2026 Bathurst 12 Hour

The 2026 Bathurst 12 Hour (commercially titled 2026 Meguiar's Bathurst 12 Hour) was 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 was the opening round of the 2026 Intercontinental GT Challenge.

The race was marred by the first red flag in nearly a decade. Tsunami RT's Johannes Zelger in the GT3 Bronze class was involved in an incident with Volante Rosso Motorsport's Damien Hamilton in the GT3 Pro-Am class at Forrest’s Elbow. While the incident was minor, both Zelger and Hamilton were stopped in the turn. Team Craft-Bamboo Racing's Ralf Aron was leading the GT3 Pro field as they approached Forrest’s Elbow. Aron would end up colliding into Zelger's car at nearly full speed. The race was red flagged within a minute and was stopped for nearly an hour.

Aron would end up crawling out of his car and was transported to a regional hospital. The incident was criticized for a lack of flags giving warning in the run up to the stoppage at Forrest’s Elbow.

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 one or two FIA Platinum, FIA Gold, or FIA Silver and two FIA Bronze related drivers. Silver Cup – For driving combinations featuring only FIA Silver and Bronze drivers. Bronze – For driving combinations featuring one Platinum or Gold, one Silver and one Bronze driver. Class B – Porsche Cup Class for Porsche GT3 Cup 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

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 Nicky Catsburg Alexander Sims 6 Mercedes-AMG Team Tigani Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Philip Ellis Jayden Ojeda Fabian Schiller 26 Arise Racing GT Ferrari 296 GT3 Jaxon Evans Davide Rigon Daniel Serra 32 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo Jordan Pepper Kelvin van der Linde Charles Weerts 46 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo Augusto Farfus Raffaele Marciello Valentino Rossi 55 Jamec Racing Team MPC Audi R8 LMS Evo II Will Brown Christopher Haase Brad Schumacher 61 EBM Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Klaus Bachler Ricardo Feller Laurin Heinrich 64 HRT Ford Racing Ford Mustang GT3 Broc Feeney Christopher Mies Dennis Olsen 75 75 Express Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Jules Gounon Kenny Habul Luca Stolz 77 Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Ralf Aron Lucas Auer Maximilian Götz 95 Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo Ben Barnicoat Marvin Kirchhöfer Garnet Patterson 100 Grove Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Kai Allen Will Davison Brenton Grove 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Chaz Mostert Thomas Randle Cameron Waters 888 Mercedes-AMG Team GMR Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Maro Engel Mikaël Grenier Maxime Martin 911 Absolute Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Bastian Buus Matt Campbell Alessio Picariello Class A (GT3 Silver) (1 entry) 15 Volante Rosso Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo Marcos Flack Rylan Gray Bayley Hall Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer 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 Roman De Angelis Ian James47 Supabarn Supermarkets / Tigani Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Zach Bates James Koundouris Theo Koundouris David Russell 79 Tsunami RT Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Fabio Babini Alex Fontana Johannes Zelger 86 High Class Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Dorian Boccolacci Anders Fjordbach Kerong Li 89 Team KRC BMW M4 GT3 Evo Max Hesse Maxime Oosten Cunfan Ruan 93 Wall Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Tony D'Alberto Marco Mapelli Adrian Deitz Grant Denyer 101 Quinn Racing Team MPC Audi R8 LMS Evo II Kent Quinn Klark Quinn Ryder Quinn Tony Quinn 193 Ziggo Sport Tempesta by ARGT Ferrari 296 GT3 Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui Lorenzo Patrese Ryan Wood Class A (GT3 Pro-Am) (5 entries) 14 Volante Rosso Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Bryce Fullwood Damien Hamilton Maxime Robin 44 Geyer Valmont Racing / Tigani Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Scott Andrews Brendon Leitch Sergio Pires Marcel Zalloua 45 RAM Motorsport / GWR Australia Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Brett Hobson Dylan O'Keeffe Garth Walden 99 Johor Motorsports Racing JMR Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Ben Green Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim Prince Jefri Ibrahim Jordan Love 268 Team BRM Audi R8 LMS Evo II Steve Brooks James Golding Alex Peroni Mark Rosser Class C (GT4) (2 entries) 7 Team NZ Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Graeme Dowsett Romain Leroux Chris van der Drift 42 Method Motorsport McLaren Artura GT4 Steven Aghakhani Adrian Kunzle Kevin Madsen 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:

Results

Practice SessionDayFastest LapNo.DriverTeamCarTimeRefPractice 1Friday32 Charles Weerts Team WRTBMW M4 GT3 Evo2:03.86945 Brett Hobson RAM Motorsport / GWR AustraliaMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo2:05.318Practice 355 Will Brown Jamec Racing Team MPCAudi R8 LMS Evo II2:03.899Practice 475 Kenny Habul 75 ExpressMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo2:04.906Practice 5Saturday55 Christopher Haase Jamec Racing Team MPCAudi R8 LMS Evo II2:03.040Practice 6222 Cameron Waters Scott Taylor MotorsportMercedes-AMG GT3 Evo2:02.357

Qualifying Class Driver Team Car Time 1 P 222 Cameron Waters Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:01.5631 2 PA 44 Scott Andrews Geyer Valmont Racing / Tigani Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:01.6706 3 P 64 Broc Feeney HRT Ford Racing Ford Mustang GT3 2:01.6875 4 P 75 Luca Stolz 75 Express Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:01.7565 5 P 6 Jayden Ojeda Tigani Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:01.8066 6 P 55 Christopher Haase Jamec Racing Team MPC Audi R8 LMS Evo II 2:01.8804 7 P 46 Raffaele Marciello Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo 2:01.9631 8 P 77 Lucas Auer Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:01.9715 9 P 911 Matt Campbell Absolute Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 2:01.9785 10 B 93 Marco Mapelli Wall Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 2:01.9902 11 B 89 Max Hesse Team KRCBMW M4 GT3 Evo 2:02.0234 12 P 32 Kelvin van der Linde Team WRTBMW M4 GT3 Evo 2:02.0361 13 B 9 Lee Holdsworth Hallmarc Racing Team MPC Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II 2:02.2429 14 B 101 Ryder Quinn Quinn Racing Team MPC Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II 2:02.2608 15 P 95 Marvin Kirchhöfer Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 2:02.4067 16 B 193 Ryan Wood Ziggo Sport Tempesta by ARGT Ferrari 296 GT3 2:02.5246 17 PA 268 Alex Peroni Team BRM Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II 2:02.5478 18 P 26 Jaxon Evans Arise Racing GT Ferrari 296 GT3 2:02.5533 19 PA 45 Dylan O'Keeffe RAM Motorsport / GWR Australia Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:02.7601 20 P 100 Kai Allen Grove Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:02.7859 21 B 79 Alex Fontana Tsunami RT Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 2:02.8025 22 B 47 David Russell Supabarn Supermarkets / Tigani Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:02.9686 23 P 77 Lucas Auer Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:03.0452 24 P 2 Earl Bamber Johor Motorsports Racing JMR Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 2:03.0587 25 PA 99 Ben Green Johor Motorsports Racing JMR Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R 2:03.1114 26 PA 14 Bryce Fullwood Volante Rosso Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 2:03.1459 27 B 27 Roman De Angelis Heart of Racing Team SPS Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:03.1776 28 S 15 Marcos Flack Volante Rosso Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo 2:04.1448 29 INV 50 Glen Wood KTM Vantage Racing by GWR KTM X-Bow GT2 2:05.7656 30 P 888 Maro Engel Mercedes-AMG Team GMR Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:06.3000 31 B 86 Dorian Boccolacci High Class Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) 2:06.6433 32 INV 111 Darren Currie 111 Racing IRC GT 2:07.5945 33 GT4 42 Adrian Kunzle Method Motorsport McLaren Artura GT4 2:20.6429 34 P 61 Laurin Heinrich EBM Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Disqualified Source:

Top 10 Shootout Class Driver Team Car Time 1 P 222 Cameron Waters Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2:01.0790 2 P 77 Lucas Auer Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +0.1770 3 P 75 Luca Stolz 75 Express Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +0.2154 4 P 911 Matt Campbell Absolute Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) +0.2308 5 P 55 Christopher Haase Jamec Racing Team MPC Audi R8 LMS Evo II +0.4645 6 B 93 Marco Mapelli Wall Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 +0.6706 7 P 46 Raffaele Marciello Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo +0.7942 8 PA 44 Scott Andrews Geyer Valmont Racing / Tigani Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +0.8512 9 P 64 Broc Feeney HRT Ford Racing Ford Mustang GT3 +0.8703 10 P 6 Jayden Ojeda Tigani Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo +1.0444 Source:

Race Class winners indicated in bold and with .