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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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Team Vehicle No. Drivers Events JAMEC PEM Racing Audi R8 LMS 1 Geoff Emery 1-5 Marcel Fässler 1 Garth Tander 2, 4 Ah Apartments Audi R8 LMS 3 Ash Samadi 1–2, 4 Dylan O'Keeffe 2, 4 Wall Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 6 Adrian Deitz 2, 4-5 Cameron McConville Darrell Lea/Keltic Racing McLaren 650S GT3 7 Tony Quinn 1-5 Shane van Gisbergen 2 Grant Denyer 4 Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 8 Max Twigg 1–2, 4 Tony D'Alberto 222 Scott Taylor 1-5 Craig Baird 1–2, 4 Hallmarc Constructions Audi R8 LMS 9 Marc Cini 3 International Motorsport Audi R8 LMS 10 Andrew Fawcett 4 Jonny Reid Objective Racing McLaren 650S GT3 11 Tony Walls 2, 4 Warren Luff Erebus Motorsport Griffith Corporation/ Aussie Driver Search Mercedes-AMG GT3 19 Mark Griffith 3, 5 98 Jaie Robson 1-3 David Reynolds 2 KFC Racing Audi R8 LMS 24 Tony Bates 1-5 Daniel Gaunt 1–2, 4 Trofeo Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 29 Jim Manolios 1–3, 5 Dean Canto 1-2 M Motorsport Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX 49 Dean Koutsoumidis 3, 5 Glen Wood 3 Justin McMillan 5 McElrea Racing McLaren 650S GT3 58 Duvashen Padayachee 4 Shane van Gisbergen 59 Fraser Ross 1-5 Duvashen Padayachee 2 Jaxon Evans 4 Eggleston Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 63 Peter Hackett 1-5 Dominic Storey 1 Jake Fouracre 2, 4 777 Yasser Shahin 2, 4-5 Luke Youlden 2, 4 Maranello Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3 88 Peter Edwards 1 Giancarlo Fisichella Miedecke Motorsport Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 95 Andrew Miedecke 5 George Miedecke Hobson Motorsport Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 96 Brett Hobson 5 BMW Team SRM BMW M6 GT3 100 Steven Richards 1-5 Dean Grant 1 Michael Almond 2, 4 Ricky Capo 3, 5 Walkinshaw Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R 911 Liam Talbot 1-5 John Martin 1–2, 4 Race results [edit] Round Circuit Pole position Race winner(s) 1 R1 Albert Park No. 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport No. 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Scott Taylor Craig Baird Scott Taylor Craig Baird R2 No. 59 McEldra Racing No. 98 Aussie Driver Search Fraser Ross Jaie Robson R3 No. 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Scott Taylor Craig Baird R4 No. 98 Aussie Driver Search Jaie Robson 2 R The Bend No. 8 Scott Taylor Motorsport No. 8 Scott Taylor Motorsport Max Twigg Tony D'Alberto Max Twigg Tony D'Alberto 3 R1 Sandown No. 49 M Motorsport No. 63 Eggleston Motorsport Dean Koutsoumidis Glen Wood Peter Hackett R2 No. 98 Aussie Driver Search No. 24 KFC Racing Jaie Robson Tony Bates R3 No. 1 JAMEC PEM Racing Geoff Emery 4 R Phillip Island No. 911 Walkinshaw Racing No. 24 KFC Racing Liam Talbot John Martin Tony Bates Daniel Gaunt 5 R1 Sydney No. 63 Eggleston Motorsport No. 911 Walkinshaw Racing Peter Hackett Liam Talbot R2 No. 63 Eggleston Motorsport No. 911 Walkinshaw Racing Peter Hackett Liam Talbot R3 No. 63 Eggleston Motorsport Peter Hackett 6 R Hampton Downs No. 1 Valvoline Geoff Emery Garth Tander[5] Points system [edit] 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 [edit] The Australian GT Championship was won by Geoff Emery.[2] Championship standings after five of six rounds were as follows: Pos Driver ALB BEN SAN PHI SMP HAM Pts 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 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 ALB BEN SAN PHI SMP HAM Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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 [edit] The GT4 Division was won by Jeremy Gray[6] driving an Aston Martin Vantage. Australian Endurance Championship [edit] Teams and drivers [edit] Team Vehicle No. Drivers Events JAMEC PEM Racing Audi R8 LMS 1 Geoff Emery All Garth Tander Ah Apartments Audi R8 LMS 3 Ash Samadi All Dylan O'Keeffe Wall Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 6 Adrian Deitz All Cameron McConville Darrell Lea/Keltic Racing McLaren 650S GT3 7 Tony Quinn All Shane van Gisbergen 1 Grant Denyer 2 Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 8 Max Twigg All Tony D'Alberto 222 Scott Taylor All Craig Baird International Motorsport Audi R8 LMS 10 Andrew Fawcett 2 Jonny Reid Objective Racing McLaren 650S GT3 11 Tony Walls All Warren Luff KFC Racing Audi R8 LMS 24 Tony Bates All Daniel Gaunt Trofeo Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 29 Jim Manolios 1 Dean Canto McElrea Racing McLaren 650S GT3 58 Duvashen Padayachee 2 Shane van Gisbergen 59 Fraser Ross All Duvashen Padayachee 1 Jaxon Evans 2 Eggleston Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 63 Peter Hackett All Jake Fouracre 777 Yasser Shahin All Luke Youlden Erebus Motorsport Aussie Driver Search Mercedes-AMG GT3 98 Jaie Robson 1 David Reynolds BMW Team SRM BMW M6 GT3 100 Steven Richards All Michael Almond Walkinshaw Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R 911 Liam Talbot All John Martin Race results [edit] Round Circuit Pole position Race winner 1 The Bend No. 8 Scott Taylor Motorsport No. 8 Scott Taylor Motorsport Max Twigg Tony D'Alberto Max Twigg Tony D'Alberto 2 Phillip Island No. 911 Walkinshaw Racing No. 24 KFC Racing Liam Talbot John Martin Tony Bates Daniel Gaunt 3 Hampton Downs No. 1 Valvoline Geoff Emery Garth Tander[5] Points system [edit] 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 [edit] 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 PHI HAM Pts R QP RP R QP RP R QP RP 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 BEN PHI HAM Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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 See also [edit] 2018 Australian GT Trophy Series References [edit] "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. Championship Standings, 2018 CAMS Australian GT Championship, australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org 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. 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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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

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

Teams and drivers

Team Vehicle No. Drivers Events JAMEC PEM Racing Audi R8 LMS 1 Geoff Emery 1-5 Marcel Fässler 1 Garth Tander 2, 4 Ah Apartments Audi R8 LMS 3 Ash Samadi 1–2, 4 Dylan O'Keeffe 2, 4 Wall Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 6 Adrian Deitz 2, 4-5 Cameron McConville Darrell Lea/Keltic Racing McLaren 650S GT3 7 Tony Quinn 1-5 Shane van Gisbergen 2 Grant Denyer 4 Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 8 Max Twigg 1–2, 4 Tony D'Alberto 222 Scott Taylor 1-5 Craig Baird 1–2, 4 Hallmarc Constructions Audi R8 LMS 9 Marc Cini 3 International Motorsport Audi R8 LMS 10 Andrew Fawcett 4 Jonny Reid Objective Racing McLaren 650S GT3 11 Tony Walls 2, 4 Warren Luff Erebus Motorsport Griffith Corporation/ Aussie Driver Search Mercedes-AMG GT3 19 Mark Griffith 3, 5 98 Jaie Robson 1-3 David Reynolds 2 KFC Racing Audi R8 LMS 24 Tony Bates 1-5 Daniel Gaunt 1–2, 4 Trofeo Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 29 Jim Manolios 1–3, 5 Dean Canto 1-2 M Motorsport Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX 49 Dean Koutsoumidis 3, 5 Glen Wood 3 Justin McMillan 5 McElrea Racing McLaren 650S GT3 58 Duvashen Padayachee 4 Shane van Gisbergen 59 Fraser Ross 1-5 Duvashen Padayachee 2 Jaxon Evans 4 Eggleston Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 63 Peter Hackett 1-5 Dominic Storey 1 Jake Fouracre 2, 4 777 Yasser Shahin 2, 4-5 Luke Youlden 2, 4 Maranello Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3 88 Peter Edwards 1 Giancarlo Fisichella Miedecke Motorsport Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 95 Andrew Miedecke 5 George Miedecke Hobson Motorsport Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 96 Brett Hobson 5 BMW Team SRM BMW M6 GT3 100 Steven Richards 1-5 Dean Grant 1 Michael Almond 2, 4 Ricky Capo 3, 5 Walkinshaw Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R 911 Liam Talbot 1-5 John Martin 1–2, 4 Race results Round Circuit Pole position Race winner(s) 1 R1 Albert Park No. 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport No. 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Scott Taylor Craig Baird Scott Taylor Craig Baird R2 No. 59 McEldra Racing No. 98 Aussie Driver Search Fraser Ross Jaie Robson R3 No. 222 Scott Taylor Motorsport Scott Taylor Craig Baird R4 No. 98 Aussie Driver Search Jaie Robson 2 R The Bend No. 8 Scott Taylor Motorsport No. 8 Scott Taylor Motorsport Max Twigg Tony D'Alberto Max Twigg Tony D'Alberto 3 R1 Sandown No. 49 M Motorsport No. 63 Eggleston Motorsport Dean Koutsoumidis Glen Wood Peter Hackett R2 No. 98 Aussie Driver Search No. 24 KFC Racing Jaie Robson Tony Bates R3 No. 1 JAMEC PEM Racing Geoff Emery 4 R Phillip Island No. 911 Walkinshaw Racing No. 24 KFC Racing Liam Talbot John Martin Tony Bates Daniel Gaunt 5 R1 Sydney No. 63 Eggleston Motorsport No. 911 Walkinshaw Racing Peter Hackett Liam Talbot R2 No. 63 Eggleston Motorsport No. 911 Walkinshaw Racing Peter Hackett Liam Talbot R3 No. 63 Eggleston Motorsport Peter Hackett 6 R Hampton Downs No. 1 Valvoline Geoff Emery Garth Tander[5] Points system 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 The Australian GT Championship was won by Geoff Emery.[2] Championship standings after five of six rounds were as follows: Pos Driver ALB BEN SAN PHI SMP HAM Pts 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 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 ALB BEN SAN PHI SMP HAM Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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 The GT4 Division was won by Jeremy Gray[6] driving an Aston Martin Vantage. Australian Endurance Championship Teams and drivers Team Vehicle No. Drivers Events JAMEC PEM Racing Audi R8 LMS 1 Geoff Emery All Garth Tander Ah Apartments Audi R8 LMS 3 Ash Samadi All Dylan O'Keeffe Wall Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 6 Adrian Deitz All Cameron McConville Darrell Lea/Keltic Racing McLaren 650S GT3 7 Tony Quinn All Shane van Gisbergen 1 Grant Denyer 2 Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 8 Max Twigg All Tony D'Alberto 222 Scott Taylor All Craig Baird International Motorsport Audi R8 LMS 10 Andrew Fawcett 2 Jonny Reid Objective Racing McLaren 650S GT3 11 Tony Walls All Warren Luff KFC Racing Audi R8 LMS 24 Tony Bates All Daniel Gaunt Trofeo Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 29 Jim Manolios 1 Dean Canto McElrea Racing McLaren 650S GT3 58 Duvashen Padayachee 2 Shane van Gisbergen 59 Fraser Ross All Duvashen Padayachee 1 Jaxon Evans 2 Eggleston Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 63 Peter Hackett All Jake Fouracre 777 Yasser Shahin All Luke Youlden Erebus Motorsport Aussie Driver Search Mercedes-AMG GT3 98 Jaie Robson 1 David Reynolds BMW Team SRM BMW M6 GT3 100 Steven Richards All Michael Almond Walkinshaw Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R 911 Liam Talbot All John Martin Race results Round Circuit Pole position Race winner 1 The Bend No. 8 Scott Taylor Motorsport No. 8 Scott Taylor Motorsport Max Twigg Tony D'Alberto Max Twigg Tony D'Alberto 2 Phillip Island No. 911 Walkinshaw Racing No. 24 KFC Racing Liam Talbot John Martin Tony Bates Daniel Gaunt 3 Hampton Downs No. 1 Valvoline Geoff Emery Garth Tander[5] Points system 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 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 PHI HAM Pts R QP RP R QP RP R QP RP 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 BEN PHI HAM Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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 See also 2018 Australian GT Trophy Series References "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. Championship Standings, 2018 CAMS Australian GT Championship, australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org 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. 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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