2025 Bathurst 12 Hour

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 306 laps 1901.178 km
Pole position Lucas Auer
Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing		 2:01.2760
Winner Augusto Farfus
Kelvin van der Linde
Sheldon van der Linde
Team WRT		 12:01:53.1350

The 2025 Bathurst 12 Hour (commercially titled 2025 Meguiar's Bathurst 12 Hour[1]) 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.[2]

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 C – GT4 (Current Specification SRO GT4 cars)
  • Class I – Invitational class

Entries

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

Notes

Results

Practice

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

Qualifying

Pos. Class No. Driver Team Car Time
Gr.A Gr.B
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:[43]

Top 10 Shootout

Pos. Class No. 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:[44]

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
Sheldon van der Linde 		BMW M4 GT3 306 12:01:53.135‡
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6
2 P 46 Team WRT Raffaele Marciello
Valentino Rossi
Charles Weerts 		BMW M4 GT3 306 +10.244
BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin 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 Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing 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 V6
15 I 50 KTM Vantage Racing David Crampton
Trent Harrison
Glen Wood 		KTM X-Bow GT2 270 +36 Laps‡
Audi 2.5 L TFSI I5
16 GT4 19 Team Nineteen Daniel Bilski
Adam Christodoulou
Mark Griffith 		Mercedes-AMG GT4 261 +45 Laps
Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L 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
DNF 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 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:[45][46]

Notes

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

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