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Round 1 of 4 in the 2025 | ||||||||
Date | 31 January - 2 February 2025 | |||||||
Location | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||
Venue | Mount Panorama Circuit | |||||||
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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]
Entries were divided into classes based on car type and driver ratings.
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