2025 Bathurst 12 Hour

2025 Bathurst 12 Hour

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2025 Bathurst 12 Hour

Event Information
Round 1 of 5 in the 2025
Date	31 January - 2 February 2025
Location	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Venue	Mount 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 for Porsche GT3 Cup and other GTC cars from One-make racing series.
• Class C - GT4 (Current Specification SRO GT4 cars)
• Class I - Invitational class
  • For MARC cars, SRO GT2 cars and other special GT cars.

Entries

No. Entrant Car Class Driver 1 Driver 2 Driver 3 Driver 4 Class A (GT3) (18 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] [13] BMW M4 GT3 P Augusto Farfus [14] Kelvin van der Linde [14] Sheldon van der Linde [14] 36 Arise Racing GT [8] Ferrari 296 GT3 PA Jaxon Evans [15] Alessio Rovera [15] Brad Schumacher [15] Elliot Schutte [15] 44 Geyer Valmont Racing [16] Audi R8 LMS Evo II PA Scott Andrews [16] Sergio Pires [16] Marcel Zalloua [16] 46 Team WRT [12] [13] BMW M4 GT3 P Raffaele Marciello [14] Valentino Rossi [17] Charles Weerts [14] 47 Supabarn Tigani Motorsport [18] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo S James Koundouris [18] Theo Koundouris [18] David Russell [18] Luke Youlden [18] 75 75 Express [19] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P Jules Gounon [19] Kenny Habul [19] Luca Stolz [19] 77 Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing [20] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo P Lucas Auer [20] Maximilian Götz [20] Jayden Ojeda [20] 91 The Bend Manthey EMA [21] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA Laurin Heinrich [22] Morris Schuring [22] Sam Shahin [21] Yasser Shahin [21] 93 Wall Racing [23] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 S Tony D'Alberto [23] Adrian Deitz [23] Grant Denyer [23] Brendon Leitch [23] 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 GMR [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 [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]

GT3 entries Icon Class P Pro Cup S Silver Cup B Bronze Cup PA Pro-Am Cup

Notes

• 111 Racing was due to compete in the GT3-Bronze class with a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo and drivers Darren Currie, Grant Donaldson and Cameron McLeod, ^{[29] [35]} but withdrew due to a lack of funding. ^[36]
• Cameron Campbell was originally entered to compete for Method Motorsport in the No. 24 McLaren, ^[30] but withdrew after Friday practice. Josh Buchan replaced Campbell. ^[31]

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]

• Fastest race lap: 2:02.2740 – Chaz Mostert

Notes

1. Session was for FIA Bronze categorised drivers only.

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