2019 Australian GT Championship – Wikipedia

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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.

Race calendar[edit]

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

Entry List[edit]

Australian GT Championship[edit]

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

Australian Endurance Championship[edit]

Australian GT Trophy Series[edit]

Tropheo Challenge[edit]

Australian GT4 Championship[edit]

Race results[edit]

Bold indicates overall winner.

Championship Standings[edit]

Points system[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]

Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Notes:

Australian Endurance Championship[edit]

Australian GT4 Championship[edit]

Australian GT Trophy Series[edit]

Trofeo Challenge[edit]

  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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