2015 Australian GT Championship

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 New Zealand Jono Lester New Zealand Jono Lester Australia Nathan Antunes Audi R8 Ultra
Germany Christopher Mies
Australia Greg Crick		 Australia Nathan Antunes Audi R8 Ultra
1 March Germany Christopher Mies United Kingdom Tony Quinn McLaren MP4-12C
2 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 22–23 May New Zealand Jono Lester
New Zealand Graeme Smyth		 Germany Christopher Mies
Australia Greg Crick		 Germany Christopher Mies
Australia Greg Crick		 Audi R8 Ultra
3 Townsville Street Circuit 11 July New Zealand Jono Lester Germany Christopher Mies
Australia Greg Crick		 Australia Tony D'Alberto
Australia Grant Denyer		 Ferrari 458 Italia
12 July Germany Christopher Mies
Australia Greg Crick		 Australia Nathan Antunes Audi R8 Ultra
4 Sydney Motorsport Park 22 August Australia Steve Owen
Australia Kevin Weeks		 Australia Matt Campbell Germany Christopher Mies
Australia Ryan Millier		 Audi R8 Ultra
23 August Germany Christopher Mies
Australia Ryan Millier		 Australia Grant Denyer Ferrari 458 Italia
5 Sandown International Raceway 12 September New Zealand Jono Lester Australia Morgan Haber Australia Tony D'Alberto
Australia Grant Denyer		 Ferrari 458 Italia
13 September New Zealand Jono Lester
New Zealand Graeme Smyth		 Germany Christopher Mies
Australia Ryan Millier		 Audi R8 Ultra
6 Highlands Motorsport Park 14 November Germany Christopher Hasse
Australia Steve McLaughlan		 Australia Klark Quinn
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen		 Australia Klark Quinn
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen		 McLaren 650S GT3
15 November Australia Klark Quinn
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen		 Australia 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]

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 Germany Christopher Mies 74 Audi R8 Ultra JAMEC PEM Racing 643
2 Australia Grant Denyer 88 Ferrari 458 Italia Maranello Motorsport 549
3 Australia Klark Quinn 37 McLaren MP4-12C
McLaren 650S GT3		 Darrell Lea 531
4 Australia Nathan Antunes 6 Audi R8 Ultra Skwirk / Beechwood Homes 514
5 New Zealand Jono Lester 27 Ferrari 458 Italia Trass Family Motorsport 496
6 United Kingdom Tony Quinn 37 &
7		 McLaren MP4-12C
McLaren 650S GT3		 Darrell Lea 433
7 Australia Tony D'Alberto 88 Ferrari 458 Italia Maranello Motorsport 432
8 New Zealand Graeme Smyth 27 Ferrari 458 Italia Trass Family Motorsport 416
9 Australia Max Twigg 36 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport Pty Ltd 366
10 Australia Ryan Millier 74 Audi R8 Ultra JAMEC PEM Racing 343
11 Australia Greg Crick 74 Audi R8 Ultra JAMEC PEM Racing 300
12 Australia Geoff Emery 36 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport Pty Ltd 300
13 Australia Morgan Haber 28 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport Pty Ltd 291
14 Australia James Koundouris 47 Porsche 911 GT3-R Supabarn Supermarkets 274
15 Australia Tony Walls 11 McLaren 650S GT3 Objective Racing 273
16 Australia Steve McLaughlan 75 Audi R8 Ultra JAMEC PEM Racing 233
17 Australia Andrew Macpherson 51 Porsche 911 GT3-R AMAC Motorsport 208
18 Australia Bradley Shiels 51 Porsche 911 GT3-R AMAC Motorsport 180
19 Australia Garth Tander 7 McLaren 650S GT3 Darrell Lea 176
20 Australia Scott Taylor 22 Porsche 911 GT3-R Scott Taylor Motorsport 139
21 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen 37 McLaren 650S GT3 Darrell Lea 130
22 Australia Justin McMillan 48 Chevrolet Camaro Interlloy M Motorsport 129
23 Australia Glen Wood 46 &
48		 Lamborghini Gallardo &
Chevrolet Camaro GT3		 Interlloy M Motorsport 126
24 Australia Marcus Marshall 47 Porsche 911 GT3-R
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup-S		 Supabarn Supermarkets 122
25 Australia Peter Fitzgerald 2 Audi R8 Ultra EVA Racing / Evolve Technik 101
26 Australia Peter Edwards 80 Bentley Continental Flying B Racing 99
27 Australia John Magro 49 &
46		 Lamborghini Gallardo johnmagro.com 94
28 New Zealand Craig Baird 22 Porsche 911 GT3-R Scott Taylor Motorsport 81
29 New Zealand Paul Kelly 27 Ferrari 458 Italia Trass Family Motorsport 80
30 Australia Elliot Barbour 46 Lamborghini Gallardo Interlloy M Motorsport 70
31 Australia Michael Hovey 73 Ginetta G55 GT3 HHH Racing/Triffid/ESP 68
32 Australia Jack LeBrocq 48 Chevrolet Camaro Interlloy M Motorsport 67
33 Australia Adrian Deitz 8 Ferrari 458 Italia Maranello Motorsport 66
34 Australia Shae Davies 36 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport Pty Ltd 66
35 Australia Dale Paterson 74 Chevrolet Camaro DPM Motorsport 63
36 Australia John Bowe 80 Bentley Continental Flying B Racing 63
37 Australia Aaron Seton 22 Porsche 911 GT3-R Scott Taylor Motorsport 58
38 Australia Roger Lago 23 Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX Lago Racing 57
39 Australia Jonathon Webb 23 McLaren MP4-12C Darrell Lea 54
40 Australia Warren Luff 11 McLaren 650S GT3 Objective Racing 50
41 Australia Cameron McConville 8 Ferrari 458 Italia Maranello Motorsport 48
42 Australia Nathan Morcom 46 Lamborghini Gallardo johnmagro.com 45
43 New Zealand Steven Richards 71 Chevrolet Camaro DPM Motorsport 44
44 Australia Rod Salmon 6 Audi R8 Ultra Skwirk / Beechwood Homes 38
45 Australia Ross Lilley 63 Lamborghini Gallardo Team FreeM 33
GT Trophy
Pos Driver No. Vehicle Competitor/Team Pts
1 Australia Greg Taylor 38 Audi R8 LMS Adina Apartment Hotels 752
Australia Barton Mawer 38 Audi R8 LMS Adina Apartment Hotels 752
2 Australia Mark Griffith 19 Audi R8 LMS Hogs Breath Café 731
3 Australia Theo Koundouris 69 Porsche 911 GT3-S Supabarn Supermarkets 718
4 New Zealand Simon Ellingham 33 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Fastway Couriers 543
5 Australia Jan Jinadasa 77 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 JJA Consulting Group 387
6 Australia 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 New Zealand Daniel Gaunt 19 Audi R8 LMS Hogs Breath Café 173
8 Australia Kevin Weeks 5 Ford GT GT3 Supaloc Racing 149
9 Australia Steve Voight 93 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Voight Contracting 142
Australia Scott Taylor 93 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Voight Contracting 142
10 New Zealand Daniel Gaunt 19 Audi R8 LMS Hogs Breath Café 130
11 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner 33 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Fastway Couriers 90
12 Australia John Goodacre 66 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Gap Solutions 86
13 Australia Danny Stutterd 21 Lamborghini Gallardo DJS Racing Motorsport Services 75
14 Australia Xavier West 55 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Malibu Boats 74
Australia Tim Macrow 64 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Motorsport Services 74
15 Australia Ben Foessel 3 Ginetta G50Z Motor School 69
16 Australia Indiran Padayachee 35 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Rentcorp Forklifts 67
17 New Zealand Simon McLennan 64 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Motorsport Services 65
18 Australia Tim Macrow 64 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Motorsport Services 65
19 Australia Brenton Griguol 43 Ferrari 430 GT3 Bank SA 46
20 Australia Rob Smith 57 Audi R8 LMS Southern Star Developments 39
21 Australia Peter Conroy 4 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 38
22 Australia Sean Varney 4 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 38
23 Australia Keith Wong 15 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Keith Wong 35
24 Hong Kong Kuang Wong 15 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Keith Wong 35
25 Australia Matthew Turnbull Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Fire Rating Solutions 33
GT Challenge
Pos Driver No. Vehicle Competitor/Team Pts
1 Australia Richard Gartner 53 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car SAFE-T-STOP 726
2 Australia Tony Alford 54 Lotus Exige Cup Car
Nissan GTR		 Donut King 692
3 Australia Michael O'Donnell 68 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Thomson Geer Lawyers 677
4 Australia Brendan Cook 12 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Walz Group 365
5 Australia Mark O'Connor 54 Lotus Exige Cup Car Donut King 281
6 Australia 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
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