2026 Bathurst 12 Hour

Bathurst 12 Hour
Event information
Round 1 of 5 in the 2026 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Date15 February 2026
LocationBathurst, New South Wales, Australia
VenueMount Panorama Circuit
Duration12 Hours
Results

The 2026 Bathurst 12 Hour (commercially titled 2026 Meguiar's Bathurst 12 Hour[1]) will be an endurance race for FIA GT3 cars and invited vehicles, staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 15 February 2025. It will be the opening round of the 2026 Intercontinental GT Challenge.

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
    • For IRC GT cars, SRO GT2 cars and other special GT cars.


Entries

No. Entrant Car Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Driver 4
Class A (GT3 Pro)
32 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo Jordan Pepper[2] Kelvin van der Linde[2] Charles Weerts[2]
46 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo Augusto Farfus[2] Raffaele Marciello[2] Valentino Rossi[2]
48 Mercedes-AMG Team Tigani Motorsport[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo TBA TBA TBA
61 Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Klaus Bachler[4] Ricardo Feller[4] Laurin Heinrich[4]
100 Grove Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Kai Allen[5] Will Davison[5] Brenton Grove[5]
222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Chaz Mostert[6] Thomas Randle[6] Cameron Waters[6]
911 Absolute Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Bastian Buus[7] Matt Campbell[7] Alessio Picariello[7]
TBA Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing[8] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo TBA TBA TBA
TBA Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo Ben Barnicoat[9] Marvin Kirchhöfer[9] Garnet Patterson[9]
Class A (GT3 Silver)
93 Wall Racing[10] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 TBA TBA TBA TBA
Class A (GT3 Bronze)
79 Tsunami RT[11] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) TBA TBA TBA TBA
86 High Class Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Anders Fjordbach[12] Kerong Li[12] Leo Ye Hongli[12] Bo Yuan[12]
89 Team KRC[13] BMW M4 GT3 Evo Max Hesse[2] Maxime Oosten[2] Ruan Cunfan[2]
Class A (GT3 Pro-Am)
TBA Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing[8] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo TBA TBA TBA TBA
Class A (GT3 TBA)
27 Heart of Racing Team SPS Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo TBA TBA TBA TBA
44 Geyer Valmont Racing[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Sergio Pires Marcel Zalloua TBA TBA
45 GWR Australia with RAM Motorsport[14] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo TBA TBA TBA TBA
47 Supabarn Tigani Motorsport[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo James Koundouris Theo Koundouris TBA TBA
75 75 Express Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo TBA TBA TBA TBA
101 Quinn Racing Team MPC Audi R8 LMS Evo II Kent Quinn[15] Klark Quinn[15] Ryder Quinn[15] Tony Quinn[15]
TBC Arise Racing GT[16] Ferrari 296 GT3 TBA TBA TBA TBA
TBC Arise Racing GT[16] Ferrari 296 GT3 TBA TBA TBA TBA
TBC Hallmarc Racing Team MPC Audi R8 LMS Evo II TBA TBA TBA TBA
TBC Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) TBA TBA TBA TBA
TBC HRT Ford Racing[17] Ford Mustang GT3 TBA TBA TBA TBA
TBC Johor Motorsports JMR Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R TBA TBA TBA TBA
TBC Johor Motorsports JMR Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R TBA TBA TBA TBA
TBC Melbourne Performance Centre Audi R8 LMS Evo II TBA TBA TBA TBA
TBC Melbourne Performance Centre Audi R8 LMS Evo II TBA TBA TBA TBA
TBC Mercedes-AMG Team GMR Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo TBA TBA TBA TBA
TBC Volante Rosso Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 TBA TBA TBA TBA
TBC Volante Rosso Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo TBA TBA TBA TBA
Class C (GT4)
TBA Method Motorsport McLaren Artura GT4 TBA TBA TBA TBA
TBA Team NZ Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Graeme Dowsett[18] Romain Leroux[18] Chris van der Drift[18]
Class I (Invitational)
50 KTM Vantage Racing by GWR[19] KTM X-Bow GT2 David Crompton Trent Harrison Glen Wood
TBA 111 Racing MARC IRC GT TBA TBA TBA TBA
Source:[20]

Notes

References

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