Overview
- Maxime Martin, Maro Engel and Mikael Grenier guided Team GMR’s #888 Mercedes-AMG to victory by roughly 1.03 seconds, sealing each driver’s first Bathurst win.
- The win completed a charge from 29th on the grid, built on clean stints and a pivotal stop under safety car with about 90 minutes remaining to protect track position.
- On the final restart, contact between Kelvin van der Linde’s WRT BMW and Jules Gounon’s 75 Express Mercedes at Hell Corner opened the door for Martin to take the lead.
- The race featured multiple safety cars and an almost 56-minute red flag after a high-speed crash that eliminated the leading Craft-Bamboo Mercedes; Ralf Aron was reported stable after a hospital transfer.
- High Class Racing’s Porsche finished second and won Bronze class, with Team WRT’s BMW third, as Mercedes-AMG logged its fourth overall Bathurst 12 Hour triumph.