The 2012 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing championship open to GT style closed production based

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which were either approved by the

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for GT3 competition or approved by CAMS as Australian GTs.2012 Australian GT Championship Sporting and Technical Regulations, www.camsmanual.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
/ref> It was the 16th

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, the twelfth to be contested over a multi-event championship, and the eighth to be contested since the title was revived in 2005. The series had a new owner for 2012, with seasoned GT racer Tony Quinn taking over the series towards the end of the 2011 season. The championship was won by Klark Quinn driving a

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Divisions

After consolidation from three divisions to two in 2011, the 2012 series saw an expansion to four divisions, based on vehicle eligibility and specification. * GT Championship – for FIA GT3 specification vehicles About Australian GT, www.australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
/ref> * GT Trophy – for older specification FIA GT3 vehicles * GT Challenge – for cars that no longer fit within the GT Championship and Trophy divisions * GT Sports – for GT4 specification cars

Teams and drivers

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 of Peter Hackett

Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 of Maranello Motorsport

The following teams and drivers contested the 2012

Race calendar

The championship was contested over a seven round series.Australian GT Events
Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 4 March 2012

Season summary (as at the end of Round 3)

After the first three rounds of the series Porsche driver Klark Quinn leads the Championship Division by just one point over Mercedes driver Peter Hackett. Quinn started the series well winning both races at the Adelaide Street Circuit while Hackett won both races at Round 3 at Winton as well as taking Race 1 at Round 2 Phillip Island. Dodge Viper driver Greg Crick took the other win in the wet at Phillip Island where Hackett's team mate

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crashed. Brock had been second but now sits fifth having driven a Mosler at Winton while his Mercedes was repaired. Crick is fourth while Ferrari driver Peter Edwards sits third, thanks to the help of co-drivers

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, John Bowe and

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. Lamborghini drivers dominate the Trophy class with Andrew Taplin leading the co-driving pair of Dean Koutsoumidis and Andrew McInnes by six points with Porsche driver Jordan Ormsby third. Porsche driver Jan Jinadasa, the only driver to attend all three rounds, leads Challenge over fellow Porsche driver Peter Boylan and Ferrari driver Brenton Griguol. Darren Berry's Ginetta has been the only entrant in the Sports class.

Points system

Points were awarded in each division for each qualifying session and each race at each round according to the following table. Points were allocated according to positions attained in each division rather than for outright positions.

Championship results

The 2012 winners were: * GT Championship – Klark Quinn (Porsche GT3-R)GT Championship, www.australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
/ref> * GT Trophy – Koutsoumidis & McInnes (Lamborghini Gallardo GT3)GT Trophy, www.australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
/ref> * GT Challenge – Jan Jinadasa (Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car)GT Challenge, www.australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
/ref> * GT Sports – Darren Berry (Ginetta G50 GT4)GT Sports, www.australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
/ref>

Results

2012 Australian Tourist Trophy

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to the driver accumulating the highest aggregate points total from the

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and

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rounds of the Australian GT Championship.''Australian Titles'', 2015 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, as archived at web.archive.org
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, was won by Peter Hackett driving a

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References

External links

www.australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org on 14 January 2013

Natsoft Race Results
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