BMW’s. Kelvin van der Linde and Augusto Farfus will face off against each other this time as they are entered into separate cars.
The South African in the No. 32 car alongside Charles Weerts and 2020 winner and recent BMW works signing Jordan Pepper who returns to Mount Panorama for the first time since his triumph. Farfus meanwhile will share the No. 46 car with Raffaele Marciello and Valentino Rossi.
Mercedes has the largest representation of any manufacturer in the entry list with 10 of its GT3 Evo cars spread throughout the classes and with strong lineups, such as 75 Express’ No. 75 car shared amongst Jules Gounon, Kenny Habul and Luca Stolz.
Following up is Porsche with five cars in total, Audi with four, BMW with three, Ferrari, McLaren and Corvette with two cars each and a single entrant for Aston Martin, Ford and Lamborghini.
Germany’s recent dominance of the race is strongly tipped to continue, with all of the post-Covid 19 pandemic races featuring German cars in the Top 3.
Ford’s single entry, with HRT Ford Racing’s No. 64 is expected to draw attention as the new Mustang GT3 makes its Bathurst debut in the hands of Broc Feeney, Christopher Mies and Dennis Olsen. The same applies to the Corvette Z06 GT3.R which boasts a strong driver trio of Earl Bamber, Alexander Sims and Nicky Catsburg.
Four entrants comprise the PRO-AM class with four different cars expected to battle it out, with Aston Martin, Audi, Mercedes and Corvette all with a shot of taking the class win.
Bronze class honours will be fought for by 10 entrants, with three Porsches, two cars from each of Mercedes and Audi, with one entry from Lamborghini, BMW and Ferrari each.
Silver class will feature only two entries, one from Volante Rosso Motorsport, who have yet to announce their 4th driver for the No. 15 McLaren 720S GT3 Evo and RAM Motorsport / GWR Australia who enter with a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo.
Finally two GT4 cars will take part in Class C as Team NZ and their Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 will fight against Method Motorsport and their McLaren Artura GT4.
Last but not least the Invitational Class (Class I) features a KTM X-Bow GT2 from KTM Vantage Racing by GWR and a IRC GT from 111 Racing.
Track action begins on Friday 13th of February with four separate practice sessions with two more on Saturday before qualifying. The race is scheduled to start on Sunday at 5:45 a.m. local time.
