The 2015 Australian GT Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to FIA GT3 cars and similar approved vehicles.[ 1] 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]
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]
Teams and Drivers
Team
Car
No.
Driver
Co-Driver
Class
Rounds
EVA Racing
Audi R8 Ultra
2
GT
Motor School
Ginetta G50 Z
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
Christopher Mies
GT
75
GT
JJA Consulting Group
77
GT Trophy
Flying B Racing
80
GT
Voight Contracting
93
GT Trophy
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
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] Australian Tourist Trophy , was won by Christopher Mies driving an Audi R8 Ultra .[ 7]
References
^ a b c d e f g h i j 2015 CAMS Australian GT Championship Sporting and Technical Regulations, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org ^ a b Audi claim the major silverware in Australian GT final, australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org ^ a b c d e Australian GT Championship, cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org ^ a b c Results, australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org ^ a b c Natsoft Race Results, racing.natsoft.com.au Retrieved 17 December 2015^ a b c Australian GT Championship (round 6), www.racingsportscars.com, as archived at web.archive.org ^ 2016 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport – Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
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