2018 Australian GT Championship

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The 2018 Australian GT Championship was the 22nd running of the Australian GT Championship, a CAMS-sanctioned Australian motor racing championship open to FIA GT3 cars and similar cars as approved for the championship. The championship commenced on 23 March 2018 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit and concluded on 14 October at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park. The 2018 Australian Endurance Championship was contested concurrently with Rounds 2, 4 and 6 of the GT Championship.^[1] It was the 15th Australian Endurance Championship.

The Australian GT Championship was won by Geoff Emery^[2] driving an Audi R8 LMS and the Australian Endurance Championship by Max Twigg and Tony D'Alberto ^[3] who shared a Mercedes-AMG GT3.

Race calendar

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The Australian GT Championship was contested over six rounds and the Australian Endurance Championship over three rounds. Each race, with the exception of the Australian Grand Prix round of the Australian GT Championship, included at least one compulsory timed pit stop.^[4]

Australian GT Championship

Round	Circuit	Location	Race format	Date
1	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	4 x 25 min	23–25 March
2	The Bend Motorsport Park	Tailem Bend, South Australia	1 x 86 laps	14–15 April
3	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	3 x 40 min	12–13 May
4	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	1 x 101 laps	2–3 June
5	Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	3 x 40 min	4–5 August
6	Hampton Downs Motorsport Park	Waikato, New Zealand	1 x 101 laps	13–14 October

Australian Endurance Championship

Round	Circuit	Location	Race format	Date
1	The Bend Motorsport Park	Tailem Bend, South Australia	1 x 86 laps	14–15 April
2	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	1 x 101 laps	2–3 June
3	Hampton Downs Motorsport Park	Waikato, New Zealand	1 x 101 laps	13–14 October

Australian GT Championship

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Teams and drivers

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Race results

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Team	Vehicle	No.	Drivers	Events
JAMEC PEM Racing	Audi R8 LMS	1	Australia Geoff Emery	1-5
			Switzerland Marcel Fassler	1
			Australia Garth Tander	2, 4
Ah Apartments	Audi R8 LMS	3	Australia Ash Samadi	1–2, 4
Ah Apartments	Audi R8 LMS	3	Australia Dylan O'Keeffe	2, 4
Wall Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	6	Australia Adrian Deitz	2, 4-5
Wall Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	6	Australia Cameron McConville	2, 4-5
Darrell Lea/Keltic Racing	McLaren 650S GT3	7	United Kingdom Tony Quinn	1-5
			New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen	2
			Australia Grant Denyer	4
Scott Taylor Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	8	Australia Max Twigg	1–2, 4
		8	Australia Tony D'Alberto	1–2, 4
		222	Australia Scott Taylor	1-5
		222	New Zealand Craig Baird	1–2, 4
Hallmarc Constructions	Audi R8 LMS	9	Australia Marc Cini	3
International Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS	10	Australia Andrew Fawcett	4
International Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS	10	New Zealand Jonny Reid	4
Objective Racing	McLaren 650S GT3	11	Australia Tony Walls	2, 4
Objective Racing	McLaren 650S GT3	11	Australia Warren Luff	2, 4
Erebus Motorsport Griffith Corporation/ Aussie Driver Search	Mercedes-AMG GT3	19	Australia Mark Griffith	3, 5
		98	Australia Jaie Robson	1-3
		98	Australia David Reynolds	2
KFC Racing	Audi R8 LMS	24	Australia Tony Bates	1-5
KFC Racing	Audi R8 LMS	24	New Zealand Daniel Gaunt	1–2, 4
Trofeo Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	29	Australia Jim Manolios	1–3, 5
Trofeo Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	29	Australia Dean Canto	1-2
M Motorsport	Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX	49	Australia Dean Koutsoumidis	3, 5
			Australia Glen Wood	3
			Australia Justin McMillan	5
McElrea Racing	McLaren 650S GT3	58	Australia Duvashen Padayachee	4
		58	New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen	4
		59	Australia Fraser Ross	1-5
			Australia Duvashen Padayachee	2
			New Zealand Jaxon Evans	4
Eggleston Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	63	Australia Peter Hackett	1-5
			New Zealand Dominic Storey	1
			Australia Jake Fouracre	2, 4
		777	Australia Yasser Shahin	2, 4-5
		777	Australia Luke Youlden	2, 4
Maranello Motorsport	Ferrari 488 GT3	88	Australia Peter Edwards	1
Maranello Motorsport	Ferrari 488 GT3	88	Italy Giancarlo Fisichella	1
Miedecke Motorsport	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	95	Australia Andrew Miedecke	5
Miedecke Motorsport	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	95	Australia George Miedecke	5
Hobson Motorsport	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	96	Australia Brett Hobson	5
BMW Team SRM	BMW M6 GT3	100	New Zealand Steven Richards	1-5
			Australia Dean Grant	1
			Australia Michael Almond	2, 4
			Australia Ricky Capo	3, 5
Walkinshaw Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	911	Australia Liam Talbot	1-5
Walkinshaw Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	911	Australia John Martin	1–2, 4

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Race winner(s)
1	R1	Albert Park	No. 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport	No. 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport
	R1		Australia Scott Taylor New Zealand Craig Baird	Australia Scott Taylor New Zealand Craig Baird
	R2		No. 59 McEldra Racing	No. 98 Aussie Driver Search
	R2		Australia Fraser Ross	Australia Jaie Robson
	R3		No. 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport
	R3		Australia Scott Taylor New Zealand Craig Baird
	R4		No. 98 Aussie Driver Search
	R4		Australia Jaie Robson
2	R	The Bend	No. 8 Scott Taylor Motorsport	No. 8 Scott Taylor Motorsport
2	R	The Bend	Australia Max Twigg Australia Tony D'Alberto	Australia Max Twigg Australia Tony D'Alberto
3	R1	Sandown	No. 49 M Motorsport	No. 63 Eggleston Motorsport
	R1		Australia Dean Koutsoumidis Australia Glen Wood	Australia Peter Hackett
	R2		No. 98 Aussie Driver Search	No. 24 KFC Racing
	R2		Australia Jaie Robson	Australia Tony Bates
	R3		No. 1 JAMEC PEM Racing
	R3		Australia Geoff Emery
4	R	Phillip Island	No. 911 Walkinshaw Racing	No. 24 KFC Racing
4	R	Phillip Island	Australia Liam Talbot Australia John Martin	Australia Tony Bates New Zealand Daniel Gaunt
5	R1	Sydney	No. 63 Eggleston Motorsport	No. 911 Walkinshaw Racing
	R1		Australia Peter Hackett	Australia Liam Talbot
	R2		No. 63 Eggleston Motorsport	No. 911 Walkinshaw Racing
	R2		Australia Peter Hackett	Australia Liam Talbot
	R3		No. 63 Eggleston Motorsport
	R3		Australia Peter Hackett
6	R	Hampton Downs	No. 1 Valvoline
6	R	Hampton Downs	Australia Geoff Emery Australia Garth Tander ^[5]

Points system

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Points were awarded as follows:^[1]

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 session	10	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Round 1 R1	25	21	18	15	13	10	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Round 1 R2	45	38	32	27	23	18	16	14	13	11	10	9	8	7	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	1
Round 1 R3	50	42	35	30	25	20	18	16	14	12	11	10	9	8	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	1
Round 1 R4	80	67	56	48	40	32	29	26	22	19	18	16	14	13	10	8	6	6	5	5	3	3	1	1
Rounds 3, 5	67	56	47	40	33	27	24	21	19	16	15	13	12	10	8	7	6	5	5	4	3	3	3	3
Rounds 2, 4, 6	300	265	230	195	190	180	165	150	143	135	128	120	113	105	98	90	83	75	68	60	45	30	15	5

Championship standings

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The Australian GT Championship was won by Geoff Emery.^[2]

Championship standings after five of six rounds were as follows:

Pos	Driver	ALB Victoria (state)						BEN South Australia			SAN Victoria (state)					PHI Victoria (state)			SMP New South Wales					HAM New Zealand			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	QP	RP	R	QP	RP	R1	R2	R3	QP	RP	R	QP	RP	R1	R2	R3	QP	RP	R	QP	RP	Pts
1	Fraser Ross	9	2	7	3	10	129	5	6	196	3	2	2	8	167	6	5	185	3	4	3	14	148	825
2	Peter Hackett	7	3	6	2	7	135	6	13	193	1	6	4	12	146	11	7	135	2	2	1	20	199	808
3	Geoff Emery	3	5	2	5	12	135	12	5	125	2	4	1	12	175	5	14	204	4	3	4	7	134	773
4	Liam Talbot	5	6	3	4	6	120	2	17	282	4	3	3	15	149	Ret	15	15	1	1	2	12	202	768
5	Steven Richards	6	11	5	11	1	64	3	5	235	7	13	10	10	62	2	15	280	6	7	5	12	96	737
6	Tony Bates	Ret	7	10	7	7	64	4	3	198	8	1	12	6	107	1	11	311	7	DNS	9	3	46	726
7	Max Twigg Tony D'Alberto	4	4	Ret	6	15	89	1	15	315	3	6	236	640
8	Daniel Gaunt	Ret	7	10	7	7	64	4	3	198	1	11	311	573
9	Scott Taylor	1	9	1	8	12	126	10	0	135	Ret	8	7	0	45	7	2	167	13	8	10	1	50	523
10	Michael Almond	3	5	235	2	15	280	515
11	Craig Baird	1	9	1	8	12	126	10	0	135	7	2	167	428
12	John Martin	5	6	3	4	6	120	2	17	282	Ret	15	15	417
13	Jaie Robson	8	1	8	1	7	156	14	9	114	5	5	6	14	117	387
14	Adrian Deitz Cameron McConville	8	0	150	8	4	154	8	10	13	7	56	360
15	Yasser Shahin	15	14	112	10	2	137	5	5	7	9	99	348
16	Garth Tander	12	5	125	5	14	204	329
17	Jake Fouracre	6	13	193	11	7	135	328
18	Duvashen Padayachee	5	6	196	12	0	120	316
19	Tony Walls Warren Luff	7	0	165	9	0	143	308
20	Ash Samadi	12	10	Ret	DNS	4	20	9	0	143	13	10	123	286
21	Tony Quinn	10	8	9	9	56	128	11	1	129	10	11	9	4	54	Ret	0	0	Ret	9	12	0	32	239
22	Dylan O'Keefe	9	0	143	13	10	123	266
23	Shane van Gisbergen	11	1	129	12	0	120	249
24	Luke Youlden	15	14	112	10	2	137	249
25	Jim Mangolios	11	13	11	12	3	44	13	4	117	12	12	11	0	41	12	12	14	0	36	238
26	Andrew Fawcett Jonny Reid	4	1	196	196
27	Jaxon Evans	6	5	185	185
28	Dean Canto	11	13	11	12	3	44	13	4	117	161
29	Ricky Capo	7	13	10	10	62	6	7	5	12	96	158
30	Marcel Fassler	3	5	2	5	12	135	135
31	Dominic Storey	7	3	6	2	7	135	135
32	Mark Griffith	9	7	5	1	77	10	11	8	0	52	129
33	David Reynolds	14	9	114	114
34	Peter Edwards Giancarlo Fisichella	2	12	4	10	8	87	87
35	Dean Koutsoumidis	6	10	Ret	10	53	11	DNS	DNS	0	15	68
36	Dean Grant	6	11	5	11	1	64	64
37	Brett Hobson	9	6	11	3	64	64
38	Marc Cini	11	9	8	0	55	55
39	Glen Wood	6	10	Ret	10	53	53
40	Andrew Miedecke George Miedecke	DNS	DSQ	6	4	31	31
41	Justin McMillan	11	DNS	DNS	0	15	15
42	Grant Denyer	Ret	0	0	0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	QP	RP	R	QP	RP	R1	R2	R3	QP	RP	R	QP	RP	R1	R2	R3	QP	RP	R	QP	RP	Pts
Pos	Driver	ALB Victoria (state)						BEN South Australia			SAN Victoria (state)					PHI Victoria (state)			SMP New South Wales					HAM New Zealand			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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
Italics - Fastest lap

Australian GT4 standings

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The GT4 Division was won by Jeremy Gray^[6] driving an Aston Martin Vantage.

Australian Endurance Championship

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Teams and drivers

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Team	Vehicle	No.	Drivers	Events
JAMEC PEM Racing	Audi R8 LMS	1	Australia Geoff Emery	All
JAMEC PEM Racing	Audi R8 LMS	1	Australia Garth Tander	All
Ah Apartments	Audi R8 LMS	3	Australia Ash Samadi	All
Ah Apartments	Audi R8 LMS	3	Australia Dylan O'Keeffe	All
Wall Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	6	Australia Adrian Deitz	All
Wall Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	6	Australia Cameron McConville	All
Darrell Lea/Keltic Racing	McLaren 650S GT3	7	United Kingdom Tony Quinn	All
			New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen	1
			Australia Grant Denyer	2
Scott Taylor Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	8	Australia Max Twigg	All
		8	Australia Tony D'Alberto	All
		222	Australia Scott Taylor	All
		222	New Zealand Craig Baird	All
International Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS	10	Australia Andrew Fawcett	2
International Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS	10	New Zealand Jonny Reid	2
Objective Racing	McLaren 650S GT3	11	Australia Tony Walls	All
Objective Racing	McLaren 650S GT3	11	Australia Warren Luff	All
KFC Racing	Audi R8 LMS	24	Australia Tony Bates	All
KFC Racing	Audi R8 LMS	24	New Zealand Daniel Gaunt	All
Trofeo Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	29	Australia Jim Manolios	1
Trofeo Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	29	Australia Dean Canto	1
McElrea Racing	McLaren 650S GT3	58	Australia Duvashen Padayachee	2
		58	New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen	2
		59	Australia Fraser Ross	All
			Australia Duvashen Padayachee	1
			New Zealand Jaxon Evans	2
Eggleston Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	63	Australia Peter Hackett	All
		63	Australia Jake Fouracre	All
		777	Australia Yasser Shahin	All
		777	Australia Luke Youlden	All
Erebus Motorsport Aussie Driver Search	Mercedes-AMG GT3	98	Australia Jaie Robson	1
Erebus Motorsport Aussie Driver Search	Mercedes-AMG GT3	98	Australia David Reynolds	1
BMW Team SRM	BMW M6 GT3	100	New Zealand Steven Richards	All
BMW Team SRM	BMW M6 GT3	100	Australia Michael Almond	All
Walkinshaw Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	911	Australia Liam Talbot	All
Walkinshaw Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	911	Australia John Martin	All

Race results

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Round	Circuit	Pole position	Race winner
1	The Bend	No. 8 Scott Taylor Motorsport	No. 8 Scott Taylor Motorsport
1	The Bend	Australia Max Twigg Australia Tony D'Alberto	Australia Max Twigg Australia Tony D'Alberto
2	Phillip Island	No. 911 Walkinshaw Racing	No. 24 KFC Racing
2	Phillip Island	Australia Liam Talbot Australia John Martin	Australia Tony Bates New Zealand Daniel Gaunt
3	Hampton Downs	No. 1 Valvoline
3	Hampton Downs	Australia Geoff Emery Australia Garth Tander ^[5]

Points system

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Points are awarded as follows:^[1]

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 session	10	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Rounds	300	265	230	195	190	180	165	150	143	135	128	120	113	105	98	90	83	75	68	60	45	30	15	5

Championship standings

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The Australian Endurance Championship was won by Max Twigg and Tony D'Alberto.^[3]

Championship standings after two of three rounds were as follows:

Pos	Driver	BEN South Australia			PHI Victoria (state)			HAM New Zealand			Pts
Pos	Driver	R	QP	RP	R	QP	RP	R	QP	RP	Pts
1	Max Twigg Tony D'Alberto	1	15	315	3	6	236	551
2	Steven Richards Michael Almond	3	5	235	2	15	280	515
3	Tony Bates Daniel Gaunt	4	3	198	1	11	311	509
4	Fraser Ross	5	6	196	6	5	185	381
5	Geoff Emery Garth Tander	12	5	125	5	14	204	329
6	Peter Hackett Jake Fouracre	6	13	193	11	7	135	328
7	Duvashen Padayachee	5	6	196	12	0	120	316
8	Tony Walls Warren Luff	7	0	165	9	0	143	308
9	Adrian Deitz Cameron McConville	8	0	150	8	4	154	304
10	Scott Taylor Craig Baird	10	0	135	7	2	167	302
11	Liam Talbot John Martin	2	17	282	Ret	15	15	297
12	Ash Samadi Dylan O'Keeffe	9	0	143	13	10	123	266
13	Yasser Shahin Luke Youlden	15	14	112	10	2	137	249
14	Shane van Gisbergen	11	1	129	12	0	120	249
15	Andrew Fawcett Jonny Reid	4	1	196	196
16	Jaxon Evans	6	5	185	185
17	Tony Quinn	11	1	129	Ret	0	0	129
18	Jim Manolios Dean Canto	13	4	117	117
19	Jaie Robson David Reynolds	14	9	114	114
20	Grant Denyer	Ret	0	0	0
Pos	Driver	R	QP	RP	R	QP	RP	R	QP	RP	Pts
Pos	Driver	BEN South Australia			PHI Victoria (state)			HAM New Zealand			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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
Italics - Fastest lap

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c "2018 CAMS Australian GT Championship/2018 CAMS Australian Endurance Championship Sporting and Technical Regulations – Version 3, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b Championship Standings, 2018 CAMS Australian GT Championship, australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
^ ^a ^b Championship Standings, 2018 CAMS Australian Endurance Championship, australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
^ "Revised calendar marks biggest season ever". Australian GT. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b Herrero, Daniel (14 October 2018). "Tander/Emery win electrifying Aus GT finale". www.speedcafe.com. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
^ Australian GT4 Standings, australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

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Race calendar

Australian GT Championship

Teams and drivers

Race results

Points system

Championship standings

Australian GT4 standings

Australian Endurance Championship

Teams and drivers

Race results

Points system

Championship standings

See also

References