The 2015 Australian GT Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to

FIA GT3 cars Group GT3, known technically as Cup Grand Touring Cars and commonly referred to as simply GT3, is a set of regulations maintained by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) for grand tourer racing cars designed for use in various aut ...

and similar approved vehicles.2015 CAMS Australian GT Championship Sporting and Technical Regulations, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
/ref> It was sanctioned by the

Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Motorsport Australia, formerly the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS), is the nationally recognised governing and sanctioning body for four-wheeled motorsport in Australia. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'A ...

(CAMS) as National Championship, with the Australian GT Sportscar Group Pty Ltd appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager. The GT Championship title, which was the 19th

Australian GT Championship The Australian GT Championship is a CAMS-sanctioned national title for drivers of GT cars, held annually from 1960 to 1963, from 1982 to 1985 and from 2005. Each championship up to and including the 1963 title was contested over a single race a ...

, was won by

Christopher Mies Christopher Mies (born 24 May 1989) is a professional German racing driver who currently competes for Audi Sport in GT3 series such as ADAC GT Masters and GT World Challenge Europe. Career Mies began his career in 2006 in the Toyota Yaris Cup ...

, driving an Audi R8 Ultra.

Race calendar

Audi R8 Ultra of Christopher Mies & Greg Crick

Porsche 911 GT3-R Type 997 of James Koundouris

Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 of Jan Jinadasa

The championship was contested over six rounds. Round 6 at Highlands Motorsport Park in

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comprised two races each of sixty minutes duration. These races were held as support races for the Highlands 101, an endurance race which did not count towards the championship.

Divisions

Drivers' titles were awarded in four divisions.Australian GT Championship, cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
/ref> * GT Championship - for

FIA GT3 Group GT3, known technically as Cup Grand Touring Cars and commonly referred to as simply GT3, is a set of regulations maintained by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) for grand tourer racing cars designed for use in various au ...

specification vehicles * GT Trophy - for older specification FIA GT3 vehicles * GT Challenge - for cars that no longer fitted within the GT Championship and GT Trophy divisions * GT Sports - for GT4 specification cars

Championship standings

* The driver gaining the highest points total over all rounds of the Championship, within their division, was declared the winner of that division. * If two drivers competed in the same automobile for all, or the majority of the rounds, then the final division position was awarded to both drivers.

2015 Australian Tourist Trophy

The 2015 Australian Tourist Trophy was awarded by the

to the driver accumulating the highest aggregate points total from Rounds 2 and 4 of the Australian GT Championship. The title, which was the 25th

Australian Tourist Trophy The Australian Tourist Trophy is a Confederation of Australian Motor Sport-sanctioned national motor racing title, contested between 1956 and 1979 by Sports Cars and, since 2007, by GT cars. The trophy is currently awarded to the outright winner ...

, was won by

driving an Audi R8 Ultra.2016 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport – Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
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References

External links

* {{Australian GT Championship years Australian GT Championship GT