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2015 Australian GT Championship

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The 2015 Australian GT Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to FIA GT3 cars and similar approved vehicles.[1] It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as National Championship, with the Australian GT Sportscar Group Pty Ltd appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager.[1]

The GT Championship title, which was the 19th Australian GT Championship, was won by Christopher Mies, driving an Audi R8 Ultra.

Race calendar edit

 
Christopher Mies won the Championship driving an Audi R8 Ultra
 
Klark Quinn placed third driving a McLaren MP4-12C (pictured) and a McLaren 650S GT3
 
Max Twigg placed ninth in a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3
 
Morgan Haber placed 13th in a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3
 
James Koundouris placed 14th in a Porsche 911 GT3-R
 
Tony Walls placed 15th in a McLaren 650S GT3
 
John Magro placed 27th in a Lamborghini Gallardo
 
Jan Jinadasa placed 5th in GT Trophy in a Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4
 
Kevin Weeks placed 8th in GT Trophy in a Ford GT GT3
 
Ben Foessel placed 15th in GT Trophy in a Ginetta G50Z
 
Brenton Griguol placed 19th in GT Trophy in a Ferrari 430 GT3

The championship was contested over six rounds.[1]

Rnd[1] Circuit[1] Date[1] Pole position[1] Fastest lap Winning driver Winning vehicle
1 Adelaide Street Circuit 28 February   Jono Lester   Jono Lester   Nathan Antunes Audi R8 Ultra
  Christopher Mies
  Greg Crick 		  Nathan Antunes Audi R8 Ultra
1 March   Christopher Mies   Tony Quinn McLaren MP4-12C
2 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 22–23 May   Jono Lester
  Graeme Smyth 		  Christopher Mies
  Greg Crick 		  Christopher Mies
  Greg Crick 		Audi R8 Ultra
3 Townsville Street Circuit 11 July   Jono Lester   Christopher Mies
  Greg Crick 		  Tony D'Alberto
  Grant Denyer 		Ferrari 458 Italia
12 July   Christopher Mies
  Greg Crick 		  Nathan Antunes Audi R8 Ultra
4 Sydney Motorsport Park 22 August   Steve Owen
  Kevin Weeks 		  Matt Campbell   Christopher Mies
  Ryan Millier 		Audi R8 Ultra
23 August   Christopher Mies
  Ryan Millier 		  Grant Denyer Ferrari 458 Italia
5 Sandown International Raceway 12 September   Jono Lester   Morgan Haber   Tony D'Alberto
  Grant Denyer 		Ferrari 458 Italia
13 September   Jono Lester
  Graeme Smyth 		  Christopher Mies
  Ryan Millier 		Audi R8 Ultra
6 Highlands Motorsport Park 14 November   Christopher Hasse
  Steve McLaughlan 		  Klark Quinn
  Shane van Gisbergen 		  Klark Quinn
  Shane van Gisbergen 		McLaren 650S GT3
15 November   Klark Quinn
  Shane van Gisbergen 		  Morgan Haber Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3

Round 6 at Highlands Motorsport Park in New Zealand comprised two races each of sixty minutes duration. These races were held as support races for the Highlands 101, an endurance race which did not count towards the championship.[2]

Teams and Drivers edit

Team Car No. Driver Co-Driver Class Rounds
EVA Racing Audi R8 Ultra 2 GT
Motor School Ginetta G50Z 3 GT Trophy
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 4 GT Trophy
Supaloc Racing Ford GT GT3 5 GT Trophy
Skwirk / Beechwood Homes Audi R8 Ultra 6 GT
Darrell Lea 7 GT
23 GT
37 GT
Maranello Motorsport 8 GT
88 GT
Objective Racing 11 GT
Walz Group 12 GT Challenge
Keith Wong 15 GT Trophy
Hog's Breath Cafe 19 GT Trophy
DJS Racing Motorsport Services 21 GT Trophy
Scott Taylor Motorsport 22 GT
Lago Racing 23 GT
Trass Family Motorsport 27   Jono Lester GT
Erebus Motorsport 28 GT
36 GT
Fastway Couriers 33 GT Trophy
RentCorp. Forklifts 35 GT Trophy
Adina Apartment Hotels 38 GT Trophy
johnmargo.com 46 GT
Interlloy Motorsport 46 GT
48 GT
Supabarn Supermarkets 47 GT
69 GT Trophy
AMAC Motorsport 51 GT
SAFE-T-STOP 53 GT Challenge
Donut King 54 GT Challenge
Malibu Boats 55 GT Trophy
Southern Star Developments 57 GT Trophy
Team FreeM 63 GT
Motorsport Services 64 GT Trophy
Gap Solutions 66 GT Trophy
Thomson Geer Lawyers 68 GT Challenge
DPM Motorsport 71 GT
HHH Racing/Triffid/ESP 73 GT
JAMEC PEM Racing 74 GT
75 GT
JJA Consulting Group 77 GT Trophy
Flying B Racing 80 GT
Voight Contracting 93 GT Trophy

Divisions edit

Drivers' titles were awarded in four divisions.[3]

  • GT Championship - for FIA GT3 specification vehicles[3]
  • GT Trophy - for older specification FIA GT3 vehicles[3]
  • GT Challenge - for cars that no longer fitted within the GT Championship and GT Trophy divisions[3]
  • GT Sports - for GT4 specification cars[3]

Championship standings edit

Pos Driver[4] No.[5][6] Vehicle[4][5][2][6] Competitor/Team [5][6] Pts[4]
GT Championship
1   Christopher Mies 74 Audi R8 Ultra JAMEC PEM Racing 643
2   Grant Denyer 88 Ferrari 458 Italia Maranello Motorsport 549
3   Klark Quinn 37 McLaren MP4-12C
McLaren 650S GT3 		Darrell Lea 531
4   Nathan Antunes 6 Audi R8 Ultra Skwirk / Beechwood Homes 514
5   Jono Lester 27 Ferrari 458 Italia Trass Family Motorsport 496
6   Tony Quinn 37 &
7 		McLaren MP4-12C
McLaren 650S GT3 		Darrell Lea 433
7   Tony D'Alberto 88 Ferrari 458 Italia Maranello Motorsport 432
8   Graeme Smyth 27 Ferrari 458 Italia Trass Family Motorsport 416
9   Max Twigg 36 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport Pty Ltd 366
10   Ryan Millier 74 Audi R8 Ultra JAMEC PEM Racing 343
11   Greg Crick 74 Audi R8 Ultra JAMEC PEM Racing 300
12   Geoff Emery 36 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport Pty Ltd 300
13   Morgan Haber 28 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport Pty Ltd 291
14   James Koundouris 47 Porsche 911 GT3-R Supabarn Supermarkets 274
15   Tony Walls 11 McLaren 650S GT3 Objective Racing 273
16   Steve McLaughlan 75 Audi R8 Ultra JAMEC PEM Racing 233
17   Andrew Macpherson 51 Porsche 911 GT3-R AMAC Motorsport 208
18   Bradley Shiels 51 Porsche 911 GT3-R AMAC Motorsport 180
19   Garth Tander 7 McLaren 650S GT3 Darrell Lea 176
20   Scott Taylor 22 Porsche 911 GT3-R Scott Taylor Motorsport 139
21   Shane van Gisbergen 37 McLaren 650S GT3 Darrell Lea 130
22   Justin McMillan 48 Chevrolet Camaro Interlloy M Motorsport 129
23   Glen Wood 46 &
48 		Lamborghini Gallardo &
Chevrolet Camaro GT3 		Interlloy M Motorsport 126
24   Marcus Marshall 47 Porsche 911 GT3-R
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup-S 		Supabarn Supermarkets 122
25   Peter Fitzgerald 2 Audi R8 Ultra EVA Racing / Evolve Technik 101
26   Peter Edwards 80 Bentley Continental Flying B Racing 99
27   John Magro 49 &
46 		Lamborghini Gallardo johnmagro.com 94
28   Craig Baird 22 Porsche 911 GT3-R Scott Taylor Motorsport 81
29   Paul Kelly 27 Ferrari 458 Italia Trass Family Motorsport 80
30   Elliot Barbour 46 Lamborghini Gallardo Interlloy M Motorsport 70
31   Michael Hovey 73 Ginetta G55 GT3 HHH Racing/Triffid/ESP 68
32   Jack LeBrocq 48 Chevrolet Camaro Interlloy M Motorsport 67
33   Adrian Deitz 8 Ferrari 458 Italia Maranello Motorsport 66
34   Shae Davies 36 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport Pty Ltd 66
35   Dale Paterson 74 Chevrolet Camaro DPM Motorsport 63
36   John Bowe 80 Bentley Continental Flying B Racing 63
37   Aaron Seton 22 Porsche 911 GT3-R Scott Taylor Motorsport 58
38   Roger Lago 23 Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX Lago Racing 57
39   Jonathon Webb 23 McLaren MP4-12C Darrell Lea 54
40   Warren Luff 11 McLaren 650S GT3 Objective Racing 50
41   Cameron McConville 8 Ferrari 458 Italia Maranello Motorsport 48
42   Nathan Morcom 46 Lamborghini Gallardo johnmagro.com 45
43   Steven Richards 71 Chevrolet Camaro DPM Motorsport 44
44   Rod Salmon 6 Audi R8 Ultra Skwirk / Beechwood Homes 38
45   Ross Lilley 63 Lamborghini Gallardo Team FreeM 33
GT Trophy
Pos Driver No. Vehicle Competitor/Team Pts
1   Greg Taylor 38 Audi R8 LMS Adina Apartment Hotels 752
  Barton Mawer 38 Audi R8 LMS Adina Apartment Hotels 752
2   Mark Griffith 19 Audi R8 LMS Hogs Breath Café 731
3   Theo Koundouris 69 Porsche 911 GT3-S Supabarn Supermarkets 718
4   Simon Ellingham 33 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Fastway Couriers 543
5   Jan Jinadasa 77 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 JJA Consulting Group 387
6   Steve Owen 69 &
5 &
77 		Porsche 911 GT3-S &
Ford GT GT3 &
Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 		Supabarn Supermarkets &
Supaloc Racing &
JJA Consulting Group 		225
7   Daniel Gaunt 19 Audi R8 LMS Hogs Breath Café 173
8   Kevin Weeks 5 Ford GT GT3 Supaloc Racing 149
9   Steve Voight 93 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Voight Contracting 142
  Scott Taylor 93 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Voight Contracting 142
10   Daniel Gaunt 19 Audi R8 LMS Hogs Breath Café 130
11   Andre Heimgartner 33 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Fastway Couriers 90
12   John Goodacre 66 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Gap Solutions 86
13   Danny Stutterd 21 Lamborghini Gallardo DJS Racing Motorsport Services 75
14   Xavier West 55 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Malibu Boats 74
  Tim Macrow 64 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Motorsport Services 74
15   Ben Foessel 3 Ginetta G50Z Motor School 69
16   Indiran Padayachee 35 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Rentcorp Forklifts 67
17   Simon McLennan 64 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Motorsport Services 65
18   Tim Macrow 64 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Motorsport Services 65
19   Brenton Griguol 43 Ferrari 430 GT3 Bank SA 46
20   Rob Smith 57 Audi R8 LMS Southern Star Developments 39
21   Peter Conroy 4 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 38
22   Sean Varney 4 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 38
23   Keith Wong 15 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Keith Wong 35
24   Kuang Wong 15 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Keith Wong 35
25   Matthew Turnbull Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Fire Rating Solutions 33
GT Challenge
Pos Driver No. Vehicle Competitor/Team Pts
1   Richard Gartner 53 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car SAFE-T-STOP 726
2   Tony Alford 54 Lotus Exige Cup Car
Nissan GTR 		Donut King 692
3   Michael O'Donnell 68 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Thomson Geer Lawyers 677
4   Brendan Cook 12 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Walz Group 365
5   Mark O'Connor 54 Lotus Exige Cup Car Donut King 281
6   Matt Kingsley 12 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Walz Group 253
GT Sports
No Participants
  • The driver gaining the highest points total over all rounds of the Championship, within their division, was declared the winner of that division.[1]
  • If two drivers competed in the same automobile for all, or the majority of the rounds, then the final division position was awarded to both drivers.[1]

2015 Australian Tourist Trophy edit

The 2015 Australian Tourist Trophy was awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport to the driver accumulating the highest aggregate points total from Rounds 2 and 4 of the Australian GT Championship.[1] The title, which was the 25th Australian Tourist Trophy, was won by Christopher Mies driving an Audi R8 Ultra.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j 2015 CAMS Australian GT Championship Sporting and Technical Regulations, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  2. ^ a b Audi claim the major silverware in Australian GT final, australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  3. ^ a b c d e Australian GT Championship, cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  4. ^ a b c Results, australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  5. ^ a b c Natsoft Race Results, racing.natsoft.com.au Retrieved 17 December 2015
  6. ^ a b c Australian GT Championship (round 6), www.racingsportscars.com, as archived at web.archive.org
  7. ^ 2016 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport – Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

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