2025 GT World Challenge Australia

Last updated July 27, 2025

The 2025 GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS is an Australian motor sport competition for GT3 cars. This is the second season since the SRO Motorsports Group took over sole management of the series. The season started at Phillip Island on April 5 and will finish at Hampton Downs in New Zealand on November 2.

Calendar

The provisional six-round calendar was announced at the 2024 SRO Press conference at the 24 Hours of Spa. For the first time the series had a media day at Phillip Island.^[1] On 18 October, the calendar was updated, in which the Queensland round was shifted to June and the championship will return to Sandown Raceway after 3 years.^[2]

Unlike previous years where most race weekends were run by another promoter as part of the SpeedSeries event series, in 2025 the SRO has taken over as event promoter as well as category promoter.^[3] Other categories at the race meetings will include the Radical Cup Australia ^[4] and GT4 Australia.^[5]

Round	Circuit	City / State	Date	Map
1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	4–6 April	Phillip Island Eastern Creek Ipswich Sandown Tailem Bend	Hampton Downs
2	Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	2–4 May
3	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	30 May–1 June
4	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	25–27 July
5	The Bend Motorsport Park	Tailem Bend, South Australia	5–7 September
6	Hampton Downs Motorsport Park	North Waikato, New Zealand	31 October–2 November
Source

Entry list

Team	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Volante Rosso Motorsport^[6]	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Aston Martin AMR16A 4.0 L Turbo V8	1	Liam Talbot^[7]	PA	1–4
				Declan Fraser ^[7]		1–3
				Jamie Day^[8]		4
Melbourne Performance Centre^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Audi DAR 5.2 L V10	7	Brendon Leitch ^[9]	PA	1–3
			7	Tim Miles^[9]	PA	1–3
			9	Lee Holdsworth ^[13]	PA	4
			9	Marc Cini^[13]	PA	4
			88	Steve Brooks^[12]	PA	1–2, 4
			88	Ryan Wood ^[12]	PA	1–2, 4
			181	Renee Gracie ^[10]	Am	1–4
			888	Broc Feeney ^[11]	PA	1–4
				Brad Schumacher^[11]		1–4
				Will Brown ^[11]		TBC
	Audi R8 LMS Evo		24	Gary Higgon^[14]	T	2–3
				Matt Stoupas^[14]		2, 4
				Paul Stokell ^[15]		3–4
Black Wolf Motorsport^[16]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	16	Ben Schoots^[16]	Am	1–2, 4
Black Wolf Motorsport^[16]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	16	Shane Woodman^[16]	Am	1–2, 4
Zagame Autosport^[17]	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6	23	Josh Buchan ^[17]	PA	TBC
Zagame Autosport^[17]	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6	23	Cameron Campbell^[17]	PA	TBC
Arise Racing GT^[18]	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6	26	Jaxon Evans ^[18]	PA	1–4
			26	Elliott Schutte^[18]	PA	1–4
			77	Steve Wyatt^[19]	PA	1–4
				Jordan Love ^[19]		1–2, 4
				Aaron Love ^[20]		3
KMB Motorsport^[14]	Bentley Continental GT3	Bentley 4.0 L Turbo V8	38	Valentino Astuti^[14]	PA	TBC
KMB Motorsport^[14]	Bentley Continental GT3	Bentley 4.0 L Turbo V8	38	TBA	PA	TBC
Tigani Motorsport^[21]^[22]^[15]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	44	Thomas Randle ^[23]	PA	2
			44	Marcel Zalloua^[23]	PA	2
			47	James Koundouris^[15]	Am	3–4
			47	Theo Koundouris^[15]	Am	3–4
			55	George King^[21]	PA	1–4
			55	Sergio Pires^[21]	PA	1–4
			66	Paul Lucchitti^[22]	PA	1–4
			66	Jayden Ojeda ^[22]	PA	1–4
	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Audi DAR 5.2 L V10	47	James Koundouris^[24]	Am	1–2
	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Audi DAR 5.2 L V10	47	Theo Koundouris^[24]	Am	1–2
	Porsche 911 GT3 R (991)	Porsche 4.0 L Flat 6	71	Nathan Halstead^[15]	T	3
	Porsche 911 GT3 R (991)	Porsche 4.0 L Flat 6	71	Luke Youlden ^[15]	T	3
Wall Racing ^[25]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10	93	Adrian Deitz^[25]	PA	1–3
				Tony D'Alberto ^[25]		1–2
				David Wall ^[15]		3
Mach 1 Engineering^[14]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	96	Ant Pedersen ^[14]	PA	1
Mach 1 Engineering^[14]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	96	Paul Pedersen^[14]	PA	1
111 Racing^[14]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	111	Darren Currie^[14]	Am	1, 3–4
111 Racing^[14]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	111	Grant Donaldson^[14]	Am	1, 3–4
Team BRM ^[26]	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Audi DAR 5.2 L V10	268	Alex Peroni ^[26]	PA	1–4
Team BRM ^[26]	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Audi DAR 5.2 L V10	268	Mark Rosser^[26]	PA	1–4
EMA Motorsport^[27]	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	911	Dorian Boccolacci ^[27]	PA	1
EMA Motorsport^[27]	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	911	Shane Smollen^[27]	PA	1

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

Race results

Bold indicates the overall winner.


Round		Circuit	Pole position	Pro-Am winners	Am winners	Trophy winners
1	R1	Phillip Island	No. 26 Arise Racing GT	No. 26 Arise Racing GT	No. 16 Black Wolf Motorsport	No entries
	R1		Jaxon Evans Elliott Schutte	Jaxon Evans Elliott Schutte	Ben Schoots Shane Woodman
	R2		No. 911 EMA Motorsport	No. 888 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 181 Melbourne Performance Centre
	R2		Dorian Boccolacci Shane Smollen	Broc Feeney Brad Schumacher	Renee Gracie
2	R1	Eastern Creek	No. 26 Arise Racing GT	No. 26 Arise Racing GT	No. 181 Melbourne Performance Centre	No finishers
	R1		Jaxon Evans Elliott Schutte	Jaxon Evans Elliott Schutte	Renee Gracie	No finishers
	R2		No. 26 Arise Racing GT	No. 26 Arise Racing GT	No. 181 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 24 Melbourne Performance Centre
	R2		Jaxon Evans Elliott Schutte	Jaxon Evans Elliott Schutte	Renee Gracie	Gary Higgon Matt Stoupas
3	R1	Queensland	No. 888 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 888 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 181 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 24 Melbourne Performance Centre
	R1		Broc Feeney Brad Schumacher	Broc Feeney Brad Schumacher	Renee Gracie	Gary Higgon Paul Stokell
	R2		No. 888 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 268 Team BRM	No. 181 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 24 Melbourne Performance Centre
	R2		Broc Feeney Brad Schumacher	Alex Peroni Mark Rosser	Renee Gracie	Gary Higgon Paul Stokell
4	R1	Sandown	No. 26 Arise Racing GT	No. 26 Arise Racing GT	No. 16 Black Wolf Motorsport	No. 24 Melbourne Performance Centre
	R1		Jaxon Evans Elliott Schutte	Jaxon Evans Elliott Schutte	Ben Schoots Shane Woodman	Paul Stokell Matt Stoupas
	R2
	R2
5	R1	The Bend
	R1
	R2
	R2
6	R1	Hampton Downs
	R1
	R2
	R2

Championship standings

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	Team	PHI		SYD		QLD		SAN	BEN	HAM	Points
Pro-Am
1	Jaxon Evans Elliott Schutte	Arise Racing GT	1	3	1	1	3	5				118
2	Broc Feeney Brad Schumacher	Melbourne Performance Centre	9	1	4	3	1	3				96
3	Paul Lucchitti Jayden Ojeda	Tigani Motorsport	2	14†	3	4	2	8				69
4	Brendon Leitch Tim Miles	Melbourne Performance Centre	3	5	14	5	Ret	2				53
5	George King Sergio Pires	Tigani Motorsport	8	4	5	6	6	6				50
6	Declan Fraser Liam Talbot	Volante Rosso Motorsport	5	2	11	7	4	12				49
7	Alex Peroni Mark Rosser	Team BRM	7	15†	7	8	Ret	1				41
8	Steve Wyatt	Arise Racing GT	6	8	8	10	5	4				39
9	Steve Brooks Ryan Wood	Melbourne Performance Centre	13	6	6	2						34
10	Aaron Love	Arise Racing GT					5	4				22
11	Thomas Randle Marcel Zalloua	Tigani Motorsport			2	9						20
12	Jordan Love	Arise Racing GT	6	8	8	10						17
13	Adrian Deitz	Wall Racing	11	9	9	14	9	9				15
14	Dorian Boccolacci Shane Smollen	EMA Motorsport	4	11								14
15	David Wall	Wall Racing					9	9				10
16	Ant Pedersen Paul Pedersen	Mach 1 Engineering	Ret	7								6
17	Tony D'Alberto	Wall Racing	11	9	9	14						4
Am
1	Renee Gracie	Melbourne Performance Centre	12	10	10	11	7	7				148
2	James Koundouris Theo Koundouris	Tigani Motorsport	14†	13	13	12	11	10				96
3	Ben Schoots Shane Woodman	Black Wolf Motorsport	10	12	12	13						77
4	Darren Currie Grant Donaldson	111 Racing	WD	WD			8	11				33
Trophy
1	Gary Higgon	Melbourne Performance Centre			DNS	15	10	13				75
2	Paul Stokell	Melbourne Performance Centre					10^P	13^P				50
3	Matt Stoupas	Melbourne Performance Centre			DNS	15						25
4	Nathan Halstead Luke Youlden	Tigani Motorsport					12	Ret				18
Pos.	Driver	Team	PHI		SYD		QLD		SAN	BEN	HAM	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Teams' championships

Pos.	Team	PHI		SYD		QLD		SAN	BEN	HAM	Points
Pro-Am
1	Arise Racing GT	1	3	1	1	3	4				123
2	Melbourne Performance Centre	3	1	4	2	1	2				118
3	Tigani Motorsport	2	4	2	4	2	6				93
4	Volante Rosso Motorsport	5	2	11	7	4	12				68
5	Team BRM	7	15†^[a]	7	8	Ret	1				55
6	Wall Racing	11	9	9	14	9	9				52
7	EMA Motorsport	4	11								19
8	Mach 1 Engineering	Ret	7								10
Am
1	Melbourne Performance Centre	12	10	10	11	7	7				148
2	Tigani Motorsport	14†	13	13	12	12	10				96
3	Black Wolf Motorsport	10^F	12^PF	12	13^F						77
4	111 Racing	WD	WD			8^F	11				33
Trophy
1	Melbourne Performance Centre			DNS	15	10	13				75
2	Tigani Motorsport					12^F	Ret^F				18
Pos.	Team	PHI		SYD		QLD		SAN	BEN	HAM	Points

Notes:

† – Entry did not finish the race but was classified, as it completed more than 75% of the race distance.

Notes

↑ Team BRM did not score points in Race 2 at Phillip Island, despite Alex Peroni and Mark Rosser completing at least 75% of the race distance.

References

↑ "SRO Australia announces provisional 2025 Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS and Monochrome GT4 calendars". Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS . 28 June 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
↑ "SRO Motorsports Australia calendar finalised for 2025". Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS . 18 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
↑ Leeuwen, Andrew van (2024-09-10). "SRO to take over rebranded SpeedSeries". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
↑ Australia, Radical Cup (2024-12-09). "Radical Cup Australia joins SRO Program in 2025". Radical Cup Australia. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
↑ "SRO Motorsports Australia calendar finalised for 2025". Monochrome GT4 Australia. 2024-10-18. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
↑ Chapman, Simon (14 February 2025). "Australian Aston Martin team poised to expand GT3 program". Speedcafe . Retrieved 14 February 2025.
1 2 "Liam Talbot and Declan Fraser to spearhead Aston Martin GT3 attack in 2025". gt-world-challenge-australia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
↑ Klein, Jamie (21 July 2025). "Day Replaces Fraser in Volante Rosso Aston Lineup". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
1 2 3 Chapman, Simon (14 February 2025). "All-Kiwi team returns for GT World Challenge revenge". Speedcafe . Retrieved 14 February 2025.
1 2 Chapman, Simon (22 March 2025). "'Devastating' twist in Renee Gracie's GT return". Speedcafe . Retrieved 21 March 2025.
1 2 3 4 Klein, Jamie (30 March 2025). "Brown, Feeney Split Schumacher MPC Audi Co-Driver Duties". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
1 2 3 Chapman, Simon (28 March 2025). "Kiwi Supercars star secures GT World Challenge debut". Speedcafe . Retrieved 28 March 2025.
1 2 Euwema, Davey (19 July 2025). "Holdsworth, Cini Join Sandown Grid in Hallmarc Audi". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Chapman, Simon (31 March 2025). "GT World Challenge Australia unveils 18-car Phillip Island grid". Speedcafe . Retrieved 31 March 2025.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Goodwin, Graham (30 May 2025). "14 Cars For Queensland Raceway". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
1 2 3 Klein, Jamie (18 February 2025). "Black Wolf Mercedes-AMG Returns for Am Campaign". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
1 2 3 Klein, Jamie (4 July 2025). "New Ferrari Team Aiming for Hampton Downs Debut". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
1 2 3 van Leeuwen, Andrew (6 March 2025). "Supercars driver locked in for Ferrari GT return". Speedcafe . Retrieved 6 March 2025.
1 2 van Leeuwen, Andrew (29 March 2025). "Love to spearhead second Arise Ferrari". Speedcafe . Retrieved 31 March 2025.
↑ Leeuwen, Andrew van (2025-05-22). "Supercars outcast scores Ferrari race return". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
1 2 3 "Top Am and British ace headline second Tigani Motorsport outright contender". gt-world-challenge-australia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
1 2 3 Klein, Jamie (2 March 2025). "Ojeda, Lucchitti Team Up Again in Tigani Mercedes-AMG". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
1 2 Klein, Klein (27 April 2025). "Randle Joins Zalloua for One-Off Entry at Sydney". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
1 2 Goodwin, Graham (3 April 2025). "18 Cars For GT World Challenge Australia Season Opener". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
1 2 3 Klein, Jamie (19 March 2025). "Wall Racing Lamborghini Set for Regular Outings". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
1 2 3 Klein, Jamie (11 March 2025). "Peroni, Rosser Return for Second Year in Team BRM Audi". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
1 2 3 Klein, Jamie (20 March 2025). "Porsche Makes Full-Time Return With EMA, Boccolacci". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 20 March 2025.

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[BRMPhillipIslandR2-28] Team BRM did not score points in Race 2 at Phillip Island, despite Alex Peroni and Mark Rosser completing at least 75% of the race distance.

[1] "SRO Australia announces provisional 2025 Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS and Monochrome GT4 calendars". Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS . 28 June 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

[2] "SRO Motorsports Australia calendar finalised for 2025". Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS . 18 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.

[3] Leeuwen, Andrew van (2024-09-10). "SRO to take over rebranded SpeedSeries". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2024-12-24.

[4] Australia, Radical Cup (2024-12-09). "Radical Cup Australia joins SRO Program in 2025". Radical Cup Australia. Retrieved 2024-12-24.

[5] "SRO Motorsports Australia calendar finalised for 2025". Monochrome GT4 Australia. 2024-10-18. Retrieved 2024-12-24.

[VolanteAMR-6] Chapman, Simon (14 February 2025). "Australian Aston Martin team poised to expand GT3 program". Speedcafe . Retrieved 14 February 2025.

[VolanteAMRLineup-7] 1 2 "Liam Talbot and Declan Fraser to spearhead Aston Martin GT3 attack in 2025". gt-world-challenge-australia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.

[DayVolante-8] Klein, Jamie (21 July 2025). "Day Replaces Fraser in Volante Rosso Aston Lineup". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 21 July 2025.

[MPCDayleITM-9] 1 2 3 Chapman, Simon (14 February 2025). "All-Kiwi team returns for GT World Challenge revenge". Speedcafe . Retrieved 14 February 2025.

[MPCOnlyFans-10] 1 2 Chapman, Simon (22 March 2025). "'Devastating' twist in Renee Gracie's GT return". Speedcafe . Retrieved 21 March 2025.

[MPCSupercarsAces-11] 1 2 3 4 Klein, Jamie (30 March 2025). "Brown, Feeney Split Schumacher MPC Audi Co-Driver Duties". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 31 March 2025.

[MPCWolfBrook-12] 1 2 3 Chapman, Simon (28 March 2025). "Kiwi Supercars star secures GT World Challenge debut". Speedcafe . Retrieved 28 March 2025.

[HoldsworthCini-13] 1 2 Euwema, Davey (19 July 2025). "Holdsworth, Cini Join Sandown Grid in Hallmarc Audi". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 19 July 2025.

[PhillipIslandEntryList-14] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Chapman, Simon (31 March 2025). "GT World Challenge Australia unveils 18-car Phillip Island grid". Speedcafe . Retrieved 31 March 2025.

[14EntriesQLD-15] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Goodwin, Graham (30 May 2025). "14 Cars For Queensland Raceway". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 25 July 2025.

[BlackWolfAMG-16] 1 2 3 Klein, Jamie (18 February 2025). "Black Wolf Mercedes-AMG Returns for Am Campaign". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 19 February 2025.

[ZagameFerrari-17] 1 2 3 Klein, Jamie (4 July 2025). "New Ferrari Team Aiming for Hampton Downs Debut". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 4 July 2025.

[AriseGTFerrari-18] 1 2 3 van Leeuwen, Andrew (6 March 2025). "Supercars driver locked in for Ferrari GT return". Speedcafe . Retrieved 6 March 2025.

[AriseGT#77-19] 1 2 van Leeuwen, Andrew (29 March 2025). "Love to spearhead second Arise Ferrari". Speedcafe . Retrieved 31 March 2025.

[20] Leeuwen, Andrew van (2025-05-22). "Supercars outcast scores Ferrari race return". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 2025-05-23.

[GeyerValmontAMGSwitch-21] 1 2 3 "Top Am and British ace headline second Tigani Motorsport outright contender". gt-world-challenge-australia.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.

[RealtaTigani-22] 1 2 3 Klein, Jamie (2 March 2025). "Ojeda, Lucchitti Team Up Again in Tigani Mercedes-AMG". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 3 March 2025.

[TiganiSMP-23] 1 2 Klein, Klein (27 April 2025). "Randle Joins Zalloua for One-Off Entry at Sydney". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 28 April 2025.

[Supabarn-24] 1 2 Goodwin, Graham (3 April 2025). "18 Cars For GT World Challenge Australia Season Opener". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 3 April 2025.

[WallLambo-25] 1 2 3 Klein, Jamie (19 March 2025). "Wall Racing Lamborghini Set for Regular Outings". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 19 March 2025.

[BRMAudi-26] 1 2 3 Klein, Jamie (11 March 2025). "Peroni, Rosser Return for Second Year in Team BRM Audi". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 11 March 2025.

[EMAPorsche-27] 1 2 3 Klein, Jamie (20 March 2025). "Porsche Makes Full-Time Return With EMA, Boccolacci". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 20 March 2025.

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