2015 Australian GT Championship

December 2023 December 2023 2015 Australian GT Championship 2014 2016 The 2015 Australian GT Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to FIA GT3 cars and similar approved vehicles.2015 CAMS Australian GT Championship Sporting and Technical Regulations, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org 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. The GT Championship title, which was the 19th Australian GT Championship, was won by Christopher Mies, driving an Audi R8 Ultra. Race calendar thumb|Christopher Mies won the Championship driving an Audi R8 Ultra thumb|Klark Quinn placed third driving a McLaren MP4-12C (pictured) and a McLaren 650S GT3 thumb|Max Twigg placed ninth in a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 thumb|Morgan Haber placed 13th in a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 thumb|James Koundouris placed 14th in a Porsche 911 GT3-R thumb|Tony Walls placed 15th in a McLaren 650S GT3 thumb|John Magro placed 27th in a Lamborghini Gallardo thumb|Jan Jinadasa placed 5th in GT Trophy in a Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 thumb|Kevin Weeks placed 8th in GT Trophy in a Ford GT GT3 thumb|Ben Foessel placed 15th in GT Trophy in a Ginetta G50Z thumb|Brenton Griguol placed 19th in GT Trophy in a Ferrari 430 GT3 The championship was contested over six rounds. Rnd Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning vehicle 1 Adelaide Street Circuit 28 February NZL Jono Lester NZL Jono Lester AUS Nathan Antunes Audi R8 Ultra DEU Christopher MiesAUS Greg Crick AUS Nathan Antunes Audi R8 Ultra 1 March DEU Christopher Mies UK Tony Quinn McLaren MP4-12C 2 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 22–23 May NZL Jono LesterNZL Graeme Smyth DEU Christopher MiesAUS Greg Crick DEU Christopher MiesAUS Greg Crick Audi R8 Ultra 3 Townsville Street Circuit 11 July NZL Jono Lester DEU Christopher MiesAUS Greg Crick AUS Tony D'AlbertoAUS Grant Denyer Ferrari 458 Italia 12 July DEU Christopher MiesAUS Greg Crick AUS Nathan Antunes Audi R8 Ultra 4 Sydney Motorsport Park 22 August AUS Steve OwenAUS Kevin Weeks AUS Matt Campbell DEU Christopher MiesAUS Ryan Millier Audi R8 Ultra 23 August DEU Christopher MiesAUS Ryan Millier AUS Grant Denyer Ferrari 458 Italia 5 Sandown International Raceway 12 September NZL Jono Lester AUS Morgan Haber AUS Tony D'AlbertoAUS Grant Denyer Ferrari 458 Italia 13 September NZL Jono LesterNZL Graeme Smyth DEU Christopher MiesAUS Ryan Millier Audi R8 Ultra 6 Highlands Motorsport Park 14 November DEU Christopher HaaseAUS Steve McLaughlan AUS Klark QuinnNZL Shane van Gisbergen AUS Klark QuinnNZL Shane van Gisbergen McLaren 650S GT3 15 November AUS Klark QuinnNZL Shane van Gisbergen AUS 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. Teams and Drivers +TeamCarNo.DriverCo-DriverClassRoundsEVA RacingAudi R8 Ultra2AUS Peter FitzgeraldGTMotor SchoolGinetta G50Z3GT TrophyPorsche 911 GT3 Cup Car4GT TrophySupaloc RacingFord GT GT35GT TrophySkwirk / Beechwood HomesAudi R8 Ultra6GTDarrell Lea7GT23GT37GTMaranello Motorsport8GT88GTObjective Racing11GTWalz Group12GT ChallengeKeith Wong15GT TrophyHog's Breath Cafe19GT TrophyDJS Racing Motorsport Services21GT TrophyScott Taylor Motorsport22GTLago Racing23GTTrass Family Motorsport27NZ Jono LesterGTErebus Motorsport28GT36GTFastway Couriers33GT TrophyRentCorp. Forklifts35GT TrophyAdina Apartment Hotels38GT Trophyjohnmargo.com46GT Interlloy Motorsport46GT48GTSupabarn Supermarkets47GT69GT TrophyAMAC Motorsport51GTSAFE-T-STOP53GT ChallengeDonut King54GT ChallengeMalibu Boats55GT TrophySouthern Star Developments57GT TrophyTeam FreeM63GTMotorsport Services64GT TrophyGap Solutions66GT TrophyThomson Geer Lawyers68GT ChallengeDPM Motorsport71GTHHH Racing/Triffid/ESP73GTJAMEC PEM Racing74DEU Christopher MiesGT75GTJJA Consulting Group77GT TrophyFlying B Racing80GTVoight Contracting93GT Trophy Divisions Drivers' titles were awarded in four divisions.Australian GT Championship, cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org GT Championship - for FIA GT3 specification vehicles GT Trophy - for older specification FIA GT3 vehicles GT Challenge - for cars that no longer fitted within the GT Championship and GT Trophy divisions GT Sports - for GT4 specification cars Championship standings Pos DriverResults, australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org No.Australian GT Championship (round 6), www.racingsportscars.com, as archived at web.archive.org VehicleNatsoft Race Results, racing.natsoft.com.au Retrieved 17 December 2015Audi claim the major silverware in Australian GT final, australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org Competitor/Team Pts GT Championship 1 DEU Christopher Mies 74 Audi R8 Ultra JAMEC PEM Racing 643 2 AUS Grant Denyer 88 Ferrari 458 Italia Maranello Motorsport 549 3 AUS Klark Quinn 37 McLaren MP4-12C McLaren 650S GT3 Darrell Lea 531 4 AUS Nathan Antunes 6 Audi R8 Ultra Skwirk / Beechwood Homes 514 5 NZL Jono Lester 27 Ferrari 458 Italia Trass Family Motorsport 496 6 GBR Tony Quinn 37 & 7 McLaren MP4-12C McLaren 650S GT3 Darrell Lea 433 7 AUS Tony D'Alberto 88 Ferrari 458 Italia Maranello Motorsport 432 8 NZL Graeme Smyth 27 Ferrari 458 Italia Trass Family Motorsport 416 9 AUS Max Twigg 36 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport Pty Ltd 366 10 AUS Ryan Millier 74 Audi R8 Ultra JAMEC PEM Racing 343 11 AUS Greg Crick 74 Audi R8 Ultra JAMEC PEM Racing 300 12 AUS Geoff Emery 36 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport Pty Ltd 300 13 AUS Morgan Haber 28 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport Pty Ltd 291 14 AUS James Koundouris 47 Porsche 911 GT3-R Supabarn Supermarkets 274 15 AUS Tony Walls 11 McLaren 650S GT3 Objective Racing 273 16 AUS Steve McLaughlan 75 Audi R8 Ultra JAMEC PEM Racing 233 17 AUS Andrew Macpherson 51 Porsche 911 GT3-R AMAC Motorsport 208 18 AUS Bradley Shiels 51 Porsche 911 GT3-R AMAC Motorsport 180 19 AUS Garth Tander 7 McLaren 650S GT3 Darrell Lea 176 20 AUS Scott Taylor 22 Porsche 911 GT3-R Scott Taylor Motorsport 139 21 NZL Shane van Gisbergen 37 McLaren 650S GT3 Darrell Lea 130 22 AUS Justin McMillan 48 Chevrolet Camaro Interlloy M Motorsport 129 23 AUS Glen Wood 46 & 48 Lamborghini Gallardo & Chevrolet Camaro GT3 Interlloy M Motorsport 126 24 AUS Marcus Marshall 47 Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 911 GT3 Cup-S Supabarn Supermarkets 122 25 AUS Peter Fitzgerald 2 Audi R8 Ultra EVA Racing / Evolve Technik 101 26 AUS Peter Edwards 80 Bentley Continental Flying B Racing 99 27 AUS John Magro 49 & 46 Lamborghini Gallardo johnmagro.com 94 28 NZL Craig Baird 22 Porsche 911 GT3-R Scott Taylor Motorsport 81 29 NZL Paul Kelly 27 Ferrari 458 Italia Trass Family Motorsport 80 30 AUS Elliot Barbour 46 Lamborghini Gallardo Interlloy M Motorsport 70 31 AUS Michael Hovey 73 Ginetta G55 GT3 HHH Racing/Triffid/ESP 68 32 AUS Jack LeBrocq 48 Chevrolet Camaro Interlloy M Motorsport 67 33 AUS Adrian Deitz 8 Ferrari 458 Italia Maranello Motorsport 66 34 AUS Shae Davies 36 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport Pty Ltd 66 35 AUS Dale Paterson 74 Chevrolet Camaro DPM Motorsport 63 36 AUS John Bowe 80 Bentley Continental Flying B Racing 63 37 AUS Aaron Seton 22 Porsche 911 GT3-R Scott Taylor Motorsport 58 38 AUS Roger Lago 23 Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX Lago Racing 57 39 AUS Jonathon Webb 23 McLaren MP4-12C Darrell Lea 54 40 AUS Warren Luff 11 McLaren 650S GT3 Objective Racing 50 41 AUS Cameron McConville 8 Ferrari 458 Italia Maranello Motorsport 48 42 AUS Nathan Morcom 46 Lamborghini Gallardo johnmagro.com 45 43 NZL Steven Richards 71 Chevrolet Camaro DPM Motorsport 44 44 AUS Rod Salmon 6 Audi R8 Ultra Skwirk / Beechwood Homes 38 45 AUS Ross Lilley 63 Lamborghini Gallardo Team FreeM 33 GT Trophy Pos Driver No. Vehicle Competitor/Team Pts 1 AUS Greg Taylor 38 Audi R8 LMS Adina Apartment Hotels 752 AUS Barton Mawer 38 Audi R8 LMS Adina Apartment Hotels 752 2 AUS Mark Griffith 19 Audi R8 LMS Hogs Breath Café 731 3 AUS Theo Koundouris 69 Porsche 911 GT3-S Supabarn Supermarkets 718 4 NZL Simon Ellingham 33 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Fastway Couriers 543 5 AUS Jan Jinadasa 77 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 JJA Consulting Group 387 6 AUS 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 NZL Daniel Gaunt 19 Audi R8 LMS Hogs Breath Café 173 8 AUS Kevin Weeks 5 Ford GT GT3 Supaloc Racing 149 9 AUS Steve Voight 93 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Voight Contracting 142 AUS Scott Taylor 93 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Voight Contracting 142 10 NZL Daniel Gaunt 19 Audi R8 LMS Hogs Breath Café 130 11 NZL Andre Heimgartner 33 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Fastway Couriers 90 12 AUS John Goodacre 66 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Gap Solutions 86 13 AUS Danny Stutterd 21 Lamborghini Gallardo DJS Racing Motorsport Services 75 14 AUS Xavier West 55 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Malibu Boats 74 AUS Tim Macrow 64 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Motorsport Services 74 15 AUS Ben Foessel 3 Ginetta G50Z Motor School 69 16 AUS Indiran Padayachee 35 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Rentcorp Forklifts 67 17 NZL Simon McLennan 64 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Motorsport Services 65 18 AUS Tim Macrow 64 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Motorsport Services 65 19 AUS Brenton Griguol 43 Ferrari 430 GT3 Bank SA 46 20 AUS Rob Smith 57 Audi R8 LMS Southern Star Developments 39 21 AUS Peter Conroy 4 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 38 22 AUS Sean Varney 4 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 38 23 AUS Keith Wong 15 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Keith Wong 35 24 HKG Kuang Wong 15 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Keith Wong 35 25 AUS Matthew Turnbull Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Fire Rating Solutions 33 GT Challenge Pos Driver No. Vehicle Competitor/Team Pts 1 AUS Richard Gartner 53 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car SAFE-T-STOP 726 2 AUS Tony Alford 54 Lotus Exige Cup Car Nissan GTR Donut King 692 3 AUS Michael O'Donnell 68 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Thomson Geer Lawyers 677 4 AUS Brendon Cook 12 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Walz Group 365 5 AUS Mark O'Connor 54 Lotus Exige Cup Car Donut King 281 6 AUS 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. 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. 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. The title, which was the 25th Australian Tourist Trophy, was won by Christopher Mies driving an Audi R8 Ultra.2016 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport – Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org References External links http://www.australiangt.com.au/ Category:Australian GT Championship GT