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Australia 2025 Bathurst 12 Hour
Event Information
Round 1 of 5 in the 2025
Date31 January - 2 February 2025
LocationBathurst, New South Wales, Australia
VenueMount Panorama Circuit
Results
Race 1
Distance laps km

The 2025 Bathurst 12 Hour (commercially titled 2025 Meguiar's Bathurst 12 Hour[1]) is an endurance race for FIA GT3 cars and invited vehicles, staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 2 February 2025. Its the opening round of the 2025 Intercontinental GT Challenge.

After 1 year of being sponsored by Repco brand, the race will now be sponsored by the Meguiar's brand, through a partnership with Australian distributor MotorActive.[2]

Entry list

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Class structure

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Entries were divided into classes based on car type and driver ratings.

  • Class A - GT3 (Current Specification FIA GT3 cars)
    • Pro - No Driver Restrictions
    • Pro-Am - For driving combinations featuring two FIA Platinum, FIA Gold, or FIA Silver and one or two FIA Bronze related drivers.
    • Silver Cup - for driving combinations featuring only FIA Silver and Bronze drivers
    • Bronze - for driving combinations featuring only FIA Bronze drivers
  • Class B - GT Cup class
  • Class C - GT4 (Current Specification SRO GT4 cars)
  • Class I - Invitational class

Entries

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No. Entrant Car Class Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Driver 4
Class A (GT3) (18 entries)
4 Australia Grove Racing[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo B Australia Brenton Grove[4] Australia Stephen Grove[4] Germany Fabian Schiller[4]
9 Australia Hallmarc Racing[5] Audi R8 LMS Evo II B Australia Marc Cini[5] Australia Dean Fiore[5] Australia Lee Holdsworth[5]
14 Australia Volante Rosso Motorsport[6] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 S United Arab Emirates Jamie Day[7] Australia Jaylyn Robotham[7] Ecuador Mateo Villagomez[7]
26 Australia Arise Racing GT[8] Ferrari 296 GT3 P Australia Will Brown[9] Australia Chaz Mostert[9] Brazil Daniel Serra[9]
27 United States Heart of Racing by SPS[10] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo B United Kingdom Ross Gunn[11] United Kingdom Ian James[11] Canada Zacharie Robichon[11]
32 Belgium Team WRT[12][13] BMW M4 GT3 P Brazil Augusto Farfus[14] South Africa Kelvin van der Linde[14] South Africa Sheldon van der Linde[14]
36 Australia Arise Racing GT[8] Ferrari 296 GT3 PA New Zealand Jaxon Evans[15] Italy Alessio Rovera[15] Australia Brad Schumacher[15] Australia Elliot Schutte[15]
44 Australia Geyer Valmont Racing[16] Audi R8 LMS Evo II PA Australia Scott Andrews[16] Australia Sergio Pires[16] Australia Marcel Zalloua[16]
46 Belgium Team WRT[12][13] BMW M4 GT3 P Switzerland Raffaele Marciello[14] Italy Valentino Rossi[17] Belgium Charles Weerts[14]
47 Australia Supabarn Tigani Motorsport[18] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo S Australia James Koundouris[18] Australia Theo Koundouris[18] Australia David Russell[18] Australia Luke Youlden[18]
75 Australia 75 Express[19] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P Andorra Jules Gounon[19] Australia Kenny Habul[19] Germany Luca Stolz[19]
77 Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing[20] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P Austria Lucas Auer[20] Germany Maximilian Götz[20] Australia Jayden Ojeda[20]
91 Australia The Bend Manthey EMA[21] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA Germany Laurin Heinrich[22] Netherlands Morris Schuring[22] Australia Sam Shahin[21] Australia Yasser Shahin[21]
93 Australia Wall Racing[23] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 S Australia Tony D'Alberto[23] Australia Adrian Deitz[23] Australia Grant Denyer[23] New Zealand Brendon Leitch[23]
183 Australia Jamec Racing[24] Audi R8 LMS Evo II P Australia Broc Feeney[24] Switzerland Ricardo Feller[24] Australia Liam Talbot[24]
222 Australia Scott Taylor Motorsport[25] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P Australia Craig Lowndes[25] Australia Thomas Randle[25] Australia Cameron Waters[25]
888 Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GMR[26] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P Germany Maro Engel[27] Canada Mikaël Grenier[27] Belgium Maxime Martin[27]
911 China Absolute Racing[28] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) P Australia Matt Campbell[28] Turkey Ayhancan Güven[28] Belgium Alessio Picariello[28]
Class C (GT4) (3 entries)
19 Australia Team Nineteen[29] Mercedes-AMG GT4 Hong Kong Daniel Bilski[29] United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou[29] Australia Mark Griffith[29]
24 Australia Method Motorsport[30] McLaren Artura GT4 Australia Josh Buchan[31] Australia Jake Santalucia[30] Australia Anthony Levitt[30]
25 Australia Method Motorsport[30] McLaren Artura GT4 Australia Paul Buccini[30] Australia Tom Hayman[30] Australia Ryan Sorensen[30]
Class I (Invitational) (1 entry)
50 Australia KTM Vantage Racing[32] KTM X-Bow GT2 Australia David Crampton[32] Australia Trent Harrison[32] Australia Glen Wood[32]
Source:[33][34]
GT3 entries
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
S Silver Cup
B Bronze Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup

Notes

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Results

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Practice

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Session Day Fastest Lap
No. Driver Team Car Time Ref
Practice 1 Friday 32 Brazil Augusto Farfus Belgium Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 2:02.900 [37]
Practice 2[a] 14 United Arab Emirates Jamie Day Australia Volante Rosso Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 2:05.106 [38]
Practice 3 888 Germany Maro Engel Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GMR Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:03.851 [39]
Practice 4[a] 183 Australia Liam Talbot Australia Jamec Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II 2:05.093 [40]
Practice 5 Saturday 222 Australia Cameron Waters Australia Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:03.693 [41]
Practice 6 222 Australia Cameron Waters Australia Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:02.700 [42]

Qualifying

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Pos. Class No. Driver Team Car Time
Gr.A Gr.B
1 P 183 Switzerland Ricardo Feller Australia Jamec Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II 2:01.894
2 PA 91 Germany Laurin Heinrich Australia The Bend Manthey EMA Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) +0.032
3 P 32 South Africa Sheldon van der Linde Belgium Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 +0.035
4 P 222 Australia Cameron Waters Australia Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +0.091
5 P 888 Germany Maro Engel Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GMR Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +0.136
6 P 75 Germany Luca Stolz Australia 75 Express Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +0.221
7 P 77 Austria Lucas Auer Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +0.234
8 P 26 Australia Chaz Mostert Australia Arise Racing GT Ferrari 296 GT3 +0.330
9 B 9 Australia Lee Holdsworth Australia Hallmarc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II +0.377
10 PA 44 Australia Scott Andrews Australia Geyer Valmont Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II +0.381
11 P 911 Australia Matt Campbell China Absolute Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) +0.469
12 P 46 Switzerland Raffaele Marciello Belgium Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 +0.493
13 B 27 United Kingdom Ross Gunn United States Heart of Racing by SPS Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +0.504
14 B 4 Germany Fabian Schiller Australia Grove Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +0.715
15 S 47 Australia David Russell Australia Supabarn Tigani Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +0.765
16 PA 36 New Zealand Jaxon Evans Australia Arise Racing GT Ferrari 296 GT3 +0.957
17 S 93 Australia Tony D'Alberto Australia Wall Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 +1.022
18 S 14 United Arab Emirates Jamie Day Australia Volante Rosso Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 +1.096
19 I 50 Australia David Crampton Australia KTM Vantage Racing KTM X-Bow GT2 +11.973
20 GT4 19 United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou Australia Team Nineteen Mercedes-AMG GT4 +14.096
21 GT4 25 Australia Tom Hayman Australia Method Motorsport McLaren Artura GT4 +14.591
22 GT4 24 Australia Jake Santalucia Australia Method Motorsport McLaren Artura GT4 +14.643
Source:[43]

Top 10 Shootout

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Pos. Class No. Driver Team Car Time
1 P 77 Austria Lucas Auer Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:01.276
2 P 183 Switzerland Ricardo Feller Australia Jamec Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II +0.125
3 P 888 Germany Maro Engel Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team GMR Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +0.283
4 P 32 South Africa Sheldon van der Linde Belgium Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 +0.417
5 P 26 Australia Chaz Mostert Australia Arise Racing GT Ferrari 296 GT3 +0.432
6 PA 91 Germany Laurin Heinrich Australia The Bend Manthey EMA Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) +0.616
7 P 75 Germany Luca Stolz Australia 75 Express Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +0.628
8 PA 44 Australia Scott Andrews Australia Geyer Valmont Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II +0.658
9 P 222 Australia Cameron Waters Australia Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +0.675
10 B 9 Australia Lee Holdsworth Australia Hallmarc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II +0.894
Source:[44]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Session was for FIA Bronze categorised drivers only.

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