Class winners of 2025 Bathurst 12 Hour

In addition to the heroics of Team WRT, there were plenty of other winners at the 2025 Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour

PRO AM

The #36 Arise Racing Ferrari kisses some dirt on the exit of Murrays. Image: Gruppe C Photography;/GT World Challenge Australia

WHILST THE lead Arise Racing GT car could not quite make the podium, the Pro Am entry ensured it still left its first Bathurst 12 Hour with silverware.

The Ferrari steered by Jaxon Evans, Elliott Schutte, Brad Schumacher and Ferrari factory driver Alessio Rovera claimed a hard fought class win.

The combination was in a race long battle with the Manthey EMA #91 Porsche of Laurin Heinrich, Morris Schuring, Sam Shahin and Yasser Shahin.

The Ferrari started on the back foot with the #91 sixth and the #36 down in 18th.

But by the end of the first stint they were nose to tail which set up the battle and the turning point arrived on Lap 200 where a five-lap undercut saw the Ferrari snatch the lead.

In what was the closest class battle outside of outright, Evans kept Heinrich at arm’s length to win by 25s.

“The temperature was quite hot but I was able to rope back in Yasser and Sam’s team during the double stint in the middle of the race and that put ourselves back onto the lead lap,” Schumacher recalled.

“That gave us the opportunity to strike and from there the story tells itself.”

BRONZE

The Heart of Racing Mercedes of Ross Gunn, Ian James, Zacharie Robichon leads the outright contenders through the Chase. Image Gruppe C Photography

THE LEADING car that was not a Pro entry was Bronze winners Ross Gunn, Ian James and Zach Robichon, who put in an impressive performance in the Heart of Racing Mercedes.

They finished seventh overall, 14 laps and four spots ahead of nearest rivals Marc Cini/Dean Fiore/Lee Holdsworth.

The Heart of Racing crew was also on the back foot, being behind the Audi for the first eight laps before making the move as Gunn put in a fast opening stint.

With the #4 Mercedes going in the gravel and the #9 Audi was in the garage briefly during the final hours, a faultless performance saw the #27 Mercedes clear winners.

SILVER

The Wall Racing Lamborghini roars up Skyline. Image: Supplied

ANOTHER FINE performance saw the eye-catching Wall Racing Lamborghini go back to back in Silver class honours.

Boosted by the arrival of experienced Kiwi Brendon Leitch, the #93 Huracan also featuring Tony D’Alberto, Adrian Deitz and the evergreen Grant Denyer dominated, winning the class by 20 laps.

The only scare was when Deitz was accidentally hit by a faster class rival Youlden at Sulman Park.

“We are very satisfied with the result and win back to back

“A lot of people made mistakes and we did not make any and the car did not really have a scratch on it. Wall Racing did a great job and that’s down to the preparation.

“We were really keen to get Brendon being a benchmark Lamborghini driver and I have learnt quite a bit off him.”

GT4

The Method Motorsport McLaren racing through Murrays.

THE BATTLE for GT4 was one of the most attritional with two of three entries getting to the finishing and only just.

It was a battle between Method Motorsport and Team Nineteen and Mostert’s crew led by the experienced Josh Buchan got the job done.

The #25 actually led early, but Sorensen’s crash at Skyline ended their day on Lap 36.

This put things in Team Nineteen’s favour, however, that entry was pushed into the garage around the halfway mark, seeing Buchan, Jake Santalucia and Anthony Levitt come out on top by 15 laps.

There was only one invitational runner being the KTM of D.Crampton/T.Harrison/G.Wood and importantly they made the finish.

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