The 2021 Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS was an Australian motor sport competition for GT cars. The series incorporated the "Motorsport Australia GT Championship", the "Motorsport Australia Endurance Championship", the "GT3 Trophy Series" and the "GT4 Cup",GT World Challenge Australia – Sporting Regulations 2021 –Version 2, motorsport.org.au, as archived at web.archive.org however the Endurance Championship could not be contested due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Motorsport Australia GT Championship was the 25th running of an Australian GT Championship. This was the first 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 December 2020 with all rounds taking place in Australia. The first round at Phillip Island was postponed to 13–14 March from its original 20–21 February date, after a snap lockdown was enacted in response to an outbreak of COVID-19 cases in Melbourne. The round at Sandown and the two Endurance Championship races at Tailem Bend and Bathurst were cancelled and replaced by one round at Bathurst due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Round Circuit Date 1 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Victoria 13–14 March 2 Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, NSW 3–4 April 3 The Bend Motorsport Park, Tailem Bend, SA 8–9 May 4 Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, NSW 2–3 December
Entry list Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Car Driver OK Communication Hallmarc KFC Racing Bostik Racing Perfect Auto Body Forum Group CoinSpot Supabarn Forum Canon Foods The Bend Motorsport Park Audi R8 LMS Evo 3 Eric Constantinidis GT3Am 3 9 Marc Cini GT3 Am 2, 4 Audi R8 LMS (2015) 23 Matt Stoupas TPH 1, 3 Max Twigg 2 Audi R8 LMS Evo 24 Tony Bates GT3 PA 1–3 Chaz Mostert 1–2 Dylan O'Keeffe 3 Audi R8 LMS (2015) 33 Vince Muriti TPH 1–2 Audi R8 LMS Evo 65 Fraser Ross GT3 PA 4 Liam Talbot 67 Bill Papadimitriou GT3 Am 3 69 James Koundouris GT3 Am 4 Theo Koundouris Audi R8 LMS ultra 77 Vince Tesoriero TPH 1, 3 Bill Papadimitriou 1 Audi R8 LMS Evo 91 Arthur Abrahams GT3 Am 1–3 Audi R8 LMS (2015) 124 Gary Higgon TPH 1–3 Paul Stokell Audi R8 LMS Evo Gary Higgon GT3 Am 4 Paul Stokell 777 Yasser Shahin GT3 PA All Garth Tander 1–3 Christopher Mies 4 Grove Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R 4 Brenton Grove GT3 PA All Stephen Grove Arris Property Developments Audi R8 LMS ultra 5 Greg Taylor TPH 1–3 Wall Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 6 Adrian Deitz GT3 PA 2 David Wall Keltic Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 7 Tony Quinn GT3 Am 1–3 What do you Meme? Audi R8 LMS ultra 17 Mark Rosser TPH 3 Audi R8 LMS Evo Roberto Merhi GT3 PA 4 Mark Rosser Daimler Trucks Brisbane Mercedes-AMG GT4 19 Mark Griffith GT4 1–2, 4 Perfect Auto Body Mercedes-AMG GT3 33 Vince Muriti TPH 3 KMB Motorsport Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 38 Michael Bailey TPH All RAM Motorsport Hobson Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 45 Mike Sheargold GT3 Am 4 Garth Walden Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2015) 96 Brett Hobson TPH All Mack Brothers Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 47 Wayne Mack TPH 1 AMAC Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 51 Andrew Macpherson GT3 Am 1–3 Ben Porter Porsche 911 GT3 R (2017) Andrew Macpherson 4 Ben Porter Schumacher Motorsport Audi R8 LMS ultra 55 Brad Schumacher TPH 1–3 Audi R8 LMS (2015) 4 Dale Paterson Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro SS GT3 71 Dale Paterson TPH 1 Maranello Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3 88 Adrian Deitz GT3 Am 1 Peter Edwards Industrie Audi R8 LMS ultra 99 Nick Kelly TPH 1 Mercedes-AMG GT3 2–3 Ashley Seward Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (997) 222 Scott Taylor TPH 4 Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 888 Prince Jefri Ibrahim GT3 PA All Jamie Whincup 1 Shane van Gisbergen 2 Broc Feeney 3 Peter Hackett 4 Icon Class Car GT3 GT3 TPH GT3 Trophy GT4 GT4 Drivers PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup
Race results Bold indicates overall winner Round Circuit Pole position Pro-Am winners Am winners Trophy winners GT4 winners 1 1 Phillip Island No. 24 Bostik Racing No. 777 The Bend Motorsport Park No. 7 Keltic Racing No. 23 KFC Racing No Starters Tony Bates Chaz Mostert Yasser Shahin Garth Tander Tony Quinn Matt Stoupas R2 No. 777 The Bend Motorsport Park No. 777 The Bend Motorsport Park No. 91 Canon Foods No. 96 Hobson Motorsport Yasser Shahin Garth Tander Yasser Shahin Garth Tander Arthur Abrahams Brett Hobson 2 R1 Bathurst No. 777 The Bend Motorsport Park No. 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering No. 7 Keltic Racing No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport No. 19 Daimler Trucks Brisbane Yasser Shahin Garth Tander Shane van Gisbergen Prince Jefri Ibrahim Tony Quinn Brad Schumacher Mark Griffith R2 No. 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering No. 777 The Bend Motorsport Park No. 7 Keltic Racing No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport No. 19 Daimler Trucks Brisbane Shane van Gisbergen Prince Jefri Ibrahim Yasser Shahin Garth Tander Tony Quinn Brad Schumacher Mark Griffith 3 R1 Tailem Bend No. 777 The Bend Motorsport Park No. 777 The Bend Motorsport Park No. 51 AMAC Motorsport No. 96 Hobson Motorsport No Entries Yasser Shahin Garth Tander Yasser Shahin Garth Tander Andrew Macpherson Ben Porter Brett Hobson R2 No. 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering No. 777 The Bend Motorsport Park No. 51 AMAC Motorsport No. 55 Schumacher Motorsport Broc Feeney Prince Jefri Ibrahim Yasser Shahin Garth Tander Andrew Macpherson Ben Porter Brad Schumacher 4 R1 Bathurst No. 65 CoinSpot No. 777 The Bend Motorsport Park No. 124 KFC Racing No. 96 Hobson Motorsport No. 19 Daimler Trucks Brisbane Fraser Ross Liam Talbot Christopher Mies Yasser Shahin Gary Higgon Paul Stokell Brett Hobson Mark Griffith R2 No. 4 Grove Motorsport No. 65 CoinSpot No. 9 Hallmarc No. 96 Hobson Motorsport No. 19 Daimler Trucks Brisbane Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Fraser Ross Liam Talbot Marc Cini Brett Hobson Mark Griffith
Championship standings Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Driver Team PHI BAT BEN BAT RC1 RC2 RC1 RC2 RC1 RC2 RC1 RC2 GT Pro-Am 1 Yasser Shahin The Bend Motorsport Park 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 186 2 Garth Tander The Bend Motorsport Park 1 1 2 1 2 1 143 3 Prince Jefri Ibrahim Triple Eight Race Engineering 2 3 1 2 6 3 4 Ret 121 4 Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Grove Motorsport 6 2 5 4 12 2 7 4 111 5 Tony Bates Bostik Racing 3 5 3 3 3 5 87 6 Chaz Mostert Bostik Racing 3 5 3 3 57 7 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering 1 2 43 8 Christopher Mies The Bend Motorsport Park 1 3 43 9 Fraser Ross Liam Talbot CoinSpot 2 1 43 10 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 2 3 33 11 Dylan O'Keeffe Bostik Racing 3 5 30 12 Broc Feeney Triple Eight Race Engineering 6 3 30 13 Adrian Deitz David Wall Wall Racing 6 10 20 14 Peter Hackett Triple Eight Race Engineering 4 Ret 15 15 Roberto Merhi Mark Rosser What do you Meme? Ret 5 12 GT Am 1 Andrew Macpherson Ben Porter AMAC Motorsport 14 10 11 11 7 10 9 Ret 131 2 Tony Quinn Keltic Racing 8 9 9 6 9 Ret 111 3 Arthur Abrahams Canon Foods 12 7 13 Ret 13 11 88 4 Marc Cini Hallmarc 16 13 10 8 64 5 Gary Higgon Paul Stokell KFC Racing 5 10 40 6 Mike Sheargold Garth Walden RAM Motorsport 6 9 36 7 Bill Papadimitriou Forum Group 11 14 27 8 Eric Constantinidis OK Communication 18 13 25 James Koundouris Theo Koundouris Supabarn Ret Ret Adrian Deitz Peter Edwards Maranello Motorsport Ret DNS GT Trophy 1 Brad Schumacher Schumacher Motorsport 5 Ret 4 5 8 4 8 7 138 2 Brett Hobson Hobson Motorsport 7 4 8 DNS 1 Ret 3 2 130 3 Michael Bailey KMB Motorsport Ret DNS 14 9 17 9 11 6 65 4 Greg Taylor Arris Property Developments 10 11 10 Ret 4 8 64 5 Nick Kelly Industrie 9 Ret 12 8 14 6 63 6 Matt Stoupas KFC Racing 4 DSQ 10 7 50 7 Max Twigg KFC Racing 7 7 36 8 Gary Higgon Paul Stokell KFC Racing Ret 8 15 12 16 Ret 35 9 Dale Paterson Dale Paterson Motorsport 13 6 24 10 Scott Taylor Ashley Seward Motorsport 12 11 24 11 Vince Muriti Perfect Auto Body 11 Ret WD WD 15 12 22 12 Vince Tesoriero Forum 15 12 Ret 15 20 13 Mark Rosser What do you Meme? 5 Ret 15 14 Bill Papadimitriou Forum 15 12 14 Wayne Mack Mack Brothers Racing Ret DNS GT4 1 Mark Griffith Daimler Trucks Brisbane WD WD 17 14 13 12 100 Driver Team PHI BAT BEN BAT Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest lap
See also 2021 GT World Challenge Europe 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 2021 GT World Challenge Asia 2021 GT World Challenge America
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External links
GT World Challenge Australia – Sporting Regulations 2021 –Version 2, motorsport.org.au, as archived at web.archive.org