The Bathurst 12 Hour race has lastly overcome the minor disaster triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic within the early 2020s. For the primary time since 2020, the final version earlier than the pandemic, the sector once more contains greater than 30 vehicles.
The GT3 area alone has grown to 31 vehicles. Notably encouraging is the 15 vehicles within the Professional Cup, a quantity not seen since earlier than the pandemic. That is made potential, amongst different issues, by the addition of Common Motors and Ford to the Intercontinental GT Problem (IGTC), which this 12 months boasts six producers, its strongest line-up since 2019.
The motive force line-ups for Herberth Motorsport, the Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II fielded by the Melbourne Efficiency Heart (MPC), and the 2 vehicles from Volante Rosso Motorsport are actually confirmed.
The Bathurst 12 Hour can be contested with 2025-generation GT3 vehicles. Evo packages for 2026 will due to this fact not but be used.
The sphere is fairly sparse within the different lessons. Solely two groups are represented in GT4, whereas an IRC staff returns to the Invitationals, which ought to please the native followers.
Class A: GT3
#
Group
Drivers
Automotive
Class
2
Johor Motorsports Racing JMR
Earl Bamber / Nicky Catsburg / Alexander Sims
Corvette Z06 GT3.R
Professional
6
Mercedes-AMG Group Tigani
Philip Ellis / Jayden Ojeda / Fabian Schiller
Mercedes-AMG GT3
Professional
9
Hallmarc Racing Group MPC
Marc Cini / Dean Fiore / Lee Holdsworth
Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II
Bronze
14
Volante Rosso Motorsport
B. Fullwood / D. Hamilton / A. Pato / M. Robin
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo
Professional-Am
15
Volante Rosso Motorsport
Bayley Corridor / Rylan Grey / Marcos Flack / TBA
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo
Silver
21
Herberth Motorsport
Ralf Bohn / Alfred Renauer / Robert Renauer
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
Bronze
26
Come up Racing GT
Jaxon Evans / Davide Rigon / Daniel Serra
Ferrari 296 GT3
Professional
27
Coronary heart of Racing by SPS
Ian James / Roman de Angelis / E. Barrichello
Mercedes-AMG GT3
Bronze
32
BMW Group WRT
Jordan Pepper / Ok. van der Linde / Charles Weerts
BMW M4 GT3 Evo
Professional
44
Geyer Valmont / Tigani
S. Andrews / B. Leitch / S. Pires / M. Zalloua
Mercedes-AMG GT3
Professional-Am
45
RAM Motorsport / GWR
Brett Hobson / Dylan O’Keeffe / Garth Walden
Mercedes-AMG GT3
Silver
46
BMW Group WRT
Augusto Farfus / Raffaele Marciello / Valentino Rossi
BMW M4 GT3 Evo
Professional
47
Supabarn / Tigani
Z. Bates / J. Koundouris / T. Koundouris / D. Russell
Mercedes-AMG GT3
Bronze
61
EBM (Earl Bamber M-sport)
Klaus Bachler / Ricardo Feller / Laurin Heinrich
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
Professional
64
HRT Ford Racing
Broc Feeney / Christopher Mies / Dennis Olsen
Ford Mustang GT3
Professional
75
75 Specific
Jules Gounon / Kenny Habul / Luca Stolz
Mercedes-AMG GT3
Professional
77
Craft-Bamboo Racing
Ralf Aron / Lucas Auer / Maximilian Götz
Mercedes-AMG GT3
Professional
79
Tsunami RT
F. Babini / A. Fontana / D. Gaunt / J. Zelger
Porsche 911 GT3 R
Bronze
86
Excessive Class Racing
Kerong Li / Anders Fjordbach / Dorian Boccolacci
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
Bronze
89
Group KRC
Ruan Cunfan / Max Hesse / Maxime Oosten
BMW M4 GT3 Evo
Bronze
93
Wall Racing
A. Deitz / G. Denyer / T. D’Alberto / M. Mapelli
Lamborghini Huracan Evo2
Bronze
95
Optimum Motorsport
Ben Barnicoat / Marvin Kirchhöfer / G. Patterson
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo
Professional
99
Johor Motorsports Racing JMR
B. Inexperienced / Abu Bakar Ibrahim / Jefri Ibrahim / J. Love
Corvette Z06 GT3.R
Professional-Am
100
Grove Racing
Kai Allen / Will Davison / Brenton Grove
Mercedes-AMG GT3
Professional
101
Q / Group MPC
Kent Quinn / Klark Quinn / Ryder Quinn / Tony Quinn
Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II
Bronze
183
Jamec Racing/Melbourne Efficiency Heart
Brad Schumacher / Christopher Haase / Will Brown
Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II
Professional
193
Ziggo Sport Tempesta
R. Wooden / C. Froggatt / J. Hui / L. Patrese
Ferrari 296 GT3
Bronze
222
Scott Taylor Motorsport
Chaz Mostert / Thomas Randle / Cameron Waters
Mercedes-AMG GT3
Professional
268
Group BRM
S. Brooks / J. Golding / A. Peroni / M. Rosser
Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II
Professional-Am
888
Mercedes-AMG Group GMR
Maro Engel / Mikael Grenier / Maxime Martin
Mercedes-AMG GT3
Professional
911
Absolute Racing
Bastian Buus / Matt Campbell / Alessio Picariello
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
Professional
Class C: GT4
#
Group
Drivers
Automotive
7
Group NZ
Graeme Dowsett / Romain Leroux / Chris van der Drift
Aston Martin Vantage GT4
42
Methodology Motorsport
Kevin Madsen / Adrian Kunzle / TBA
McLaren Artura GT4
Class I: Invitation
#
Group
Drivers
Automotive
50
KTM Vantage by GWR
David Crampton / Trent Harrison / Glen Wooden
KTM X-Bow GT2
111
111 Racing
Axle Dolandson / Darren Currie / Daniel Stutterd
IRC GT
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