Brown blazed a 2:03.8992s on The Mountain in the #55 Melbourne Performance Centre Audi R8 to be 0.2507s clear of his nearest rival.
Klaus Bachler was second-fastest on a 2:04.1499s in the #61 Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche 911 that he shares with Ricardo Feller and Laurin Heinrich.
Team GMR put together a lap at the death to surge to third with a 2:04.1602s to finish the session 0.2610s off the pace in the #888 Mercedes-AMG.
How did he hold on to this?!#B12Hr pic.twitter.com/nbNZ49Urb5
— Bathurst 12 Hour (@Bathurst12hour) February 13, 2026
There were only two noteworthy incidents in the 40-minute session. The first involved Anders Fjordbach, who spun on his own at Sulman Park.
The #86 High Class Racing Porsche 911 narrowly avoided hitting the concrete wall before slowly trundling back to the pit lane.
Factory Mercedes-AMG driver Fabian Schiller went off at Hell Corner in the #44 Tigani Motorsport entry. Following a brief stoppage, Schiller got pointed in the right direction.
Practice 4 on Friday at the Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour gets underway at 4:40pm AEDT.
Results: Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour Practice 3
| Pos | Num | Driver | Car | Laps | Diff | Gap | |
| 1 | 55 | Will Brown | Audi RB LMS GT3 Evo | 15 | 2:03.8992 | ||
| 2 | 61 | Klaus Bachler | Porsche 911 GT3R | 15 | 2:04.1499 | 0.2507 | 0.2507 |
| 3 | 888 | Maxime Martin | Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO | 17 | 2:04.1602 | 0.261 | 0.0103 |
| 4 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | BMW M4 GT3 EVO | 15 | 2:04.2312 | 0.332 | 0.071 |
| 5 | 222 | Cameron Waters | Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO | 16 | 2:04.2421 | 0.3429 | 0.0109 |
| 6 | 75 | Jules Gounon | Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO | 16 | 2:04.3469 | 0.4477 | 0.1048 |
| 7 | 89 | Maxime Oosten | BMW M4 GT3 EVO | 16 | 2:04.6142 | 0.715 | 0.2673 |
| 8 | 32 | Charles Weerts | BMW M4 GT3 EVO | 15 | 2:04.6184 | 0.7192 | 0.0042 |
| 9 | 268 | James Golding | Audi RB LMS GT3 Evo | 16 | 2:04.6304 | 0.7312 | 0.012 |
| 10 | 911 | Alessio Picariello | Porsche 911 GT3R | 17 | 2:04.6573 | 0.7581 | 0.0269 |
| 11 | 101 | Ryder Quinn | Audi RB LMS GT3 Evo | 15 | 2:04.6749 | 0.7757 | 0.0176 |
| 12 | 9 | Lee Holdsworth | Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo | 16 | 2:04.7649 | 0.8657 | 0.09 |
| 13 | 77 | Lucas Auer | Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO | 17 | 2:04.8321 | 0.9329 | 0.0672 |
| 14 | 45 | Garth Walden | Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO | 17 | 2:04.8744 | 0.9752 | 0.0423 |
| 15 | 93 | Tony D’Alberto | Lamborghini Huracan | 16 | 2:04.8769 | 0.9777 | 0.0025 |
| 16 | 44 | Scott Andrews | Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO | 16 | 2:04.9103 | 1.0111 | 0.0334 |
| 17 | 64 | Dennis Olsen | Ford Mustang GT3 | 17 | 2:04.9440 | 1.0448 | 0.0337 |
| 18 | 47 | David Russell | Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO | 16 | 2:04.9473 | 1.0481 | 0.0033 |
| 19 | 79 | Alex Fontana | Porsche 911 GT3R | 15 | 2:05.0780 | 1.1788 | 0.1307 |
| 20 | 21 | Ralf Bohn | Porsche 911 GT3R | 17 | 2:05.1485 | 1.2493 | 0.0705 |
| 21 | 2 | Alexandar Sims | Chevrolet Z06 GT3.R | 16 | 2:05.2678 | 1.3686 | 0.1193 |
| 22 | 6 | Jayden Ojeda | Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO | 16 | 2:05.3312 | 1.432 | 0.0634 |
| 23 | 86 | Dorian Boccolacci | Porsche 911 GT3R | 17 | 2:05.3828 | 1.4836 | 0.0516 |
| 24 | 100 | Will Davison | Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO | 17 | 2:05.4286 | 1.5294 | 0.0458 |
| 25 | 27 | Roman De Angelis | Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO | 17 | 2:05.4495 | 1.5503 | 0.0209 |
| 26 | 26 | Daniel Serra | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 16 | 2:05.7086 | 1.8094 | 0.2591 |
| 27 | 95 | Garnet Patterson | McLaren 720S GT3 EVO | 15 | 2:05.7875 | 1.8883 | 0.0789 |
| 28 | 99 | Jordan Love | Chevrolet Z06 GT3.R | 14 | 2:05.8549 | 1.9557 | 0.0674 |
| 29 | 193 | Jonathan Hui | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 16 | 2:06.1968 | 2.2976 | 0.3419 |
| 30 | 14 | Maxime Robin | Aston Martin Vantage | 17 | 2:06.2123 | 2.3131 | 0.0155 |
| 31 | 50 | Trent Harrison | KTM X-BOW GT2 | 16 | 2:06.3485 | 2.4493 | 0.1362 |
| 32 | 111 | Axle Donaldson | IRC GT | 16 | 2:09.4099 | 5.5107 | 3.0614 |
| 33 | 7 | Chris Van Der Drift | Aston Martin Vantage | 15 | 2:15.0787 | 11.1795 | 5.6688 |
| 34 | 42 | Steve Aghakhani | McLaren Artura GT4 | 15 | 2:19.4691 | 15.5699 | 4.3904 |
| 35 | 15 | Rylan Gray | McLaren 720S GT3 EVO | 2 |
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