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The bulk of the field for this year’s Mount Panorama classic is made up of the 25 fulltime competitors in the 2015 championship, with the addition of two wildcard entries for brothers Aaren and Drew Russell, and the all-female crew of Renee Gracie and IndyCar racer Simona de Silvestro.
Silvestro’s entry means five international drivers will take part in this year’s race, joining fellow IndyCar racer Sebastien Bourdais, sports car stars Oliver Gavin and Alex Buncombe, and V8 refugee Alex Premat.
Holden once again dominates the entry list with VF Commodores making up almost half the grid (13), with cars from Ford (6), Nissan (4), Volvo (2) and Erebus (2) completing the roster.
As with recent years, the race will form the second leg of the three-race Pirtek Enduro Cup as well as being the 10th event of the 2015 V8 Supercars championship.
Prodrive Racing Australia has the runs on the board in the championship to date and heads to Bathurst following an impressive one-two finish at the Sandown 500.
Mark Winterbottom/Steve Owen came out on top of Chaz Mostert/Cameron Waters at the Victorian venue, but the intra-team battle can be expected to be as hot as ever on the Mountain.
Prodrive’s third entry of David Reynolds/Dean Canto is also expected to be well in contention, with both drivers hungry to improve on their second place finish from 2012.
Outside of Whincup/Dumbrell, Tekno’s Shane van Gisbergen/Jonathon Webb combination and the second Red Bull entry of Craig Lowndes/Steven Richards loom as Holden’s strongest contenders.
Betting markets have Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell as the favourite, but who do you think will take out this year’s Great Race?
Who will win this years Bathurst 1000?
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