Organisers of the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour have released the complete entry list ahead of next month’s event.
The 53 car field includes a mix of GT3, GT4 and Invitational Class machinery.
Headlining the event are the 13 Pro Class cars, with factory-backed efforts from Mercedes-AMG, BMW, McLaren, Bentley, Audi, Lamborghini, and Porsche.
Defending race winners Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup return, though in 2018 will compete for different teams, with a total of 11 full-time Supercars drivers joined by a raft of Pirtek Enduro Cup co-drivers.
The event also boasts Formula 1 pedigree with former Ferrari driver Ivan Capelli returning in the Trofeo Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan, Timo Glock alongside Steve Richards in the BMW Team SRM M6 GT3, and Markus Winkelhock back for the Jamec Pem Racing squad.
Notable changes include Alvaro Parente lining up for Strakka Racing, having switched from McLaren to Mercedes since last year’s event, while Shane van Gisbergen has moved in the opposite direction and will join YNA Autosport.
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The GT4 class (Class C) boasts 10 entries, including the BMW M4 of former Bathurst 12 Hour winner Tony Longhurst.
M Motorsport will again run a brace of KTM X-Bow GT4s, Porsche is represented with a single car in the class, while Ginetta is yet to confirm a number of drivers across its three entries.
The 2018 Bathurst 12 Hour is set to take place on February 2-4.
Entry List: 2018 Bathurst 12 Hour Updated
| No | Class | Team | Drivers | Car |
| 17 | PRO | Bentley Team M-Sport | Steven Kane Guy Smith Jules Gounon |
Bentley Continental GT3 |
| 18 | PRO | Bentley Team M-Sport | Andy Soucek Maxime Soulet Vincent Abril |
Bentley Continental GT3 |
| 22 | PRO | Audi Sport Customer Racing | Garth Tander Kelvin van der Linde Frederic Vervisch |
Audi R8 LMS |
| 37 | PRO | Audi Sport Team WRT | Robin Frijns Stuart Leonard Dries Vanthoor |
Audi R8 LMS |
| 43 | PRO | BMW Team Schnitzer | Augusto Farfus Chaz Mostert Marco Wittmann |
BMW M6 GT3 |
| 55 | PRO | Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing | Nick Leventis Lewis Williamson Cam Waters David Fumanelli |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
| 56 | PRO | Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing | Maximilian Buhk Maximilian Gotz Alvaro Parente |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
| 58 | PRO | YNA Autosport | Shane van Gisbergen Craig Lowndes Come Ledogar |
Mclaren 650S GT3 |
| 74 | PRO | Audi Sport Customer Racing | Christopher Mies Christopher Haase Markus Winkelhock |
Audi R8 LMS |
| 75 | PRO | Mercedes-AMG Team SunEnergy1 Racing | Kenny Habul Tristan Vautier Jamie Whincup Raffaele Marciello |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
| 100 | PRO | BMW Team SRM | Steven Richards Timo Glock Philipp Eng |
BMW M6 GT3 |
| 911 | PRO | Manthey-Racing | Romain Dumas Frederic Makowiecki Dirk Werner |
Porsche 911 |
| 991 | PRO | Craft Bamboo Racing | Earl Bamber Kevin Estre Laurens Vanthoor |
Porsche 911 GT3 R |
| 8 | PRO-AM | Scott Taylor Motorsport | Max Twigg Craig Baird Tony D’Alberto |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
| 9 | PRO-AM | Audi Sport Customer Racing | Marc Cini Lee Holdsworth Dean Fiore |
Audi R8 LMS |
| 11 | PRO-AM | Objective Racing | Tony Walls Warren Luff Tim Slade Jaxon Evans |
McLaren 650S |
| 12 | PRO-AM | Competition Motorsports | David Calvert-Jones Patrick Long Matt Campbell Alex Davison |
Porsche 991 GT3R |
| 19 | PRO-AM | Nineteen Corp P/L | David Reynolds John Martin Liam Talbot Mark Griffith |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 |
| 29 | PRO-AM | Trofeo Motorsport | Jim Manolios Ryan Millier Ivan Capelli Dean Canto |
Lamborghini Huracan |
| 32 | PRO-AM | Lago Racing | Roger Lago David Russell Steve Owen |
Lamborghini R-EX GT3 |
| 39 | PRO-AM | Audi Sport Team WRT | Pedro Lamy Paul Dalla Lana Mathias Lauda Will Davison |
Audi R8 LMS |
| 47 | PRO-AM | YNA Autosport | Scott McLaughlin Fraser Ross Andrew Watson Alexander West |
McLaren 650S GT3 |
| 82 | PRO-AM | Internatioal Motorsport | Andrew Bagnall Matt Halliday Jonny Reid |
Audi R8 LMS |
| 540 | PRO-AM | Black Swan Racing | Tim Pappas Jeroen Bleekemolen Luca Stolz Marc Lieb |
Porsche 911 GT3 R |
| 777 | PRO-AM | Buik Motorworks | Yasser Shahin Luke Youlden Tomas Enge |
Lamborghini R-EX GT3 |
| 3 | AM | Audi Sport Customer Racing | Ash Samadi Daniel Gaunt Dylan O’Keeffe |
Audi R8 LMS |
| 6 | AM | Safe-T-Stop | Richard Gartner Hadrian Morrall David Wall John Bowe |
Lamborghini Gallardo |
| 69 | AM | Audi Sport Customer Racing | James Koundouris Theo Koundouris Ash Walsh Duvashen Padayachee |
Audi R8 LMS |
| 4 | B | Grove Motorsport Pty Ltd | Stephen Grove Brenton Grove Ben Barker |
Porsche GT3 Cup |
| 21 | B | JFC – Carter Grange | Danny Stutterd Sam Fillmore TBA |
Porsche 911 |
| 23 | B | Team Carrera Cup Asia | Paul Tresidder Chris van der Drift Andrew Tang Chen Yi Fan |
Porsche 991 |
| 42 | B | On Track Motorsport | Garry Mennell Kean Booker Aaron Zerefos Mark Caine |
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup |
| 85 | B | Wall Racing | Charles Putman Charles Espenlaub Joe Foster |
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup |
| 13 | C | RHC-Lawrence/Strom (MarcGT) | Daren Eric Jorgensen Cameron Lawrence Brett Strom Kuno Wittmer |
BMW M4 GT4 |
| 15 | C | Baigent Motorsport | Kent Baigent Neil Allport Matt Spratt Ash Blewett |
BMW M4 GT4 |
| 30 | C | Boat Works Racing | Aaron Seton Matt Brabham Tony Longhurst |
BMW M4 GT4 |
| 44 | C | BMW Team SRM | Dean Grant Xavier West Cameron Hill |
BMW M4 GT4 |
| 46 | C | Prosport Performance GABH | Jorg Viebahn Max Braams Marco Schelp |
Porsche Cayman PRO4 |
| 48 | C | M Motorsport P/L | Justin McMillan David Crampton Tim Macrow Caitlin Wood |
KTM X-Bow GT4 |
| 49 | C | KTM / M Motorsport | Glen Wood Trent Harrison Cody Hill |
KTM X-Bow GT4 |
| 77 | C | Ginetta Australia | Mike Simpson Coleby Cowham Lindsay Kearns |
Ginetta G55 |
| 88 | C | Ginetta Australia | Will Tregurtha Jaie Robson Ben Walsh |
Ginetta G55 |
| 111 | C | Ginetta Australia | TBA | Ginetta G50 |
| 33 | I | MARC Cars Australia | TBA | MARC Mazda V8 |
| 54 | I | MARC Cars Australia | Tony Alford Kyle Alford Chad Parrish |
MARC II V8 |
| 65 | I | Daytona Sportscars | Jamie Augustine Dylan Thomas Rhys Howell |
Daytona Coupe |
| 66 | I | Daytona Sportscars | Ben Schoots Adam Macrow Michael Caine |
Dodge Viper |
| 67 | I | MARC Cars Australia | Jake Camilleri Morgan Haber Aaron Cameron |
MARC II V8 |
| 91 | I | MARC Cars Australia | Keith Kassulke Rod Salmon Will Brown |
MARC II V8 |
| 93 | I | MARC Cars Australia | Zane Goddard Rob Thomson Drew Ridge |
MARC Mazda V8 |
| 94 | I | MARC Cars Australia | Nick Rowe Tyler Everingham James Kaye |
MARC Mazda V8 |
| 95 | I | Eastgate Engineering | Geoff Taunton Jason Busk Bryce Fullwood |
MARC Focus V8 |
| 96 | I | MARC Cars Australia | John Goodacre Peter Major Jordan Love |
MARC Focus V8 |
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