This is a live feed for the Bathurst 1000 and will be updated as the race goes on.
5:28pm – Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood are the 2026 Bathurst winners.
At 5:27pm, Anton De Pasquale is out of fuel on the last lap, a tense moment for the Bathurst 1000 contenders.
5:26pm – Final lap. Has De Pasquale got enough fuel?
5:24pm – Bates under pressure and Kostecki and Brown come through.
5:22pm – Anton went early and has pulled a gap on Bates as they head up mountain straight.
5:21pm – Safety car comes in with 3 laps to go.
5:17pm – Chaz Mostert has whacked the wall at Forrest’s Elbow in a massive shunt. Safety car called
5:16pm – Kostecki into 3rd
5:14- #888 Bad sportsmanship flag.
5:13pm – Brodie has now caught Brown for the last step on the podium. Its game on
5:07pm – As we thought earlier, Kostecki is crazy fast!
a lap of 2m06.5218s, setting the fastest lap.
5:04 – Zach Bates has brought the gap down to 8.5s to De Pasquale at the front. Wood back into the pit.
5:01pm – 4 tires and here he comes. Kostecki comes out 4th behind De Pasquale, Bates and Brown.
5:00pm – Kostecki comes into Pit lane, Tires and a splash of fuel and the car #17 is going to be fast for the last 11 laps.
4:58pm – Kostecki still out and won’t be far before he comes in.
Ryan Wood is firing up the car!
4:56pm – 15 laps to go!
4:48pm – 19 laps to go and Bates gets the call from the team to calm down with the tires.
4:46pm – Will Brown in pit lane for fuel and tires, Brown comes out in 5th. Brodie Kostecki still yet to pit.
4:44pm – They continue to work on Ryan Wood’s car. He needs to get that car back out there for points in the championship.
4:40pm – Wood in Pit lane taking damage after that wall hit at Reid Park.
4:39pm – Bates in pit lane and taking fuel and tires and comes out into 4th position.
4:38pm – Ryan Wood smashed the wall at Reid Park, Wood needs a good result to continue in the championship.
4:36pm – De Pasquale in Pit lane, new tires and fuel and straight out in 14 sec. Bates coming up on lapped traffic and needs more fuel.
4:32pm- De Pasquale has brought the gap to Bates down to 1.2sec
4:27 – With 1 pit stop remaining this is going to be an insane finish.
4:25pm – Longest Bathurst😳 without a safety car. Insane
4:22pm – 30 Laps remaining. It’s Bates to De Pasquale and Brown in 3rd. The gap to Bates is closing rapidly.
4:18pm – Anton De Pasquale kissed the wall on the exit of Forrest’s Elbow, he is pushing to close the gap to Bates.
4:15 – De Pasquale closing the gap on Bates with a
2:07.8442, Bates 2:08.4480 and holds a 3.7sec lead.
4:10pm – It’sgoing to be an epic finish with Bates and De Pasquale needing different fuel loads coming towards the end of the race.
The battle is on for 5th and 6th with Payne and Kostecki
4:06pm – Kostecki gets tires, issues with changing the brakes and concedes the lead, Kostecki comes out in 5th.
4:04pm – De Pasquale enters pit lane and exits in 3rd behind Kostecki and Bates.
3:59pm – Will Brown into the pits, tires and fuel and he comes out behind Bates in 5th position
3:52 – We are heading to the fastest Bathurst ever! Will we see the 161 laps without a safety car?
3:50pm – Both Matt Stone Racing cars have been and gone in the pit lane, with Bates emerging in 7th and Le Brocq in 8th
3:29pm – Loundes comes into the pit and sends Hall out onto the track.
3:25pm – Red Bull Ampol have brakes out ready for the #88 car
3:23pm – Awesome pass at The Chase from Nash Morris on Zak Best.
3:19pm – Most of the Co drivers getting through their laps.
3:16pm
Kostecki – Bates – Brown are the top 3.
3:11pm – Kostecki emerges in second position on the road, with Zach Bates behind having jumped Will Brown. We are 100 laps in.
3:09pm – Todd Hazelwood behind the wheel for 2 hours. Brodie Kostecki will take over and race through to the end.
Scott Pye is now back into the pits from 2nd position, he will hand over to Will Brown. Brown will most probably stay behind the wheel for the remainder of the race.
while this battle continues Hazelwood is approaching them to make them a lap down.
The Mostert and Waters battle continues. Do you remember back a few years ago when they crashed?
Mostert and Waters battling hard changing positions for 21st and 22nd.
Aaron Seton’s time aboard the #10 is now done. It’s been in incredible drive
We are half way in the great race, after 81 laps
1st – T. Hazelwood
2nd – A. Seton, 3rd S.Pye
Car #19 of Matt Payne/Will Davison has been handed a drive-through penalty for a pit stop breach. Davison emerges in 13th after the drive-through.
Aaron Seton is back into the pit lane from 2nd position, closely followed by Payne from 4th. Scott Pye stays out to inherit 2nd.
The first brake change of the day on Lap 66 for car #2
Anton De Pasquale has now handed back over to Lee Holdsworth, who emerges behind Pye for effective 4th
Tony D’Alberto has a left rear suspension failure. Jones has managed to recover, and we’re clear with no safety car.
Macauley Jones is pointing backwards at The Cutting and has made contact with the wall. A massive spin.
Brown short fueled in the first stop to get track position.
Blistering on the rear tires of Ryan Wood’s car, rather unsurprisingly. And the team made massive front end change to get the handling issues under control.
Matt Payne has been handed a 5s penalty for forcing David Reynolds off the road on Conrod
Matt Payne sending it past Reynolds at Forrest’s Elbow before the pair came together at the kink at the top of Conrod Straight
Jayden Ojeda almost got turned on the pit straight by Payne as they swapped spots in the braking zone. A massive save from Ojeda
Lap 24 and the leader makes his way into pit lane. Hazelwood and Holdsworth stay out.
Dalton and Davison also come in at the same time
Kai Allen is the first of the leading contenders to come into the pit lane, and Tim Slade has climbed aboard
The top three car continue to run very consistently at the front, with 0.6s from Seton to Hazelwood, and a further 0.4s back to Holdsworth
10 laps complete and Seton continues to lead, building that gap out to 0.6s over Hazelwood.
5 laps complete, and Kai Allen and Fabian Coulthard have each made three spots from their starting position
Tony D’Alberto played a part in the Lap 1 incident at The Cutting, going three wide on the inside of James Moffat and Nash Morris.
The stewards have said no further investigation for that incident.
Nash Morris and James Moffat came together at The Cutting on the opening lap. Moffat has a tire down after that contact.
The lights are out and the Bathurst 1000 is underway! Seton and Hazelwood got away to an even start, and Seton leads into Turn 1.
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