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2019 Australian GT Championship

The 2019 Australian GT Championship is the 23rd running of the Australian GT Championship, a CAMS-sanctioned Australian motor racing championship open to FIA GT3 cars, FIA GT4 cars and similar cars as approved for the championship. The championship will commence on 14 March 2018 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit and conclude on 10 November at Sandown Raceway. The championship will be contested over seven rounds. Each race, with the exception of the Australian Grand Prix round, will include at least one compulsory timed pit stop.

Race calendar edit

The 2019 calendar was unveiled on 20 October 2018[1]

Rnd Circuit Location Date Supporting
1   Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne, Victoria 14–17 March Australian Grand Prix
Supercars Championship
2   Barbagallo Wanneroo Raceway Neerabup, Western Australia 2–4 May Supercars Championship
3   Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 7–8 June Shannons Nationals
4   The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend, South Australia 12–13 July Shannons Nationals
5   Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 20-21 September Shannons Nationals
6   Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 25–27 October Supercars Championship
7   Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 8–9 November Supercars Championship
NC   Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 28 November Challenge Bathurst
  Event is part of Australian GT Championship, Australian GT4 Championship and Australian Endurance Championship
  Event is part of Australian GT Championship, Australian GT4 Championship, Australian GT Trophy Series and Tropheo Challenge
  Event is a Sprint event to which Australian GT Championship was invited to attend in a non-championship capacity

Entry List edit

Australian GT Championship edit

Team Vehicle No. Drivers Rounds
  Melbourne Performance Centre[2][3][4] Audi R8 LMS Evo[2] 1   Geoff Emery[2] All
  Garth Tander[4] 3–5
24   Tony Bates[3] 1, 3, 7
  John Martin[5] 3
33   Vince Muriti[4] 3
  Luke Youlden[4]
Audi R8 LMS Ultra[4] 125   Nick Kelly[4] 3
  Barton Mawer[4]
  Wall Racing[6] Lamborghini Huracán GT3[6] 6   Adrian Deitz[4] 3
  Cameron McConville[4]
  Darrell Lea/Keltic Racing[3] Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3[3] 7   Tony Quinn[3] 1, 3, 6
  Daniel Gaunt[4] 3
   Scott Taylor Motorsport[3][7][4][8][N 1] Mercedes-AMG GT3[3] 8   Max Twigg[3] 1–4
  Tony D'Alberto[4] 3–4
75   Kenny Habul[7] 1
222   Scott Taylor[4] 3–4
  Craig Baird[4]
777   Yasser Shahin[8] 3–4
  Jamie Whincup[8]
  Totally 4X4 Wheels[6] Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX[6] 14   Peter Major[6] 2
  Nineteen Corporation P/L[6] Mercedes-AMG GT3[6] 19   Mark Griffith[6] 2, 7
  Aussie Driver Search[9] Audi R8 LMS[9] 28   Lee Partridge[9] 1
  Team 59Racing[10] McLaren 720S GT3[10] 59   Fraser Ross[10] 1, 3–7
  Ryan Simpson 3–5, 7
  Eggleston Motorsport[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3[3] 63   Peter Hackett[11] All
  Dominic Storey[4] 3–4
  Safe-T-Stop[12] Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX[12] 69   Richard Gartner[12] 4
  Hadrian Morrall[12]
  Trofeo Motorsport[6] Lamborghini Huracán GT3[6] 129   Ryan Millier[6] 2, 6
  Joseph Ensabella[13] 3, 5
  Tim Blanchard[13] 3
  Liam Talbot[12] 4–5, 7
  Shane van Gisbergen[12] 4

Australian Endurance Championship edit

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
  Melbourne Performance Center[4][5] Audi R8 LMS Evo[4] 1   Geoff Emery[4] All
  Garth Tander[4]
24   Tony Bates[5] 1
  John Martin[5]
33   Vince Muriti[4] 1
  Luke Youlden[4]
Audi R8 LMS Ultra[4] 99   Nick Kelly[4] 1
  Barton Mawer[4]
  Wall Racing[4] Lamborghini Huracán GT3[4] 6   Adrian Deitz[4] 1
  Cameron McConville[4]
  Darrell Lea/Keltic Racing[4] Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3[4] 7   Tony Quinn[4] 1
  Daniel Gaunt[4]
  Scott Taylor Motorsport[4][8] Mercedes-AMG GT3[4] 8   Max Twigg[4] 1–2
  Tony D'Alberto[4]
222   Scott Taylor[4] 1–2
  Craig Baird[4]
777   Yasser Shahin[8] 1–2
  Jamie Whincup[8]
  Team 59Racing[4] McLaren 720S GT3[4] 59   Fraser Ross[4] All
  Ryan Simpson
  Eggleston Motorsport[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3[4] 63   Peter Hackett[4] All
  Dominic Storey[4] 1–2
  Safe-T-Stop[12] Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX[12] 69   Richard Gartner[12] 2
  Hadrian Morrall[12]
  Trofeo Motorsport[13] Lamborghini Huracán GT3[4] 129   Joseph Ensabella[13] 1, 3
  Tim Blanchard[13] 1
  Liam Talbot[12] 2–3
  Shane van Gisbergen[12] 2

Australian GT Trophy Series edit

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
  Motorsport Leasing[3] Porsche 911 GT3 R (19)[3] 34   John Morriss[3] 1
  Aaron Laboratories[3] Porsche 997 GT3 Cup[3] 64   Joseph Ensabella[3] All
  Safe-T-Stop[3] Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX[3] 69   Richard Gartner[3] 1–3
  DPM Motorsports[3] Chevrolet Camaro SS GT3[3] 71   Dale Paterson[3] All
  Showergrate Shop Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX 73   Peter Corbett 3
  Industrie Motorsport[3] Audi R8 LMS Ultra[3] 99   Nick Kelly[3] 1
  REN Racing Audi R8 LMS Ultra[3] 125   Ryan How[3] 1–2
  Scott Taylor Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (19)[3] 222   Scott Taylor[3] 1–2

Tropheo Challenge edit

Team Vehicle No. Drivers Rounds
  MARC Cars Australia MARC II V8 20   Adam Hargraves 3
95   Geoff Taunton 3
MARC I V8 28   Bayley Hall 3
93   Broc Feeney 3
  Melbourne Orthopaedic[3] Porsche 991 GT3 Cup[3] 21   Shane Barwood[3] 1
  Seidler Group[3] Porsche 991 GT3 Cup[3] 22   Chris Seidler[3] 1
  Luke Seidler[3]
  Earth Electrical Contractors[3] Porsche 991 GT3 Cup[3] 25   Nick Karnaros[3] All
  Trofeo Motorsport[3] Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo[3] 29   Jim Manolios[3] 1–2
  Ryan Millier 4
  Daikin Air Conditioning[3] Porsche 991 GT3 Cup[3] 87   David Greig[3] 1, 4

Australian GT4 Championship edit

Team Vehicle No. Drivers Rounds
  MPD Steak Kitchen[3] Audi R8 LMS GT4[14] 16   Victor Zagame[14] 1
  M-Motorsport[14] KTM X-Bow GT4[14] 48   Justin McMillan[14] 1–6
  Glen Wood[14]
  Dean Koutsoumidis 7
50   David Crampton[14] 1–5, 7
  Trent Harrison[14] 1, 3–6
  Griffith Corporation[3] Ginetta G55 GT4[14] 55   Mark Griffith[14] 1
  Team 59Racing[10] McLaren 570S GT4[10] 74   Ryan Simpson 1
  Christian Fitzgerald 5
  Michael O'Brien
  Solar & Energy Finance Ginetta G50 GT4 211   Todd O'Brien 6

Race results edit

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole position GT3 winners GT4 winners GT Trophy winners Tropheo Challenge winners
1 R1   Albert Park   No. 8 STM - WM Waste   No. 59 Team 59Racing   No. 48 M Motorsport   No. 125 REN Racing   No. 25 Earth Electrical Contractors
  Max Twigg   Fraser Ross   Justin McMillan
  Glen Wood 		  Ryan How   Nick Karnaros
R2   No. 59 Team 59Racing   No. 75 Scott Taylor Motorsport   No. 74 Team 59Racing   No. 125 REN Racing   No. 21 Melbourne Orthopaedic Group
  Fraser Ross   Kenny Habul   Ryan Simpson   Ryan How   Shane Barwood
R3   No. 63 Eggleston Motorsport   No. 48 M Motorsport   No. 125 REN Racing   No. 25 Earth Electrical Contractors
  Peter Hackett   Justin McMillan
  Glen Wood 		  Ryan How   Nick Karnaros
R4   No. 75 Scott Taylor Motorsport   No. 74 Team 59Racing   No. 125 REN Racing   No. 21 Melbourne Orthopaedic Group
  Kenny Habul   Ryan Simpson   Ryan How   Shane Barwood
2 R1   Barbagallo   No. 14 Totally 4X4 Wheels   No. 1 Melbourne Performance Centre   No. 48 M-Motorsport   No. 125 REN Racing   No. 25 Earth Electrical Contractors
  Peter Major   Geoff Emery   Justin McMillan
  Glen Wood 		  Ryan How   Nick Karnaros
R2   No. 14 Totally 4X4 Wheels   No. 48 M-Motorsport   No. 125 REN Racing   No. 25 Earth Electrical Contractors
  Peter Major   Justin McMillan
  Glen Wood 		  Ryan How   Nick Karnaros
R3   No. 1 Melbourne Performance Centre   No. 48 M-Motorsport   No. 71 DPM Motorsports   No. 25 Earth Electrical Contractors
  Geoff Emery   Justin McMillan
  Glen Wood 		  Dale Paterson   Nick Karnaros
3   Phillip Island   No. 59 Team 59Racing   No. 1 Melbourne Performance Centre   No. 48 M-Motorsport Did Not Participate
  Fraser Ross
  Ryan Simpson 		  Geoff Emery
  Garth Tander 		  Justin McMillan
  Glen Wood
4   The Bend   No. 63 Eggleston Motorsport   No. 129 Trofeo Motorsport   No. 50 M-Motorsport
  Peter Hackett
  Dominic Storey 		  Liam Talbot
  Shane van Gisbergen 		  David Crampton
  Trent Harrison
5   Sandown   No. 59 Team 59Racing   No. 63 Eggleston Motorsport   No. 48 M-Motorsport
  Fraser Ross
  Ryan Simpson 		  Peter Hackett   Justin McMillan
  Glen Wood
6 R1   Surfers Paradise   No. 59 Team 59Racing   No. 129 Trofeo Motorsport   No. 48 M Motorsport   No. 64 Aaron Laboratories   No. 95 MARC Cars Australia
  Fraser Ross   Ryan Millier   Justin McMillan
  Glen Wood 		  Joseph Ensabella   Geoff Taunton
R2   No. 59 Team 59Racing   No. 50 M Motorsport   No. 71 DPM Motorsports   No. 20 MARC Cars Australia
  Fraser Ross   Trent Harrison   Dale Paterson   Adam Hargraves
7 R1   Sandown   No. 59 Team 59Racing   No. 63 Eggleston Motorsport   No. 48 M Motorsport   No. 64 Aaron Laboratories   No. 29 Trofeo Motorsport
  Fraser Ross
  Ryan Simpson 		  Peter Hackett   Dean Koutsoumidis   Joseph Ensabella   Ryan Millier
R2   No. 63 Eggleston Motorsport   No. 48 M Motorsport   No. 64 Aaron Laboratories   No. 29 Trofeo Motorsport
  Peter Hackett   Dean Koutsoumidis   Joseph Ensabella   Ryan Millier
R3   No. 1 Melbourne Performance Centre   No. 50 M Motorsport   No. 64 Aaron Laboratories   No. 29 Trofeo Motorsport
  Geoff Emery   David Crampton   Joseph Ensabella   Ryan Millier

Championship Standings edit

Points system edit

Points were awarded as follows:[15][16]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   21st   22nd   23rd   24th+ 
Qualifying 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 —
Round 1 50 44 39 33 31 30 27 25 24 23 22 20 19 18 17 15 14 13 12 10 8 5 2 2
Rounds 2, 7 67 59 51 44 42 40 37 34 32 30 28 27 25 23 22 20 18 17 15 13 10 7 3 3
Round 6 100 88 77 65 65 60 55 50 48 45 43 40 38 35 33 30 28 25 23 20 15 10 5 5
Rounds 3–5 300 265 230 195 190 180 165 150 143 135 128 120 113 105 98 90 83 75 68 60 45 30 15 5

Australian GT Championship edit

Pos Driver ALB
  		BAR
  		PHI
  		BEN
  		SAN
  		SUR
  		SAN
  		Points
QP R1 R2 R3 R4 QP R1 R2 R3 QP R QP R QP R QP R1 R2 QP R1 R2 R3
1   Geoff Emery 13 4 4 5 4 14 1 2 1 12 1 10 2 14 2 10 5 5 16 5 4 1 1537
2   Peter Hackett 12 3 6 1 3 16 2 4 4 10 9 16 3 14 1 15 2 3 11 1 1 2 1438
3   Garth Tander 12 1 10 2 14 2 868
4   Max Twigg 17 2 3 2 2 12 3 3 2 12 3 15 4 824
5   Fraser Ross[N 2] 0 1 2 6 Ret 17 2 14 6 18 Ret 20 3 1 20 4 2 DNS 814
6   Liam Talbot 13 1 14 3 6 3 3 3 715
7   Ryan Simpson 17 2 14 6 18 Ret 20 4 2 DNS 617
8   Tony D'Alberto 12 3 15 4 452
9   Dom Storey 10 9 16 3 399
10   Joseph Ensabella 0 8 14 3 394
11   Yasser Shahin
  Jamie Whincup 		15 10 12 5 352
12   Tony Bates 9 6 8 7 5 4 4 7 Ret DNS DNS 343
13   Ryan Millier 9 6 5 5 15 1 2 336
14   Shane van Gisbergen 13 1 313
15   Mark Griffith 9 5 6 3 11 2 5 4 298
16   Tony Quinn 6 7 Ret 8 7 11 Ret 12 4 4 248
17   John Martin 4 4 199
18   Vince Muriti
  Luke Youlden 		1 5 191
19   Craig Baird
  Scott Taylor 		4 6 6 Ret 184
20   Aaron Deitz
  Cameron McConville 		6 7 171
21   Richard Gartner
  Hadrian Morrall 		4 7 169
22   Kenny Habul 16 Ret 1 3 1 157
23   Tim Blanchard 0 8 150
24   Peter Major 20 4 1 Ret 131
25   Lee Partridge 11 9 7 Ret 7 102
26   Daniel Gaunt 11 Ret 11
  Nick Kelly
  Barton Mawer 		0 Ret 0
Pos Driver QP R1 R2 R3 R4 QP R1 R2 R3 QP R QP R QP R QP R1 R2 QP R1 R2 R3 Points
ALB
  		BAR
  		PHI
  		BEN
  		SAN
  		SUR
  		SAN
 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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 position Notes:

Australian Endurance Championship edit

Pos. Drivers PHI
  		BEN
  		SAN
  		Points
QP R QP R QP R
1   Geoff Emery
  Garth Tander 		12 1 10 2 14 2 868
2   Peter Hackett 10 9 16 3 14 1 713
3   Liam Talbot 13 1 14 3 557
4   Fraser Ross
  Ryan Simpson 		17 2 14 6 18 Ret 494
5   Tony D'Alberto
  Max Twigg 		12 3 15 4 452
6   Dom Storey 10 9 16 3 399
7   Joseph Ensabella 0 8 14 3 394
8   Yasser Shahin
  Jamie Whincup 		15 10 12 5 352
9   Shane van Gisbergen 13 1 313
10   Tony Bates
  John Martin 		4 4 199
11   Craig Baird
  Scott Taylor 		4 6 6 Ret 190
12   Vince Muriti
  Luke Youlden 		1 5 191
13   Aaron Deitz
  Cameron McConville 		5 7 171
14   Richard Gartner
  Hadrian Morrall 		4 7 169
15   Tim Blanchard 0 8 150
16   Daniel Gaunt
  Tony Quinn 		11 Ret 11
  Nick Kelly
  Barton Mawer 		0 Ret 0
Pos. Drivers QP R QP R QP R Points
PHI
  		BEN
  		SAN
 

Australian GT4 Championship edit

Pos Driver ALB
  		BAR
  		PHI
  		BEN
  		SAN
  		SUR
  		SAN
  		Points
QP R1 R2 R3 R4 QP R1 R2 R3 QP R QP R QP R QP R1 R2 QP R1 R2 R3
1   Justin McMillan
  Glen Wood 		18 1 3 1 3 20 1 1 1 20 1 20 2 18 1 18 1 2 1546
2   David Crampton 11 4 Ret 3 5 16 2 2 2 16 Ret 16 1 15 2 8 2 2 1 1112
3   Trent Harrison 11 4 Ret 3 5 16 Ret 16 1 15 2 18 2 1 932
4   Ryan Simpson 18 2 1 2 1 206
5   Dean Koutsoumidis 10 1 1 DNS 144
6   Mark Griffith 14 3 2 Ret 2 141
7   Victor Zagame 11 5 4 4 4 141
8   Todd O'Brien 14 3 Ret 91
9   Christian Fitzgerald
  Michael O'Brien 		17 Ret 17
Pos Driver QP R1 R2 R3 R4 QP R1 R2 R3 QP R QP R QP R QP R1 R2 QP R1 R2 R3 Points
ALB
  		BAR
  		PHI
  		BEN
  		SAN
  		SUR
  		SAN
 

Australian GT Trophy Series edit

Pos Driver ALB
  		BAR
  		SUR
  		SAN
  		Points
QP R1 R2 R3 R4 QP R1 R2 R3 QP R1 R2 QP R1 R2 R3
1   Dale Paterson 11 5 5 5 5 14 2 2 1 20 2 1 0 2 2 DNS 660
2   Joseph Ensabella 6 7 Ret 4 7 10 4 4 3 15 1 Ret 10 1 1 1 579
3   Ryan How 17 1 1 1 1 20 1 1 Ret 371
4   Richard Gartner 8 6 Ret 3 6 14 5 3 2 15 Ret 3 365
5   John Morriss 17 3 2 2 3 183
6   Scott Taylor 11 4 3 Ret 4 14 3 Ret DNS 181
7   Peter Corbett 12 3 2 177
8   Nick Kelly 16 2 4 Ret 2 137
Pos Driver QP R1 R2 R3 R4 QP R1 R2 R3 QP R1 R2 QP R1 R2 R3 Points
ALB
  		BAR
  		SUR
  		SAN
 

Trofeo Challenge edit

Pos Driver ALB
  		BAR
  		SUR
  		SAN
  		Points
QP R1 R2 R3 R4 QP R1 R2 R3 QP R1 R2 QP R1 R2 R3
1   Nick Karnaros 18 1 2 1 2 20 1 1 1 10 5 4 8 2 2 2 750
2   Jim Manolios 10 3 4 2 4 16 2 2 2 355
3   David Greig 12 2 3 4 3 7 3 3 3 327
4   Ryan Millier 10 1 1 1 211
5   Adam Hargraves 12 2 1 200
6   Geoff Taunton 15 1 3 192
7   Shane Barwood 15 4 1 3 1 187
8   Broc Feeney 20 3 2 185
9   Bayley Hall 15 4 Ret 80
10   Chris Seidler
  Luke Seidler 		17 Ret DNS DNS DNS 17
Pos Driver QP R1 R2 R3 R4 QP R1 R2 R3 QP R1 R2 QP R1 R2 R3 Points
ALB
  		BAR
  		SUR
  		SAN
 

Notes edit

  1. ^ Car Nos. 8, 222 & 777 entered under an Australian racing licenses, while car no. 75 entered under a USA racing license
  2. ^ Fraser Ross was ineligible to score championship points at round 1 because he was entered as a Invitational Entry.

References edit

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  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au "Australian GT prepares for AGP season-opener". Australian GT. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
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  15. ^ "2019 Australian GT Trophy Series Sporting and Technical Regulations" (PDF). CAMS. 12 March 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  16. ^ "2019 CAMS Australian GT Championship including 2019 CAMS Australian Endurance Championship Sporting and Technical Regulations" (PDF). CAMS. 23 April 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.

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