2024 GT4 Australia Series

2024 GT4 Australia

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Parent/support series:
GT World Challenge Australia
TCR Australia Touring Car Series
Australian National Trans Am Series

The 2024 GT4 Australia Series (commercially titled 2024 Monochrome GT4 Australia Series) was an Australian motorsport competition for GT4 cars. The championship was the inaugural running of a standalone GT4 Australia series having split from the Australian Production Car Series at the end of 2023, and was the first season of the championship being solely managed by the SRO Motorsports Group. ^[1] Events were held on the Australian Racing Group's SpeedSeries bill, with the season starting on 14 April at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit and ending on 10 November at Mount Panorama Circuit. ^{[2] [3]}

Calendar

The provisional six-race calendar was released on 17 November 2023 with all rounds taking place in Australia. ^[2] The calendar was finalized on 9 May 2024, alongside the announcement of the GT Festival, the first-ever event promoted by SRO Motorsports Australia. ^[4]

Round	Circuit	City / State	Date	Supporting	Duration	Map of circuit locations
1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	12–14 April	GT World Challenge Australia	2 x 60mins	Bathurst Phillip Island Tailem Bend Ipswich Eastern Creek
2	The Bend Motorsport Park	Tailem Bend, South Australia	31 May – 2 June		2 x 60mins
3	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	2–4 August		1 x 60mins 1 x 3 Hours
4	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	23–25 August		2 x 60mins
5	Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	18–20 October		2 x 60mins
6	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	8–10 November		2 x 60mins
Cancelled events
	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	9–11 February	TCR Australia Touring Car Series	3 Hours

• A non-championship 3-hour race was scheduled to be held at Sandown Raceway but was cancelled due to shipping delays. ^[5]

Entry list

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds Method Motorsport [6] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 1 Lachlan Mineeff [7] PA All Shane Smollen [8] McLaren Artura GT4 McLaren M630 3.0 L Turbo V6 24 Nathan Morcom [9] S 1–3 Tom McLennan [10] 2–3 Jesse Bryan [9] 1 Anthony Levitt [11] Am4 PA6 4–6 Luke King [11] 4 25 Marcos Flack [9] S All Tom Hayman [9] Thunder Buddies Racing [12] BMW M4 GT4 (G82) BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 3 Steve Jakic [12] PA All Ryder Quinn [12] Property Investment Store McLaren 570S GT4 McLaren M838T 3.8 L Turbo V8 4 Anthony Soole Am 5–6 Grant Denyer 6 Gee Up [13] [14] McLaren 570S GT4 McLaren M838T 3.8 L Turbo V8 8 Chris Pappas [14] Am TBA Nemo Racing [11] McLaren 570S GT4 McLaren M838T 3.8 L Turbo V8 8 Nash Morris [11] PA 4 Paul Morris [11] Verve Racing [11] Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 11 Steve Jukes [11] Am 4 GB Galvanising Racing [14] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR Porsche MA1.24 3.8 L Flat-6 12 Vince Gucciardo [14] Am 1–2 Gomersall Motorsports [14] BMW M4 GT4 (G82) BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 14 Glenn Walker Am 5 Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 36 Jake Camilleri [14] S All Aaron Seton [15] 3 Ford Mustang GT4 (2024) Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8 71 Jason Gomersall Am5 PA6 5–6 Aaron Seton 6 Love Racing [16] [17] [N 1] Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 17 Bailey Love [16] S1–2 PA3 Am4 All Sam Brabham [16] 1–3 Rob Love [11] 4–6 27 Antonio Astuti [16] PA1–3 S4 1–5 Rob Love [16] 1–3 Sam Brabham [11] 4–5 Nineteen Corporation [14] Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 19 Mark Griffith [14] Am1–2, 4 PA3 All Nash Morris [18] 3 Ginetta G56 GT4 GM LS3 6.2 L V8 56 Jesse Bryan [11] S 4 Oscar Targett [11] Central West Prestige BMW [14] [N 2] BMW M4 GT4 (G82) BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 22 Tim Leahey [14] Am1 S2, 4 1–2, 4–6 Cody Burcher [11] 4–6 Buckby Motors [14] Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 23 Ben Newman [14] Am PA 1, 3, 5–6 Eddie Maguire [14] 1 Beric Lynton [18] 3 Lachlan Dalton 5–6 Team DNA Racing [19] McLaren Artura GT4 McLaren M630 3.0 L Turbo V6 26 Jason Yu [19] PA 1–2, 5–6 Josh Buchan [19] 1–2, 5 John Collins 6 Mackay Goodwin Lloyds Auctions [20] Ginetta G55 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.7 L V6 29 Rob Rubis [20] Am 2–3, 5–6 Scott Turner [20] Randall Racing [21] BMW M4 GT4 (G82) BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 32 Jacob Lawrence [21] Am All John Bowe [21] 1, 3–6 BMW M4 GT4 (F82) BMW N55 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 33 Jamie Augustine [14] Am 1 Peter Lawrence [14] BMW M4 GT4 (G82) BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 Jamie Augustine [14] 2–6 Peter Lawrence [14] Miedecke Motorsport Group with Lubrimaxx [22] Ford Mustang GT4 (2024) Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8 35 Rylan Gray [22] S All George Miedecke [22] Game Over by Keltic Racing [14] Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 101 Tony Quinn [14] Am1 PA2–3 1–2 Jackson Rooney [23] 2 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Porsche MDG 4.0 L Flat-6 Tony Quinn [18] 3, 5–6 Matthew McCutcheon [18] 3 TekworkX Motorsport [24] Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR Porsche MA1.24 3.8 L Flat-6 210 Zoe Woods [24] S PA All Daniel Stutterd [24] 3 Tom McLennan [11] 4 Daniel Jilesen 5–6 290 Lachlan Evennett PA 5 Rob Woods Andrew Georgiadis Am 6 Ramu Farrell Mark Cotterell Motorsport [25] Ginetta G55 GT4 Ford Cyclone 3.7 L V6 750 Mark Cotterell [25] PA 1–3, 5 Jarrod Hughes [25] Source: [26] [27] [28] [29]

Icon Class S Silver Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup

Notes:

• Gee Up and Chris Pappas were originally set to compete in the opening round at Phillip Island, ^[14] but later withdrew.

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Silver Winners	Pro/Am Winners	Am Winners	Results
1	R1	Phillip Island	No. 17 Love Racing by EMS	No. 35 Miedecke Motorsport Group	No. 26 DNA AutoSport	No. 22 Central West Prestige BMW	Result
			Sam Brabham Bailey Love	Rylan Gray George Miedecke	Josh Buchan Jason Yu	Tim Leahey
	R2		No. 35 Miedecke Motorsport Group	No. 35 Miedecke Motorsport Group	No. 1 Method Motorsport	No. 22 Central West Prestige BMW	Result
			Rylan Gray George Miedecke	Rylan Gray George Miedecke	Lachlan Mineeff Shane Smollen	Tim Leahey
2	R1	The Bend	No. 26 Zagame Autosport	No. 25 Method Motorsport	No. 1 Method Motorsport	No. 32 Randall Racing	Result
			Josh Buchan Jason Yu	Tom Hayman Marcos Flack	Lachlan Mineeff Shane Smollen	Jacob Lawrence
	R2		No. 25 Method Motorsport	No. 35 Miedecke Motorsport Group	No. 1 Method Motorsport	No. 32 Randall Racing	Result
			Tom Hayman Marcos Flack	Rylan Gray George Miedecke	Lachlan Mineeff Shane Smollen	Jacob Lawrence
3	R1	Queensland	No. 750 Mark Cotterell Motorsport	No. 24 Method Motorsport	No. 3 Thunder Buddies Racing	No. 32 Randall Racing	Result
			Mark Cotterell Jarrod Hughes	Tom McLennan Nathan Morcom	Steve Jakic Ryder Quinn	John Bowe Jacob Lawrence
	R2			No. 35 Miedecke Motorsport Group	No. 101 Game Over by Keltic Racing	No. 32 Randall Racing	Result
				Rylan Gray George Miedecke	Matthew McCutcheon Tony Quinn	John Bowe Jacob Lawrence
4	R1	Phillip Island	No. 35 Miedecke Motorsport Group	No. 22 Central West Prestige BMW	No. 1 Method Motorsport	No. 24 Method Motorsport	Result
			Rylan Gray George Miedecke	Cody Burcher Tim Leahey	Lachlan Mineeff Shane Smollen	Anthony Levitt
	R2		No. 35 Miedecke Motorsport Group	No. 22 Central West Prestige BMW	No. 3 Thunder Buddies Racing	No. 19 Nineteen Corporation	Result
			Rylan Gray George Miedecke	Cody Burcher Tim Leahey	Steve Jakic Ryder Quinn	Mark Griffith
5	R1	Sydney	No. 3 Thunder Buddies Racing	No. 25 Method Motorsport	No. 210 TekworkX Motorsport	No. 32 Randall Racing	Result
			Steve Jakic Ryder Quinn	Tom Hayman Marcos Flack	Zoe Woods Daniel Jilesen	John Bowe Jacob Lawrence
	R2		No. 22 Central West Prestige BMW	No. 25 Method Motorsport	No. 26 Zagame Autosport	No. 24 Method Motorsport	Result
			Cody Burcher Tim Leahey	Tom Hayman Marcos Flack	Josh Buchan Jason Yu	Anthony Levitt
6	R1	Bathurst	No. 23 Buckby Motors	No. 22 Central West Prestige BMW	No. 71 Gomersall Motorsports	No. 4 Property Investment Store	Result
			Ben Newman Lachlan Dalton	Cody Burcher Tim Leahey	Jason Gomersall Aaron Seton	Anthony Soole Grant Denyer
	R2		No. 35 Miedecke Motorsport Group	No. 35 Miedecke Motorsport Group	No. 23 Buckby Motors	No. 4 Property Investment Store	Result
			Rylan Gray George Miedecke	Rylan Gray George Miedecke	Ben Newman Lachlan Dalton	Anthony Soole Grant Denyer

See also

• 2024 British GT Championship
• 2024 GT4 European Series
• 2024 French GT4 Cup
• 2024 GT4 America Series
• 2024 GT World Challenge Asia

Notes

1. Car No. 17 entered as Love Racing in rounds 1 and 2, and as Love Racing by Volante Rosso Motorsport in rounds 3 and 4. Car No. 27 entered as Love Racing in rounds 1 to 3, and as Love Racing by Volante Rosso Motorsport in round 4.
2. Car No. 22 operated by Ashley Seward Motorsport.

References

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22. van Leeuwen, Andrew (9 April 2024). "Ford Mustang GT4 to debut at Phillip Island". Speedcafe. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
23. "Kiwi talent Jackson Rooney to partner Tony Quinn in GT4 Australia at The Bend". GT4 Australia. SRO Motorsports Group. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
24. "Zoe Woods set for GT4 debut in 2024". GT4 Australia. SRO Motorsports Group. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
25. "Mark Cotterell Master Jeweller adds class to Monochrome GT4 Australia". GT4 Australia. SRO Motorsports Group. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
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28. "2024 Monochrome GT4 Australia - Queensland - Round 3" (PDF). GT4 Australia. SRO Motorsports Group. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
29. "2024 Monochrome GT4 Australia - Phillip Island - Round 4" (PDF). GT4 Australia. SRO Motorsports Group. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

External links

• Official website