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Ok, so let’s break down the basics for the Bathurst 1000.
What time does it start?
New South Wales: 11:45am (AEDT)
Northern Territory: 10:15am (ACST)
Queensland: 10:45am (AEST)
South Australia: 11:15am (ACDT)
ACT: 11:45pm (AEDT)
Victoria: 11:45am (AEDT)
Tasmania: 11:45am (AEDT)
Western Australia: 9:45am (AWST)
Where can I watch?
The race is broadcast on Channel Seven and Kayo Sports.
How far is the race and long does it take?
It says it on the tin, but the Bathurst enduro is a 1000km race, which means 161 laps of the 6.213km circuit.
Traditionally, it takes about six hours to find a winner. The length of the race, time-wise, can depend on how many crashes happen, and how often safety car slows down the pace.
Last year the safety car only came out once, allowing team of Kostecki and Hazelwood, in the Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet, were the first to ever win in under six hours.
The Bathurst 1000 Course Map.Credit: Supercars
What is the weather forecast?
For those who enjoy a bit of wet weather chaos and drama, you’re in luck. There will be rain.
The weather forecasts are saying there is a “95 per cent” chance of rain in the afternoon and early evening, and while it won’t massively heavy, it will enough to make the track slippery.
How fast are they going?
It takes a little over two minutes for the V8 Supercars to do a lap of Mount Panorama.
The qualifying lap record was 2:03.3736, set by Chaz Mostert in his Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden ZB Commodore in 2021. That was an average speed of 181.2 km/h.
The fastest speed clocked on the circuit is 300.5 km/h by Shane van Gisbergen on Conrod Straight in in 2023.
Spectators are seen at the 2025 Bathurst 1000. Credit: Getty Images
