Having sat second inside the final 10 minutes, Randle shot to the top of the timesheets with a little over a minute to go with a 1:45.8578s in the #268 Team BRM Audi R8.
He then bettered that benchmark with just a few seconds left in the session, clocking a 1:45.5919s.
Randle and co-driver Mark Rosser wound up 0.2750s clear of the #1 Melbourne Performance Centre Audi R8 of Broc Feeney and Brad Schumacher.
They bounced back from engine issues earlier in the day, completing 25 laps of The Bend – the most of anyone in the third session.
Ryan Wood was third-fastest for an all-Audi top three in another Team BRM entry with Kiwi compatriot Steve Brooks in the #88 car.
Having locked out the top three in Practice 1, Tigani Motorsport slid slightly down the order with Jayden Ojeda the best of the Mercedes-AMG trio in fourth.
Ojeda and co-driver Paul Lucchitti set a session-best 1:46.2214s to end up 0.6295s off the pace in the #66 Mercedes-AMG.
Brendon Leitch’s best time in the #44 Mercedes-AMG came early on in the session, a meagre 0.0316s away from Ojeda.
The top 10 was completed by Oscar Targett/Shane Smollen (#56 Mercedes), Will Davison/Renee Gracie (#181 Ferrari), Jaxon Evans/Elliott Schutte (#26 Ferrari), and Josh Hunt/Geoff Emery (#15 McLaren).
The day’s final 60-minute session featured one red flag on the stroke of halfway when the Hunt/Emery Volante Rosso Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 went off at Turn 1.
GT World Challenge Australia continues on Saturday, May 9 with Qualifying 1 at 10:15am ACST followed by Qualifying 2 at 10:40 ACST. Race 1 is scheduled for 4:20pm ACST.
Results: GT World Challenge Australia The Bend, Practice 3
| Pos | Num | Drivers | Team | Vehicle | Class | Laps | Lap | Diff | Gap |
| 1 | 268 | T.Randle/M.Rosser | Castrol Team BRM | Audi R8 LMS EVO ll | PA | 22 | 21 | 1:45.5919* | |
| 2 | 1 | B.Feeney/B.Schumacher | Kelso Electrical /Team MPC | Audi R8 LMS EVO ll | PA | 25 | 21 | 1:45.8669 | 0:00.2750 |
| 3 | 88 | R.Wood/S.Brooks | Team BRM /Wolfbrook Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS EVO 11 | PA | 16 | 4 | 1:45.9003 | 0:00.3084 |
| 4 | 66 | J.Ojeda/P.Lucchitti | Move My Wheels by Tigani | Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO | PA | 24 | 24 | 1:46.2214 | 0:00.6295 |
| 5 | 44 | B.Leitch/S.Pires | Geyer Valmont Racing by Tigani | Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO | PA | 22 | 4 | 1:46.2530 | 0:00.6611 |
| 6 | 666 | G.Patterson/J.Drake | Team BRM | Audi R8 LMS EVO ll | PA | 18 | 15 | 1:46.3794 | 0:00.7875 |
| 7 | 56 | O.Targett/S.Smollen | Kollosche AMG by Tigani | Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO | PA | 22 | 9 | 1:46.4910 | 0:00.8991 |
| 8 | 181 | W.Davison/R.Gracie | OnlyFans Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 | PA | 22 | 20 | 1:46.9577 | 0:01.3658 |
| 9 | 26 | J.Evans/E.Schutte | ARGT | Ferrari 296 GT3 | PA | 23 | 21 | 1:47.0499 | 0:01.4580 |
| 10 | 15 | J.Hunt/G.Emery | Volante Rosso Motorsport | McLaren 720s GT3 EVO | PA | 20 | 17 | 1:47.1028 | 0:01.5109 |
| 11 | 23 | J.Buchan/C.Campbell | Zagame Autosport | Ferrari 296 GT3 | PA | 20 | 5 | 1:47.1355 | 0:01.5436 |
| 12 | 2 | V.Astuti/D.Currie | Trading Garage /Team MPC | Audi R8 LMS EVO ll | PA | 24 | 12 | 1:47.3845 | 0:01.7926 |
| 13 | 14 | A.Gardner/W.Porter | Volante Rosso Motorsport | Aston Martin Vantage | T | 20 | 6 | 1:47.7143 | 0:02.1224 |
| 14 | 93 | T.D’Alberto/A.Deitz | Wall Racing | Lamborghini Huracan | PA | 19 | 4 | 1:47.8388 | 0:02.2469 |
| 15 | 71 | L.Youlden/N.Halstead | AED Consulting by Tigani | Porsche 911 GT3R | T | 22 | 5 | 1:47.9077 | 0:02.3158 |
| 16 | 24 | P.Stokell/M.Stoupas | KFC /Team MPC | Audi R8 LMS EVO 11 | T | 17 | 17 | 1:49.3694 | 0:03.7775 |
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