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The Great Race is upon us once again.
The Bathurst 1000 for 2026 takes place today — Sunday, October 11 — with Zac Bates (Bendix Chevrolet) starting from pole position after blitzing the Top 10 shootout on Saturday afternoon.
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What time does the Bathurst 1000 race start?
This year’s Bathurst 1000 takes place at the iconic Mount Panorama circuit in Bathurst, NSW.
Consisting of 161 laps of the 6.213 km circuit, the Great Race will begin at 11:30 am (local time) with the winner set to be crowned at around 5:30 pm depending on safety cars, yellow flags and weather conditions.
Here’s how that start time translates across Australia:
Start Time | |
Australian Eastern Daylight Time | 11:30 a.m. |
Australian Eastern Standard Time | 10:30 a.m. |
Australian Central Daylight Time | 11:00 a.m. |
Australian Western Standard Time | 8:30 a.m. |
How to watch the Bathurst 1000: TV channel, live stream for 2026
- Free-to-air channel: Seven Network
- Subscription TV channel: Fox Sports
- Live stream: Kayo, 7plus (free)
Fans in Australia can catch every minute of the action live on Fox Sports in 4K Ultra HD.
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There you’ll be able to watch every practice session, qualifying, the Top 10 Shootout and, most importantly, the Bathurst 1000 on Sunday.
For free-to-air coverage, fans can tune into the Seven Network which will be broadcasting live action from Friday.
For those wishing to stream all the thrills and spills, Kayo will have you covered with live coverage kicking off with the Thursday practice sessions and taking you all the way through to the chequered flag and post-race presentations on Sunday.
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Starting grid: Zac Bates on pole for 2026 Bathurst 1000
Zach Bates/Aaron Seton (#10 Bendix Chevrolet)
Brodie Kostecki/Todd Hazelwood (#17 Shell V-Power Ford)
Anton De Pasquale/Lee Holdsworth (#18 DEWALT Chevrolet)
Cooper Murray/Lochie Dalton (#99 TotalEnergies Chevrolet)
Jack Le Brocq/Harri Jones (#4 Sherrin Rentals Chevrolet)
Will Brown/Scott Pye (#888 Red Bull Ampol Ford)
Jayden Ojeda/David Russell (#31 PremiAir Chevrolet)
David Reynolds/James Courtney (#48 Snowy River Chevrolet)
James Golding/Richie Stanaway (#7 CoolDrive Ford)
Matt Payne/Will Davison (#19 Penrite Ford)
Kai Allen/Tim Slade (#26 Penrite Ford)
Broc Feeney/Nick Percat (#88 Red Bull Ampol Ford)
Thomas Randle/Reuben Goodall (#55 Castrol Ford)
Cam Waters/Mark Winterbottom (#6 Monster Energy Ford)
Andre Heimgartner/Bryce Fullwood (#8 R&J Batteries Toyota)
Chaz Mostert/Fabian Coulthard (#1 Mobil 1 Optus Toyota)
Jobe Stewart/Jarrod Hughes (#9 Chiko Chevrolet)
Aaron Cameron/Zak Best (#3 LIQUI MOLY BLAHST Ford)
Cameron Hill/Brad Vaughan (#14 Dare Iced Coffee Toyota)
Macauley Jones/Jordan Boys (#96 Automotive Superstore Toyota)
James Moffat/Nathan Herne (#34 Team Valvoline Chevrolet)
Bayley Hall/Craig Lowndes (#15 Supercheap Auto Chevrolet)
Declan Fraser/Nash Morris (#777 PremiAir Chevrolet)
Jackson Walls/Jack Perkins (#11 Objective Ford)
Rylan Gray/Tony D’Alberto (#38 Shell V-Power Ford)
Ryan Wood/Jaxon Evans (#2 Mobil 1 Truck Assist Toyota)
Zach Bates gets POLE POSITION for the Repco Bathurst 1000! 🤯 https://t.co/TEE9MWLICl
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— 7Sport (@7Sport) October 10, 2026
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