Bumper on-track schedule locked in for 2025
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THE EVENT schedule for the 2025 Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour has been announced.
The packed four-day program includes the hugely popular Track to Town parade on Thursday - which for the first time will include cars from competing support categories and selected demonstration vehicles on the tour from the Mount Panorama circuit to the centre of Bathurst.
On track, three days of action include support categories, the Duggan Family Hotels Combined Sedans and Sports Cars and the debut of the Ferrari Challenge Australasia.
Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour competitors hit the track for the first time on Friday morning with four practice sessions across the first day on track.
Two further practices will be followed on Saturday by the three-part qualifying on Saturday afternoon, culminating in the Pirelli Pole Battle to determine the Allan Simonsen Pole Award.
That session will see the 10 quickest cars from qualifying on track for a flat-out 15 minutes to determine the first five rows on the grid for Australia’s International Enduro.
The Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour itself commences at the traditional pre-dawn start time of 5:45am on Sunday morning.
In addition to the Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour program, more than two hours of Repco Supercars Championship testing has also been added to the track schedule this year.
A Tickford Racing Ford Mustang and Team 18 Chevrolet Camaro will complete sessions on the Friday and Saturday of the January 31-February 2 event.
The two cars, which completed category testing at The Bend Motorsport Park in December, will run in four dedicated test sessions across the two days, commencing and ending the on-track program each day.
The 2025 event will be broadcast live in Australia and around the world via a combination of streaming and broadcast coverage across the three days this year, with a full broadcast schedule – across the screens of Seven and Fox Sports – to be confirmed next week.
2025 Event Schedule
Thursday, 30 January 2025
Start | Finish | Category | Duration | Session |
10:30 | 13:00 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 2:30 | Track to Town |
Friday 31 January 2025
Start | Finish | Category | Duration | Session |
7:00 | 7:15 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 0:15 | Commence Circuit Closure |
0:05 | ||||
7:20 | 7:45 | Supercars | 0:25 | Supercars Testing |
7:55 | 8:20 | Ferrari Challenge Australasia | 0:25 | Practice |
8:35 | 9:15 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 0:40 | Practice 1 |
0:05 | FCY Procedure Test | |||
9:30 | 10:00 | Combined Sedans | 0:30 | Qualifying 1 |
10:10 | 10:50 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 0:40 | Practice 2 (Bronze Drivers only) |
0:05 | FCY Procedure Test | |||
11:00 | 11:20 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 0:20 | Demonstration Session |
11:30 | 12:00 | Ferrari Challenge Australasia | 0:30 | Qualifying Race 1 |
12:00 | 13:00 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 1:00 | Resident Access |
12:15 | 12:35 | 0:20 | Pit Lane Walk | |
13:00 | 13:30 | Combined Sedans | 0:30 | Qualifying 2 |
13:45 | 14:25 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 0:40 | Practice 3 (Refueling Permitted) |
14:35 | 14:55 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 0:20 | Demonstration Session |
15:05 | 15:35 | Ferrari Challenge Australasia | 1 lap after 15:33 | Race 1 |
15:45 | 16:15 | Combined Sedans | 1 lap after 16:13 | Race 1 |
16:30 | 17:10 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 0:40 | Practice 4 (Bronze Drivers only) |
17:15 | 17:55 | Supercars | 0:40 | Supercars Testing |
17:55 | 18:05 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 0:10 | Commence Circuit Opening |
Saturday 1 February 2025
Start | Finish | Category | Duration | Session |
7:00 | 7:15 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 0:15 | Commence Circuit Closure |
7:20 | 7:40 | Supercars | 0:20 | Supercars Testing |
7:50 | 8:20 | Combined Sedans | 1 lap after 8:18 | Race 2 |
8:35 | 9:35 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 1:00 | Practice 5 (Refueling Permitted) |
9:45 | 10:10 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 0:25 | Demonstration Session |
10:25 | 11:25 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 1:00 | Practice 6 |
11:35 | 12:05 | Ferrari Challenge Australasia | 0:30 | Qualifying Race 2 |
12:05 | 13:05 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 1:00 | Resident Access |
12:20 | 12:40 | 0:20 | Pit Lane Walk | |
13:05 | 13:35 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 0:30 | Qualifying - Part 1 (Q1) - Lower 50% |
13:50 | 14:20 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 0:30 | Qualifying - Part 2 (Q2) - Upper 50% |
14:35 | 15:05 | Combined Sedans | 1 lap after 15:03 | Race 3 |
15:00 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 0:30 | Autograph Session | |
15:20 | 15:50 | Ferrari Challenge Australasia | 1 lap after 15:48 | Race 2 |
16:05 | 16:20 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 0:15 | Qualifying - Part 3 (Q3) - Pirelli Pole Battle |
16:35 | 17:20 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 0:45 | Sponsor ride session |
17:25 | 17:55 | Supercars | 0:30 | Supercars Testing |
17:55 | 18:05 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 0:10 | Commence Circuit Opening |
Sunday 2 February 2025
Start | Finish | Category | Duration | Session |
4:50 | 5:05 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 0:15 | Commence Circuit Closure |
5:15 | Pit Exit Open | |||
5:20 | Pit Exit Close | |||
5:45 | 17:45 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 1 lap after 17:43 | 2025 Meguiar's Bathurst 12 Hour |
Podium | ||||
17:55 | 18:10 | Bathurst 12 Hour | 0:15 | Commence Circuit Opening |
