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2024 GT World Challenge Australia

The 2024 Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS is an Australian motor sport competition for GT cars. The series incorporates the "Motorsport Australia GT Championship", the "Motorsport Australia Endurance Championship" and the "GT3 Trophy Series". The Motorsport Australia GT Championship is the 28th running of an Australian GT Championship. This will be the first season of the championship being solely managed by the SRO Motorsports Group.[1] The season will begin on 18 February at the Bathurst 12 Hour at Mount Panorama Circuit and end on 10 November, also at Mount Panorama Circuit.[2]

Calendar

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The provisional seven-race calendar was released on 2 November 2023 with all rounds taking place in Australia.[2] The calendar was finalized on 9 May 2024, alongside the announcement of the GT Festival, the first-ever event promoted by SRO Motorsports Australia.[3]

Round Event Circuit City / State Date Map
End. Repco Bathurst 12 Hour[4]   Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 16–18 February
1 Ford Mustang 60 Years Race Phillip Island[5]   Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 12–14 April
2 Race Tailem Bend[6]   The Bend Motorsport Park (West) Tailem Bend, South Australia 31 May–2 June
3 Eventelec Race Queensland[7]   Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 2–4 August
4 GT Festival[8]   Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 23–25 August
5 Race Sydney[9]   Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 18–19 October
6 Supercheap Auto Bathurst International[10]   Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 8–10 November

Entry list

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Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds
  Arise Racing GT[11][12] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 1   Chaz Mostert[13] PA 1–4
  Liam Talbot[13]
8   Jaxon Evans[13] PA 1–4
  Elliott Schutte[13]
  Grove Racing[14][N 1] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 4   Brenton Grove[14] PA 1, 3–4
  Stephen Grove[14]
  Melbourne Performance Centre[15][16][17][N 2] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 7   Brendon Leitch[18] PA 1–4
  Tim Miles[18]
9   Marc Cini[19] Am 1–4
22   Ash Samadi[17] Am 1–4
87   Will Brown[20] PA 1–4
  Brad Schumacher[20]
88   Steve Brooks[21] PA 2
  Nick McBride[21]
181   Renee Gracie[22] PA 1–4
  Paul Stokell[22]
  Volante Rosso Motorsport[23][24][N 3] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 14   Alex Gardner[25] PA 3–4
  Ben Porter[25] 3
  Ross Poulakis[26] 4
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 34   Chris Batzios[24] Am 3
PA 4 		3–4
  Ross Poulakis[24] 3
  David Brabham[27] 4
  Black Wolf Motorsport[28] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 16   Ben Schoots[28] Am 1–4
  Shane Woodman[28]
  Tony Bates Racing[28] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 24   Tony Bates[28] Am 1
  KMB Motorsport[28] Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin AM28 5.9 L V12 38   Valentino Astuti[29] T 1–4
  Michael Bailey[28] 1
  Darren Currie[30] 2–4
  Tigani Motorsport[31][32][N 4] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 44   Sergio Pires[33] Am 1–2, 4
  Marcel Zalloua[33]
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 47   James Koundouris[32] Am 1–4
  Theo Koundouris[32]
66   Paul Lucchitti[33] PA 1–4
  Jayden Ojeda[33]
  RAM Motorsport[34] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 45   Mike Sheargold[34] Am 1–4
  Garth Walden[34]
  Team BRM[35][N 5] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 81   Alex Peroni[35] PA 1–4
  Mark Rosser[35]
  Wall Racing[36] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 93   Tony D'Alberto[36] PA 2
  Adrian Deitz[36]
  Scott Taylor Motorsport[37] Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 222   Paul Morris[37] T 3–4
  Scott Taylor[37]
  Triple Eight Race Engineering[38] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 888   Declan Fraser[38] PA 1–4
  Peter Hackett[38]
Icon Class
PA Pro-Am class
Am Am class
T Trophy

Race results

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Bold indicates overall winner

Round Circuit Pole position Pro-Am winners Am winners Trophy winners Ref.
1 R1   Phillip Island   No. 8 Arise Racing GT[N 6]   No. 1 Arise Racing GT   No. 44 Valmont Racing   No. 38 KMB Motorsport Report
  Jaxon Evans
  Elliott Schutte 		  Chaz Mostert
  Liam Talbot 		  Sergio Pires
  Marcel Zalloua 		  Valentino Astuti
  Michael Bailey
R2   No. 1 Arise Racing GT   No. 7 Dayle ITM   No. 22 Team MPC   No. 38 KMB Motorsport Report
  Chaz Mostert
  Liam Talbot 		  Brendon Leitch
  Tim Miles 		  Ash Samadi   Valentino Astuti
  Michael Bailey
2 R1   The Bend (West)   No. 87 Shaw & Partners / Kelso Electrical   No. 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering   No. 44 Valmont Racing   No. 38 KMB Motorsport Report
  Will Brown
  Brad Schumacher 		  Declan Fraser
  Peter Hackett 		  Sergio Pires
  Marcel Zalloua 		  Valentino Astuti
  Darren Currie
R2   No. 8 Arise Racing GT   No. 87 Shaw & Partners / Kelso Electrical   No. 45 RAM Motorsport   No. 38 KMB Motorsport Report
  Jaxon Evans
  Elliott Schutte 		  Will Brown
  Brad Schumacher 		  Mike Sheargold
  Garth Walden 		  Valentino Astuti
  Darren Currie
3 R1   Queensland   No. 87 Shaw & Partners / Kelso Electrical   No. 81 Team BRM   No. 16 Black Wolf Motorsport   No. 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Report
  Will Brown
  Brad Schumacher 		  Alex Peroni
  Mark Rosser 		  Ben Schoots
  Shane Woodman 		  Paul Morris
  Scott Taylor
R2   No. 66 Realta   No. 87 Shaw & Partners / Kelso Electrical   No. 45 RAM Motorsport   No. 38 KMB Motorsport Report
  Paul Lucchitti
  Jayden Ojeda 		  Will Brown
  Brad Schumacher 		  Mike Sheargold
  Garth Walden 		  Valentino Astuti
  Darren Currie
4 R1   Phillip Island   No. 1 Arise Racing GT   No. 1 Arise Racing GT   No. 44 Valmont Racing   No. 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Report
  Chaz Mostert
  Liam Talbot 		  Chaz Mostert
  Liam Talbot 		  Sergio Pires
  Marcel Zalloua 		  Paul Morris
  Scott Taylor
R2   No. 1 Arise Racing GT   No. 8 Arise Racing GT   No. 45 RAM Motorsport   No. 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Report
  Chaz Mostert
  Liam Talbot 		  Jaxon Evans
  Elliott Schutte 		  Mike Sheargold
  Garth Walden 		  Paul Morris
  Scott Taylor
5 R1   Sydney
R2
6 R1   Bathurst
R2

Championship standings

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Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  Pole
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1

Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver Team PHI
  		BEN
  		QUE
  		PHI
  		SMP
  		BAT
  		Points
Pro-Am
1   Chaz Mostert
  Liam Talbot 		  Arise Racing GT 1 4 2 2 10 4 95
2   Will Brown
  Brad Schumacher 		  Shaw & Partners / Kelso Electrical 3 3 4 1 Ret 1 94
3   Brendon Leitch
  Tim Miles 		  Dayle ITM 4 1 5 4 3 2 92
4   Declan Fraser
  Peter Hackett 		  Triple Eight Race Engineering 5 5 1 6 8 3 78
5   Jaxon Evans
  Elliott Schutte 		  Arise Racing GT 2 7 3 3 4 6 75
6   Paul Lucchitti
  Jayden Ojeda 		  Realta 7 2 8 8 2 5 63
7   Alex Peroni
  Mark Rosser 		  Team BRM 12 Ret 7 5 1 16 49
8   Renee Gracie
  Paul Stokell 		  OnlyFans 9 6 6 Ret Ret 7 28
9   Steve Brooks
  Nick McBride 		  Team MPC 9 7 8
10   Tony D'Alberto
  Adrian Deitz 		  Wall Racing 11 10 3
  Brenton Grove
  Stephen Grove 		  Grove Racing 6[N 7] WD Ret WD 0
  Alex Gardner
  Ben Porter 		  Volante Rosso Motorsport WD WD
Am
1   Mike Sheargold
  Garth Walden 		  RAM Motorsport 10 13 13 11 7 8 110
2   James Koundouris
  Theo Koundouris 		  Supabarn Supermarkets 11 10 12 12 6 11 100
3   Ash Samadi   Team MPC Ret 8 16 14 12 9 73
4   Ben Schoots
  Shane Woodman 		  Black Wolf Motorsport Ret WD 14 13 5 13 63
5   Sergio Pires
  Marcel Zalloua 		  Valmont Racing 8 Ret 10 Ret 51
6   Marc Cini   Hallmarc 13 11 15 Ret Ret 14 42
7   Chris Batzios
  Ross Poulakis 		  Harrolds Racing 11 12 24
8   Tony Bates   Tony Bates Racing Ret 9 18
Trophy
  Valentino Astuti   KMB Motorsport 14 12 17 9 Ret 10
  Darren Currie   KMB Motorsport 17 9 Ret 10
  Michael Bailey   KMB Motorsport 14 12
  Paul Morris
  Scott Taylor 		  Scott Taylor Motorsport 9 15
Pos. Driver Team PHI
  		BEN
  		QUE
  		PHI
  		SMP
  		BAT
  		Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Car No. 4 is supported by Earl Bamber Motorsport.
  2. ^ Car No. 7 entered as Dayle ITM, car No. 9 entered as Hallmarc, car No. 22 entered as Team MPC, car No. 87 entered as Shaw & Partners / Kelso Electrical, car No. 88 entered as Team MPC and car No. 181 entered as OnlyFans.
  3. ^ Car No. 34 entered as Harrolds Racing.
  4. ^ Car No. 44 entered as Valmont Racing, car No. 47 entered as Supabarn Supermarkets and car No. 66 entered as Realta.
  5. ^ Car No. 81 entered as Team BRM ACM Finance
  6. ^ Liam Talbot was quickest in Qualifying 2, which decided the grid for Race 1, but received a five-place grid penalty for speeding in pit lane, promoting Elliott Schutte to pole position. Chaz Mostert and Talbot did keep the bonus point for pole position.
  7. ^ Brenton Grove was forced to do the race by himself, as his father Stephen got the flu. Brenton as a solo driver was effectively a Pro-Pro entry, making him ineligible for Pro-Am points.

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