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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 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 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 Kingdom 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] BMW M4 GT3 P Brazil Augusto Farfus[13] South Africa Kelvin van der Linde[13] South Africa Sheldon van der Linde[13]
36 Australia Arise Racing GT[8] Ferrari 296 GT3 PA New Zealand Jaxon Evans[14] Italy Alessio Rovera[14] Australia Brad Schumacher[14] Australia Elliot Schutte[14]
44 Australia Geyer Valmont Racing[15] Audi R8 LMS Evo II PA Australia Scott Andrews[15] Australia Sergio Pires[15] Australia Marcel Zalloua[15]
46 Belgium Team WRT[12] BMW M4 GT3 P Switzerland Raffaele Marciello[13] Italy Valentino Rossi[16] Belgium Charles Weerts[13]
47 Australia Supabarn Tigani Motorsport[17] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo S Australia James Koundouris[17] Australia Theo Koundouris[17] Australia David Russell[17] Australia Luke Youlden[17]
75 United States 75 Express[18] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P Andorra Jules Gounon[18] Australia Kenny Habul[18] Germany Luca Stolz[18]
77 Hong Kong Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing[19] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P Austria Lucas Auer[19] Germany Maximilian Götz[19] Australia Jayden Ojeda[19]
91 Australia The Bend Manthey EMA[20] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA Germany Laurin Heinrich[21] Netherlands Morris Schuring[21] Australia Sam Shahin[20] Australia Yasser Shahin[20]
93 Australia Wall Racing[22] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 S Australia Tony D'Alberto[22] Australia Adrian Deitz[22] Australia Grant Denyer[22] New Zealand Brendon Leitch[22]
111 Australia 111 Racing[23] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo B Australia Darren Currie[23] Australia Grant Donaldson[23] TBA
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 GruppeM Racing[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[23] Mercedes-AMG GT4 Hong Kong Daniel Bilski[23] United Kingdom Adam Christodoulou[23] Australia Mark Griffith[23]
24 Australia Method Motorsport[29] McLaren Artura GT4 New Zealand Cameron Campbell[29] Australia Jake Santalucia[29] Australia Anthony Levitt[29]
25 Australia Method Motorsport[29] McLaren Artura GT4 Australia Paul Buccini[29] Australia Tom Hayman[29] Australia Ryan Sorensen[29]
Class I (Invitational) (1 entry)
50 Australia KTM Vantage Racing[30] KTM X-Bow GT2 Australia David Crampton[30] Australia Trent Harrison[30] Australia 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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  25. ^ a b c d "Lowndes, Randle & Waters team up for Bathurst 12-Hour". Velocity News. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
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  30. ^ a b c d "KTM X-BOW GT2 to return for Invitational class challenge". Bathurst 12 Hour. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  31. ^ "2025 Entry List". Bathurst 12 Hour. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  32. ^ "2025 Bathurst 12 Hour Entry List" (PDF). Intercontinental GT Challenge. SRO Motorsports Group. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
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