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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[edit]

The provisional seven-race calendar was released on 2 November 2023 with all rounds taking place in Australia.[2]

Round Circuit City / State Date Map
1 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 16–18 February
2 Victoria (state) Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 12–14 April
3 South Australia The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend, South Australia 31 May – 2 June
4 Queensland Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 2–4 August
5 Victoria (state) Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 23–25 August
6 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 18–20 October
7 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 8–10 November

Entry list[edit]

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds
Australia Arise Racing[3][4] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 1 Australia Chaz Mostert[5] PA 2
Australia Liam Talbot[5]
8 New Zealand Jaxon Evans[5] PA 2
Australia Elliott Schutte[5]
Australia Melbourne Performance Centre[6][7][8][N 1] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 2 Switzerland Ricardo Feller[6] P 1
Australia Brad Schumacher[6]
Germany Markus Winkelhock[6]
7 New Zealand Brendon Leitch[9] PA 2
New Zealand Tim Miles[9]
9 Australia Marc Cini[10] PA 1–2
Australia Dean Fiore[6] 1
Australia Lee Holdsworth[6]
22 Germany Christopher Haase[6] P 1
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde[6]
Australia Liam Talbot[6]
Australia Ash Samadi[8] Am 2
87 Australia Will Brown[11] PA 2
Australia Brad Schumacher[11]
181 Australia Renee Gracie[12] PA 2
Australia Paul Stokell[12]
Australia Grove Racing[13][a] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 4 Australia Brenton Grove[13] PA 2
Australia Stephen Grove[13]
China Phantom Global Racing[14][b] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 13 Denmark Bastian Buus[14] P 1
Sweden Joel Eriksson[14]
New Zealand Jaxon Evans[14]
Australia Black Wolf Motorsport[15] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 16 Australia Ben Schoots[15] Am 2
Australia Shane Woodman[15]
Australia Tony Bates Racing[15] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 24 Australia Tony Bates[15] Am 2
Germany SPS Automotive Performance[16][c] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 27 United Kingdom Ian James[16] PA 1
United Kingdom Ross Gunn[16]
Spain Alex Riberas[16]
Belgium Team WRT[17] BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 32 South Africa Sheldon van der Linde[17] P 1
Belgium Dries Vanthoor[17]
Belgium Charles Weerts[17]
46 Switzerland Raffaele Marciello[17] P 1
Belgium Maxime Martin[17]
Italy Valentino Rossi[17]
Australia Trading Garage[15] Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin AM28 5.9 L V12 38 Australia Valentino Astuti[18] T[19] 2
Australia Michael Bailey[15]
Australia Tigani Motorsport[20][21][N 2] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 44 Australia Sergio Pires[22] S 1
Am 2 		1–2
Australia Marcel Zalloua[22]
Australia Brad Shiels[20] 1
Australia Luke Youlden[20]
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 47 Australia James Koundouris[21] S 1
Am 2 		1–2
Australia Theo Koundouris[21]
Australia David Russell[21] 1
Australia Jonathon Webb[21]
66 Australia Paul Lucchitti[22] PA 2
Australia Jayden Ojeda[22]
Australia RAM Motorsport[23] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 45 Australia Michael Sheargold[23] Am 2
Australia Garth Walden[23]
Australia M-Motorsport[24][d] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 48 Australia Jack Le Brocq[24] PA 1
Australia Justin McMillan[24]
Australia Garth Walden[24]
Australia Glen Wood[24]
United States SunEnergy1 Racing[25] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 75 Andorra Jules Gounon[26] P 1
Australia Kenny Habul[26]
Germany Luca Stolz[26]
Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing[7][e] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 77 Germany Maximilian Götz[26] P 1
Spain Daniel Juncadella[26]
Australia Jayden Ojeda[26]
Australia Team BRM[27][N 3] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 81 Australia Alex Peroni[27] PA 2
Australia Mark Rosser[27]
Australia Triple Eight Race Engineering[28][N 4] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 88 Malaysia Prince Jeffri Ibrahim[28] PA 1
Australia Jordan Love[28]
Australia Jamie Whincup[28]
888 Australia Will Brown[29] P 1
Australia Broc Feeney[29]
Canada Mikaël Grenier[29]
Australia Declan Fraser[30] PA 2
Australia Peter Hackett[30]
Australia Wall Racing[31] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 93 Australia Tony D'Alberto[31] S 1
Australia Adrian Deitz[31]
Australia Grant Denyer[31]
Australia David Wall[31]
Hong Kong GruppeM Racing[32][33][f] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 130 Germany Maro Engel[26] P 1
Brazil Felipe Fraga[26]
Australia David Reynolds[26]
Australia Scott Taylor Motorsport[34] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 222 Australia Craig Lowndes[34] P 1
Australia Thomas Randle[35]
Australia Cameron Waters[35]
Germany Manthey EMA Motorsport[36][N 5] Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 911 United Kingdom Harry King[36] PA 1
Belgium Alessio Picariello[36]
Australia Yasser Shahin[36]
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 912 Australia Matt Campbell[36] P 1
Turkey Ayhancan Güven[36]
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor[36]
Australia Volante Rosso Motorsport[37] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 TBA Australia Chris Batzios TBA
TBA
TBA TBA TBA
TBA
Australia TBA[38] BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6 TBA TBA TBA
TBA
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
S Silver Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup
T Trophy Cup

Race Results[edit]

Bold indicates overall winner

Round Circuit Pole position IGTC Pro Winners Pro/Am Winners IGTC Silver Winners Am Winners Trophy Winners Ref. /
Report
1 New South Wales Bathurst Belgium No. 32 Team WRT Germany No. 912 Manthey EMA Motorsport Australia No. 911 The Bend Manthey EMA Australia No. 93 Wall Racing No Entries No Entries report
South Africa Sheldon van der Linde
Belgium Dries Vanthoor
Belgium Charles Weerts 		Australia Matthew Campbell
Turkey Ayhancan Güven
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 		United Kingdom Harry King
Belgium Alessio Picariello
Australia Yasser Shahin 		Australia Tony D'Alberto
Australia Adrian Deitz
Australia Grant Denyer
Australia David Wall
2 R1 Victoria (state) Phillip Island Australia No. 1 Arise Racing Did not participate Australia No. 1 Arise Racing Did not participate Australia No. 44 Valmont Tigani Motorsport Australia No. 38 KMB Motorsport
Australia Chaz Mostert
Australia Liam Talbot 		Australia Chaz Mostert
Australia Liam Talbot 		Australia Sergio Pires
Australia Marcel Zalloua 		Australia Valentino Astuti
Australia Michael Bailey
R2 Australia #7 Dayle ITM Team MPC Australia No. 22 Audi Sport Customer Racing Australia Australia No. 38 KMB Motorsport
New Zealand Brendon Leitch
New Zealand Tim Miles 		Australia Ash Samadi Australia Valentino Astuti
Australia Michael Bailey
3 R1 South Australia The Bend
R2
4 R1 Queensland Queensland
R2
5 R1 Victoria (state) Phillip Island
R2
6 R1 New South Wales Sydney
R2
7 R1 New South Wales Bathurst
R2

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Car #4 is supported by Earl Bamber Motorsport.
  2. ^ Car #13 is supported by Team75.
  3. ^ Car #27 ran under the commercial title "Heart of Racing by SPS".
  4. ^ Car #48 is supported by Erebus Motorsport and ran under the commercial title "M-Motorsport with Erebus".
  5. ^ Car #77 ran under commercial title "Mercedes-AMG Team Craft-Bamboo Racing".
  6. ^ Car #130 ran under the commercial title "Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing".
  1. ^ Car No. 2 entered as Audi Sport Team MPC. Car No. 7 entered as Dayle ITM Team MPC. Car No. 9 entered as Hallmarc Team MPC. Car No. 22 entered as Audi Sport Team MPC at round 1, and as Audi Sport Customer Racing Australia at round 2. Car No. 87 entered as Shaw & Partners/Kelso Electrical/Team MPC. Car No. 181 entered as OnlyFans Team MPC.
  2. ^ Car No. 44 entered as Valmont Tigani Motorsport. Car No. 47 entered as Supabarn Supermarkets Tigani Motorsport. Car No. 66 entered as Realta Tigani Motorsport.
  3. ^ Car No. 81 entered as Team BRM ACM Finance
  4. ^ Car No. 88 entered as Triple Eight JMR, and Car No. 888 entered as National Storage Racing at round 1, and as Triple Eight Race Engineering at round 2.
  5. ^ Car No. 911 entered as The Bend Manthey EMA, Car No. 912 entered as Manthey EMA Motorsport.

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