Follow the 2026 Bathurst 12 Hour Live Updates: Latest LIVE COVERAGE, Highlights from Mount Panorama.
Before the new Repco Supercars Championship season gets underway, the Meguiar's Bathurst 12 Hour kicks off the Australian racing season at Mount Panorama.
The best of world and Australian sportscar stars have descended on Bathurst for the once-around-the-clock classic, with a whopping 31 GT3 entered in the race.
11 Supercars drivers are taking on the race, with Tickford Racing star Cam Waters claiming pole position.
Australia's International Enduro commences at 5:45am local time on Sunday.
What time does the 12 hour Bathurst race start and ends?
Where can I watch the 12 hours of Bathurst today?
Bathurst 12 Hour's official Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) will be your go-to for all updates, results, videos and the best images from some of the world's best motorsport photographers.
New Zealand fans will be able to watch live on Sky Sport NZ.
1. #222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes (Waters/Mostert/Randle)
2. #77 Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes (Götz/Aron/Auer)
3. #75 75 Express Mercedes (Habul/Stolz/Gounon)
4. #911 Absolute Racing Porsche (Campbell/Picariello/Buus)
5. #55 Jamec Racing/Team MPC Audi (Schumacher/Haase/Brown)
6. #93 Wall Racing Lamborghini (Mapelli/Wall/D'Alberto/Denyer)
7. #46 Team WRT BMW (Farfus/Rossi/Marciello)
8. #44 Geyer Valmont Racing/Tigani Motorsport Mercedes (Zalloua/Pires/Leitch/Andrews)
9. #64 HRT Ford Racing Ford (Olsen/Mies/Feeney)
10. #6 Mercedes-AMG Team Tigani Motorsport (Ojeda/Schiller/Ellis)
11. #89 Team KRC BMW (Ruan/Oosten/Hesse)
12. #32 Team WRT BMW (Pepper/van der Linde/Weerts
13. #9 Hallmarc/Team MPC Audi (Cini/Holdsworth/Fiore)
14. #101 Q/Team MPC Audi (Quinn/Quinn/Quinn/Quinn)
15. #95 Optimum Motorsport McLaren (Patterson/Barnicoat/Kirchhöfer)
16. #193 Ziggo Sport Tempesta by ARGT Ferrari (Wood/Froggatt/Hui/Patrese)
17. #268 Team BRM Audi (Brooks/Rosser/Peroni/Golding)
18. #26 Arise Racing GT Ferrari (Evans/Rigon/Serra)
19. #45 RAM Motorsport/GWR Australia Mercedes (Hobson/O'Keeffe/Walden)
20. #100 Grove Racing Mercedes (Grove/Allen/Davison)
21. #79 TSUNAMI RT Porsche (Zelger/Babini/Fontana)
22. #47 Supabarn Supermarkets/Tigani Motorsport Mercedes (Koundouris/Koundouris/Russell/Bates)
23. #21 Herberth Motorsport Porsche (Bohn/Renauer/Renauer)
24. #2 Johor Motorsports Racing JMR Corvette (Sims/Catsburg/Bamber)
25. #99 Johor Motorsports Racing JMR Corvette (Ibrahim/Ibrahim/Green/Love)
26. #14 Volante Rosso Motorsport Aston Martin (Fullwood/Hamilton/Pato/Robin)
27. #27 Heart of Racing by SPS Mercedes (James/Barrichello/De Angelis)
28. #15 Volante Rosso Motorsport McLaren (Hall/Gray/Flack/Simmenauer)
29. #50 KTM Vantage Racing KTM (Crampton/Harrison/Wood)
30. #888 Mercedes-AMG Team GMR Mercedes (Engel/Martin/Grenier)
31. #86 High Class Racing Porsche (Li/Fjordbach/Boccolacci)
32. #111 111 Racing IRC (Currie/Donaldson/Stutterd)
33. #42 Method Motorsport McLaren (Madsen/Kunzle/Aghakhani)
34. #61 EBM Porsche (Feller/Heinrich/Bachler)*
FOLLOW LIVE of 2026 Bathurst 12 Hour 2026 Updates, Highlights
Time Left: Remaining Timing - 11:10 hours - Laps 8/306
The No.46 BMW of Rossi, currently driven by Augusto Farfus, made an extra-ordinary start on the opening lap!
Farfus has gone from 7th to 4th at the end of the opening lap. An electric start from the Brazilian.
Max Goetz leads the way in the No.77 Mercedes, ahead of the No.222 Mercedes which lost the lead at the start.
No.32 BMW has climbed up the order early on, they've gone from 12th to 9th in the opening few laps, with Kelvin van der Linde at the wheel
--- The Top 3 are separated by just one second, with the cars behind currently chasing them down.
SAFETY CAR DEPLOYED
No.64 Ford Mustang is stricken at the side of the road on the back straight just before Turn 20. Mies is out of the car and the Safety Car has been deployed
-- Luca Stolz brings the No.75 Mercedes into the pits, most of these cars looking to top up on fuel
-- The No.32 WRT BMW has now gone from 12th to 6th in less than half an hour.
-- No.64 Ford Mustang has now heading back to the pit lane on a flat bed truck after being recovered.
Still Safety Car ON: The No.50 KTM has crashed at the final corner under Safety Car conditions.
It may throttle was stuck, or a brake failure.
-- The Safety Car will stay out for the next 5-10 minutes.
The sun rises in New South Wales and the cars are now visible!
Safety Car ON: Finally Green Flag Starts
---- Goetz in the No.77 Mercedes leads the way, Haase hounds the No.222 Mercedes for 2nd place!
-- The leading No.77 Mercedes of Goetz already gaining a 1.5 second advantage!
-- The No.222 Mercedes in 2nd, currently being hounded by the No.55 Audi of Haase on 3rd place, No. 93 Mpelli on 5th Place
-- The No.89 BMW of Ruan is on a physical roadblock, with an entire field of cars chasing the BMW down.
-- No.100 Mercedes hit the wall earlier on the exit of Turn 9, but there is no damage reported.
Time Left: Remaining Timing - 10:59 hours - Laps 17/306
-- The No.100 Mercedes crossed the No.59 BMW down the back straight, overtaking the BMW into Turn 20
No. 1 -- Goetz still leads the way in the No.77 Mercedes, with the No.222 Mercedes just a few tenths behind, with the No.55 Audi a further half a second back.
Latest Standing of Bathurst 12 Hour after 1 Hour.
1. #77 Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes (Götz/Aron/Auer)
2. #222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes (Waters/Mostert/Randle)
3. #55 Jamec Racing/Team MPC Audi (Schumacher/Haase/Brown)
4. #46 Team WRT BMW (Farfus/Rossi/Marciello)
5. #93 Wall Racing Lamborghini (Mapelli/Wall/D'Alberto/Denyer)
-- No.9 Audi collides with the wall at Turn 18. They've lost a lot of time and currently sit in 23rd place
Time Left: Remaining Timing - 10:48 hours - Laps 22/306 - Round 1
-- Sitting at No. 17, The No.89 BMW is now acting as a roadblock once again, may be Break Issue
-- The Top 5 are currently separated by half a second from one another.
The No.32 BMW has significant damage on their front right bumper!
LIVE Bathurst 12 Hour Top 5 currently after 1 Hour
1st No.77 Mercedes, Goetz
2nd No.222 Mercedes, Randle
3rd No.55 Audi, Haase
4th No.46 BMW, Farfus
5th No.93 Lamborghini, Mapelli
Time Left: Remaining Timing - 10:45 hours - Laps 24/306 - Round 1
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