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2025 Bathurst 12 Hour

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.

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

After 1 year of being sponsored by the Atlanta-based Genuine Parts Company under the Repco brand, the race will now be sponsored by Minesota-based 3M under the Meguiar's brand, though 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) (19 entries)
4   Grove Racing[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo B   Brenton Grove[4]   Stephen Grove[4]   Fabian Schiller[4]
9   Hallmarc Racing[5] Audi R8 LMS Evo II B   Marc Cini[5]   Dean Fiore[5]   Lee Holdsworth[5]
14   Volante Rosso Motorsport[6] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 S   Jamie Day[7]   Jaylyn Robotham[7]   Mateo Villagomez[7]
26   Arise Racing GT[8] Ferrari 296 GT3 P   Will Brown[9]   Chaz Mostert[9]   Daniel Serra[9]
27   Heart of Racing by SPS[10] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo B   Ross Gunn[11]   Ian James[11]   Zacharie Robichon[11]
32   Team WRT[12] BMW M4 GT3 P   Augusto Farfus[13]   Kelvin van der Linde[13]   Sheldon van der Linde[13]
36   Arise Racing GT[8] Ferrari 296 GT3 PA   Jaxon Evans[14]   Alessio Rovera[14]   Brad Schumacher[14]   Elliot Schutte[14]
44   Geyer Valmont Racing[15] Audi R8 LMS Evo II PA   Scott Andrews[15]   Sergio Pires[15]   Marcel Zalloua[15]
46   Team WRT[12] BMW M4 GT3 P   Raffaele Marciello[13]   Valentino Rossi[16]   Charles Weerts[13]
47   Supabarn Tigani Motorsport[17] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo S   James Koundouris[17]   Theo Koundouris[17]   David Russell[17]   Luke Youlden[17]
75   75 Express[18] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P   Jules Gounon[18]   Kenny Habul[18]   Luca Stolz[18]
77   Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing[19] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P   Lucas Auer[19]   Maximilian Götz[19]   Jayden Ojeda[19]
91   The Bend Manthey EMA[20] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA   Laurin Heinrich[21]   Morris Schuring[21]   Sam Shahin[20]   Yasser Shahin[20]
93   Wall Racing[22] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 S   Tony D'Alberto[22]   Adrian Deitz[22]   Grant Denyer[22]   Brendon Leitch[22]
111   111 Racing[23] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo B   Darren Currie[23]   Grant Donaldson[23]   TBA
183   Jamec Racing[24] Audi R8 LMS Evo II P   Broc Feeney[24]   Ricardo Feller[24]   Liam Talbot[24]
222   Scott Taylor Motorsport[25] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P   Craig Lowndes[25]   Thomas Randle[25]   Cameron Waters[25]
888   Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing[26] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P   Maro Engel[27]   Mikaël Grenier[27]   Maxime Martin[27]
911   Absolute Racing[28] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) P   Matt Campbell[28]   Ayhancan Güven[28]   Alessio Picariello[28]
Class C (GT4) (3 entries)
19   Team Nineteen[23] Mercedes-AMG GT4   Daniel Bilski[23]   Adam Christodoulou[23]   Mark Griffith[23]
24   Method Motorsport[29] McLaren Artura GT4   Cameron Campbell[29]   Jake Santalucia[29]   Anthony Levitt[29]
25   Method Motorsport[29] McLaren Artura GT4   Paul Buccini[29]   Tom Hayman[29]   Ryan Sorensen[29]
Class I (Invitational) (1 entry)
50   KTM Vantage Racing[30] KTM X-Bow GT2   David Crampton[30]   Trent Harrison[30]   Glen Wood[30]
Source:[31][32]
GT3 entries
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
S Silver Cup
B Bronze Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup

References

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