2013 Australian GT Championship

December 2023 December 2023 2013 Australian GT Championship 2012 2014 The 2013 Australian GT Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to GT style closed production based sports cars which were either approved by the FIA for GT3 competition or approved by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as Australian GTs.http://docs.cams.com.au/Manual/SportingRegulations/2013%20Australian%20GT%20Championship%20Sporting%20and%20Technical%20Regulations%20-%20Version%202.pdf PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20131202223134/http://docs.cams.com.au/Manual/SportingRegulations/2013%20Australian%20GT%20Championship%20Sporting%20and%20Technical%20Regulations%20-%20Version%202.pdf 2013 Australian GT Championship Sporting and Technical Regulations docs.cams.com.au Confederation of Australian Motor Sport 2 December 2013 26 November 2013 dead dmy-all It was sanctioned by CAMS as a National Championship with Australian GT Sportscar Group Pty Ltd appointed as the Category Manager. It was the 17th Australian GT Championship, the twelfth to be contested over a multi-event championship, and the eighth to be contested since the title was revived in 2005. The championship was won by reigning Australian GT champion Klark Quinn, driving a Porsche 911 GT3-R Type 997. Race calendar The championship was contested over a six round series.http://www.australiangt.com.au/page/16/Australian_GT_Events Australian GT Events Australian GT Championship Australian GT Sportscar Group Pty Ltd. 17 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20120215062203/http://www.australiangt.com.au/page/16/Australian_GT_Events 2012-02-15 dead Rd.CircuitLocation/ stateDateFormatWinner Championship Trophy Challenge Sports 1 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 8–10 February One race Klark Quinn, Shane van Gisbergen, Matt Kingsleyhttp://www.australiangt.com.au/news/reigning-champ-takes-round-one The reigning Champ takes round one Australian GT Championship Australian GT Sportscar Group Pty Ltd. 10 February 2013 26 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131202221425/http://www.australiangt.com.au/news/reigning-champ-takes-round-one 2 December 2013 dead dmy-all Ben Foessel Michael Hovey 2 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 28 February – 3 March Two races Craig Baird Jordan Ormsby Michael Almond Darren Berry,Liam Talbot 3 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 24–26 May Two races Jack Le Brocq Steven McLaughlan George Foessel Mark Griffith,Jack Perkins 4 Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney, New South Wales 12–14 July Two races Jack Le Brocq Steven McLaughlan Brendon Cook,Matt Kingsley Mark GriffithJack Perkins 5 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 2–4 August Three races Klark Quinn Steven McLaughlan Brendon Cook,Matt Kingsley Mark Griffith,Jack Perkins 6 Highlands Motorsport Park Cromwell, Otago, New Zealand 8–10 November Two races Tony Quinn,Fabian Coulthard Andrew Waite, Simon Evans Ben Foessel, Michael Almond Mark Griffith,Jack Perkins The results for each round of the Championship were determined by the number of points scored by each driver within their division at that round. During each race in Rounds 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Championship, each automobile was required to complete one compulsory pit stop during a prescribed pit stop window. During the compulsory pit stop, each automobile was required to remain stationary for a prescribed minimum time plus any additional time required dependent on Driver Classification (i.e. Pro, Master or Gold). Round 1 at Mount Panorama was contested over the first 50 minutes of the 2013 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour race. With no compulsory pit stop at the event, time was added to the race time of each automobile, equivalent to double the time prescribed for the Driver Classification of the driver that started the race. Divisions Drivers' titles were awarded in four divisions.https://web.archive.org/web/20131202224019/http://www.australiangt.com.au/about-us http://www.australiangt.com.au/about-us Division System Australian GT Championship Australian GT Sportscar Group Pty Ltd. 26 November 2013 2 December 2013 dead dmy-all GT Championship – for FIA GT3 specification vehicles GT Trophy – for older specification FIA GT3 vehicles GT Challenge – for cars that no longer fit within the GT Championship and GT Trophy divisions GT Sports – for GT4 specification cars Points system Championship points were awarded to each eligible Driver, based on their qualifying position at each round of the Championship and on their finishing position in each race of the Championship, relative to the other Drivers within their division, in accordance with the following table. Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th15th16th17th18th19th All otherfinishers Qualifying 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Races 50 42 35 30 25 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Each Competitor who had registered for the entire series could nominate one Round for each automobile, selected from Rounds 2, 3, 4 or 5 only, where double points would be awarded to each Driver entered in that automobile for that Round. Championship results GT Championship thumb|Defending champion Klark Quinn won the 2013 title driving a Porsche 911 GT3-R Type 997. thumb|Tony Quinn placed second driving an Aston Martin Vantage thumb|Rod Salmon placed third driving an Audi R8 LMS Ultra thumb|Dean Koutsoumidis placed fifth driving an Audi R8 LMS GT3 thumb|Craig Baird placed eighth driving Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz (pictured) & Porsche thumb|Christian Klien placed thirty sixth driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 thumb|Mark Griffith won the GT Sports division driving a Ginetta G50 GT4 thumb|Michael Hovey placed third in the GT Sports division driving a Ginetta G50 GT4 GT Championship resultshttps://web.archive.org/web/20131202223910/http://www.australiangt.com.au/results/gt-championship GT Championship results Australian GT Championship Australian GT Sportscar Group Pty Ltd. 26 November 2013 2 December 2013 http://www.australiangt.com.au/results/gt-championship dead Pos.DriverNo.CarCompetitor / Teamhttp://racing.natsoft.com.au/results/ Race results Natsoft National Software Pty. Ltd. 27 November 2013Points 1 Klark Quinn 51 Porsche 911 GT3-R Type 997 VIP Petfoods 627 2 Tony Quinn 7 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 VIP Petfoods, Darrell Lea 523 3 Rod Salmon 6 Audi R8 LMS Ultra Melbourne Performance Centre 352 4 John Bowe 88 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Maranello Motorsport 334 5 Dean KoutsoumidisDriver appears twice on GT Championship results published at www.gtchampionship.com.au. The GT Championship table has been adjusted to remove these double entries. 71 Audi R8 LMS GT3 Equity-One Mortgage Fund 305 6 Peter Edwards 88 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Maranello Motorsport 252 7 Roger Lago 1123 Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 GT3 Lago Racing 234 8 Craig Baird 33 63 1 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3Porsche 911 GT3-R Type 997 Clearwater Racing Erebus Motorsport VIP Petfoods 220 9 Jack Le Brocq 36 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport 220 10 Justin McMillan 48 Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 M Motorpsort 195 11 Andrew McInnes 71 Audi R8 LMS GT3 Equity-One Mortgage Fund 183 12 Jim Manolios 29 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3R Trofeo Motorsport / Pirelli 106 13 Andrew Taplin 2 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Taplin Real Estate 100 14 Ivan Capelli 29 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3R Trofeo Motorsport / Pirelli 73 15 Nathan Antunes 6 Audi R8 LMS Ultra Melbourne Performance Centre 63 16 Shane van Gisbergen 5 Porsche 911 GT3-R Type 997 VIP Petfoods 54 17 Allan Simonsen 88 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Maranello Motorsport 50 18 Mika Salo 88 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Maranello Motorsport 50 19 James Winslow 6 Audi R8 LMS Ultra Melbourne Performance Centre 42 20 Greg Murphy 29 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3R McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Trofeo Motorsport / PirelliVIP Petfoods Racing 37 21 Simon Middleton 71 Audi R8 LMS GT3 Equity-One Mortgage Fund 30 22 Darryl O'Young 71 Audi R8 LMS GT3 Equity-One Mortgage Fund 30 23 Lee Holdsworth 63 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport 26 24 Tim Slade 63 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport 26 25 Peter Hackett 63 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport 26 26 Matt Griffin 33 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Clearwater Racing 25 27 Mok Weng Sun 33 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Clearwater Racing 25 28 Warren Luff 6 Audi R8 LMS Ultra Melbourne Performance Centre 21 29 Craig Lowndes 6 Audi R8 LMS Ultra Melbourne Performance Centre 21 30 Thomas Jäger 36 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport 19 31 Bernd Schneider 36 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport 19 32 Alex Roloff 36 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport 19 33 Steven Richards 48 Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 M Motorpsort 18 34 Peter Kox 11 Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 GT3 Lago Racing 16 35 David Russell 11 Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 GT3 Lago Racing 16 36 Christian Klien 47 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport 0 37 Ross Lilley 48 Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 M Motorpsort 0 GT Trophy GT Trophy resultshttps://web.archive.org/web/20131202232811/http://www.australiangt.com.au/results/gt-trophy http://www.australiangt.com.au/results/gt-trophy GT Trophy results Australian GT Championship Australian GT Sportscar Group Pty Ltd. 26 November 2013 2 December 2013 dead Pos.DriverNo.CarCompetitor / TeamPoints 1 Steven McLaughlan 75 Dodge Viper Competition Coupe Series II Jamec Pem Racing 308 2 Jan Jinadasa 77 Lamborghini Gallardo LP520 GT3 Jan Jinadasa 220 3 Jordan Ormsby 61 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Golf Car Solutions 102 4 Kevin Weeks 8 Lamborghini Gallardo LP520 GT3 Supaloc 58 GT Challenge GT Challenge resultshttps://web.archive.org/web/20131202231838/http://www.australiangt.com.au/results/gt-challenge GT Challenge results http://www.australiangt.com.au/results/gt-challenge Australian GT Championship Australian GT Sportscar Group Pty Ltd. 26 November 2013 2 December 2013 dead Pos.DriverNo.CarCompetitor / TeamPoints 1 Ben Foessel 4 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 Motor School 596 2 Brendon Cook 25 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 McElrea Racing 460 3 George Foessel 3 Porsche 911 GT3 Type 997 Motor School 391 4 Matt Kingsley 25 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 McElrea Racing 346 5 Michael Almond 46 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Copyworld 218 6 John Goodacre 66 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 GapSolutions / Sketor 91 7 Kiang Kuan Wong 15 Porsche 911 GT3 R Type 996 ULX110 Custom 61 8 Brenton GriGuol 36 Ferrari 360 Challenge Koala Car Rentals 39 9 Keith Wong 15 Porsche 911 GT3 R Type 996 ULX110 Custom 0 GT Sports GT Sports resultshttps://web.archive.org/web/20131202230928/http://www.australiangt.com.au/results/gt-sports GT Sports results http://www.australiangt.com.au/results/gt-sports Australian GT Championship Australian GT Sportscar Group Pty Ltd. 26 November 2013 2 December 2013 dead Pos.DriverNo.CarCompetitor / TeamPoints 1 Mark Griffith 19 Ginetta G50 GT4 Mark Griffith 607 2 Jack Perkins 19 Ginetta G50 GT4 Mark Griffith 600 3 Michael Hovey 73 Ginetta G50 GT4 ES Australia 538 4 Tony Martin 9 Ginetta G50 GT4 TM Motorsports 507 5 Liam Talbot 50 Ginetta G50 GT4 Refresh Cosmetic & Laser Clinic 324 6 Darren Berry 50 Ginetta G50 GT4 Refresh Cosmetic & Laser Clinic 219 7 Lee Castle 9 Ginetta G50 GT4 TM Motorsports 142 Footnotes N References External links http://www.australiangt.com.au/ Category:Australian GT Championship GT