The 2015 Australian GT Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to FIA GT3 cars and similar approved vehicles.2015 CAMS Australian GT Championship Sporting and Technical Regulations, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as National Championship, with the Australian GT Sportscar Group Pty Ltd appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager.
The GT Championship title, which was the 19th Australian GT Championship, was won by Christopher Mies, driving an Audi R8 Ultra.
Race calendar
The championship was contested over six rounds.
Rnd Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning vehicle 1 Adelaide Street Circuit 28 February Jono Lester Jono Lester Nathan Antunes Audi R8 Ultra Christopher Mies Greg Crick Nathan Antunes Audi R8 Ultra 1 March Christopher Mies Tony Quinn McLaren MP4-12C 2 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 22–23 May Jono Lester Graeme Smyth Christopher Mies Greg Crick Christopher Mies Greg Crick Audi R8 Ultra 3 Townsville Street Circuit 11 July Jono Lester Christopher Mies Greg Crick Tony D'Alberto Grant Denyer Ferrari 458 Italia 12 July Christopher Mies Greg Crick Nathan Antunes Audi R8 Ultra 4 Sydney Motorsport Park 22 August Steve Owen Kevin Weeks Matt Campbell Christopher Mies Ryan Millier Audi R8 Ultra 23 August Christopher Mies Ryan Millier Grant Denyer Ferrari 458 Italia 5 Sandown International Raceway 12 September Jono Lester Morgan Haber Tony D'Alberto Grant Denyer Ferrari 458 Italia 13 September Jono Lester Graeme Smyth Christopher Mies Ryan Millier Audi R8 Ultra 6 Highlands Motorsport Park 14 November Christopher Haase Steve McLaughlan Klark Quinn Shane van Gisbergen Klark Quinn Shane van Gisbergen McLaren 650S GT3 15 November Klark Quinn Shane van Gisbergen Morgan Haber Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3
Round 6 at Highlands Motorsport Park in New Zealand comprised two races each of sixty minutes duration. These races were held as support races for the Highlands 101, an endurance race which did not count towards the championship.
Teams and Drivers +TeamCarNo.DriverCo-DriverClassRoundsEVA RacingAudi R8 Ultra2 Peter FitzgeraldGTMotor SchoolGinetta G50Z3GT TrophyPorsche 911 GT3 Cup Car4GT TrophySupaloc RacingFord GT GT35GT TrophySkwirk / Beechwood HomesAudi R8 Ultra6GTDarrell Lea7GT23GT37GTMaranello Motorsport8GT88GTObjective Racing11GTWalz Group12GT ChallengeKeith Wong15GT TrophyHog's Breath Cafe19GT TrophyDJS Racing Motorsport Services21GT TrophyScott Taylor Motorsport22GTLago Racing23GTTrass Family Motorsport27 Jono LesterGTErebus Motorsport28GT36GTFastway Couriers33GT TrophyRentCorp. Forklifts35GT TrophyAdina Apartment Hotels38GT Trophyjohnmargo.com46GT Interlloy Motorsport46GT48GTSupabarn Supermarkets47GT69GT TrophyAMAC Motorsport51GTSAFE-T-STOP53GT ChallengeDonut King54GT ChallengeMalibu Boats55GT TrophySouthern Star Developments57GT TrophyTeam FreeM63GTMotorsport Services64GT TrophyGap Solutions66GT TrophyThomson Geer Lawyers68GT ChallengeDPM Motorsport71GTHHH Racing/Triffid/ESP73GTJAMEC PEM Racing74 Christopher MiesGT75GTJJA Consulting Group77GT TrophyFlying B Racing80GTVoight Contracting93GT Trophy
Divisions Drivers' titles were awarded in four divisions.Australian GT Championship, cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org GT Championship - for FIA GT3 specification vehicles GT Trophy - for older specification FIA GT3 vehicles GT Challenge - for cars that no longer fitted within the GT Championship and GT Trophy divisions GT Sports - for GT4 specification cars
Championship standings Pos DriverResults, australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org No.Australian GT Championship (round 6), www.racingsportscars.com, as archived at web.archive.org VehicleNatsoft Race Results, racing.natsoft.com.au Retrieved 17 December 2015Audi claim the major silverware in Australian GT final, australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org Competitor/Team Pts GT Championship 1 Christopher Mies 74 Audi R8 Ultra JAMEC PEM Racing 643 2 Grant Denyer 88 Ferrari 458 Italia Maranello Motorsport 549 3 Klark Quinn 37 McLaren MP4-12C McLaren 650S GT3 Darrell Lea 531 4 Nathan Antunes 6 Audi R8 Ultra Skwirk / Beechwood Homes 514 5 Jono Lester 27 Ferrari 458 Italia Trass Family Motorsport 496 6 Tony Quinn 37 & 7 McLaren MP4-12C McLaren 650S GT3 Darrell Lea 433 7 Tony D'Alberto 88 Ferrari 458 Italia Maranello Motorsport 432 8 Graeme Smyth 27 Ferrari 458 Italia Trass Family Motorsport 416 9 Max Twigg 36 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport Pty Ltd 366 10 Ryan Millier 74 Audi R8 Ultra JAMEC PEM Racing 343 11 Greg Crick 74 Audi R8 Ultra JAMEC PEM Racing 300 12 Geoff Emery 36 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport Pty Ltd 300 13 Morgan Haber 28 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport Pty Ltd 291 14 James Koundouris 47 Porsche 911 GT3-R Supabarn Supermarkets 274 15 Tony Walls 11 McLaren 650S GT3 Objective Racing 273 16 Steve McLaughlan 75 Audi R8 Ultra JAMEC PEM Racing 233 17 Andrew Macpherson 51 Porsche 911 GT3-R AMAC Motorsport 208 18 Bradley Shiels 51 Porsche 911 GT3-R AMAC Motorsport 180 19 Garth Tander 7 McLaren 650S GT3 Darrell Lea 176 20 Scott Taylor 22 Porsche 911 GT3-R Scott Taylor Motorsport 139 21 Shane van Gisbergen 37 McLaren 650S GT3 Darrell Lea 130 22 Justin McMillan 48 Chevrolet Camaro Interlloy M Motorsport 129 23 Glen Wood 46 & 48 Lamborghini Gallardo & Chevrolet Camaro GT3 Interlloy M Motorsport 126 24 Marcus Marshall 47 Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 911 GT3 Cup-S Supabarn Supermarkets 122 25 Peter Fitzgerald 2 Audi R8 Ultra EVA Racing / Evolve Technik 101 26 Peter Edwards 80 Bentley Continental Flying B Racing 99 27 John Magro 49 & 46 Lamborghini Gallardo johnmagro.com 94 28 Craig Baird 22 Porsche 911 GT3-R Scott Taylor Motorsport 81 29 Paul Kelly 27 Ferrari 458 Italia Trass Family Motorsport 80 30 Elliot Barbour 46 Lamborghini Gallardo Interlloy M Motorsport 70 31 Michael Hovey 73 Ginetta G55 GT3 HHH Racing/Triffid/ESP 68 32 Jack LeBrocq 48 Chevrolet Camaro Interlloy M Motorsport 67 33 Adrian Deitz 8 Ferrari 458 Italia Maranello Motorsport 66 34 Shae Davies 36 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Erebus Motorsport Pty Ltd 66 35 Dale Paterson 74 Chevrolet Camaro DPM Motorsport 63 36 John Bowe 80 Bentley Continental Flying B Racing 63 37 Aaron Seton 22 Porsche 911 GT3-R Scott Taylor Motorsport 58 38 Roger Lago 23 Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX Lago Racing 57 39 Jonathon Webb 23 McLaren MP4-12C Darrell Lea 54 40 Warren Luff 11 McLaren 650S GT3 Objective Racing 50 41 Cameron McConville 8 Ferrari 458 Italia Maranello Motorsport 48 42 Nathan Morcom 46 Lamborghini Gallardo johnmagro.com 45 43 Steven Richards 71 Chevrolet Camaro DPM Motorsport 44 44 Rod Salmon 6 Audi R8 Ultra Skwirk / Beechwood Homes 38 45 Ross Lilley 63 Lamborghini Gallardo Team FreeM 33 GT Trophy Pos Driver No. Vehicle Competitor/Team Pts 1 Greg Taylor 38 Audi R8 LMS Adina Apartment Hotels 752 Barton Mawer 38 Audi R8 LMS Adina Apartment Hotels 752 2 Mark Griffith 19 Audi R8 LMS Hogs Breath Café 731 3 Theo Koundouris 69 Porsche 911 GT3-S Supabarn Supermarkets 718 4 Simon Ellingham 33 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Fastway Couriers 543 5 Jan Jinadasa 77 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 JJA Consulting Group 387 6 Steve Owen 69 & 5 & 77 Porsche 911 GT3-S & Ford GT GT3 & Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Supabarn Supermarkets & Supaloc Racing & JJA Consulting Group 225 7 Daniel Gaunt 19 Audi R8 LMS Hogs Breath Café 173 8 Kevin Weeks 5 Ford GT GT3 Supaloc Racing 149 9 Steve Voight 93 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Voight Contracting 142 Scott Taylor 93 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Voight Contracting 142 10 Daniel Gaunt 19 Audi R8 LMS Hogs Breath Café 130 11 Andre Heimgartner 33 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Fastway Couriers 90 12 John Goodacre 66 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Gap Solutions 86 13 Danny Stutterd 21 Lamborghini Gallardo DJS Racing Motorsport Services 75 14 Xavier West 55 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Malibu Boats 74 Tim Macrow 64 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Motorsport Services 74 15 Ben Foessel 3 Ginetta G50Z Motor School 69 16 Indiran Padayachee 35 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Rentcorp Forklifts 67 17 Simon McLennan 64 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Motorsport Services 65 18 Tim Macrow 64 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Motorsport Services 65 19 Brenton Griguol 43 Ferrari 430 GT3 Bank SA 46 20 Rob Smith 57 Audi R8 LMS Southern Star Developments 39 21 Peter Conroy 4 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 38 22 Sean Varney 4 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 38 23 Keith Wong 15 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Keith Wong 35 24 Kuang Wong 15 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Keith Wong 35 25 Matthew Turnbull Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Fire Rating Solutions 33 GT Challenge Pos Driver No. Vehicle Competitor/Team Pts 1 Richard Gartner 53 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car SAFE-T-STOP 726 2 Tony Alford 54 Lotus Exige Cup Car Nissan GTR Donut King 692 3 Michael O'Donnell 68 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Thomson Geer Lawyers 677 4 Brendon Cook 12 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Walz Group 365 5 Mark O'Connor 54 Lotus Exige Cup Car Donut King 281 6 Matt Kingsley 12 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Walz Group 253 GT Sports No Participants
The driver gaining the highest points total over all rounds of the Championship, within their division, was declared the winner of that division. If two drivers competed in the same automobile for all, or the majority of the rounds, then the final division position was awarded to both drivers.
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. The title, which was the 25th Australian Tourist Trophy, was won by Christopher Mies driving an Audi R8 Ultra.2016 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport – Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
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