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2023 GT World Challenge Australia

The 2023 Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS is an Australian motor sport competition for GT cars. The series incorporates the "Motorsport Australia GT Championship", the "Motorsport Australia Endurance Championship", the "GT3 Trophy Series" and the "GT4 Cup". The Motorsport Australia GT Championship is the 27th running of an Australian GT Championship. This is the third season of the championship being jointly managed by Australian Racing Group (ARG) and SRO Motorsports Group.

Calendar edit

The provisional six-race calendar was released on 16 January 2023 with all rounds taking place in Australia.[1]

Rd Circuit City / State Date Supporting Events
1   Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 7–9 April TCR Australia Touring Car Series
Trans Am Australia Series
2   Wanneroo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 28–30 April Supercars Championship
3   Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 12–14 May TCR Australia Touring Car Series
Trans Am Australia Series
4   Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 28–30 July Supercars Championship
5   Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 11–13 August TCR Australia Touring Car Series
Trans Am Australia Series
6   Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 23–25 November Supercars Championship

Entry list edit

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds
Car Driver
  EMA Motorsport[2] Porsche 911 GT3 R[2] Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 1   Yasser Shahin[2] GT3 PA All
  Garnet Patterson[2] 1–5
  Matt Campbell[3] 6
  Milldun Motorsport[4] MARC Mazda 3 V8[4] Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8 4   Darren Currie[4] INV 1
MARC II V8[4] Ford Modular 5.2 L V8 5–6
  Geoff Taunton[4] 6
95 INV 1
  Darren Currie[4] INV 3
MARC GT[5] GM LS3 6.2 L V8 6   John Goodacre INV 6
20   Daniel Jilesen[6] INV 3, 5
  Geoff Taunton[6]
  Adam Hargraves 6
MARC Focus GTC[4] Ford Modular 5.2 L V8 111   Grant Donaldson[4] INV 1
MARC II V8[4] Ford Modular 5.2 L V8 6
  Grove Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 4   Brenton Grove GT3 PA 3
  Stephen Grove
  Wall Racing[7] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[7] Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 6   Adrian Deitz[7] GT3 PA 3
  David Wall[7]
  Melbourne Performance Centre[a] Audi R8 LMS Evo II[8] Audi 5.2 L V10 8   Michael Kokkinos[8] GT3 Am 1–3
10   Andrew Fawcet GT3 PA 3
  Dylan O'Keeffe
22   Ash Samadi GT3 Am 1–5
23   Paul Stokell GT3 Am All
  Matt Stoupas
65   Liam Talbot GT3 PA All
  Max Hofer 1–2
  Fraser Ross 3–4
  Garth Tander 5
  Christopher Mies[9] 6
75   Geoff Emery GT3 PA All
  Christer Jöns 1
  Christopher Mies[10] 2
  Max Hofer[9] 3–6
  Dutton Garage Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 18   George Nakas GT3 Am 3
  Ben Stack
  Nineteen Corporation[b] Mercedes-AMG GT4 Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8 19   Mark Griffith GT4 2, 4
Audi R8 LMS Ultra[11] Audi 5.2 L V10 181   Renee Gracie[11] GT3 TPH 2–5
Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 Am 6
  Tony Bates Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 24   Tony Bates GT3 PA 2
  Jordan Love
  Volante Rosso Motorsport[c] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 34   Chris Batzios[12] GT3 PA 6
  Jayden Ojeda[13]
101   Ross Poulakis[14] GT3 PA 1–5
  Sam Brabham 1
  Jayden Ojeda[13] 2–5
102   Chris Batzios[12] GT3 PA 3, 5
  Sam Brabham 3
  Josh Hunt 5
  Valmont Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 44   Sergio Pires GT3 Am 1, 3–5
  Marcel Zalloua
  RAM Motorsport[15] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[15] Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 45   Michael Sheargold GT3 Am All
  Garth Walden
96   Michael Bailey[15] GT3 PA All
  Brett Hobson[15]
  Supabarn Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi 5.2 L V10 47   Theo Koundouris GT3 Am 4, 6
  James Koundouris 6
  M Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 48   Justin McMillan GT3 PA 2
Am 2 		1–4
  Roger Lago 1
  Glen Wood 2–3
KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept Audi 2.5 L I5 50   David Crampton GT2 INV 4
  Trent Harrison
  Schumacher Motorsport[16] Audi R8 LMS Evo II[16] Audi 5.2 L V10 55   Brad Schumacher[16] GT3 Am All
  Coe Property Group Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 56   Stephen Coe GT3 TPH 1
  Tigani Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Ultra Audi 5.2 L V10 66   Paul Luchitti GT3 TPH 3–6
  Sonic Motor Racing Services[17] Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup[17] Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 78   Marcos Flack[17] GTC TPH 1, 6
  Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 81   Tom McLennan GTC TPH 6
  Triple Eight Race Engineering[d] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo[18] Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 88   Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim[18] GT3 PA 1–2, 4–5
  Jamie Whincup[18]
888   Prince Jefri Ibrahim[18] GT3 PA 1–2, 4–5
  Broc Feeney[18] 1, 5
  Richie Stanaway 2, 4
Icon Class
Car
GT2 GT2 Cars
GT3 GT3 Cars
GTC GT Cup Cars
GT4 GT4 Cars
Drivers
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup
TPH Trophy Cup
INV Invitational

Race results edit

Bold indicates the overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole Position Pro-Am Winners Am Winners GT3 Trophy Winners GT4 Cup Winners Invitational Winners
1 R1   Bathurst   No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre   No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre   No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport   No. 78 Sonic Motor Racing Services No Entries   No. 95 Milldun Mootrsport
  Max Hofer
  Liam Talbot 		  Max Hofer
  Liam Talbot 		  Brad Schumacher   Marcos Flack   Geoff Taunton
R2   No. 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering   No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre   No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport   No. 78 Sonic Motor Racing Services   No. 95 Milldun Mootrsport
  Broc Feeney
  Prince Jefri Ibrahim 		  Max Hofer
  Liam Talbot 		  Brad Schumacher   Marcos Flack   Geoff Taunton
2 R1   Wanneroo   No. 75 Melbourne Performance Centre   No. 1 EMA Motorsport   No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport   No. 181 Nineteen Corporation   No. 19 Nineteen Corporation No Entries
  Geoff Emery   Garnet Patterson
  Yasser Shahin 		  Brad Schumacher   Renee Gracie   Mark Griffith
R2   No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre   No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre   No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport   No. 181 Nineteen Corporation   No. 19 Nineteen Corporation
  Max Hofer   Max Hofer
  Liam Talbot 		  Brad Schumacher   Renee Gracie   Mark Griffith
3 R1   Phillip Island   No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre   No. 101 Harrolds Volante Rosso Motorsport   No. 48 M Motorsport   No. 181 Nineteen Corporation No Entries   No. 95 Milldun Mootrsport
  Fraser Ross
  Liam Talbot 		  Jayden Ojeda
  Ross Poulakis 		  Justin McMillan
  Glen Wood 		  Renee Gracie   Darren Currie
R2   No. 101 Harrolds Volante Rosso Motorsport   No. 75 Melbourne Performance Centre   No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport   No. 181 Nineteen Corporation   No. 95 Milldun Mootrsport
  Jayden Ojeda
  Ross Poulakis 		  Geoff Emery
  Max Hofer 		  Brad Schumacher   Renee Gracie   Darren Currie
4 R1   Sydney   No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre   No. 1 EMA Motorsport   No. 23 Melbourne Performance Centre   No. 181 Nineteen Corporation   No. 19 Nineteen Corporation   No. 50 M Motorsport
  Fraser Ross
  Liam Talbot 		  Garnet Patterson
  Yasser Shahin 		  Matt Stoupas
  Paul Stokell 		  Renee Gracie   Mark Griffith   David Crampton
  Trent Harrison
R2   No. 101 Harrolds Volante Rosso Motorsport   No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre   No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport   No. 181 Nineteen Corporation   No. 19 Nineteen Corporation   No. 50 M Motorsport
  Jayden Ojeda
  Ross Poulakis 		  Fraser Ross
  Liam Talbot 		  Brad Schumacher   Renee Gracie   Mark Griffith   David Crampton
  Trent Harrison
5 R1   Queensland   No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre   No. 75 Melbourne Performance Centre   No. 23 Melbourne Performance Centre   No. 181 Nineteen Corporation No Entries   No. 20 Milldun Mootrsport
  Liam Talbot
  Garth Tander 		  Geoff Emery
  Max Hofer 		  Matt Stoupas
  Paul Stokell 		  Renee Gracie   Daniel Jilesen
  Geoff Taunton
R2   No. 101 Harrolds Volante Rosso Motorsport   No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre   No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport   No. 181 Nineteen Corporation   No. 20 Milldun Mootrsport
  Jayden Ojeda
  Ross Poulakis 		  Liam Talbot
  Garth Tander 		  Brad Schumacher   Renee Gracie   Daniel Jilesen
  Geoff Taunton
6 R1   Adelaide
R2

Championship standings edit

Pos. Drivers Team BAT
  		WAN
  		PHI
  		SYD
  		QUE
  		ADL
  		Points
GT3 Pro-Am
1   Liam Talbot   Melbourne Performance Centre 1 1 Ret 1 6 2 3 1 4 1 180
2   Geoff Emery   Melbourne Performance Centre 4 4 3 2 3 1 4 4 1 2 173
3   Yasser Shahin
  Garnet Patterson 		  EMA Motorsport 2 5 1 4 4 3 1 5 2 6 158
4   Ross Poulakis   Volante Rosso Motorsport 8 7 5 6 1 4 5 2 5 4 123
5   Jayden Ojeda   Volante Rosso Motorsport 5 6 1 4 5 2 5 4 107
6   Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim
  Jamie Whincup 		  Triple Eight Race Engineering 5 6 2 7 6 3 3 3 101
7   Prince Jefri Ibrahim   Triple Eight Race Engineering 6 2 4 3 2 Ret 6 5 91
8   Max Hofer[e]   Melbourne Performance Centre 1 1 Ret 1 3 1 4 4 1 2 75
9   Michael Bailey
  Brett Hobson 		  RAM Motorsport 15 12 11 11 10 9 8 8 8 8 62
10   Broc Feeney   Triple Eight Race Engineering 6 2 6 5 46
11   Richie Stanaway   Triple Eight Race Engineering 4 3 2 Ret 45
12   Christopher Mies   Melbourne Performance Centre 3 2 33
13   Christer Jöns   Melbourne Performance Centre 4 4 30
14   Sam Brabham   Volante Rosso Motorsport 8 7 11 14 28
15   Justin McMillan   M Motorsport 16 16 5 7 11 14 26
16   Glen Wood   M Motorsport 5 7 26
17   Tony Bates
  Jordan Love 		  Tony Bates Racing 6 8 14
Entries ineligible for points
  Fraser Ross   Melbourne Performance Centre 6 2 3 1
  Brenton Grove
  Stephen Grove 		  Grove Motorsport 2 5
  Andrew Fawcet
  Dylan O'Keeffe 		  Melbourne Performance Centre Ret 10
  Chris Batzios   Volante Rosso Motorsport 11 14 11 14
  Josh Hunt   Volante Rosso Motorsport 11 14
  Adrian Deitz
  David Wall 		  Wall Racing Ret DNS 0
GT Am
1   Brad Schumacher   Schumacher Motorsport 3 3 7 5 8 6 9 6 Ret 7 211
2   Matt Stoupas
  Paul Stokell 		  Melbourne Performance Centre 7 8 8 9 9 8 7 9 7 9 186
3   Michael Sheargold
  Garth Walden 		  RAM Motorsport 12 9 9 13 7 Ret 10 11 10 12 127
4   Marcel Zalloua
  Sergio Pires 		  Valmont Racing 10 11 12 11 14 7 13 11 104
5   Ash Samadi   Melbourne Performance Centre 11 13 10 14 19 16 13 12 12 10 93
6   Michael Kokkinos   Melbourne Performance Centre 14 14 13 12 16 18 59
7   George Nakas
  Ben Stack 		  Dutton Garage 17 17 12
8   Justin McMillan
  Glen Wood 		  M Motorsport Ret 10 12
Entries ineligible for points
  Theo Koundouris   Supabarn Motorsport 10 12
GT Trophy
1   Renee Gracie   Nineteen Corporation 12 15 15 15 15 13 14 15 200
2   Paul Luchitti   Tigani Motorsport 18 19 16 15 Ret 16 108
3   Marcos Flack   Sonic Motor Racing Services 12 15 50
4   Stephen Coe   Coe Property Group 18 19 36
GT4
1   Mark Griffith   Nineteen Corporation 14 16 18 17 100
Invitational entries ineligible for points
  Geoff Taunton   Milldun Motorsport 13 15 14 13 9 13
  Daniel Jilesen   Milldun Motorsport 14 13 9 13
  Darren Currie   Milldun Motorsport 17 17 13 12 15 17
  David Crampton
  Trent Harrison 		  M Motorsport 17 16
  Grant Donaldson   Milldun Motorsport Ret 18
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest lap

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Car #8 ran under the commercial title "Launch Racing", Car #10 run under the commercial title "Myland", Car #23 ran under the commercial title "KFC Racing", Car #65 ran under the commercial title "Shannons Insurance Racing", and Car #75 ran under the commercial title "Jamec Racing".[8]
  2. ^ Car #19 ran under the commercial title "Daimler Trucks Brisbane", and Car #181 ran under the commercial title "OnlyFans".[11]
  3. ^ Car #101, Car #102 and Car #TBA entered under the commercial title "Harrolds Volante Rosso Motorsport".
  4. ^ Cars #88 and #888 ran under the commercial title "Triple Eight Race Engineering - JMR".[18]
  5. ^ Hofer was ineligible for points from the third round onwards.

References edit

  1. ^ "Three Supercars rounds on GTWC Australia calendar". Speedcafe. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "EMA Motorsport confirms GTWC Australia entry as part of further 2023 plans". gt-world-challenge-australia.com. GT World Challenge Australia. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  3. ^ O'Brien, Connor (16 November 2023). "Campbell called in for last-gasp Adelaide title shot". V8Sleuth. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "MARC Cars to run invitational class at Mount Panorama". gt-world-challenge-australia.com. GT World Challenge Australia. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  5. ^ Staff, Sportscar365 (21 April 2023). "MARC GT ready to race". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 21 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ a b "Taunton to debut brand new Australian-made GT". gt-world-challenge-australia.com. GT World Challenge Australia. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d "Lamborghini confirmed for Fanatec GT World Challenge return". gt-world-challenge-australia.com. GT World Challenge Australia. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  8. ^ a b c "Michael Kokkinos set to launch his season entry with a new car and new class in 2023". gt-world-challenge-australia.com. GT World Challenge Australia. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  9. ^ a b O'Brien, Connor (20 November 2023). "Audi deploys aces for Adelaide title scrap". V8Sleuth. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  10. ^ "Audi Sport Factory stars to race in Perth". gt-world-challenge-australia.com. GT World Challenge Australia. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  11. ^ a b c "Renee Gracie ready for Audi GT debut in Perth". gt-world-challenge-australia.com. GT World Challenge Australia. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Chelsea Angelo joins Harrolds Volante Rosso Motorsport". gt-world-challenge-australia.com. GT World Challenge Australia. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  13. ^ a b "Jayden Ojeda joins Harrolds Volante Rosso Motorsport for the remainder of 2023". gt-world-challenge-australia.com. GT World Challenge Australia. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  14. ^ van Leeuwen, Andrew (21 November 2023). "Top Mercedes seat up for grabs in GT World Challenge Australia". Speedcafe. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  15. ^ a b c d "Brett Hobson set for Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS return". gt-world-challenge-australia.com. GT World Challenge Australia. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  16. ^ a b c "Brad Schumacher confirmed for Bathurst Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS opener". gt-world-challenge-australia.com. GT World Challenge Australia. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  17. ^ a b c "Rising star Marcos Flack set to make Mount Panorama debut". gt-world-challenge-australia.com. GT World Challenge Australia. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  18. ^ a b c d e f "Johor Motorsports Racing announces 2023 season entry with cyberpunk video clip". gt-world-challenge-australia.com. GT World Challenge Australia. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.

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