2010 Australian GT Championship season

2010 Australian GT Championship season
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The 2010 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing championship open to closed production based sports cars which were either approved by the FIA for GT3 competition or approved by CAMS as Australian GTs.[1] The championship, which was the 14th Australian GT Championship, incorporated drivers titles in three divisions, GT Championship, GT Challenge and GT Production.[1]

Defending champion David Wall became the first multiple championship winner in the history of the title with a 30 point victory over fellow Porsche driver, James Koundouris. Wall, driving the family team's Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S, won five races and claimed round wins at Adelaide and Eastern Creek. Third places at Albert Park and at Bathurst were enough of a buffer to hold off Phillip Island round winner Koundouris, even after being excluded from the first race at Sandown. Dean Grant was third in the championship.

Other round winners were Porsche driver Max Twigg, at Albert Park and Tony Quinn, at Bathurst and Sandown. After heavily damaging his Mosler MT900R at the opening round of the championship, Quinn returned to the series at Bathurst with his 2009 car, an Aston Martin DBRS9 and dominated the meeting. Quinn reverted back to the Mosler at Sandown and won both races, allowing him to climb into fourth in the championship.

In the GT Challenge division, Shane Smollen took a 120 point win over fellow Porsche GT3 driver, Michael Loccisano, with Ray Angus placed third.

Chevrolet driver Paul Freestone came from behind at the final round of the series to defeat Nissan driver Tony Alford and take victory in the GT Production division. Lotus driver Mark O'Connor was third.

Controversy erupted after two major accidents at the second round of the series, which supported the 2010 Australian Grand Prix. A grid pile-up caused heavy damage to various vehicles at the start of one race and resulted in changes to regulations for rolling restarts, which have had consequences beyond GT racing. Additionally a multi-car accident that occurred under yellow flag conditions saw penalties levied against Porsche drivers Ray Angus and Andrew Taplin after they tangled with a slow moving damaged car and the parked Ascari of John Bowe.[2]

Contents

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the 2010 Australian GT Championship.

Team Manufacturer Car model Division No Driver
Wall Racing Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S Championship 1 David Wall
Jocaro Motorsport Lamborghini
Mosler		 Gallardo
MT900R		 Championship 2 Dean Grant
Dodge Viper GT3 3 Ross Lilley
Audi R8 GT3 8 Mark Eddy
Consolidated Chemical Lamborghini Gallardo Championship 4 Peter Hackett
Taplin Real Estate Lamborghini Gallardo Championship 5 Andrew Taplin
Kevin Weeks
Golf Car Solutions Porsche 996 GT3 RS Challenge 6 Jordan Ormsby
VIP Petfoods Racing Mosler MT900R Championship 7 Tony Quinn
12 Klark Quinn
Hallmarc Developments Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S Championship 9 Marc Cini
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Challenge 19 Michael Loccisano
Marc Cini
Dutton Insurance Lotus Exige S Production 10 Mark O'Connor
MJR Airconditioning Lamborghini Gallardo Championship 11 Mark Seamons
Jim Richards Racing Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Championship 15 Jim Richards
Weeks Building Group Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Challenge 16 Gary Dann
Inca Motorsports Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Challenge 17 Ray Angus
Twigg Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S Championship 18 Max Twigg
Magnapool Dodge Viper GT3 Championship 20 Ian Palmer
Greg Crick
Interauto Motorsport Lamborghini Gallardo Championship 21 Ross Zampatti
Beta Tools Mosler MT900R Championship 22 Ash Samadi
Freestones Transport Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Production 25 Paul Freestone
Excen Corporate Centre Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Production 26 Barrie Nesbitt
Maranello Motorsport Ferrari F430 GT3 Championship 27 Nick O'Halloran
Trofeo Motorsport Maserati Trofeo GT3 Challenge 29 Jim Manolios
GranTurismo GT3 Championship
Kirrapak Sheetmetal Lotus Cars Elise HPE Challenge 31 Tim Mackie
32 David Mackie
Bayside Church Ferrari F430 GT3 Championship 37 Hector Lester
Pelorus Property Group Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Challenge 39 Paul Tresidder
Supabarn Supermarkets Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S Championship 47 Theo Koundouris
69 James Koundouris
DFO Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Challenge 50 Calvin Pusterla
AMAC Motorsport Mosler MT900R Championship 51 Andrew MacPherson
Donut King Racing Nissan GT-R Production 54 Tony Alford
Castrol Dodge Viper GTS ACR Championship 55 Greg Crick
McGrath Estate Agents Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Challenge 56 Shane Smollen
Adrenalin.com.au Dodge Viper GTS ACR Championship 58 Richard Kimber
Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Challenge
Austral Racing Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Challenge 63 Richard Green
Globe Lamborghini Gallardo Championship 66 Peter Hill
Pick Up Truck Pictures Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Challenge 67 Eric Bana
ULX 110 Proven Custom Blend Oil Porsche 996 GT3 RSR Challenge 74 Keith Wong
Graeme Cook
Dodge Viper GT3 Championship 75 Rob Sherrard
One of a Kind Lotus Cars Exige S Challenge 77 Timothy Poulton
Maranello Motorsport Ferrari 360 Challenge Challenge 77 Peter Edwards
Vic Air Supplies Porsche 996 GT3 RSR Challenge 88 Simon Middleton
Clipper Motoryachts Ascari Cars KZ1-R Championship 89 Darren Berry
John Bowe
World Link International Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Challenge 89 Ivan Klasen
Livi Bathroom Tissue Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Challenge 99 Damien Flack
Adrian Flack

Race calendar

The championship was contested over a six round series.[1]

Rd. Circuit City / State Date Winner
Championship Challenge Production
Rd 1 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 11–14 March David Wall Jordan Ormsby Mark O'Connor
Rd 2 Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne, Victoria 25–28 March Max Twigg Damien Flack Mark O'Connor
Rd 3 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 20–30 May David Wall Damien Flack
Adrian Flack		 Paul Freestone
Rd 4 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 10–11 July James Koundouris Shane Smollen Tony Alford
Rd 5 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 7–10 October Tony Quinn Shane Smollen Paul Freestone
Rd 6 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 19–21 November Tony Quinn Shane Smollen Paul Freestone

Points system

Points were awarded in each division at each race according to the following table.[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 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th
Two race format 57 52.5 49.5 48 46.5 45 43.5 42 40.5 39 37.5 36 34.5 33 31.5 30 28.5 27 25.5 24 22.5 21 19.5 18 16.5 15 13.5 12 10.5 9 7.5 6 4.5 3 1.5
Three race format 38 35 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Within each division, each driver could count only his/her best five round results.[1]

Drivers Championship

Pos Driver Round 1 – ADE[3] Round 2 – ALB[4] Round 3 – EAS[5] Round 4 – PHI[6] Round 5 – BAT[7] Round 6 – SAN Pen. Pts [8] [9] [10]
Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 1 Race 2 Race 1 Race 2 Race 1 Race 2
GT Championship
1 David Wall 1st 1st 1st 6th 3rd 1st 1st 16th 5th 3rd 3rd DSQ 5th 475.5
2 James Koundouris Ret 7th 4th 2nd 2nd Ret 5th 1st 1st 5th 4th 2nd 2nd 445.5
3 Dean Grant 11th 6th 9th 5th 5th 7th 4th 2nd 3rd 8th 7th 19th 8th 440.5
4 Tony Quinn 9th Ret Ret 4th 17th 5th 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 406
5 Peter Hackett 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 2nd 6th 3rd 4th Ret 10th Ret DNS 397
6 Mark Eddy DNS 16th 12th 8th 7th 3rd 2nd 9th 8th 3rd 3rd 386.5
7 Greg Crick 3rd 2nd 2nd 11th 6th 15th Ret 5th 6th 4th Ret Ret 10th 338
8 Max Twigg 2nd Ret 5th 1st 1st Ret Ret 4th 2nd 6th 5th Ret DNS 334
9 Simon Middleton 19th 11th 9th 9th Ret 8th 12th 14th 9th 7th 327
10 Marc Cini 7th 5th 6th 12th DNS 8th Ret 11th 11th 5th 6th 322.5
11 Ash Samadi 8th 12th 13th 18th DNS 8th 7th Ret DNS 16th Ret 4th 4th 316
12 Peter Hill 25th 14th 15th 10th DNS 6th 8th 6th Ret 6th 15th 307.5
13 Ian Palmer Ret 15th 17th 15th 13th 15th Ret 15th 7th 10 203
14 Ross Lilley 5th 4th 7th 14th 9th 7th DNS DNS DNS 10 174.5
15 Theo Koundouris 12th 9th 10th Ret Ret DNS DNS 7th 6th 165.5
16 Andrew Macpherson 22nd 20th Ret DNS DNS 23rd Ret 11th 11th 154
17 Richard Kimber 16th 25th DNS 18th 17th 14th Ret 151
18 Jim Richards 10th 8th 11th 9th 8th 134
19 Kevin Weeks 4th Ret Ret DNS 10th 9th 127.5
20 Klark Quinn DNS DNS DNS 2nd 2nd 105
21 Andrew Taplin 6th 10th 8th 13th 14th 30 101
22 Mark Seamons Ret DNS 15th 17th 75
23 Darren Berry Ret Ret 24th Ret 21st 54.5
24 Ross Zampatti 28th 24th 38
Nick O'Halloran 23rd 29th 38
Rob Sherrard 27th 25th Ret DNS 38
27 Jim Manolios 31st 30th 34
28 Angel Lazaris 15th 31.5
29 John Bowe 7th Ret 29
NC Hector Lester 22nd 10th
GT Challenge
1 Shane Smollen 18th 13th 16th Ret 23rd 12th 10th 12th 9th 14th 15th 12th 9th 20 516
2 Michael Loccisano 14th 22nd 20th Ret 20th 19th 14th 11th 10th 19th Ret 10th Ret 396
3 Ray Angus 20th 17th 19th 20th 15th 14th Ret 20th 16th 20th 20th 30 377.5
4 Paul Tresidder Ret 21st 11th 12th 17th Ret 13th 13th 286.5
5 Damien Flack 17th 12th 10th 11th 10th 13th 283
6 Adrian Flack 10th 11th 10th 13th 210
7 Keith Wong Ret DNS DNS 21st 16th 20th 13th 14th Ret Ret DNS 10 191.5
8 Jordan Ormsby 15th 11th 14th 16th Ret 147
9 Gary Dann 13th 18th 18th 103
10 Eric Bana 13th 11th 96
11 Peter Edwards 20th 19th 94.5
12 Simon Middleton 17th 19th 21st 93
13 Marc Cini 19th 14th 91.5
14 Jim Manolios 24th 26th 25th 87
15 Richard Green 29th 27th 58
16 Ivan Klasen 9th Ret 96
17 Graeme Cook 20th 13th 48
18 Richard Kimber 13th Ret 48
19 Kiang Kuan Wong 14th Ret 45
20 Tim Mackie Ret 19th 31
21 David Mackie 25th Ret 31
NC Calvin Pusterla DNS DNS 0
GT Production
1 Paul Freestone 23rd 23rd 23rd 24th 28th 16th 15th 13th 13th 7th 12th 510.5
2 Tony Alford 21st 24th DNS 30th 26th 17th 16th 17th 12th 21st Ret 17th 18th 452
3 Mark O'Connor 19th 21st 22nd 26th 18th 21st Ret Ret DNS 15th 12th 8th 14th 449.5
4 Barrie Nesbitt 18th 17th 24th 18th 18th 20th 292.5
5 Timothy Poulton 32nd 22nd 67
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (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 participate
Excluded (EX)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f 2010 Australian GT Championship Sporting & Technical Regulations – Version 4 Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 30 November 2010
  2. ^ CAMS HEARING RESULT – ROUND 2 AGP Retrieved on 2 September 2010
  3. ^ "Adelaide Parklands Circuit 14/03/2010 2010 Clispal 500 Adelaide". National Software. 14 March 2010. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?14/03/2010.ADEL. Retrieved 25 March 2010. 
  4. ^ "Albert Park Grandd Prix Circuit 28/03/2010 2010 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix". National Software. 28 March 2010. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?28/03/2010.APGP. Retrieved 28 March 2010. 
  5. ^ "Eastern Creek International Raceway 30/05/2010 Sports Car Carnival 2010". National Software. 30 May 2010. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?30/05/2010.ARDC. Retrieved 4 June 2010. 
  6. ^ "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 11/07/2010 2010 Australian GT Championship – Round 4". National Software. 11 July 2010. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?11/07/2010.PHIL. Retrieved 12 July 2010. 
  7. ^ "Mount Panorama – Bathurst 10/10/2010 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – 2010 V8 Supercars – Race 18". National Software. 10 October 2010. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?10/10/2010.MOUN. Retrieved 12 October 2010. 
  8. ^ GT Championship points Retrieved on 30 November 2010
  9. ^ GT Challenge points Retrieved on 30 November 2010
  10. ^ GT Production points Retrieved on 30 November 2010
  11. ^ a b Round Results – Round 2 – F1 AGP, Melbourne, 25–28 March Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 7 June 2010

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