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]

The provisional seven-race calendar was released on 2 November 2023 with all rounds taking place in Australia.^[2] The calender 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	Bathurst Phillip Island Tailem Bend Ipswich Eastern Creek
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	Race Queensland II[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	18–20 October
6	Supercheap Auto Bathurst International[10]	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	8–10 November

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

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

Scoring system

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

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