2015 Australian GT Championship

2015 Australian GT Championship
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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

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

Divisions

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

Championship standings

Pos Driver [3] Vehicle [3][4][5] Pts [3]
GT Championship
1 Germany Christopher Mies Audi R8 Ultra 643
2 Australia Grant Denyer Ferrari 458 Italia 549
3 Australia Klark Quinn McLaren MP4-12C
McLaren 650S GT3
531
4 Australia Nathan Antunes Audi R8 Ultra 514
5 New Zealand Jono Lester Ferrari 458 Italia 496
6 United Kingdom Tony Quinn McLaren 650S GT3 433
7 Australia Tony D'Alberto Ferrari 458 Italia 432
8 New Zealand Graeme Smyth Ferrari 458 Italia 416
9 Australia Max Twigg Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 366
10 Australia Ryan Millier Audi R8 Ultra 343
11 Australia Greg Crick Audi R8 Ultra 300
12 Australia Geoff Emery Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 300
13 Australia Morgan Haber Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 291
14 Australia James Koundouris Porsche 911 GT3-R 274
15 Australia Tony Walls McLaren 650S GT3 273
16 Australia Steve McLaughlan Audi R8 Ultra 233
17 Australia Andrew Macpherson Porsche 911 GT3-R 208
18 Australia Bradley Shiels Porsche 911 GT3-R 180
19 Australia Garth Tander McLaren 650S GT3 176
20 Australia Scott Taylor Porsche 911 GT3-R 139
21 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen McLaren 650S GT3 130
22 Australia Justin McMillan Chevrolet Camaro 129
23 Australia Glen Wood Audi R8 GT3 Ultra 126
24 Australia Marcus Marshall Porsche 911 GT3-R
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup-S
122
25 Australia Peter Fitzgerald Audi R8 Ultra 101
26 Australia Peter Edwards Bentley Continental 99
27 Australia John Magro Lamborghini Gallardo 94
28 New Zealand Craig Baird Porsche 911 GT3-R 81
29 New Zealand Paul Kelly Ferrari 458 Italia 80
30 Australia Elliot Barbour Lamborghini Gallardo 70
31 Australia Michael Hovey Ginetta G55 GT3 68
32 Australia Jack LeBrocq Chevrolet Camaro 67
33 Australia Adrian Deitz Ferrari 458 Italia 66
34 Australia Shae Davies Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 66
35 Australia Dale Paterson Chevrolet Camaro 63
36 Australia John Bowe Bentley Continental 63
37 Australia Aaron Seton Porsche 911 GT3-R 58
38 Australia Roger Lago Lamborghini Gallardo 57
39 Australia Jonathon Webb McLaren MP4-12C 54
40 Australia Warren Luff McLaren 650S GT3 50
41 Australia Cameron McConville Ferrari 458 Italia 48
42 Australia Nathan Morcom Lamborghini Gallardo 45
43 New Zealand Steven Richards Chevrolet Camaro 44
44 Australia Rod Salmon Audi R8 Ultra 38
45 Australia Ross Lilley Lamborghini Gallardo 33
GT Trophy
Pos Driver Vehicle Pts
1 Australia Greg Taylor Audi R8 LMS 752
Australia Barton Mawer Audi R8 LMS 752
2 Australia Mark Griffith Audi R8 LMS 731
3 Australia Theo Koundouris Porsche 911 GT3-S 718
4 New Zealand Simon Ellingham Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 543
5 Australia Jan Jinadasa Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 387
6 Australia Steve Owen Porsche 911 GT3-S & Ford GT GT3 225
7 New Zealand Daniel Gaunt Audi R8 LMS 173
8 Australia Kevin Weeks Ford GT GT3 149
9 Australia Steve Voight Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 142
Australia Scott Taylor Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 142
10 New Zealand Daniel Gaunt Audi R8 LMS 130
11 New Zealand Andre Heimgartner Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 90
12 Australia John Goodacre Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 86
13 Australia Danny Stutterd Lamborghini Gallardo 75
14 Australia Xavier West Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 74
Australia Tim Macrow Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 74
15 Australia Ben Foessel Ginetta G50Z 69
16 Australia Indiran Padayachee Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 67
17 New Zealand Simon McLennan Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 65
18 Australia Tim Macrow Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 65
19 Australia Brenton Griguol Ferrari 430 GT3 46
20 Australia Rob Smith Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 39
21 Australia Peter Conroy Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 38
22 Australia Sean Varney Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 38
23 Australia Keith Wong Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 35
24 Hong Kong Kuang Wong Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 35
25 Australia Matthew Turnbull Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 33
GT Challenge
Pos Driver Vehicle Pts
1 Australia Richard Gartner Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 726
2 Australia Tony Alford Lotus Exige Cup Car 692
3 Australia Michael O'Donnell Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 677
4 Australia Brendan Cook Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 365
5 Australia Mark O'Connor Lotus Exige Cup Car 281
6 Australia Matt Kingsley Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 253
GT Sports
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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]

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