2015 Australian GT Championship

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

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 Haase 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

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Class	Rounds
EVA Racing	Audi R8 Ultra	2	Peter Fitzgerald		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	Christopher Mies		GT
		75			GT
JJA Consulting Group		77			GT Trophy
Flying B Racing		80			GT
Voight Contracting		93			GT Trophy

Divisions

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

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

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

1. 2015 CAMS Australian GT Championship Sporting and Technical Regulations, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
2. Audi claim the major silverware in Australian GT final, australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
3. Australian GT Championship, cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
4. Results, australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
5. Natsoft Race Results, racing.natsoft.com.au Retrieved 17 December 2015
6. 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

External links

• Official website