2023 GT World Challenge Australia

The 2023 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", the "GT3 Trophy Series" and the "GT4 Cup". The Motorsport Australia GT Championship is the 27th running of an Australian GT Championship. This is the third season of the championship being jointly managed by Australian Racing Group (ARG) and SRO Motorsports Group.

Calendar

The provisional six-race calendar was released on 16 January 2023 with all rounds taking place in Australia.^[1]

Rd	Circuit	City / State	Date	Supporting Events
1	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	7–9 April	TCR Australia Touring Car Series Trans Am Australia Series
2	Wanneroo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	28–30 April	Supercars Championship
3	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	12–14 May	TCR Australia Touring Car Series Trans Am Australia Series
4	Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	28–30 July	Supercars Championship
5	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	11–13 August	TCR Australia Touring Car Series Trans Am Australia Series
6	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	23–25 November	Supercars Championship

Entry list

Team	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Class		Rounds
Team	Car	Engine	No.	Drivers	Car	Driver	Rounds
EMA Motorsport^[2]	Porsche 911 GT3 R^[2]	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	1	Yasser Shahin^[2]	GT3	PA	All
				Garnet Patterson^[2]			1–5
				Matt Campbell^[3]			6
Milldun Motorsport^[4]	MARC Mazda 3 V8^[4]	Ford 5.0 L Coyote V8	4	Darren Currie^[4]	INV		1
	MARC II V8^[4]	Ford Modular 5.2 L V8		Darren Currie^[4]			5–6
				Geoff Taunton^[4]			6
			95	Geoff Taunton^[4]	INV		1
			95	Darren Currie^[4]	INV		3
	MARC GT^[5]	GM LS3 6.2 L V8	6	John Goodacre	INV		6
			20	Daniel Jilesen^[6]	INV		3, 5
				Geoff Taunton^[6]			3, 5
				Adam Hargraves			6
	MARC Focus GTC^[4]	Ford Modular 5.2 L V8	111	Grant Donaldson^[4]	INV		1
	MARC II V8^[4]	Ford Modular 5.2 L V8	111	Grant Donaldson^[4]	INV		6
Grove Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	4	Brenton Grove	GT3	PA	3
Grove Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	4	Stephen Grove	GT3	PA	3
Wall Racing^[7]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo^[7]	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	6	Adrian Deitz^[7]	GT3	PA	3
Wall Racing^[7]	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo^[7]	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	6	David Wall^[7]	GT3	PA	3
Melbourne Performance Centre^[a]	Audi R8 LMS Evo II^[8]	Audi 5.2 L V10	8	Michael Kokkinos^[8]	GT3	Am	1–3
			10	Andrew Fawcet	GT3	PA	3
			10	Dylan O'Keeffe	GT3	PA	3
			22	Ash Samadi	GT3	Am	1–5
			23	Paul Stokell	GT3	Am	All
			23	Matt Stoupas	GT3	Am	All
			65	Liam Talbot	GT3	PA	All
				Max Hofer			1–2
				Fraser Ross			3–4
				Garth Tander			5
				Christopher Mies^[9]			6
			75	Geoff Emery	GT3	PA	All
				Christer Jöns			1
				Christopher Mies^[10]			2
				Max Hofer^[9]			3–6
Dutton Garage	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Audi 5.2 L V10	18	George Nakas	GT3	Am	3
Dutton Garage	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Audi 5.2 L V10	18	Ben Stack	GT3	Am	3
Nineteen Corporation^[b]	Mercedes-AMG GT4	Mercedes-AMG M178 4.0 L V8	19	Mark Griffith	GT4		2, 4
	Audi R8 LMS Ultra^[11]	Audi 5.2 L V10	181	Renee Gracie^[11]	GT3	TPH	2–5
	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Audi 5.2 L V10	181	Renee Gracie^[11]	GT3	Am	6
Tony Bates Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	24	Tony Bates	GT3	PA	2
Tony Bates Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	24	Jordan Love	GT3	PA	2
Volante Rosso Motorsport^[c]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	34	Chris Batzios^[12]	GT3	PA	6
			34	Jayden Ojeda^[13]	GT3	PA	6
			101	Ross Poulakis^[14]	GT3	PA	1–5
				Sam Brabham			1
				Jayden Ojeda^[13]			2–5
			102	Chris Batzios^[12]	GT3	PA	3, 5
				Sam Brabham			3
				Josh Hunt			5
Valmont Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Audi 5.2 L V10	44	Sergio Pires	GT3	Am	1, 3–5
Valmont Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Audi 5.2 L V10	44	Marcel Zalloua	GT3	Am	1, 3–5
RAM Motorsport^[15]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo^[15]	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	45	Michael Sheargold	GT3	Am	All
			45	Garth Walden	GT3	Am	All
			96	Michael Bailey^[15]	GT3	PA	All
			96	Brett Hobson^[15]	GT3	PA	All
Supabarn Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Audi 5.2 L V10	47	Theo Koundouris	GT3	Am	4, 6
Supabarn Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Audi 5.2 L V10	47	James Koundouris	GT3	Am	6
M Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	48	Justin McMillan	GT3	PA 2 Am 2	1–4
				Roger Lago			1
				Glen Wood			2–3
	KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept	Audi 2.5 L I5	50	David Crampton	GT2	INV	4
	KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept	Audi 2.5 L I5	50	Trent Harrison	GT2	INV	4
Schumacher Motorsport^[16]	Audi R8 LMS Evo II^[16]	Audi 5.2 L V10	55	Brad Schumacher^[16]	GT3	Am	All
Coe Property Group	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	56	Stephen Coe	GT3	TPH	1
Tigani Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS Ultra	Audi 5.2 L V10	66	Paul Luchitti	GT3	TPH	3–6
Sonic Motor Racing Services^[17]	Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup^[17]	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	78	Marcos Flack^[17]	GTC	TPH	1, 6
Earl Bamber Motorsport	Porsche 991 GT3 II Cup	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	81	Tom McLennan	GTC	TPH	6
Triple Eight Race Engineering^[d]	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo^[18]	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	88	Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim^[18]	GT3	PA	1–2, 4–5
			88	Jamie Whincup^[18]	GT3	PA	1–2, 4–5
			888	Prince Jefri Ibrahim^[18]	GT3	PA	1–2, 4–5
				Broc Feeney^[18]			1, 5
				Richie Stanaway			2, 4

Icon	Class
Car
GT2	GT2 Cars
GT3	GT3 Cars
GTC	GT Cup Cars
GT4	GT4 Cars
Drivers
PA	Pro-Am Cup
Am	Am Cup
TPH	Trophy Cup
INV	Invitational

Race results

Bold indicates the overall winner.

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Pro-Am Winners	Am Winners	GT3 Trophy Winners	GT4 Cup Winners	Invitational Winners
1	R1	Bathurst	No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport	No. 78 Sonic Motor Racing Services	No Entries	No. 95 Milldun Mootrsport
	R1		Max Hofer Liam Talbot	Max Hofer Liam Talbot	Brad Schumacher	Marcos Flack		Geoff Taunton
	R2		No. 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering	No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport	No. 78 Sonic Motor Racing Services		No. 95 Milldun Mootrsport
	R2		Broc Feeney Prince Jefri Ibrahim	Max Hofer Liam Talbot	Brad Schumacher	Marcos Flack		Geoff Taunton
2	R1	Wanneroo	No. 75 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 1 EMA Motorsport	No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport	No. 181 Nineteen Corporation	No. 19 Nineteen Corporation	No Entries
	R1		Geoff Emery	Garnet Patterson Yasser Shahin	Brad Schumacher	Renee Gracie	Mark Griffith
	R2		No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport	No. 181 Nineteen Corporation	No. 19 Nineteen Corporation
	R2		Max Hofer	Max Hofer Liam Talbot	Brad Schumacher	Renee Gracie	Mark Griffith
3	R1	Phillip Island	No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 101 Harrolds Volante Rosso Motorsport	No. 48 M Motorsport	No. 181 Nineteen Corporation	No Entries	No. 95 Milldun Mootrsport
	R1		Fraser Ross Liam Talbot	Jayden Ojeda Ross Poulakis	Justin McMillan Glen Wood	Renee Gracie		Darren Currie
	R2		No. 101 Harrolds Volante Rosso Motorsport	No. 75 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport	No. 181 Nineteen Corporation		No. 95 Milldun Mootrsport
	R2		Jayden Ojeda Ross Poulakis	Geoff Emery Max Hofer	Brad Schumacher	Renee Gracie		Darren Currie
4	R1	Sydney	No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 1 EMA Motorsport	No. 23 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 181 Nineteen Corporation	No. 19 Nineteen Corporation	No. 50 M Motorsport
	R1		Fraser Ross Liam Talbot	Garnet Patterson Yasser Shahin	Matt Stoupas Paul Stokell	Renee Gracie	Mark Griffith	David Crampton Trent Harrison
	R2		No. 101 Harrolds Volante Rosso Motorsport	No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport	No. 181 Nineteen Corporation	No. 19 Nineteen Corporation	No. 50 M Motorsport
	R2		Jayden Ojeda Ross Poulakis	Fraser Ross Liam Talbot	Brad Schumacher	Renee Gracie	Mark Griffith	David Crampton Trent Harrison
5	R1	Queensland	No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 75 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 23 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 181 Nineteen Corporation	No Entries	No. 20 Milldun Mootrsport
	R1		Liam Talbot Garth Tander	Geoff Emery Max Hofer	Matt Stoupas Paul Stokell	Renee Gracie		Daniel Jilesen Geoff Taunton
	R2		No. 101 Harrolds Volante Rosso Motorsport	No. 65 Melbourne Performance Centre	No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport	No. 181 Nineteen Corporation		No. 20 Milldun Mootrsport
	R2		Jayden Ojeda Ross Poulakis	Liam Talbot Garth Tander	Brad Schumacher	Renee Gracie		Daniel Jilesen Geoff Taunton
6	R1	Adelaide
	R1
	R2
	R2

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers	Team	BAT		WAN		PHI		SYD		QUE		Points
GT3 Pro-Am
1	Liam Talbot	Melbourne Performance Centre	1	1	Ret	1	6	2	3	1	4	1	180
2	Geoff Emery	Melbourne Performance Centre	4	4	3	2	3	1	4	4	1	2	173
3	Yasser Shahin Garnet Patterson	EMA Motorsport	2	5	1	4	4	3	1	5	2	6	158
4	Ross Poulakis	Volante Rosso Motorsport	8	7	5	6	1	4	5	2	5	4	123
5	Jayden Ojeda	Volante Rosso Motorsport			5	6	1	4	5	2	5	4	107
6	Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	5	6	2	7			6	3	3	3	101
7	Prince Jefri Ibrahim	Triple Eight Race Engineering	6	2	4	3			2	Ret	6	5	91
8	Max Hofer^[e]	Melbourne Performance Centre	1	1	Ret	1	3	1	4	4	1	2	75
9	Michael Bailey Brett Hobson	RAM Motorsport	15	12	11	11	10	9	8	8	8	8	62
10	Broc Feeney	Triple Eight Race Engineering	6	2							6	5	46
11	Richie Stanaway	Triple Eight Race Engineering			4	3			2	Ret			45
12	Christopher Mies	Melbourne Performance Centre			3	2							33
13	Christer Jöns	Melbourne Performance Centre	4	4									30
14	Sam Brabham	Volante Rosso Motorsport	8	7			11	14					28
15	Justin McMillan	M Motorsport	16	16			5	7	11	14			26
16	Glen Wood	M Motorsport					5	7					26
17	Tony Bates Jordan Love	Tony Bates Racing			6	8							14
Entries ineligible for points
	Fraser Ross	Melbourne Performance Centre					6	2	3	1
	Brenton Grove Stephen Grove	Grove Motorsport					2	5
	Andrew Fawcet Dylan O'Keeffe	Melbourne Performance Centre					Ret	10
	Chris Batzios	Volante Rosso Motorsport					11	14			11	14
	Josh Hunt	Volante Rosso Motorsport									11	14
	Adrian Deitz David Wall	Wall Racing					Ret	DNS					0
GT Am
1	Brad Schumacher	Schumacher Motorsport	3	3	7	5	8	6	9	6	Ret	7	211
2	Matt Stoupas Paul Stokell	Melbourne Performance Centre	7	8	8	9	9	8	7	9	7	9	186
3	Michael Sheargold Garth Walden	RAM Motorsport	12	9	9	13	7	Ret	10	11	10	12	127
4	Marcel Zalloua Sergio Pires	Valmont Racing	10	11			12	11	14	7	13	11	104
5	Ash Samadi	Melbourne Performance Centre	11	13	10	14	19	16	13	12	12	10	93
6	Michael Kokkinos	Melbourne Performance Centre	14	14	13	12	16	18					59
7	George Nakas Ben Stack	Dutton Garage					17	17					12
8	Justin McMillan Glen Wood	M Motorsport			Ret	10							12
Entries ineligible for points
	Theo Koundouris	Supabarn Motorsport					10	12
GT Trophy
1	Renee Gracie	Nineteen Corporation			12	15	15	15	15	13	14	15	200
2	Paul Luchitti	Tigani Motorsport					18	19	16	15	Ret	16	108
3	Marcos Flack	Sonic Motor Racing Services	12	15									50
4	Stephen Coe	Coe Property Group	18	19									36
GT4
1	Mark Griffith	Nineteen Corporation			14	16			18	17			100
Invitational entries ineligible for points
	Geoff Taunton	Milldun Motorsport	13	15			14	13			9	13
	Daniel Jilesen	Milldun Motorsport					14	13			9	13
	Darren Currie	Milldun Motorsport	17	17			13	12			15	17
	David Crampton Trent Harrison	M Motorsport							17	16
	Grant Donaldson	Milldun Motorsport	Ret	18

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Race winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Black	Excluded (EX)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Race cancelled (C)
	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest lap

Notes

References

External links

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