The 2024 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" and the "GT3 Trophy Series". The Motorsport Australia GT Championship is the 28th running of an Australian GT Championship. This will be the first season of the championship being solely managed by the SRO Motorsports Group.[1] The season will begin on 18 February at the Bathurst 12 Hour at Mount Panorama Circuit and end on 10 November, also at Mount Panorama Circuit.[2]
Calendar edit
The provisional seven-race calendar was released on 2 November 2023 with all rounds taking place in Australia.[2]
Round | Circuit | City / State | Date | Map |
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1 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | 16–18 February | |
2 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | 12–14 April | |
3 | The Bend Motorsport Park | Tailem Bend, South Australia | 31 May – 2 June | |
4 | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | 2–4 August | |
5 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | 23–25 August | |
6 | Sydney Motorsport Park | Eastern Creek, New South Wales | 18–20 October | |
7 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | 8–10 November |
Entry list edit
Race Results edit
Bold indicates overall winner
Round | Circuit | Pole position | IGTC Pro Winners | Pro/Am Winners | IGTC Silver Winners | Am Winners | Trophy Winners | Ref. / Report | |
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1 | Bathurst | No. 32 Team WRT | No. 912 Manthey EMA Motorsport | No. 911 The Bend Manthey EMA | No. 93 Wall Racing | No Entries | No Entries | report | |
Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts |
Matthew Campbell Ayhancan Güven Laurens Vanthoor |
Harry King Alessio Picariello Yasser Shahin |
Tony D'Alberto Adrian Deitz Grant Denyer David Wall | ||||||
2 | R1 | Phillip Island | No. 1 Arise Racing | Did not participate | No. 1 Arise Racing | Did not participate | No. 44 Valmont Tigani Motorsport | No. 38 KMB Motorsport | |
Chaz Mostert Liam Talbot |
Chaz Mostert Liam Talbot |
Sergio Pires Marcel Zalloua |
Valentino Astuti Michael Bailey | ||||||
R2 | #7 Dayle ITM Team MPC | No. 22 Audi Sport Customer Racing Australia | No. 38 KMB Motorsport | ||||||
Brendon Leitch Tim Miles |
Ash Samadi | Valentino Astuti Michael Bailey | |||||||
3 | R1 | The Bend | |||||||
R2 | |||||||||
4 | R1 | Queensland | |||||||
R2 | |||||||||
5 | R1 | Phillip Island | |||||||
R2 | |||||||||
6 | R1 | Sydney | |||||||
R2 | |||||||||
7 | R1 | Bathurst | |||||||
R2 | |||||||||
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ Car #4 is supported by Earl Bamber Motorsport.
- ^ Car #13 is supported by Team75.
- ^ Car #27 ran under the commercial title "Heart of Racing by SPS".
- ^ Car #48 is supported by Erebus Motorsport and ran under the commercial title "M-Motorsport with Erebus".
- ^ Car #77 ran under commercial title "Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing".
- ^ Car #130 ran under the commercial title "Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing".
- ^ Car No. 2 entered as Audi Sport Team MPC. Car No. 7 entered as Dayle ITM Team MPC. Car No. 9 entered as Hallmarc Team MPC. Car No. 22 entered as Audi Sport Team MPC at round 1, and as Audi Sport Customer Racing Australia at round 2. Car No. 87 entered as Shaw & Partners/Kelso Electrical/Team MPC. Car No. 181 entered as OnlyFans Team MPC.
- ^ Car No. 44 entered as Valmont Tigani Motorsport. Car No. 47 entered as Supabarn Supermarkets Tigani Motorsport. Car No. 66 entered as Realta Tigani Motorsport.
- ^ Car No. 81 entered as Team BRM ACM Finance
- ^ Car No. 88 entered as Triple Eight JMR, and Car No. 888 entered as National Storage Racing at round 1, and as Triple Eight Race Engineering at round 2.
- ^ Car No. 911 entered as The Bend Manthey EMA, Car No. 912 entered as Manthey EMA Motorsport.
References edit
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