2019 Australian GT Championship

The 2019 Australian GT Championship is the 23rd running of the Australian GT Championship, a CAMS-sanctioned Australian motor racing championship open to FIA GT3 cars, FIA GT4 cars and similar cars as approved for the championship. The championship will commence on 14 March 2018 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit and conclude on 10 November at Sandown Raceway. The championship will be contested over seven rounds. Each race, with the exception of the Australian Grand Prix round, will include at least one compulsory timed pit stop.

2019 Australian GT Championship
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Race calendar

The 2019 calendar was unveiled on 20 October 2018[1]

Rnd Circuit Location Date Supporting
1 Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne, Victoria 14–17 March Australian Grand Prix
Supercars Championship
2 Barbagallo Wanneroo Raceway Neerabup, Western Australia 2–4 May Supercars Championship
3 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 7–8 June Shannons Nationals
4 The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend, South Australia 12–13 July Shannons Nationals
5 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 20-21 September Shannons Nationals
6 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 25–27 October Supercars Championship
7 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 8–9 November Supercars Championship
NC Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 28 November Challenge Bathurst
  Event is part of Australian GT Championship, Australian GT4 Championship and Australian Endurance Championship
  Event is part of Australian GT Championship, Australian GT4 Championship, Australian GT Trophy Series and Tropheo Challenge
  Event is a Sprint event to which Australian GT Championship was invited to attend in a non-championship capacity

Entry List

Australian GT Championship

Team Vehicle No. Drivers Rounds
Melbourne Performance Centre[2][3][4] Audi R8 LMS Evo[2] 1 Geoff Emery[2] All
Garth Tander[4] 3–5
24 Tony Bates[3] 1, 3, 7
John Martin[5] 3
33 Vince Muriti[4] 3
Luke Youlden[4]
Audi R8 LMS Ultra[4] 125 Nick Kelly[4] 3
Barton Mawer[4]
Wall Racing[6] Lamborghini Huracán GT3[6] 6 Adrian Deitz[4] 3
Cameron McConville[4]
Darrell Lea/Keltic Racing[3] Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3[3] 7 Tony Quinn[3] 1, 3, 6
Daniel Gaunt[4] 3
Scott Taylor Motorsport[3][7][4][8][N 1] Mercedes-AMG GT3[3] 8 Max Twigg[3] 1–4
Tony D'Alberto[4] 3–4
75 Kenny Habul[7] 1
222 Scott Taylor[4] 3–4
Craig Baird[4]
777 Yasser Shahin[8] 3–4
Jamie Whincup[8]
Totally 4X4 Wheels[6] Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX[6] 14 Peter Major[6] 2
Nineteen Corporation P/L[6] Mercedes-AMG GT3[6] 19 Mark Griffith[6] 2, 7
Aussie Driver Search[9] Audi R8 LMS[9] 28 Lee Partridge[9] 1
Team 59Racing[10] McLaren 720S GT3[10] 59 Fraser Ross[10] 1, 3–7
Ryan Simpson 3–5, 7
Eggleston Motorsport[3] Mercedes-AMG GT3[3] 63 Peter Hackett[11] All
Dom Storey[4] 3–4
Safe-T-Stop[12] Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX[12] 69 Richard Gartner[12] 4
Hadrian Morrall[12]
Trofeo Motorsport[6] Lamborghini Huracán GT3[6] 129 Ryan Millier[6] 2, 6
Joseph Ensabella[13] 3, 5
Tim Blanchard[13] 3
Liam Talbot[12] 4–5, 7
Shane van Gisbergen[12] 4

Australian Endurance Championship

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Melbourne Performance Center[4][5] Audi R8 LMS Evo[4] 1 Geoff Emery[4] All
Garth Tander[4]
24 Tony Bates[5] 1
John Martin[5]
33 Vince Muriti[4] 1
Luke Youlden[4]
Audi R8 LMS Ultra[4] 99 Nick Kelly[4] 1
Barton Mawer[4]
Wall Racing[4] Lamborghini Huracán GT3[4] 6 Adrian Deitz[4] 1
Cameron McConville[4]
Darrell Lea/Keltic Racing[4] Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3[4] 7 Tony Quinn[4] 1
Daniel Gaunt[4]
Scott Taylor Motorsport[4][8] Mercedes-AMG GT3[4] 8 Max Twigg[4] 1–2
Tony D'Alberto[4]
222 Scott Taylor[4] 1–2
Craig Baird[4]
777 Yasser Shahin[8] 1–2
Jamie Whincup[8]
Team 59Racing[4] McLaren 720S GT3[4] 59 Fraser Ross[4] All
Ryan Simpson
Eggleston Motorsport[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3[4] 63 Peter Hackett[4] All
Dom Storey[4] 1–2
Safe-T-Stop[12] Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX[12] 69 Richard Gartner[12] 2
Hadrian Morrall[12]
Trofeo Motorsport[13] Lamborghini Huracán GT3[4] 129 Joseph Ensabella[13] 1, 3
Tim Blanchard[13] 1
Liam Talbot[12] 2–3
Shane van Gisbergen[12] 2

Australian GT Trophy Series

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Motorsport Leasing[3] Porsche 911 GT3 R (19)[3] 34 John Morriss[3] 1
Aaron Laboratories[3] Porsche 997 GT3 Cup[3] 64 Joseph Ensabella[3] All
Safe-T-Stop[3] Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX[3] 69 Richard Gartner[3] 1–3
DPM Motorsports[3] Chevrolet Camaro SS GT3[3] 71 Dale Paterson[3] All
Showergrate Shop Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX 73 Peter Corbett 3
Industrie Motorsport[3] Audi R8 LMS Ultra[3] 99 Nick Kelly[3] 1
REN Racing Audi R8 LMS Ultra[3] 125 Ryan How[3] 1–2
Scott Taylor Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (19)[3] 222 Scott Taylor[3] 1–2

Tropheo Challenge

Team Vehicle No. Drivers Rounds
MARC Cars Australia MARC II V8 20 Adam Hargraves 3
95 Geoff Taunton 3
MARC I V8 28 Bayley Hall 3
93 Broc Feeney 3
Melbourne Orthopaedic[3] Porsche 991 GT3 Cup[3] 21 Shane Barwood[3] 1
Seidler Group[3] Porsche 991 GT3 Cup[3] 22 Chris Seidler[3] 1
Luke Seidler[3]
Earth Electrical Contractors[3] Porsche 991 GT3 Cup[3] 25 Nick Karnaros[3] All
Trofeo Motorsport[3] Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo[3] 29 Jim Manolios[3] 1–2
Ryan Millier 4
Daikin Air Conditioning[3] Porsche 991 GT3 Cup[3] 87 David Greig[3] 1, 4

Australian GT4 Championship

Team Vehicle No. Drivers Rounds
MPD Steak Kitchen[3] Audi R8 LMS GT4[14] 16 Victor Zagame[14] 1
M-Motorsport[14] KTM X-Bow GT4[14] 48 Justin McMillan[14] 1–6
Glen Wood[14]
Dean Koutsoumidis 7
50 David Crampton[14] 1–5, 7
Trent Harrison[14] 1, 3–6
Griffith Corporation[3] Ginetta G55 GT4[14] 55 Mark Griffith[14] 1
Team 59Racing[10] McLaren 570S GT4[10] 74 Ryan Simpson 1
Christian Fitzgerald 5
Michael O'Brien
Solar & Energy Finance Ginetta G50 GT4 211 Todd O'Brien 6

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole Position GT3 Winners GT4 Winners GT Trophy Winners Tropheo Challenge Winners
1 R1 Albert Park No. 8 STM - WM Waste No. 59 Team 59Racing No. 48 M Motorsport No. 125 REN Racing No. 25 Earth Electrical Contractors
Max Twigg Fraser Ross Justin McMillan
Glen Wood
Ryan How Nick Karnaros
R2 No. 59 Team 59Racing No. 75 Scott Taylor Motorsport No. 74 Team 59Racing No. 125 REN Racing No. 21 Melbourne Orthopaedic Group
Fraser Ross Kenny Habul Ryan Simpson Ryan How Shane Barwood
R3 No. 63 Eggleston Motorsport No. 48 M Motorsport No. 125 REN Racing No. 25 Earth Electrical Contractors
Peter Hackett Justin McMillan
Glen Wood
Ryan How Nick Karnaros
R4 No. 75 Scott Taylor Motorsport No. 74 Team 59Racing No. 125 REN Racing No. 21 Melbourne Orthopaedic Group
Kenny Habul Ryan Simpson Ryan How Shane Barwood
2 R1 Barbagallo No. 14 Totally 4X4 Wheels No. 1 Melbourne Performance Centre No. 48 M-Motorsport No. 125 REN Racing No. 25 Earth Electrical Contractors
Peter Major Geoff Emery Justin McMillan
Glen Wood
Ryan How Nick Karnaros
R2 No. 14 Totally 4X4 Wheels No. 48 M-Motorsport No. 125 REN Racing No. 25 Earth Electrical Contractors
Peter Major Justin McMillan
Glen Wood
Ryan How Nick Karnaros
R3 No. 1 Melbourne Performance Centre No. 48 M-Motorsport No. 71 DPM Motorsports No. 25 Earth Electrical Contractors
Geoff Emery Justin McMillan
Glen Wood
Dale Paterson Nick Karnaros
3 Phillip Island No. 59 Team 59Racing No. 1 Melbourne Performance Centre No. 48 M-Motorsport Did Not Participate
Fraser Ross
Ryan Simpson
Geoff Emery
Garth Tander
Justin McMillan
Glen Wood
4 The Bend No. 63 Eggleston Motorsport No. 129 Trofeo Motorsport No. 50 M-Motorsport
Peter Hackett
Dom Storey
Liam Talbot
Shane van Gisbergen
David Crampton
Trent Harrison
5 Sandown No. 59 Team 59Racing No. 63 Eggleston Motorsport No. 48 M-Motorsport
Fraser Ross
Ryan Simpson
Peter Hackett Justin McMillan
Glen Wood
6 R1 Surfers Paradise No. 59 Team 59Racing No. 129 Trofeo Motorsport No. 48 M Motorsport No. 64 Aaron Laboratories No. 95 MARC Cars Australia
Fraser Ross Ryan Millier Justin McMillan
Glen Wood
Joseph Ensabella Geoff Taunton
R2 No. 59 Team 59Racing No. 50 M Motorsport No. 71 DPM Motorsports No. 20 MARC Cars Australia
Fraser Ross Trent Harrison Dale Paterson Adam Hargraves
7 R1 Sandown No. 59 Team 59Racing No. 63 Eggleston Motorsport No. 48 M Motorsport No. 64 Aaron Laboratories No. 29 Trofeo Motorsport
Fraser Ross
Ryan Simpson
Peter Hackett Dean Koutsoumidis Joseph Ensabella Ryan Millier
R2 No. 63 Eggleston Motorsport No. 48 M Motorsport No. 64 Aaron Laboratories No. 29 Trofeo Motorsport
Peter Hackett Dean Koutsoumidis Joseph Ensabella Ryan Millier
R3 No. 1 Melbourne Performance Centre No. 50 M Motorsport No. 64 Aaron Laboratories No. 29 Trofeo Motorsport
Geoff Emery David Crampton Joseph Ensabella Ryan Millier

Championship Standings

Points system

Points were awarded as follows:[15][16]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   21st   22nd   23rd   24th+ 
Qualifying 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 N/A
Round 1 50 44 39 33 31 30 27 25 24 23 22 20 19 18 17 15 14 13 12 10 8 5 2 2
Rounds 2, 7 67 59 51 44 42 40 37 34 32 30 28 27 25 23 22 20 18 17 15 13 10 7 3 3
Round 6 100 88 77 65 65 60 55 50 48 45 43 40 38 35 33 30 28 25 23 20 15 10 5 5
Rounds 3–5 300 265 230 195 190 180 165 150 143 135 128 120 113 105 98 90 83 75 68 60 45 30 15 5

Australian GT Championship

Pos Driver ALB
BAR
PHI
BEN
SAN
SUR
SAN
Points
QP R1 R2 R3 R4 QP R1 R2 R3 QP R QP R QP R QP R1 R2 QP R1 R2 R3
1 Geoff Emery 13 4 4 5 4 14 1 2 1 12 1 10 2 14 2 10 5 5 16 5 4 1 1537
2 Peter Hackett 12 3 6 1 3 16 2 4 4 10 9 16 3 14 1 15 2 3 11 1 1 2 1438
3 Garth Tander 12 1 10 2 14 2 868
4 Max Twigg 17 2 3 2 2 12 3 3 2 12 3 15 4 824
5 Fraser Ross[N 2] 0 1 2 6 Ret 17 2 14 6 18 Ret 20 3 1 20 4 2 DNS 814
6 Liam Talbot 13 1 14 3 6 3 3 3 715
7 Ryan Simpson 17 2 14 6 18 Ret 20 4 2 DNS 617
8 Tony D'Alberto 12 3 15 4 452
9 Dom Storey 10 9 16 3 399
10 Joseph Ensabella 0 8 14 3 394
11 Yasser Shahin
Jamie Whincup
15 10 12 5 352
12 Tony Bates 9 6 8 7 5 4 4 7 Ret DNS DNS 343
13 Ryan Millier 9 6 5 5 15 1 2 336
14 Shane van Gisbergen 13 1 313
15 Mark Griffith 9 5 6 3 11 2 5 4 298
16 Tony Quinn 6 7 Ret 8 7 11 Ret 12 4 4 248
17 John Martin 4 4 199
18 Vince Muriti
Luke Youlden
1 5 191
19 Craig Baird
Scott Taylor
4 6 6 Ret 184
20 Aaron Deitz
Cameron McConville
6 7 171
21 Richard Gartner
Hadrian Morrall
4 7 169
22 Kenny Habul 16 Ret 1 3 1 157
23 Tim Blanchard 0 8 150
24 Peter Major 20 4 1 Ret 131
25 Lee Partridge 11 9 7 Ret 7 102
26 Daniel Gaunt 11 Ret 11
Nick Kelly
Barton Mawer
0 Ret 0
Pos Driver QP R1 R2 R3 R4 QP R1 R2 R3 QP R QP R QP R QP R1 R2 QP R1 R2 R3 Points
ALB
BAR
PHI
BEN
SAN
SUR
SAN
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position Notes:

Australian Endurance Championship

Pos. Drivers PHI
BEN
SAN
Points
QP R QP R QP R
1 Geoff Emery
Garth Tander
12 1 10 2 14 2 868
2 Peter Hackett 10 9 16 3 14 1 713
3 Liam Talbot 13 1 14 3 557
4 Fraser Ross
Ryan Simpson
17 2 14 6 18 Ret 494
5 Tony D'Alberto
Max Twigg
12 3 15 4 452
6 Dom Storey 10 9 16 3 399
7 Joseph Ensabella 0 8 14 3 394
8 Yasser Shahin
Jamie Whincup
15 10 12 5 352
9 Shane van Gisbergen 13 1 313
10 Tony Bates
John Martin
4 4 199
11 Craig Baird
Scott Taylor
4 6 6 Ret 190
12 Vince Muriti
Luke Youlden
1 5 191
13 Aaron Deitz
Cameron McConville
5 7 171
14 Richard Gartner
Hadrian Morrall
4 7 169
15 Tim Blanchard 0 8 150
16 Daniel Gaunt
Tony Quinn
11 Ret 11
Nick Kelly
Barton Mawer
0 Ret 0
Pos. Drivers QP R QP R QP R Points
PHI
BEN
SAN

Australian GT4 Championship

Pos Driver ALB
BAR
PHI
BEN
SAN
SUR
SAN
Points
QP R1 R2 R3 R4 QP R1 R2 R3 QP R QP R QP R QP R1 R2 QP R1 R2 R3
1 Justin McMillan
Glen Wood
18 1 3 1 3 20 1 1 1 20 1 20 2 18 1 18 1 2 1546
2 David Crampton 11 4 Ret 3 5 16 2 2 2 16 Ret 16 1 15 2 8 2 2 1 1112
3 Trent Harrison 11 4 Ret 3 5 16 Ret 16 1 15 2 18 2 1 932
4 Ryan Simpson 18 2 1 2 1 206
5 Dean Koutsoumidis 10 1 1 DNS 144
6 Mark Griffith 14 3 2 Ret 2 141
7 Victor Zagame 11 5 4 4 4 141
8 Todd O'Brien 14 3 Ret 91
9 Christian Fitzgerald
Michael O'Brien
17 Ret 17
Pos Driver QP R1 R2 R3 R4 QP R1 R2 R3 QP R QP R QP R QP R1 R2 QP R1 R2 R3 Points
ALB
BAR
PHI
BEN
SAN
SUR
SAN

Australian GT Trophy Series

Pos Driver ALB
BAR
SUR
SAN
Points
QP R1 R2 R3 R4 QP R1 R2 R3 QP R1 R2 QP R1 R2 R3
1 Dale Paterson 11 5 5 5 5 14 2 2 1 20 2 1 0 2 2 DNS 660
2 Joseph Ensabella 6 7 Ret 4 7 10 4 4 3 15 1 Ret 10 1 1 1 579
3 Ryan How 17 1 1 1 1 20 1 1 Ret 371
4 Richard Gartner 8 6 Ret 3 6 14 5 3 2 15 Ret 3 365
5 John Morriss 17 3 2 2 3 183
6 Scott Taylor 11 4 3 Ret 4 14 3 Ret DNS 181
7 Peter Corbett 12 3 2 177
8 Nick Kelly 16 2 4 Ret 2 137
Pos Driver QP R1 R2 R3 R4 QP R1 R2 R3 QP R1 R2 QP R1 R2 R3 Points
ALB
BAR
SUR
SAN

Trofeo Challenge

Pos Driver ALB
BAR
SUR
SAN
Points
QP R1 R2 R3 R4 QP R1 R2 R3 QP R1 R2 QP R1 R2 R3
1 Nick Karnaros 18 1 2 1 2 20 1 1 1 10 5 4 8 2 2 2 750
2 Jim Manolios 10 3 4 2 4 16 2 2 2 355
3 David Greig 12 2 3 4 3 7 3 3 3 327
4 Ryan Millier 10 1 1 1 211
5 Adam Hargraves 12 2 1 200
6 Geoff Taunton 15 1 3 192
7 Shane Barwood 15 4 1 3 1 187
8 Broc Feeney 20 3 2 185
9 Bayley Hall 15 4 Ret 80
10 Chris Seidler
Luke Seidler
17 Ret DNS DNS DNS 17
Pos Driver QP R1 R2 R3 R4 QP R1 R2 R3 QP R1 R2 QP R1 R2 R3 Points
ALB
BAR
SUR
SAN

Notes

  1. Car Nos. 8, 222 & 777 entered under an Australian racing licenses, while car no. 75 entered under a USA racing license
  2. Fraser Ross was ineligible to score championship points at round 1 because he was entered as a Invitational Entry.

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