2019 Bathurst 12 Hour entry list: 41 crews will race at Mount Panorama

The entry list for the 2019 Bathurst 12 Hour endurance race has been revealed. It would the 17th running of the 12-hour race at the iconic Mount Panorama Circuit at Bathurst, New South Wales. The race is the opening round of the five-event 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge.

Forty-one crews are on the entry list, divided into six classes and featuring more than 120 drivers from 22 different nationalities. Thirteen car brands would be represented and entered by teams from ten different countries.

The world-class grid is a mix of the best domestic talents with some of the greatest GT drivers from around the world. The list includes seven former winners of the Bathurst 12 Hour but, for the first time in the modern history (since 2007), none of the previous years’ winners have returned to defend their crown. Last year, the winners were Robin Frijns, Stuart Leonard and Dries Vanthoor in an Audi R8 LMS of Audi Sport Team WRT.

This year, three Audi teams will run five cars but there are no last year’s winners among those five crews. A total of 28 GT3 cars, representing ten manufacturers, will be on the grid. The GT3 cars at Mount Panorama would be Audi R8 LMS, Lamborghini Huracan GT3, McLaren 650S GT3, Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3, Porsche 911 GT3 R, BMW M6 GT3, Mercedes-AMG GT3, Ferrari 488 GT3, Aston Martin Vantage GT3 and Bentley Continental GT3.

Thirteen car brands will be represented at Mount Panorama’s Bathurst 12 Hour race

The Class A crews would be separated into three classes: Pro, Pro-Am and Am. The Class B features three Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars while Class C will see a battle between six GT4 cars of three manufacturers (BMW, KTM, Ginetta). The Invitational class will see a pair each of Generation 1 and Generation 2 MARC Cars.

The list of entrants includes Supercars Championship stars Jamie Whincup, Craig Lowndes and Shane van Gisbergen, together in Vodafone’s Mercedes-AMG GT3. Lowndes is one of three returning two-time winners who will fight for their third win, the other two are Christopher Mies and Paul Morris. Two more former winners on this year’s list are Katsumasa Chiyo and Thomas Jäger.

The programme at Mount Panorama Circuit will start on Thursday, January 31. The qualifying is scheduled for Saturday and the green lights for the race are scheduled for Sunday, February 3, in 5.45 (local time).

The race will start before the sunrise

2019 Bathurst 12 Hour entry list

Class	Number	Team name	Car	Drivers
A	2	Audi Sport Team Valvoline	Audi R8 LMS	Christopher Mies, Christopher Haase, Markus Winkelhock
	3	Audi Sport Team MPC	Audi R8 LMS	Peter Storey, Gordon Shedden, Matt Neal
	6	Wall Racing	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	Adrian Deitz, Julin Westwood, Cameron McConville, Tony D'Alberto
	9	Audi Sport Team MPC	Audi R8 LMS	Marc Cini, Lee Holdsworth, Dean Fiore
	11	Objective Racing	McLaren 650S GT3	Tony Walls, Warren Luff, Andrew Watson
	12	Competition Motorsport/McElrea Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	David Calvert-Jones, Kevin Estre, Jaxon Evans
	18	KCMG	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Alexandre Imperatori, Oliver Jarvis, Edoardo Liberati
	19	Griffith Corp Team 19/Black Falcon	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mark Griffith, Yelmer Buurman, Christina Nielsen
	22	Audi Sport Team Valvoline	Audi R8 LMS	Kelvin van der Linde, Garth Tander, Frederic Vervisch
	27	HubAuto Corsa	Ferrari 488 GT3	Nick Foster, Tim Slade, Nick Percat
	29	Trofeo Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracan GT3	Jim Manolios, Ryan Millier, Ivan Capelli, Dean Canto
	34	Walkenhorst Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	Christian Matias Krognes, Nicky Catsburg, Mikkel Jensen
	35	KCMG	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	Katsumasa Chiyo, Tsugio Matsuda, Joshua Burdon
	42	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW M6 GT3	Augusto Farfus, Chaz Mostert, Martin Tomczyk
	51	Spirit of Race	Ferrari 488 GT3	Paul Dalla Lana, Pedro Lamy, Mathias Lauda
	62	R-Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	Florian Kamelger, Andreas Banzinger, Peter Leemhuis, Matt Parry
	75	SunEnergy1 Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Kenny Habul, Tristan Vautier, Thomas Jaeger
	77	Craft Bamboo/Black Falcon	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Maro Engel, Luca Stolz, Gary Paffett
	98	Matt Stone Racing	Audi R8 LMS	Todd Hazelwood, Roger Lago, David Russell
	107	Bentley Team M-Sport	Bentley Continental GT3	Steven Kane, Jules Gounen, Jordan Pepper
	108	Bentley Team M-Sport	Bentley Continental GT3	Andy Soucek, Maxiem Soulet, Vincent Abril
	540	Black Swan Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Tim Pappas, Jeroen Bleekemolen, Marc Lieb
	760	R-Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	Jake Dennis, Matthieu Vaxivier, Marvin Kirchhofer
	777	The Bend Motorsport Park	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Yasser Shahin, David Reyolds, Luke Youlden
	888	Mercedes-AMG Team Vodafone	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Craig Lowndes, Jamie Whincup, Shane van Gisbergen
	911	EBM	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Romain Dumas, Sven Muller, Mathieu Jaminet
	912	EBM	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Dirk Werner, Dennis Olsen, Matt Campbell
	999	Mann Filter GruppeM Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Maxi Buhk, Raffaele Marciello, Maxi Gotz
B	4	Grove Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Stephen Grove, Benton Grove, Ben Barker
	23	Team Carrera Cup Asia	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Chris van der Drift, Paul Tresidder, Jinlong Bao, Philip Hamprecht
	43	Ashley Seward Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Danny Stutterd, Sam Fillmore, Richard Muscat
C	13	RHC-Jorgensen/Strom by MarcGT	BMW M4 GT4	Daren Eric Jorgensen, Brett Strom, Gerard McLeod
	48	KTM/M Motorsport	KTM X-BOW GT4	Justin McMillan, Glen Wood, Dean Lillie, Peter Major
	50	KTM/M Motorsport	KTM X-BOW GT4	David Crampton, Trent Harrison, Tim Macrow, Caitlin Wood
	55	Ginetta Australia	Ginetta G55 GT4	TBA
	56	Ginetta Australia	Ginetta G55 GT4	TBA
	71	KTM/M Motorsport	KTM X-BOW GT4	Dean Koutsoumidis, Jake Parsons, James Winslow
INV	20	T2 Racing by Liajen Motorsport	Marc II V8	Adam Hargraves, Daniel Jilesen
	91	MARC Cars Australia	Marc II V8	Keith Kassulke, Paul Morris, Paul Tracy
	92	Liajen Motorsport	Marc I	Jason Busk, Geoff Taunton, Bryce Fullwood
	96	MARC Cars Australia	Marc I	Hadrian Moral