Pitt goes wild at home.

Andrew Pitt will race in front of his home fans for the first time on the ZX-RR this weekend at Philip Island, while fellow wild card Shinichi Itoh will join him in the MotoGP class.

The other wild-card riders for the Australian Grand Prix are named as:

MotoGP class:

72 - Shinichi Itoh JPN-Honda
84 - Andrew Pitt AUS-Kawasaki

250cc class:

78 - Peter Taplin AUS-Honda
79 - Russell Holland AUS-Yamaha
80 - Earl Lynch AUS-Yamaha
81 - Mark Stanley AUS-Honda
82 - Brendan Clarke AUS-Honda

125cc class:

64 - Peter Holmes AUS-Honda
81 - Tim Inkster AUS-Honda
82 - Jeremy Crowe AUS-Honda
83 - Joshua Waters AUS-Honda