2017 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour

The 2017 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour endurance race for GT and touring car classes, GT3 and GT4 cars was staged on the Mount Panorama Circuit, near Bathurst, in New South Wales, Australia 5 February 2017. The 15th running of the Bathurst 12 Hour constituted the opening round of the 2017 Intercontinental GT Challenge Series. For the first time, the winners of the race were awarded the Australian Tourist Trophy.

2016 defending champions were Shane van Gisbergen, Álvaro Parente and Jonathon Webb. Van Gisbergen moved from Tekno Autosports and McLaren to Scott Taylor Motorsport's Mercedes-AMG GT3, prepared by HTP Motorsport with factory Mercedes backing. Parente remained with Tekno Autosports, while Tekno team owner Webb did not drive.

The GT4 Class expanded for 2017 with eight entries, the Porsche Cayman, KTM X-Bow GT4, Ginetta G55 and Aston Martin Vantage GT4.

55 cars were entered (the largest field since the 2007 revival) and 51 cars started, with four entries withdrawn following crashes in practice and qualifying.

2017 the first year all-professional driver rosters were permitted. Previously, teams were required one unseeded driver in each entry.

Cars competed in the following four classes.

Bold denotes category winner.

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