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.
The 2019 calendar was unveiled on 20 October 2018[1]
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
Australian GT Championship [ edit ] 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 Dominic 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 [ edit ] Australian GT Trophy Series [ edit ] Australian GT4 Championship [ edit ] Bold indicates overall winner.
Round Circuit Pole position GT3 winners GT4 winners GT Trophy winners Tropheo Challenge winners 1 1 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 Dominic 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 [ edit ] 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 — 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 [ edit ] Australian Endurance Championship [ edit ] Australian GT4 Championship [ edit ] Driver ALB BAR PHI BEN SAN SUR SAN Points 1 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 Driver 1 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 [ edit ] Driver ALB BAR SUR SAN Points 1 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 Driver 1 R2 R3 R4 QP R1 R2 R3 QP R1 R2 QP R1 R2 R3 Points ALB BAR SUR SAN
Driver ALB BAR SUR SAN Points 1 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 Driver 1 R2 R3 R4 QP R1 R2 R3 QP R1 R2 QP R1 R2 R3 Points ALB BAR SUR SAN
^ Car Nos. 8, 222 & 777 entered under an Australian racing licenses, while car no. 75 entered under a USA racing license ^ Fraser Ross was ineligible to score championship points at round 1 because he was entered as a Invitational Entry.