2023 GT World Challenge Australia

2023 GT World Challenge Australia

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The 2023 Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS is an Australian motor sport competition for GT cars. The series incorporates the "Motorsport Australia GT Championship", the "Motorsport Australia Endurance Championship", the "GT3 Trophy Series" and the "GT4 Cup". The Motorsport Australia GT Championship is the 27th running of an Australian GT Championship. This is the third season of the championship being jointly managed by Australian Racing Group (ARG) and SRO Motorsports Group.

Calendar

The provisional six-race calendar was released on 16 January 2023 with all rounds taking place in Australia. ^[1]

Rd	Circuit	City / State	Date	Supporting Events
1	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	7–9 April	TCR Australia Touring Car Series Trans Am Australia Series
2	Wanneroo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	28–30 April	Supercars Championship
3	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	12–14 May	TCR Australia Touring Car Series Trans Am Australia Series
4	Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	28–30 July	Supercars Championship
5	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	11–13 August	TCR Australia Touring Car Series Trans Am Australia Series
6	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	23–25 November	Supercars Championship

Entry list

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds GT2 M Motorsport KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept Audi 2.5 L I5 50 David Crampton INV 4 Trent Harrison GT3 EMA Motorsport [2] Porsche 911 GT3 R [2] Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 1 Yasser Shahin [2] PA All Garnet Patterson [2] 1–5 Matt Campbell [3] 6 Grove Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 4 Brenton Grove PA 3 Stephen Grove Wall Racing [4] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo [4] Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 6 Adrian Deitz [4] PA 3 David Wall [4] Melbourne Performance Centre [a] Audi R8 LMS Evo II [5] Audi 5.2 L V10 8 Michael Kokkinos [5] Am 1–3 10 Andrew Fawcet PA 3 Dylan O'Keeffe 22 Ash Samadi Am 1–5 23 Paul Stokell Am All Matt Stoupas 65 Liam Talbot PA All Max Hofer 1–2 Fraser Ross 3–4 Garth Tander 5 Christopher Mies [6] 6 75 Geoff Emery PA All Christer Jöns 1 Christopher Mies [7] 2 Max Hofer [6] 3–6 Dutton Garage Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 18 George Nakas Am 3 Ben Stack Nineteen Corporation Audi R8 LMS Ultra [8] Audi 5.2 L V10 181 Renee Gracie [8] T 2–5 Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 Am 6 Tony Bates Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 24 Tony Bates PA 2 Jordan Love Volante Rosso Motorsport [b] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 34 Chris Batzios [9] PA 6 Jayden Ojeda [10] 6 101 PA 2–5 Ross Poulakis [11] 1–5 Sam Brabham 1 102 Chris Batzios [9] PA 3, 5 Sam Brabham 3 Josh Hunt 5 Valmont Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 44 Sergio Pires Am 1, 3–5 Marcel Zalloua RAM Motorsport [12] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo [12] Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 45 Michael Sheargold Am All Garth Walden 96 Michael Bailey [12] PA All Brett Hobson [12] Supabarn Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 47 Theo Koundouris Am 4, 6 James Koundouris 6 M Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 48 Justin McMillan PA2 Am2 1–4 Roger Lago 1 Glen Wood 2–3 Schumacher Motorsport [13] Audi R8 LMS Evo II [13] Audi 5.2 L V10 55 Brad Schumacher [13] Am All Coe Property Group Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 56 Stephen Coe T 1 Tigani Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Ultra Audi 5.2 L V10 66 Paul Luchitti T 3–6 Triple Eight Race Engineering [c] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo [14] Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 88 Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim [14] PA 1–2, 4–5 Jamie Whincup [14] 888 Prince Jefri Ibrahim [14] PA 1–2, 4–5 Broc Feeney [14] 1, 5 Richie Stanaway 2, 4 GTC Sonic Motor Racing Services [15] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup [15] Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 78 Marcos Flack [15] T 1, 6 Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 81 Tom McLennan T 6 GT4 Nineteen Corporation [d] Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 19 Mark Griffith 2, 4 Invitation Milldun Motorsport [16] MARC Mazda 3 V8 [16] Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8 4 Darren Currie [16] INV 1 MARC II V8 [16] Ford Modular 5.2 L V8 5–6 Geoff Taunton [16] 6 95 INV 1 Darren Currie [16] 3 MARC GT [17] GM LS3 6.2 L V8 6 John Goodacre INV 6 20 Daniel Jilesen [18] INV 3, 5 Geoff Taunton [18] Adam Hargraves 6 MARC Focus GTC [16] Ford Modular 5.2 L V8 111 Grant Donaldson [16] INV 1 MARC II V8 [16] Ford Modular 5.2 L V8 6

Icon Class PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup T Trophy Cup INV Invitational

Race results

Bold indicates the overall winner.

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Pro-Am Winners	Am Winners	Trophy Winners
1	R1	Bathurst	No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport	No. 78 Sonic Motor Racing Services
			Max Hofer Liam Talbot	Max Hofer Liam Talbot	Brad Schumacher	Marcos Flack
	R2		No. 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering	No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport	No. 78 Sonic Motor Racing Services
			Broc Feeney Prince Jefri Ibrahim	Max Hofer Liam Talbot	Brad Schumacher	Marcos Flack
2	R1	Wanneroo	No. 75 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 1 EMA Motorsport	No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport	No. 181 Nineteen Corporation
			Geoff Emery	Garnet Patterson Yasser Shahin	Brad Schumacher	Renee Gracie
	R2		No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport	No. 181 Nineteen Corporation
			Max Hofer	Max Hofer Liam Talbot	Brad Schumacher	Renee Gracie
3	R1	Phillip Island	No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 101 Volante Rosso Motorsport	No. 48 M Motorsport	No. 181 Nineteen Corporation
			Fraser Ross Liam Talbot	Jayden Ojeda Ross Poulakis	Justin McMillan Glen Wood	Renee Gracie
	R2		No. 101 Volante Rosso Motorsport	No. 75 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport	No. 181 Nineteen Corporation
			Jayden Ojeda Ross Poulakis	Geoff Emery Max Hofer	Brad Schumacher	Renee Gracie
4	R1	Sydney	No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 1 EMA Motorsport	No. 23 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 181 Nineteen Corporation
			Fraser Ross Liam Talbot	Garnet Patterson Yasser Shahin	Matt Stoupas Paul Stokell	Renee Gracie
	R2		No. 101 Volante Rosso Motorsport	No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport	No. 181 Nineteen Corporation
			Jayden Ojeda Ross Poulakis	Fraser Ross Liam Talbot	Brad Schumacher	Renee Gracie
5	R1	Queensland	No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 75 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 23 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 181 Nineteen Corporation
			Liam Talbot Garth Tander	Geoff Emery Max Hofer	Matt Stoupas Paul Stokell	Renee Gracie
	R2		No. 101 Volante Rosso Motorsport	No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport	No. 181 Nineteen Corporation
			Jayden Ojeda Ross Poulakis	Liam Talbot Garth Tander	Brad Schumacher	Renee Gracie
6	R1	Adelaide	No. 1 EMA Motorsport	No. 1 EMA Motorsport	No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport	No. 78 Sonic Motor Racing Services
			Matt Campbell Yasser Shahin	Matt Campbell Yasser Shahin	Brad Schumacher	Marcos Flack
	R2		No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 23 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 78 Sonic Motor Racing Services
			Christopher Mies Liam Talbot	Christopher Mies Liam Talbot	Matt Stoupas Paul Stokell	Marcos Flack
	R3		No. 1 EMA Motorsport	No. 1 EMA Motorsport	No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport	No. 78 Sonic Motor Racing Services
			Matt Campbell Yasser Shahin	Matt Campbell Yasser Shahin	Brad Schumacher	Marcos Flack

Championship standings

Pos. Drivers Team BAT WAN PHI SYD QUE ADL Points GT3 Pro-Am 1 Liam Talbot Melbourne Performance Centre 1 1 Ret 1 6 2 3 1 4 1 2 1 3 238 2 Yasser Shahin EMA Motorsport 2 5 1 4 4 3 1 5 2 6 1 2 1 226 3 Geoff Emery Melbourne Performance Centre 4 4 3 2 3 1 4 4 1 2 3 3 2 211 4 Garnet Patterson EMA Motorsport 2 5 1 4 4 3 1 5 2 6 158 5 Ross Poulakis Volante Rosso Motorsport 8 7 5 6 1 4 5 2 5 4 123 6 Jayden Ojeda Volante Rosso Motorsport 5 6 1 4 5 2 5 4 Ret 11 Ret 117 7 Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 5 6 2 7 6 3 3 3 101 8 Michael Bailey Brett Hobson RAM Motorsport 15 12 11 11 10 9 8 8 8 8 7 6 8 98 9 Prince Jefri Ibrahim Triple Eight Race Engineering 6 2 4 3 2 Ret 6 5 91 10 Christopher Mies Melbourne Performance Centre 3 2 2 1 3 81 11 Max Hofer [e] Melbourne Performance Centre 1 1 Ret 1 3 1 4 4 1 2 3 3 2 75 12 Matt Campbell EMA Motorsport 1 2 1 68 13 Broc Feeney Triple Eight Race Engineering 6 2 6 5 46 14 Richie Stanaway Triple Eight Race Engineering 4 3 2 Ret 45 15 Christer Jöns Melbourne Performance Centre 4 4 30 16 Sam Brabham Volante Rosso Motorsport 8 7 11 14 28 17 Justin McMillan M Motorsport 16 16 5 7 11 14 26 18 Glen Wood M Motorsport 5 7 26 19 Tony Bates Jordan Love Tony Bates Racing 6 8 14 20 Chris Batzios Volante Rosso Motorsport Ret 11 Ret 10 Entries ineligible for points — Fraser Ross Melbourne Performance Centre 6 2 3 1 0 — Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Grove Motorsport 2 5 0 — Andrew Fawcet Dylan O'Keeffe Melbourne Performance Centre Ret 10 0 — Chris Batzios Volante Rosso Motorsport 11 14 11 14 0 — Josh Hunt Volante Rosso Motorsport 11 14 0 — Adrian Deitz David Wall Wall Racing Ret DNS 0 GT Am 1 Brad Schumacher Schumacher Motorsport 3 3 7 5 8 6 9 6 Ret 7 4 7 4 279 2 Matt Stoupas Paul Stokell Melbourne Performance Centre 7 8 8 9 9 8 7 9 7 9 5 4 6 247 3 Michael Sheargold Garth Walden RAM Motorsport 12 9 9 13 7 Ret 10 11 10 12 8 15 7 172 4 Marcel Zalloua Sergio Pires Valmont Racing 10 11 12 11 14 7 13 11 104 5 Ash Samadi Melbourne Performance Centre 11 13 10 14 19 16 13 12 12 10 93 6 Michael Kokkinos Melbourne Performance Centre 14 14 13 12 16 18 59 7 George Nakas Ben Stack Dutton Garage 17 17 12 8 Justin McMillan Glen Wood M Motorsport Ret 10 12 Entries ineligible for points — Renee Gracie Nineteen Corporation 6 5 5 0 — Theo Koundouris Supabarn Motorsport 10 12 10 8 9 0 — James Koundouris Supabarn Motorsport 10 8 9 0 GT Trophy 1 Renee Gracie Nineteen Corporation 12 15 15 15 15 13 14 15 200 2 Paul Luchitti Tigani Motorsport 18 19 16 15 Ret 16 16 17 17 162 3 Marcos Flack Sonic Motor Racing Services 12 15 12 10 10 125 4 Stephen Coe Coe Property Group 18 19 36 GT4 1 Mark Griffith Nineteen Corporation 14 16 18 17 100 Invitational entries ineligible for points — Geoff Taunton Milldun Motorsport 13 15 14 13 9 13 Ret 13 11 0 — Daniel Jilesen Milldun Motorsport 14 13 9 13 0 — Darren Currie Milldun Motorsport 17 17 13 12 15 17 Ret 13 11 0 — John Goodcare Adam Hargraves Milldun Motorsport 11 14 13 0 — David Crampton Trent Harrison M Motorsport 17 16 0 — Grant Donaldson Milldun Motorsport Ret 18 13 18 16 0

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest lap

See also

• 2023 British GT Championship
• 2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
• 2023 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
• 2023 GT World Challenge Asia
• 2023 GT World Challenge America
• 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge

Notes

1. Car #8 ran under the commercial title "Launch Racing", Car #10 run under the commercial title "Myland", Car #23 ran under the commercial title "KFC Racing", Car #65 ran under the commercial title "Shannons Insurance Racing", and Car #75 ran under the commercial title "Jamec Racing". ^[5]
2. Car #101, Car #102 and Car #TBA entered under the commercial title "Harrolds Volante Rosso Motorsport".
3. Cars #88 and #888 ran under the commercial title "Triple Eight Race Engineering - JMR". ^[14]
4. Car #19 ran under the commercial title "Daimler Trucks Brisbane", and Car #181 ran under the commercial title "OnlyFans". ^[8]
5. Hofer was ineligible for points from the third round onwards.

References

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10. "Jayden Ojeda joins Harrolds Volante Rosso Motorsport for the remainder of 2023". gt-world-challenge-australia.com. GT World Challenge Australia. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
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12. "Brett Hobson set for Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS return". gt-world-challenge-australia.com. GT World Challenge Australia. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
13. "Brad Schumacher confirmed for Bathurst Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS opener". gt-world-challenge-australia.com. GT World Challenge Australia. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
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15. "Rising star Marcos Flack set to make Mount Panorama debut". gt-world-challenge-australia.com. GT World Challenge Australia. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
16. "MARC Cars to run invitational class at Mount Panorama". gt-world-challenge-australia.com. GT World Challenge Australia. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
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External links

• Official website