2015 Australian GT Championship season

2015 Australian GT Championship season
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The 2015 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing championship open to FIA GT3 cars and similar cars as approved for the championship.^[1] The Australian GT Sportscar Group Pty Ltd was appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager for the championship.^[1] The title, which was the 19th Australian GT Championship, was won by Christopher Mies, driving a Audi R8 Ultra.

Race calendar

[[File:Audi R8 Ultra of Christopher Mies & Greg Crick.JPG|thumb|Christopher Mies won the Championship driving an Audi R8 Ultra]]

Klark Quinn placed third driving a McLaren MP4-12C (pictured) and a McLaren 650S GT3

Max Twigg placed ninth in a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3

Morgan Haber placed 13th in a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3

James Koundouris placed 14th in a Porsche 911 GT3-R

Tony Walls placed 15th in a McLaren 650S GT3

John Magro placed 27th in a Lamborghini Gallardo

Jan Jinadasa placed 5th in GT Trophy in a Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4

Kevin Weeks placed 8th in GT Trophy in a Ford GT GT3

Ben Foessel placed 15th in GT Trophy in a Ginetta G50Z

Brenton Griguol placed 19th in GT Trophy in a Ferrari 430 GT3

The championship was contested over a six rounds.^[1]

Rnd [1]	Circuit [1]	Date [1]	Pole Position [1]	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Vehicle
1	Adelaide Street Circuit	28 February	Jono Lester	Jono Lester	Nathan Antunes	Audi R8 Ultra
				Christopher Mies Greg Crick	Nathan Antunes	Audi R8 Ultra
		1 March		Christopher Mies	Tony Quinn	McLaren MP4-12C
2	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	22–23 May	Jono Lester Graeme Smyth	Christopher Mies Greg Crick	Christopher Mies Greg Crick	Audi R8 Ultra
3	Townsville Street Circuit	11 July	Jono Lester	Christopher Mies Greg Crick	Tony D'Alberto Grant Denyer	Ferrari 458 Italia
		12 July		Christopher Mies Greg Crick	Nathan Antunes	Audi R8 Ultra
4	Sydney Motorsport Park	22 August	Steve Owen Kevin Weeks	Matt Campbell	Christopher Mies Ryan Millier	Audi R8 Ultra
		23 August		Christopher Mies Ryan Millier	Grant Denyer	Ferrari 458 Italia
5	Sandown International Raceway	12 September	Jono Lester	Morgan Haber	Tony D'Alberto Grant Denyer	Ferrari 458 Italia
		13 September		Jono Lester Graeme Smyth	Christopher Mies Ryan Millier	Audi R8 Ultra
6	Highlands Motorsport Park	14 November	Christopher Hasse Steve McLaughlan	Klark Quinn Shane Van Gisbergen	Klark Quinn Shane Van Gisbergen	McLaren 650S GT3
		15 November		Klark Quinn Shane Van Gisbergen	Morgan Haber	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3

Divisions

Drivers' titles were awarded in four divisions.^[2]

• GT Championship - for FIA GT3 specification vehicles ^[2]
• GT Trophy - for older specification FIA GT3 vehicles ^[2]
• GT Challenge - for cars that no longer fitted within the GT Championship and GT Trophy divisions ^[2]
• GT Sports - for GT4 specification cars ^[2]

Championship standings

Pos	Driver [3]	Vehicle [3][4][5]	Pts [3]
GT Championship
1	Christopher Mies	Audi R8 Ultra	643
2	Grant Denyer	Ferrari 458 Italia	549
3	Klark Quinn	McLaren MP4-12C McLaren 650S GT3	531
4	Nathan Antunes	Audi R8 Ultra	514
5	Jono Lester	Ferrari 458 Italia	496
6	Tony Quinn	McLaren 650S GT3	433
7	Tony D'Alberto	Ferrari 458 Italia	432
8	Graeme Smyth	Ferrari 458 Italia	416
9	Max Twigg	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	366
10	Ryan Millier	Audi R8 Ultra	343
11	Greg Crick	Audi R8 Ultra	300
12	Geoff Emery	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	300
13	Morgan Haber	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	291
14	James Koundouris	Porsche 911 GT3-R	274
15	Tony Walls	McLaren 650S GT3	273
16	Steve McLaughlan	Audi R8 Ultra	233
17	Andrew Macpherson	Porsche 911 GT3-R	208
18	Bradley Shiels	Porsche 911 GT3-R	180
19	Garth Tander	McLaren 650S GT3	176
20	Scott Taylor	Porsche 911 GT3-R	139
21	Shane van Gisbergen	McLaren 650S GT3	130
22	Justin McMillan	Chevrolet Camaro	129
23	Glen Wood	Audi R8 GT3 Ultra	126
24	Marcus Marshall	Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 911 GT3 Cup-S	122
25	Peter Fitzgerald	Audi R8 Ultra	101
26	Peter Edwards	Bentley Continental	99
27	John Magro	Lamborghini Gallardo	94
28	Craig Baird	Porsche 911 GT3-R	81
29	Paul Kelly	Ferrari 458 Italia	80
30	Elliot Barbour	Lamborghini Gallardo	70
31	Michael Hovey	Ginetta G55 GT3	68
32	Jack LeBrocq	Chevrolet Camaro	67
33	Adrian Deitz	Ferrari 458 Italia	66
34	Shae Davies	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	66
35	Dale Paterson	Chevrolet Camaro	63
36	John Bowe	Bentley Continental	63
37	Aaron Seton	Porsche 911 GT3-R	58
38	Roger Lago	Lamborghini Gallardo	57
39	Jonathon Webb	McLaren MP4-12C	54
40	Warren Luff	McLaren 650S GT3	50
41	Cameron McConville	Ferrari 458 Italia	48
42	Nathan Morcom	Lamborghini Gallardo	45
43	Steven Richards	Chevrolet Camaro	44
44	Rod Salmon	Audi R8 Ultra	38
45	Ross Lilley	Lamborghini Gallardo	33
GT Trophy
Pos	Driver	Vehicle	Pts
1	Greg Taylor	Audi R8 LMS	752
	Barton Mawer	Audi R8 LMS	752
2	Mark Griffith	Audi R8 LMS	731
3	Theo Koundouris	Porsche 911 GT3-S	718
4	Simon Ellingham	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	543
5	Jan Jinadasa	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4	387
6	Steve Owen	Porsche 911 GT3-S & Ford GT GT3	225
7	Daniel Gaunt	Audi R8 LMS	173
8	Kevin Weeks	Ford GT GT3	149
9	Steve Voight	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	142
	Scott Taylor	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	142
10	Daniel Gaunt	Audi R8 LMS	130
11	Andre Heimgartner	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	90
12	John Goodacre	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	86
13	Danny Stutterd	Lamborghini Gallardo	75
14	Xavier West	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	74
	Tim Macrow	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	74
15	Ben Foessel	Ginetta G50Z	69
16	Indiran Padayachee	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	67
17	Simon McLennan	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	65
18	Tim Macrow	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	65
19	Brenton Griguol	Ferrari 430 GT3	46
20	Rob Smith	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	39
21	Peter Conroy	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	38
22	Sean Varney	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	38
23	Keith Wong	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	35
24	Kuang Wong	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	35
25	Matthew Turnbull	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	33
GT Challenge
Pos	Driver	Vehicle	Pts
1	Richard Gartner	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	726
2	Tony Alford	Lotus Exige Cup Car	692
3	Michael O'Donnell	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	677
4	Brendan Cook	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	365
5	Mark O'Connor	Lotus Exige Cup Car	281
6	Matt Kingsley	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	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.^[1]
• 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.^[1]

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.^[1] The title, which was the 25th Australian Tourist Trophy, was won by Christopher Mies driving an Audi R8 Ultra.^[6]

References

1. 2015 CAMS Australian GT Championship Sporting and Technical Regulations, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
2. Australian GT Championship, cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
3. Results, australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
4. Natsoft Race Results, racing.natsoft.com.au Retrieved 17 December 2015
5. Audi claim the major silverware in Australian GT final, australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
6. 2016 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport – Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

External links

• Official website