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.
The championship was contested over six rounds. [1]
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]
| 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 |
Drivers' titles were awarded in four divisions. [3]
| 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 | |||||
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