{"id":625135,"date":"2026-10-09T07:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T07:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/625135\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T07:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T07:30:10","slug":"bathurst-1000-start-time-kiwis-racing-how-to-watch-all-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/625135\/","title":{"rendered":"Bathurst 1000: Start time, Kiwis racing, how to watch \u2013 all you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bathurst 1000 entry list<\/p>\n

Bathurst 1000 weather forecast<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s race descended into carnage towards the back end as rain began tumbling down, however, don\u2019t expect the same this year.<\/p>\n

On Friday morning, the Bureau of Meteorology reported Sunday is expected to be mostly sunny, with a slight chance of a shower. The maximum temperature is set to be 27C. <\/p>\n

However, Saturday is set to be wet and wild with rain threatening the fifth and sixth practice and the iconic top 10 shootout.<\/p>\n

As it stands, there is a 90% chance of rain across the day, with thunderstorms possible in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

Bathurst 1000 starting grid<\/p>\n

The Bathurst 1000 starting grid is determined through a two-stage process consisting of a general qualifying session on Friday and a single-lap top 10 shootout on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Bathurst 1000 past five winners<\/p>\n

2025 \u2013 Matt Payne\/Garth Tander<\/p>\n

2024 \u2013 Brodie Kostecki\/Todd Hazelwood<\/p>\n

2023 \u2013 Shane van Gisbergen\/Richie Stanaway<\/p>\n

2022 \u2013 Shane van Gisbergen\/Garth Tander<\/p>\n

2021 \u2013 Chaz Mostert\/Lee Holdsworth<\/p>\n

2021 \u2013 Chaz Mostert\/Lee Holdsworth<\/p>\n

\"RyanRyan Wood during the 2025 Bathurst 1000. Photo \/ Photosport<\/p>\n

Bathurst 1000 what happened last year<\/p>\n

In 2025, Matt Payne joined an illustrious group of New Zealanders to conquer the mountain by winning the Bathurst 1000.<\/p>\n

Starting from 18th, Payne and co-driver Garth Tander survived horrendous conditions \u2013 with seven safety cars deployed \u2013 to secure victory in one of the tensest 161-lap races in history.<\/p>\n

Initially, fellow Kiwi Ryan Wood looked destined for victory but his car suffered engine issues with 20 laps remaining.<\/p>\n

Payne took the lead for the first time with five laps to go when he jumped from third to first after leaders Cooper Murray and James Golding made contact.<\/p>\n

Golding received a five-second penalty but didn\u2019t give up, taking the lead on the final lap and crossing the line first.<\/p>\n

But the penalty knocked him and co-driver David Russell to third, with David Reynolds and Lee Holdsworth finishing second.<\/p>\n

Bathurst 1000 TAB odds for contenders and Kiwis<\/p>\n

Matt Payne\/Will Davidson $3.50<\/p>\n

Brodie Kostecki\/Todd Hazelwood $4.25<\/p>\n

Broc Feeney\/Nick Percat $5<\/p>\n

Kai Allen\/Tim Slade $6<\/p>\n

Chaz Mostert\/Fabian Coulthard $7<\/p>\n

Ryan Wood\/Jaxon Evans $11<\/p>\n

James Goulding\/Richie Stanaway $26<\/p>\n

Andre Heimgartner\/Bryce Fullwood $91<\/p>\n

Bathurst 1000 \u2013 how to follow the action<\/p>\n

You can watch the race on Sky Sport 1, with pre-race action starting from 10.20am.<\/p>\n

You can also find live updates at nzherald.co.nz<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Listen to Elliott Smith\u2019s live commentary on Newstalk ZB Sport and iHeartRadio, or join the Alternative Commentary Collective on iHeartRadio and Radio Hauraki.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bathurst 1000 entry list Bathurst 1000 weather forecast Last year\u2019s race descended into carnage towards the back end…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[20299,307121,307124,5263,307135,85,307128,214,307136,307143,307134,307123,307132,307126,307122,307145,307133,307141,307146,221,307125,307131,307127,307139,307138,307129,307137,807,6036,307144,13233,5971,111,43,139,69,1570,42309,3512,307140,1240,4497,10809,307142,2044,61,1491,16670,307147,197,307130],"class_list":["post-625135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-20299","tag-130pm","tag-aaroncameron","tag-all","tag-antondepasquale","tag-australia","tag-bandreheimgartnerb","tag-bathurst","tag-bmattpayneb","tag-brocfeeney","tag-brodiekostecki","tag-bryanwoodb","tag-cameronhill","tag-camwaters","tag-chazmostert","tag-coopermurray","tag-craiglowndes","tag-davidreynolds","tag-declanfraser","tag-how","tag-jacklebrocq","tag-jacksonwalls","tag-jamesgolding","tag-jamesmoffat","tag-jaydenojeda","tag-jobestewart","tag-kaiallen","tag-kiwis","tag-know","tag-macauleyjones","tag-mount","tag-need","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-october","tag-panorama","tag-racing","tag-rylangray","tag-south","tag-start","tag-sunday","tag-thomasrandle","tag-time","tag-to","tag-wales","tag-watch","tag-willbrown","tag-you","tag-zachbates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}