Bathurst 1000 daily: Thursday

<p>Go behind the scenes of a tense opening day of the 2026 Bathurst 1000 – more off-track than on it – with the Thursday edition of our daily podcasts. </p><p>The pre-Bathurst parity war continued into the first day of track action at Mount Panorama with Ford finally granted its engine wishes. </p><p>The decision came so late, however, that the changes couldn't be applied in time for the first practice session.</p><p>Meanwhile, the ongoing TRC and calendar negotiations added to the tension in the Bathurst paddock.</p><p>Out on track the spoils were shared by Kai Allen and Lochie Dalton across the two sessions, giving Ford and GM an early win each.</p><p>But where were the Toyotas?</p><p>Andrew van Leeuwen, Stefan Bartholomaeus and Simon Chapman unpack all of those topics, and more, in the Thursday edition of the daily podcast.</p>