Brodie Kostecki won the Bathurst 1000 after De Pasquale ran out of fuel on the final lap.

What it means

Brodie Kostecki won the 2026 Bathurst 1000, Australia's most famous endurance motor race, after rival Anton De Pasquale ran out of fuel on the final lap while leading. The win is notable both for the dramatic finish — a title decided by a fuel miscalculation at the very end — and because it marks Kostecki's first Bathurst 1000 victory. The race was the 61st running of the event, held at Mount Panorama.

Accuracy & sourcesGrounded

The claim rests on race-day reporting from the Sydney Morning Herald and other Nine mastheads plus AAP, all reputable secondary sources relaying a directly observed sporting result. The core facts — Kostecki won, De Pasquale ran out of fuel on the last lap — are consistent across the grounded sources, though the linked articles are live race reports (the headline URL is about the race start) rather than a final results bulletin.

How new

Genuinely new: the result is from the Bathurst 1000 run on 11 October 2026, reported the same day.

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