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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2020

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
			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

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
			Dominic 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 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

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	—
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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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

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.