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Australian GT confirms 27-car field for Clipsal
The Australian GT Championship will kick off its season with a 27-car grid, both Audi and McLaren bringing factory drivers down for the Clipsal weekend.
Andrew van Leeuwen
Edited: Feb 23, 2017, 1:21 AM
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After Christopher Mies spearheaded Audi’s attack down under for the last two seasons, his ‘factory’ slot will be taken up by Kelvin van der Linde in Adelaide next week. The 20-year-old will join Geoff Emery – who returns after injuring himself in a crash in Western Australia last season – in the #74 Jamec Pem Audi.
McLaren, meanwhile, has drafted in Blancpain Endurance champion Come Ledogar for Clipsal, the Frenchman reuniting with Tekno Autosports to join Fraser Ross behind the wheel.
Scott Taylor Motorsport will field two Mercedes AMGs, one for Craig Baird and Scott Taylor, and another from Max Twigg, who joins the Mercedes fold after racing a BMW last season.
Twigg will be replaced in the BMW Team SRM entry by James Bergmuller, the Carrera Cup regular making the switch to Australian GT to join Steve Richards in the factory-backed M6.
Tony Bates and Tony Quinn will both race Aston Martins, Bates in a Miedecke Stone car and Quinn in a Darrell Lea car, while Bentley will return to Australian GT with John Bowe and Melinda Price sharing the Heretic Autosport car.
Walkinshaw has also made a change in its line-up, with Liam Talbot to race its Porsche in Adelaide.
Australian GT – Round 1 entry list
# Team Car Drivers 3 Bondi Wholefoods Audi R8 LMS Ash Samadi 4 McElrea Racing Lamborghini R-EX Tim Miles/Jaxon Evans 5 GT Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Greg Taylor/Nathan Antunes 7 Darrell Lea Aston Martin Vantage V12 Tony Quinn 8 Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Max Twigg 9 Hallmarc Constrictios Audi R8 LMS Marc Cini 11 Objective Racing McLaren 650S GT3 Tony Walls 14 Peter Major Lamborghini R-EX Peter Major 18 Heretic Autosport Bentley Continental GT3 John Bowe/Melinda Price 19 Hogs Breath Café/Griffith Corporation Mercedes-AMG GT3 Mark Griffith 23 JBS Australia Lamborghini R-EX Roger Lago/David Russell 24 Miedecke Stone Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage V12 Tony Bates 29 Pirelli/Trofeo Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Jim Manolios/Dean Canto 44 Supabarn Supermarkets Audi R8 LMS James Koundouris/Ash Walsh 48 Interlloy M Motorsport Lamborghini R-EX Justin McMillan/Glen Wood 51 AMAC Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3-R Andrew Macpherson/Brad Shiels 59 Tekno Autosports McLaren 650S GT3 Fraser Ross/Come Ledogar 73 Triffid.Bar.Venue Lamborghini R-EX Michael Hovey 74 Jamec Pem Racing Audi R8 LMS Geoff Emery/Kelvin van der Linde 75 Jamec Pem Racing Audi R8 LMS Steve McLaughlan 100 BMW Team SRM BMW M6 GT3 Steve Richards/James Bergmuller 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Scott Taylor/Craig Baird 777 The Bend Motorsport Park Lamborghini R-EX Yasser Shahin 911 Walkinshaw GT3 Porsche 911 GT3-R Liam Talbot 15 Veloce Motorsport - ULX110 Porsche GT3 Cup Car Keith Wong/Michael Almond 68 Michael O'Donnell Porsche GT3 Cup Car Michael O'Donnell 69 Koala Motorsport Lamborghini R-EX Brenton Griguol/Tim Macrow
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