2024 GT World Challenge Australia

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

The winning Ferrari 296 GT3 driven by Liam Talbot and Chaz Mostert.

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

Entry list

Sprint Cup

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds
Australia Arise Racing GT[7][8] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 1 Australia Chaz Mostert[9] PA All
Australia Liam Talbot[9]
8 New Zealand Jaxon Evans[9] PA All
Australia Elliott Schutte[9]
Australia Grove Racing[10] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 4 Australia Brenton Grove[10] PA 1, 3–5[a]
Australia Stephen Grove[10]
Australia Melbourne Performance Centre[11][12][13] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 7 New Zealand Brendon Leitch[14] PA All
New Zealand Tim Miles[14]
9 Australia Marc Cini[15] Am All
22 Australia Ash Samadi[13] Am All
87 Australia Will Brown[16] PA All
Australia Brad Schumacher[16]
88 New Zealand Steve Brooks[17] PA 2
Australia Nick McBride[17]
181 Australia Renee Gracie[18] PA All
Australia Paul Stokell[18]
Australia Volante Rosso Motorsport[19][20] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 14 Australia Alex Gardner[21] PA 3–4
Australia Ben Porter[21] 3
Australia Ross Poulakis[22] 4
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 34 Australia Chris Batzios[20] Am 3
PA 4		 3–4
Australia Ross Poulakis[20] 3
Australia David Brabham[23] 4
Australia Black Wolf Motorsport[24] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 16 Australia Ben Schoots[24] Am All
Australia Shane Woodman[24]
Germany Car Collection Motorsport[25] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 21 Switzerland Alex Fontana[25] PA 5
United States 'Hash'[25]
Australia Tony Bates Racing[24] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 24 Australia Tony Bates[24] Am 1
Australia KMB Motorsport[24] Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin AM28 5.9 L V12 38 Australia Valentino Astuti[26] T All
Australia Michael Bailey[24] 1
Australia Darren Currie[27] 2–4
Australia Liam Dunn[28] 5
Australia Tigani Motorsport[29][30] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 44 Australia Sergio Pires[31] Am 1–2, 4–5
Australia Marcel Zalloua[31] 1–2, 4
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 47 Australia James Koundouris[30] Am All
Australia Theo Koundouris[30]
66 Australia Paul Lucchitti[31] PA All
Australia Jayden Ojeda[31]
Australia RAM Motorsport[32] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 45 Australia Mike Sheargold[32] Am All
Australia Garth Walden[32]
Australia Stephen Coe Racing[25] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F136F 4.5 L V8 56 Australia Stephen Coe[25] T 5
Australia Team BRM[33] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 81 Australia Alex Peroni[33] PA All
Australia Mark Rosser[33]
Australia Wall Racing[34] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 93 Australia Tony D'Alberto[34] PA 2
Australia Adrian Deitz[34]
Australia 111 Racing[25] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 111 Australia Darren Currie[25] Am 5
Australia Grant Donaldson[25]
Australia Scott Taylor Motorsport[35] Porsche 997 GT3-R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 222 Australia Paul Morris[35] T 3–4
Australia Scott Taylor[35]
Australia Triple Eight Race Engineering[36] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 888 Australia Declan Fraser[36] PA All
Australia Peter Hackett[36]
Icon Class
PA Pro-Am class
Am Am class
T Trophy Cup

Endurance Cup

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds
Australia Arise Racing GT Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 1 Australia Chaz Mostert[9] PA 2
Australia Liam Talbot[9]
8 New Zealand Jaxon Evans[9] PA 2
Australia Elliott Schutte[9]
Australia Grove Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 4 Australia Brenton Grove[10] PA 2
Australia Stephen Grove[10]
Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 2 Australia Brad Schumacher PA 1
7 New Zealand Brendon Leitch[14] PA 2
New Zealand Tim Miles[14]
22 Australia Liam Talbot PA 1
87 Australia Will Brown[16] PA 2
Australia Brad Schumacher[16]
181 Australia Renee Gracie[18] PA 2
Australia Paul Stokell[18]
Australia Volante Rosso Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 14 Philippines Andre Canard[37] PA 2
United Arab Emirates Jamie Day[38]
Australia Black Wolf Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 16 Australia Ben Schoots[24] Am 2
Australia Shane Woodman[24]
Australia Tigani Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 44 Australia Sergio Pires[31] Am All
Australia Marcel Zalloua[31]
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 47 Australia James Koundouris[30] Am All
Australia Theo Koundouris[30]
66 Australia Paul Lucchitti[31] PA 2
Australia Jayden Ojeda[31]
Australia RAM Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 45 Australia Mike Sheargold[32] Am 2
Australia Garth Walden[32] 2
Australia Erebus Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 48 Am 1
Australia Team BRM Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 81 Australia Alex Peroni[33] PA 2
Australia Mark Rosser[33]
Australia Triple Eight Race Engineering[36] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 888 Australia Declan Fraser[36] PA 2
Australia Peter Hackett[36]
Icon Class
PA Pro-Am class
Am Am class

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner

Round Circuit Pole position Pro-Am winners Am winners Trophy winners Ref.
1 R1 Victoria (state) Phillip Island Australia No. 8 Arise Racing GT[b] Australia No. 1 Arise Racing GT Australia No. 44 Tigani Motorsport Australia No. 38 KMB Motorsport Report
New Zealand Jaxon Evans
Australia Elliott Schutte		 Australia Chaz Mostert
Australia Liam Talbot		 Australia Sergio Pires
Australia Marcel Zalloua		 Australia Valentino Astuti
Australia Michael Bailey
R2 Australia No. 1 Arise Racing GT Australia No. 7 Melbourne Performance Centre Australia No. 22 Melbourne Performance Centre Australia No. 38 KMB Motorsport Report
Australia Chaz Mostert
Australia Liam Talbot		 New Zealand Brendon Leitch
New Zealand Tim Miles		 Australia Ash Samadi Australia Valentino Astuti
Australia Michael Bailey
2 R1 South Australia The Bend (West) Australia No. 87 Melbourne Performance Centre Australia No. 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering Australia No. 44 Tigani Motorsport Australia No. 38 KMB Motorsport Report
Australia Will Brown
Australia Brad Schumacher		 Australia Declan Fraser
Australia Peter Hackett		 Australia Sergio Pires
Australia Marcel Zalloua		 Australia Valentino Astuti
Australia Darren Currie
R2 Australia No. 8 Arise Racing GT Australia No. 87 Melbourne Performance Centre Australia No. 45 RAM Motorsport Australia No. 38 KMB Motorsport Report
New Zealand Jaxon Evans
Australia Elliott Schutte		 Australia Will Brown
Australia Brad Schumacher		 Australia Mike Sheargold
Australia Garth Walden		 Australia Valentino Astuti
Australia Darren Currie
3 R1 Queensland Queensland Australia No. 87 Melbourne Performance Centre Australia No. 81 Team BRM Australia No. 16 Black Wolf Motorsport Australia No. 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Report
Australia Will Brown
Australia Brad Schumacher		 Australia Alex Peroni
Australia Mark Rosser		 Australia Ben Schoots
Australia Shane Woodman		 Australia Paul Morris
Australia Scott Taylor
R2 Australia No. 66 Tigani Motorsport Australia No. 87 Melbourne Performance Centre Australia No. 45 RAM Motorsport Australia No. 38 KMB Motorsport Report
Australia Paul Lucchitti
Australia Jayden Ojeda		 Australia Will Brown
Australia Brad Schumacher		 Australia Mike Sheargold
Australia Garth Walden		 Australia Valentino Astuti
Australia Darren Currie
4 R1 Victoria (state) Phillip Island Australia No. 1 Arise Racing GT Australia No. 1 Arise Racing GT Australia No. 44 Tigani Motorsport Australia No. 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Report
Australia Chaz Mostert
Australia Liam Talbot		 Australia Chaz Mostert
Australia Liam Talbot		 Australia Sergio Pires
Australia Marcel Zalloua		 Australia Paul Morris
Australia Scott Taylor
R2 Australia No. 1 Arise Racing GT Australia No. 8 Arise Racing GT Australia No. 45 RAM Motorsport Australia No. 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Report
Australia Chaz Mostert
Australia Liam Talbot		 New Zealand Jaxon Evans
Australia Elliott Schutte		 Australia Mike Sheargold
Australia Garth Walden		 Australia Paul Morris
Australia Scott Taylor
5 R1 New South Wales Bathurst Australia No. 1 Arise Racing GT Australia No. 87 Melbourne Performance Centre Australia No. 44 Tigani Motorsport Australia No. 38 KMB Motorsport Report
Australia Chaz Mostert
Australia Liam Talbot		 Australia Will Brown
Australia Brad Schumacher		 Australia Sergio Pires Australia Valentino Astuti
Australia Liam Dunn
R2 Australia No. 7 Melbourne Performance Centre Australia No. 81 Team BRM Australia No. 44 Tigani Motorsport Australia No. 56 Stephen Coe Racing Report
New Zealand Brendon Leitch
New Zealand Tim Miles		 Australia Alex Peroni
Australia Mark Rosser		 Australia Sergio Pires Australia Stephen Coe
En. 1 New South Wales Bathurst Australia No. 22 Melbourne Performance Centre Australia No. 22 Melbourne Performance Centre Australia No. 44 Tigani Motorsport No Entrants
Australia Liam Talbot Australia Liam Talbot Australia Sergio Pires
Australia Marcel Zalloua
En. 2 New South Wales Eastern Creek Australia No. 45 RAM Motorsport Australia No. 66 Tigani Motorsport Australia No. 45 RAM Motorsport No Entrants
Australia Mike Sheargold
Australia Garth Walden		 Australia Paul Lucchitti
Australia Jayden Ojeda		 Australia Mike Sheargold
Australia Garth Walden

Championship standings

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

Sprint Cup

Pos. Driver Team PHI
Victoria (state)		 BEN
South Australia		 QUE
Queensland		 PHI
Victoria (state)		 BAT
New South Wales		 Points
Pro-Am
1 Australia Chaz Mostert
Australia Liam Talbot		 Australia Arise Racing GT 1 4 2 2 10 4 1 2 2 3 174
2 Australia Will Brown
Australia Brad Schumacher		 Australia Melbourne Performance Centre 3 3 4 1 Ret 1 5 8 1 6 143
3 New Zealand Jaxon Evans
Australia Elliott Schutte		 Australia Arise Racing GT 2 7 3 3 4 6 9 1 6 4 126
4 Australia Declan Fraser
Australia Peter Hackett		 Australia Triple Eight Race Engineering 5 5 1 6 8 3 3 6 9 2 121
5 Australia Alex Peroni
Australia Mark Rosser		 Australia Team BRM 12 Ret 7 5 1 16 2 4 4 1 116
6 New Zealand Brendon Leitch
New Zealand Tim Miles		 Australia Melbourne Performance Centre 4 1 5 4 3 2 14 12 3 9 112
7 Australia Paul Lucchitti
Australia Jayden Ojeda		 Australia Tigani Motorsport 7 2 8 8 2 5 Ret Ret 7 7 75
8 Australia Renee Gracie
Australia Paul Stokell		 Australia Melbourne Performance Centre 9 6 6 Ret Ret 7 6 5 8 5 60
9 Australia Brenton Grove Australia Grove Racing 6 WD Ret WD 4 3 5 8 41
9 Australia Stephen Grove Australia Grove Racing WD WD Ret WD 4 3 5 8 41
10 New Zealand Steve Brooks
Australia Nick McBride		 Australia Melbourne Performance Centre 9 7 8
11 Australia Chris Batzios
Australia David Brabham		 Australia Volante Rosso Motorsport 13 11 6
12 Australia Alex Gardner Australia Volante Rosso Motorsport WD WD 11 Ret 4
13 Australia Ross Poulakis Australia Volante Rosso Motorsport 11 Ret 4
14 Australia Tony D'Alberto
Australia Adrian Deitz		 Australia Wall Racing 11 10 3
15 Switzerland Alex Fontana
United States 'Hash'		 Germany Car Collection Motorsport 11 12 2
— Australia Ben Porter Australia Volante Rosso Motorsport WD WD 0
Am
1 Australia Mike Sheargold
Australia Garth Walden		 Australia RAM Motorsport 10 13 13 11 7 8 8 7 12 11 192
2 Australia Sergio Pires Australia Tigani Motorsport 8 Ret 10 Ret 7 14 10 10 137
3 Australia James Koundouris
Australia Theo Koundouris		 Australia Tigani Motorsport 11 10 12 12 6 11 12 9 Ret WD 130
4 Australia Ben Schoots
Australia Shane Woodman		 Australia Black Wolf Motorsport Ret WD 14 13 5 13 10 Ret 13 13 109
5 Australia Ash Samadi Australia Melbourne Performance Centre Ret 8 16 14 12 9 16 10 16 Ret 106
6 Australia Marcel Zalloua Australia Tigani Motorsport 8 Ret 10 Ret 7 14 87
7 Australia Marc Cini Australia Melbourne Performance Centre 13 11 15 Ret Ret 14 15 13 15 15 86
8 Australia Chris Batzios
Australia Ross Poulakis		 Australia Volante Rosso Motorsport 11 12 24
9 Australia Darren Currie
Australia Grant Donaldson		 Australia 111 Racing 17 14 20
10 Australia Tony Bates Australia Tony Bates Racing Ret 9 18
Trophy
— Australia Valentino Astuti Australia KMB Motorsport 14 12 17 9 Ret 10 Ret 16 14 Ret 0
— Australia Darren Currie Australia KMB Motorsport 17 9 Ret 10 Ret 16 0
— Australia Michael Bailey Australia KMB Motorsport 14 12 0
— Australia Paul Morris
Australia Scott Taylor		 Australia Scott Taylor Motorsport 9 15 17 15 0
— Australia Liam Dunn Australia KMB Motorsport 14 Ret 0
— Australia Stephen Coe Australia Stephen Coe Racing Ret 16 0
Pos. Driver Team PHI
Victoria (state)		 BEN
South Australia		 QUE
Queensland		 PHI
Victoria (state)		 BAT
New South Wales		 Points
Key
ColourResult
GoldRace winner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
BlankDid not participate

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

Endurance Cup

Pos. Driver BAT
New South Wales		 EAS
New South Wales		 Points
Pro-Am
1 Australia Liam Talbot 1 2 43
2 Australia Paul Lucchitti
Australia Jayden Ojeda		 1 25
3 Australia Chaz Mostert 2 18
4 Australia Brad Schumacher 2 DNS 18
5 New Zealand Brendon Leitch
New Zealand Tim Miles		 3 18
6 New Zealand Jaxon Evans
Australia Elliott Schutte		 4 12
7 Australia Renee Gracie
Australia Paul Stokell		 5 10
8 Australia Alex Peroni
Australia Mark Rosser		 6 8
9 Australia Declan Fraser
Australia Peter Hackett		 7 8
— Australia Brenton Grove
Australia Stephen Grove		 Ret 0
— Australia Will Brown DNS 0
— Philippines Andre Canard
United Arab Emirates Jamie Day		 WD 0
Am
1 Australia Marcel Zalloua
Australia Sergio Pires		 1 3 40
1 Australia Garth Walden 3 1 25
2 Australia James Koundouris
Australia Theo Koundouris		 2 4 30
3 Australia Mike Sheargold 1 25
4 Australia Ben Schoots
Australia Shane Woodman		 2 18
Pos. Driver EAS
New South Wales		 BAT
New South Wales		 Points

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