Nissan will import three internationals to share its GT-R entry with Rick Kelly in February’s Bathurst 12 Hour.

The manufacturer has confirmed that Briton Alex Buncombe, Japanese Katsumasa Chiyo and Belgian Wolfgang Reip will team with the former V8 Supercars champion.

Experienced GT racer Buncombe is a mainstay of Nissan’s GT Academy, helping the video gamers make the transition to real racing since the program began in 2008.

Reip won the European leg of the Academy two years ago before competing in both the Blancpain Endurance and FIA GT Series with Nissan last year. He is the squad’s unseeded driver.

Chiyo meanwhile is a more traditionally groomed Nissan project, having risen through karts and Formula 3 before graduating into his current role with the manufacturer’s SuperGT effort.

Nissan’s global motorsport manager Darren Cox has been the driving force behind the company’s representation in the 12 Hour and says he’s proud of the assembled line-up.

“It’s great that we can field a team that shows the international nature of our driving talent and once again promote a Nismo version of the Nissan GT-R,” he said.

The car will be run by Nissan’s Japanese Nismo crew, who will fly into Australia at the start of race week.

The lack of a pre-event test ensures that Kelly will not have his first taste of the car until practice at Bathurst.

Kelly’s V8 Supercar race engineer Eric Pender, engine builder Shigeru Kugimiya and a small selection of Australian mechanics will bolster the Nismo effort at the event.

The Nissan GT-R is one of 19 cars entered in the race’s outright class, nine of which are being fielded by international teams.

See below for stunning onboard footage of Alex Buncombe behind the wheel of a GT-R GT3 in the British GT Championship