Brown fastest at Bathurst as Porsche survives scary spin

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, Mount Panorama