The 2025 Bathurst 12 Hour (commercially titled 2025 Meguiar's Bathurst 12 Hour) was 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. It was the opening round of the 2025 Intercontinental GT Challenge.
After 1 year of being sponsored by Repco brand, the race was sponsored by the Meguiar's brand, through a partnership with Australian distributor MotorActive.
Entry list
Class structure 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 for Porsche GT3 Cup and other GTC cars from One-make racing series. Class C – GT4 (Current Specification SRO GT4 cars) Class I – Invitational class For MARC cars, SRO GT2 cars and other special GT cars.
Entries
Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Driver 4 Class A (GT3 Pro) (9 entries) 26 Arise Racing GT Ferrari 296 GT3 Will Brown Chaz Mostert Daniel Serra 32 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Augusto Farfus Kelvin van der Linde Sheldon van der Linde 46 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Raffaele Marciello Valentino Rossi Charles Weerts 75 75 Express Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Jules Gounon Kenny Habul Luca Stolz 77 Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Lucas Auer Maximilian Götz Jayden Ojeda 183 Jamec Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Broc Feeney Ricardo Feller Liam Talbot 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Craig Lowndes Thomas Randle Cameron Waters 888 Mercedes-AMG Team GMR Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Maro Engel Mikaël Grenier Maxime Martin 911 Absolute Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Matt Campbell Ayhancan Güven Alessio Picariello Class A (GT3 Silver) (3 entries) 14 Volante Rosso Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Jamie Day Jaylyn Robotham Mateo Villagomez 47 Supabarn Tigani Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo James Koundouris Theo Koundouris David Russell Luke Youlden 93 Wall Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Tony D'Alberto Adrian Deitz Grant Denyer Brendon Leitch Class A (GT3 Bronze) (3 entries) 4 Grove Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Fabian Schiller 9 Hallmarc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Marc Cini Dean Fiore Lee Holdsworth 27 Heart of Racing by SPS Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Ross Gunn Ian James Zacharie Robichon Class A (GT3 Pro-Am) (3 entries) 36 Arise Racing GT Ferrari 296 GT3 Jaxon Evans Alessio Rovera Brad Schumacher Elliot Schutte 44 Geyer Valmont Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Scott Andrews Sergio Pires Marcel Zalloua 91 The Bend Manthey EMA Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Laurin Heinrich Morris Schuring Sam Shahin Yasser Shahin Class C (GT4) (3 entries) 19 Team Nineteen Mercedes-AMG GT4 Daniel Bilski Adam Christodoulou Mark Griffith 24 Method Motorsport McLaren Artura GT4 Josh Buchan Jake Santalucia Anthony Levitt 25 Method Motorsport McLaren Artura GT4 Paul Buccini Tom Hayman Ryan Sorensen Class I (Invitational) (1 entry) 50 KTM Vantage Racing KTM X-Bow GT2 David Crampton Trent Harrison Glen Wood Source:
Notes 111 Racing was due to compete in the GT3-Bronze class with a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo and drivers Darren Currie, Grant Donaldson and Cameron McLeod, but withdrew due to a lack of funding. Cameron Campbell was originally entered to compete for Method Motorsport in the No. 24 McLaren, but withdrew after Friday practice. Josh Buchan replaced Campbell.
Results Practice SessionDayFastest LapNo.DriverTeamCarTimeRef Practice 1 Friday 32 Augusto Farfus Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 2:02.900 14 Jamie Day Volante Rosso Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 2:05.106 Practice 3 888 Maro Engel Mercedes-AMG Team GMR Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:03.851 Practice 4 183 Liam Talbot Jamec Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II 2:05.093 Practice 5 Saturday 222 Cameron Waters Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:03.693 Practice 6 222 Cameron Waters Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:02.700
Qualifying Class Driver Team Car Time 1 P 183 Ricardo Feller Jamec Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II 2:01.894 2 PA 91 Laurin Heinrich The Bend Manthey EMA Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) +0.032 3 P 32 Sheldon van der Linde Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 +0.035 4 P 222 Cameron Waters Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +0.091 5 P 888 Maro Engel Mercedes-AMG Team GMR Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +0.136 6 P 75 Luca Stolz 75 Express Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +0.221 7 P 77 Lucas Auer Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +0.234 8 P 26 Chaz Mostert Arise Racing GT Ferrari 296 GT3 +0.330 9 B 9 Lee Holdsworth Hallmarc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II +0.377 10 PA 44 Scott Andrews Geyer Valmont Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II +0.381 11 P 911 Matt Campbell Absolute Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) +0.469 12 P 46 Raffaele Marciello Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 +0.493 13 B 27 Ross Gunn Heart of Racing by SPS Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +0.504 14 B 4 Fabian Schiller Grove Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +0.715 15 S 47 David Russell Supabarn Tigani Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +0.765 16 PA 36 Jaxon Evans Arise Racing GT Ferrari 296 GT3 +0.957 17 S 93 Tony D'Alberto Wall Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 +1.022 18 S 14 Jamie Day Volante Rosso Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 +1.096 19 I 50 David Crampton KTM Vantage Racing KTM X-Bow GT2 +11.973 20 GT4 19 Adam Christodoulou Team Nineteen Mercedes-AMG GT4 +14.096 21 GT4 25 Tom Hayman Method Motorsport McLaren Artura GT4 +14.591 22 GT4 24 Jake Santalucia Method Motorsport McLaren Artura GT4 +14.643 Source:
Top 10 Shootout Class Driver Team Car Time 1 P 77 Lucas Auer Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:01.276 2 P 183 Ricardo Feller Jamec Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II +0.125 3 P 888 Maro Engel Mercedes-AMG Team GMR Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +0.283 4 P 32 Sheldon van der Linde Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 +0.417 5 P 26 Chaz Mostert Arise Racing GT Ferrari 296 GT3 +0.432 6 PA 91 Laurin Heinrich The Bend Manthey EMA Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) +0.616 7 P 75 Luca Stolz 75 Express Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +0.628 8 PA 44 Scott Andrews Geyer Valmont Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II +0.658 9 P 222 Cameron Waters Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +0.675 10 B 9 Lee Holdsworth Hallmarc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II +0.894 Source:
Race Class winners indicated in bold and with . Pos. Class No. Team Drivers Car Laps Time/Retired Engine 1 P 32 Team WRT Augusto Farfus Kelvin van der Linde BMW M4 GT3 306 12:01:53.135 2 P 46 Team WRT Raffaele Marciello Valentino Rossi Charles Weerts BMW M4 GT3 306 +10.244 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 3 P 75 75 Express Jules Gounon Kenny Habul Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 306 +11.363 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 4 P 26 Arise Racing GT Will Brown Chaz Mostert Daniel Serra Ferrari 296 GT3 306 +1:03.962 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 5 P 77 Lucas Auer Maximilian Götz Jayden Ojeda Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 306 +1:27.904 Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 6 P 911 Absolute Racing Matt Campbell Ayhancan Güven Alessio Picariello Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 306 +1:42.068 Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 7 B 27 Heart of Racing by SPS Ross Gunn Ian James Zacharie Robichon Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 305 +1 Lap Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 8 PA 36 Arise Racing GT Jaxon Evans Alessio Rovera Brad Schumacher Elliot Schutte Ferrari 296 GT3 303 +3 Laps Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 9 S 93 Wall Racing Tony D'Alberto Adrian Deitz Grant Denyer Brendon Leitch Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 303 +3 Laps Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 10 PA 91 The Bend Manthey EMA Laurin Heinrich Morris Schuring Sam Shahin Yasser Shahin Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 303 +3 Laps Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 11 B 9 Hallmarc Racing Marc Cini Dean Fiore Lee Holdsworth Audi R8 LMS Evo II 291 +15 Laps Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 12 S 47 Supabarn Tigani Motorsport James Koundouris Theo Koundouris David Russell Luke Youlden Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 283 +23 Laps Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 13 S 14 Volante Rosso Motorsport Jamie Day Jaylyn Robotham Mateo Villagomez Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 276 +30 Laps Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 14 GT4 24 Method Motorsport Josh Buchan Jake Santalucia Anthony Levitt McLaren Artura GT4 276 +30 Laps McLaren M630 3.0 L Turbo V6 15 I 50 KTM Vantage Racing David Crampton Trent Harrison Glen Wood KTM X-Bow GT2 270 +36 Laps Audi TFSI 2.5 L Turbo I5 16 GT4 19 Team Nineteen Daniel Bilski Adam Christodoulou Mark Griffith Mercedes-AMG GT4 261 +45 Laps Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L Turbo V8 17 PA 44 Geyer Valmont Racing Scott Andrews Sergio Pires Marcel Zalloua Audi R8 LMS Evo II 241 +65 Laps Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 P 888 Mercedes-AMG Team GMR Maro Engel Mikaël Grenier Maxime Martin Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 170 Crash Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 DNF P 183 Jamec Racing Broc Feeney Ricardo Feller Liam Talbot Audi R8 LMS Evo II 164 Steering Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 DNF B 4 Grove Racing Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Fabian Schiller Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 53 Crash Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 DNF GT4 25 Method Motorsport Paul Buccini Tom Hayman Ryan Sorensen McLaren Artura GT4 36 Crash McLaren M630 3.0 L Turbo V6 DNF P 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Craig Lowndes Thomas Randle Cameron Waters Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 35 Crash Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 Source: Fastest race lap: 2:02.2740 – Chaz Mostert
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