The Bathurst 12 Hour 2026 will feature 35 cars, including 31 GT3 machines. After sparse fields in recent years, the starting grid is growing again.
The Bathurst 12 Hour race has finally overcome the minor crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic in the early 2020s. For the first time since 2020, the last edition before the pandemic, the field again comprises more than 30 cars.
The GT3 field alone has grown to 31 cars. Particularly encouraging is the 15 cars in the Pro Cup, a number not seen since before the pandemic. This is made possible, among other things, by the addition of General Motors and Ford to the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC), which this year boasts six manufacturers, its strongest line-up since 2019.
The driver line-up for Herberth Motorsport, the Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II fielded by the Melbourne Performance Center (MPC), and the two cars from Volante Rosso Motorsport are still unconfirmed.
The Bathurst 12 Hour will be contested with 2025-generation GT3 cars. Evo packages for 2026 will therefore not yet be used.
The field is rather sparse in the other classes. Only two teams are represented in GT4, while an IRC team returns to the Invitationals, which should please the local fans.
Class A: GT3
#TeamDriversCarCategory| Johor Motorsports Racing JMR | Earl Bamber / Nicky Catsburg / Alexander Sims | Corvette Z06 GT3.R | Pro | |
| Mercedes-AMG Team Tigani | Philip Ellis / Jayden Ojeda / Fabian Schiller | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Pro | |
| Hallmarc Racing Team MPC | Marc Cini / Dean Fiore / Lee Holdsworth | Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II | Bronze | |
| Volante Rosso Motorsport | B. Fullwood / D. Hamilton / A. Pato / M. Robin | |||
| / E. Barrichello | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Bronze | ||
| BMW Team WRT | Jordan Pepper / K. van der Linde / Charles Weerts | BMW M4 GT3 Evo | Pro | |
| Geyer Valmont / Tigani | S. Andrews / B. Leitch / S. Pires / M. Zalloua | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Pro-Am | |
| RAM Motorsport / GWR | Brett Hobson / Dylan O'Keeffe / Garth Walden | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Silver | |
| BMW Team WRT | Augusto Farfus / Raffaele Marciello / Valentino Rossi | BMW M4 GT3 Evo | Pro | |
| Supabarn / Tigani | Z. Bates / J. Koundouris / T. Koundouris / D. Russell | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Bronze | |
| EBM (Earl Bamber M-sport) | ||||
| RT | ||||
| cing | A. Deitz / G. Denyer / T. D'Alberto / M. Mapelli | Lamborghini Huracan Evo2 | Bronze | |
| Optimum Motorsport | Ben Barnicoat / Marvin Kirchhöfer / G. Patterson | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | Pro | |
| Johor Motorsports Racing JMR | ||||
| pesta | R. Wood / C. Froggatt / J. Hui / L. Patrese | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Bronze | |
| Scott Taylor Motorsport | Chaz Mostert / Thomas Randle / Cameron Waters | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Pro | |
| Team BRM | ||||
Class C: GT4
#TeamDriversCar| Team NZ | Graeme Dowsett / Romain Leroux / Chris van der Drift | Aston Martin Vantage GT4 | |
| Method Motorsport | Kevin Madsen / Adrian Kunzle / TBA | McLaren Artura GT4 |
Class I: Invitation
#TeamDriversCar| KTM Vantage by GWR | David Crampton / Trent Harrison / Glen Wood | KTM X-Bow GT2 | |
| 111 Racing | Axle Dolandson / Darren Currie / Daniel Stutterd | IRC GT |
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