2026 Bathurst 12 Hour

2026 Bathurst 12 Hour

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Bathurst 12 Hour

Event information
Round 1 of 5 in the 2026 Intercontinental GT Challenge
Date	15 February 2026
Location	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Venue	Mount Panorama Circuit
Duration	12 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 2026. 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 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 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) (15 entries)
2	Johor Motorsports Racing JMR	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	Earl Bamber [2]	Nicky Catsburg [2]	Alexander Sims [2]
6	Mercedes-AMG Team Tigani Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Philip Ellis [3]	Jayden Ojeda [3]	Fabian Schiller [3]
26	Arise Racing GT	Ferrari 296 GT3	Jaxon Evans [4]	Davide Rigon [4]	Daniel Serra [4]
32	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3 Evo	Jordan Pepper [5]	Kelvin van der Linde [5]	Charles Weerts [5]
46	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3 Evo	Augusto Farfus [5]	Raffaele Marciello [5]	Valentino Rossi [5]
55	Jamec Racing Team MPC	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Will Brown [6]	Christopher Haase [6]	Brad Schumacher [6]
61	EBM	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Klaus Bachler [7]	Ricardo Feller [7]	Laurin Heinrich [7]
64	HRT Ford Racing	Ford Mustang GT3	Broc Feeney [8]	Christopher Mies [8]	Dennis Olsen [8]
75	75 Express	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Jules Gounon [3]	Kenny Habul [3]	Luca Stolz [3]
77	Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Ralf Aron [3]	Lucas Auer [3]	Maximilian Götz [3]
95	Optimum Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	Ben Barnicoat [9]	Marvin Kirchhöfer [9]	Garnet Patterson [9]
100	Grove Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Kai Allen [10]	Will Davison [10]	Brenton Grove [10]
222	Scott Taylor Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Chaz Mostert [11]	Thomas Randle [11]	Cameron Waters [11]
888	Mercedes-AMG Team GMR	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Maro Engel [3]	Mikaël Grenier [3]	Maxime Martin [3]
911	Absolute Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Bastian Buus [12]	Matt Campbell [12]	Alessio Picariello [12]
Class A (GT3 Silver) (2 entries)
15	Volante Rosso Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	Marcos Flack [13]	Rylan Gray [13]	Bayley Hall [13]	TBA [13]
45	RAM Motorsport / GWR Australia	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Brett Hobson [3]	Dylan O'Keeffe [3]	Garth Walden [3]
Class A (GT3 Bronze) (10 entries)
9	Hallmarc Racing Team MPC	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Marc Cini	Dean Fiore	Lee Holdsworth
21	Herberth Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Ralf Bohn	Alfred Renauer	Robert Renauer
27	Heart of Racing Team SPS	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Eduardo Barrichello [14]	Roman De Angelis [14]	Ian James [3]
47	Supabarn Supermarkets / Tigani Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Zach Bates [3]	James Koundouris [3]	Theo Koundouris [3]	David Russell [3]
79	Tsunami RT	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Fabio Babini [15]	Alex Fontana [15]	Daniel Gaunt [15]	Johannes Zelger [15]
86	High Class Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Dorian Boccolacci [16]	Anders Fjordbach [16]	Kerong Li [16]
89	Team KRC	BMW M4 GT3 Evo	Max Hesse [5]	Maxime Oosten [5]	Cunfan Ruan [5]
93	Wall Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Tony D'Alberto [17]	Marco Mapelli [17]	Adrian Deitz [17]	Grant Denyer [17]
101	Quinn Racing Team MPC	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Kent Quinn [18]	Klark Quinn [18]	Ryder Quinn [18]	Tony Quinn [18]
193	Ziggo Sport Tempesta by ARGT	Ferrari 296 GT3	Chris Froggatt [19]	Jonathan Hui [19]	Lorenzo Patrese [19]	Ryan Wood [19]
Class A (GT3 Pro-Am) (4 entries)
14	Volante Rosso Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Bryce Fullwood [13]	Damien Hamilton [13]	Andrés Pato [13]	Maxime Robin [13]
44	Geyer Valmont Racing / Tigani Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Scott Andrews [3]	Brendon Leitch [3]	Sergio Pires [3]	Marcel Zalloua [3]
99	Johor Motorsports Racing JMR	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	Ben Green [2]	Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim [2]	Prince Jefri Ibrahim [2]	Jordan Love [2]
268	Team BRM	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Steve Brooks [20]	James Golding [20]	Alex Peroni [20]	Mark Rosser [20]
Class C (GT4) (2 entries)
7	Team NZ	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4	Graeme Dowsett [21]	Romain Leroux [21]	Chris van der Drift [21]
42	Method Motorsport	McLaren Artura GT4	Kevin Madsen	Adrian Kunzle	TBA
Class I (Invitational) (2 entries)
50	KTM Vantage Racing by GWR	KTM X-Bow GT2	David Crampton	Trent Harrison	Glen Wood
111	111 Racing	IRC GT	Darren Currie	Axle Donaldson	Daniel Stutterd
Source: [22] [23]

References

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