2025 Bathurst 12 Hour
Endurance race in Australia
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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.
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| Round 1 of 5 in the 2025 | ||||||||||||||
| Date | 31 January – 2 February 2025 | |||||||||||||
| Location | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Mount Panorama Circuit | |||||||||||||
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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
Entries
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 | |||||
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| No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Ref | ||
| Practice 1 | Friday | 32 | BMW M4 GT3 | 2:02.900 | [37] | ||
| Practice 2[a] | 14 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | 2:05.106 | [38] | |||
| Practice 3 | 888 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:03.851 | [39] | |||
| Practice 4[a] | 183 | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | 2:05.093 | [40] | |||
| Practice 5 | Saturday | 222 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:03.693 | [41] | ||
| Practice 6 | 222 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:02.700 | [42] | |||
Qualifying
Top 10 Shootout
| Pos. | Class | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time |
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| 1 | P | 77 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 2:01.276 | ||
| 2 | P | 183 | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +0.125 | ||
| 3 | P | 888 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +0.283 | ||
| 4 | P | 32 | BMW M4 GT3 | +0.417 | ||
| 5 | P | 26 | Ferrari 296 GT3 | +0.432 | ||
| 6 | PA | 91 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | +0.616 | ||
| 7 | P | 75 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +0.628 | ||
| 8 | PA | 44 | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +0.658 | ||
| 9 | P | 222 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | +0.675 | ||
| 10 | B | 9 | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | +0.894 | ||
| Source:[44] | ||||||
Race
Class winners indicated in bold and with ‡.
- Fastest race lap: 2:02.2740 – Chaz Mostert
Notes
- Session was for FIA Bronze categorised drivers only.