Overview
- Mercedes-AMG Team GMR’s No. 888 of Maro Engel, Mikaël Grenier and Maxime Martin won by 1.036 seconds over 262 laps after starting 29th, the lowest grid position ever to take victory at the event.
- Christopher Mies struck a kangaroo at about 250 km/h within 20 minutes, destroying the HRT Ford Mustang’s windshield and contaminating his cockpit and gear; he was medically cleared but the sole Ford entry retired.
- Race leader Ralf Aron’s No. 77 Mercedes collided with Johannes Zelger’s No. 79 Porsche near Forrest’s Elbow, igniting the AMG and prompting roughly an hour-long red flag; Aron was taken to hospital in Orange for assessment.
- Other serious incidents included James Golding’s airborne crash into a concrete wall after McPhillamy Park, with drivers involved able to exit their cars after heavy impacts.
- Officials deployed eight safety cars across the chaotic event as drivers renewed calls for wildlife mitigation, with proposals such as later start times or fencing following multiple kangaroo sightings and strikes.