One of the endurance racing highlights kicking off the circuit motorsport season is the Bathurst 12‑Hour from 13 to 15 February 2026. Why? Because the Australian track at Mount Panorama simply steals the show.
A tight and demanding 6.213‑kilometer layout with inclines of up to 16 %, and all of it partly on public roads. After all, the Mount Panorama Circuit in New South Wales in southeastern Australia is not a permanent track.
For the fifth year in a row, our Australian importer Scuderia Autoart is a partner and sponsors the corner complex at the end of the Conrod Straight high‑speed section known as “The KW suspensions Chase.”
Once again in 2026, the “mountain run” up and down Australia’s Nordschleife‑like challenge will be intense and that’s not just because of the circuit. The who’s who of GT3 professionals is heading to Australia for the summit assault. The GT3 field alone will feature 31 cars, including 15 in the Pro Cup. What’s especially exciting: with General Motors and Ford joining the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC), the series’ manufacturer ranking this year is as strong with six brands as it was back in 2019, while at the same time, numerous other manufacturers make up the international GT3 field at Mount Panorama.
Of the 31 cars, GT3 models from Aston Martin, BMW, and Porsche are homologated with our KW V6 Racing dampers. The defending champions from BMW Team WRT are back on the mountain. In 2025, the Belgian BMW M Team celebrated a one-two finish!
GT3 Teams Using KW V6 Racing Dampers:
#14 Volante Rosso Motorsport – Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo with Bryce Fullwood / Daimen Hamilton / Maxime Robin (Class: Pro‑Am)
#21 Herberth Motorsport – Porsche 911 GT3 R with Ralf Bohn / Alfred Renauer / Robert Renauer (Class: Bronze)
#32 BMW Team WRT – BMW M4 GT3 with Jordan Pepper / Kelvin van der Linde / Charles Weerts (Class: Pro)
#46 BMW Team WRT – BMW M4 GT3 with Augusto Farfus / Raffaele Marciello / Valentino Rossi (Class: Pro)
#61 EBM – Earl Bamber Motorsport – Porsche 911 GT3 R with Klaus Bachler / Ricardo Feller / Laurin Heinrich (Class: Pro)
#79 Tsunami RT – Porsche 911 GT3 R with Fabio Babini / Alex Fontana / Daniel Gaunt / Johannes Zelger (Class: Bronze)
#86 High Class Racing – Porsche 911 GT3 R with Kerong Li / Anders Fjordbach / Dorian Boccolacci (Class: Bronze)
#89 Team KRC – BMW M4 GT3 with Ruan Cunfan / Max Hesse / Maxime Oosten (Class: Bronze)
#911 Absolute Racing – Porsche 911 GT3 R with Bastian Buus / Matt Campbell / Alessio Picariello (Class: Pro)
While Thursday through Saturday are packed with practice and qualifying, the race starts on Sunday, 15 February 2026, at 05:45 AM AEDT — that’s Saturday, 19:45 in Germany (07:45 PM CET).
By the way, the race is streamed live for free on the Bathurst 12h Race YouTube channel.
Since 2011, our motorsport customers have already conquered 2024 and 2025 the “mountain run” at Bathurst. Could 2026 even become a hat trick?
Photo Teams, Race Organizer, KW
