2025 GT World Challenge Australia

The 2025 GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS is an Australian motor sport competition for GT3 cars. This is the second season since the SRO Motorsports Group took over sole management of the series. The season started at Phillip Island on April 5 and will finish at Hampton Downs in New Zealand on November 2.

Calendar

The provisional six-round calendar was announced at the 2024 SRO Press conference at the 24 Hours of Spa. For the first time the series had a media day at Phillip Island.[1] On 18 October, the calendar was updated, in which the Queensland round was shifted to June and the championship will return to Sandown Raceway after 3 years.[2]

Unlike previous years where most race weekends were run by another promoter as part of the SpeedSeries event series, in 2025 the SRO has taken over as event promoter as well as category promoter.[3] Other categories at the race meetings will include the Radical Cup Australia[4] and GT4 Australia.[5]

Round Circuit City / State Date Map
1 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 4–6 April
2 Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 2–4 May
3 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 30 May–1 June
4 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 25–27 July
5 The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend, South Australia 5–7 September
6 Hampton Downs Motorsport Park North Waikato, New Zealand 31 October–2 November
Source

Entry list

Team Car Engine No. Drivers Class Rounds
Volante Rosso Motorsport[6] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin AMR16A 4.0 L Turbo V8 1 Declan Fraser[7] PA 1–3
Liam Talbot[7]
Melbourne Performance Centre[8][9][10][11] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 7 Brendon Leitch[8] PA 1–3
Tim Miles[8] 1–3
Audi R8 LMS Evo 24 Gary Higgon[12] T 2–3
Matt Stoupas[12] 2
Paul Stokell 3
Audi R8 LMS Evo II 88 Steve Brooks[11] PA 1–2
Ryan Wood[11]
181 Renee Gracie[9] Am 1–3
888 Broc Feeney[10] PA 1–3
Brad Schumacher[10]
Will Brown[10] TBC
Black Wolf Motorsport[13] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 10 Ben Schoots[13] Am 1–2
Shane Woodman[13]
Zagame Autosport[14] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 23 Josh Buchan[14] PA TBC
Cameron Campbell[14]
Arise Racing GT[15] Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 26 Jaxon Evans[15] PA 1–3
Elliott Schutte[15]
77 Steve Wyatt[16] PA 1–3
Jordan Love[16] 1–2
Aaron Love[17] 3
KMB Motorsport[12] Bentley Continental GT3 Bentley 4.0 L Turbo V8 38 Valentino Astuti[12] PA TBC
TBA
Tigani Motorsport[18][19] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 44 Thomas Randle[20] PA 2
Marcel Zalloua[20]
Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 47 James Koundouris[21] Am 1–2
Theo Koundouris[21]
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 James Koundouris Am 3
Theo Koundouris
55 George King[18] PA 1–3
Sergio Pires[18]
66 Paul Lucchitti[19] PA 1–3
Jayden Ojeda[19]
Porsche 911 GT3 R (991) Porsche 4.0 L Flat 6 71 Nathan Halstead T 3
Luke Youlden[22]
Wall Racing[23] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 93 Adrian Deitz[23] PA 1–3
Tony D'Alberto[23] 1–2
David Wall 3
Mach 1 Engineering[12] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 96 Ant Pedersen[12] PA 1
Paul Pedersen[12]
111 Racing[12] Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 111 Darren Currie[12] Am 1, 3
Grant Donaldson[12]
Team BRM[24] Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 268 Alex Peroni[24] PA 1–3
Mark Rosser[24]
EMA Motorsport[25] Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 911 Dorian Boccolacci[25] PA 1
Shane Smollen[25]
Icon Class
PA Pro-Am Cup
Am Am Cup
T Trophy Cup

Race results

Bold indicates the overall winner.

Round Circuit Pole position Pro-Am winners Am winners Trophy winners
1 R1 Phillip Island No. 26 Arise Racing GT No. 26 Arise Racing GT No. 16 Black Wolf Motorsport No entries
Jaxon Evans
Elliott Schutte 		Jaxon Evans
Elliott Schutte 		Ben Schoots
Shane Woodman
R2 No. 911 EMA Motorsport No. 888 Melbourne Performance Centre No. 181 Melbourne Performance Centre
Dorian Boccolacci
Shane Smollen 		Broc Feeney
Brad Schumacher 		Renee Gracie
2 R1 Eastern Creek No. 26 Arise Racing GT No. 26 Arise Racing GT No. 181 Melbourne Performance Centre No finishers
Jaxon Evans
Elliott Schutte 		Jaxon Evans
Elliott Schutte 		Renee Gracie
R2 No. 26 Arise Racing GT No. 26 Arise Racing GT No. 181 Melbourne Performance Centre No. 24 Melbourne Performance Centre
Jaxon Evans
Elliott Schutte 		Jaxon Evans
Elliott Schutte 		Renee Gracie Gary Higgon
Matt Stoupas
3 R1 Queensland No. 888 Melbourne Performance Centre No. 888 Melbourne Performance Centre No. 181 Melbourne Performance Centre No. 24 Melbourne Performance Centre
Broc Feeney
Brad Schumacher 		Broc Feeney
Brad Schumacher 		Renee Gracie Gary Higgon
Paul Stokell
R2 No. 888 Melbourne Performance Centre No. 268 Team BRM No. 181 Melbourne Performance Centre No. 24 Melbourne Performance Centre
Broc Feeney
Brad Schumacher 		Alex Peroni
Mark Rosser 		Renee Gracie Gary Higgon
Paul Stokell
4 R1 Sandown
R2
5 R1 The Bend
R2
6 R1 Hampton Downs
R2

Championship standings

Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  Pole
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver Team PHI
 SYD
 QLD
 SAN
 BEN
 HAM
 Points
Pro-Am
1 Jaxon Evans
Elliott Schutte 		Arise Racing GT 1 3 1 1 3 5 118
2 Broc Feeney
Brad Schumacher 		Melbourne Performance Centre 9 1 4 3 1 3 96
3 Paul Lucchitti
Jayden Ojeda 		Tigani Motorsport 2 14† 3 4 2 8 69
4 Brendon Leitch
Tim Miles 		Melbourne Performance Centre 3 5 14 5 Ret 2 53
5 George King
Sergio Pires 		Tigani Motorsport 8 4 5 6 6 6 50
6 Declan Fraser
Liam Talbot 		Volante Rosso Motorsport 5 2 11 7 4 12 49
7 Alex Peroni
Mark Rosser 		Team BRM 7 15† 7 8 Ret 1 41
8 Steve Wyatt Arise Racing GT 6 8 8 10 5 4 39
9 Steve Brooks
Ryan Wood 		Melbourne Performance Centre 13 6 6 2 34
10 Aaron Love Arise Racing GT 5 4 22
11 Thomas Randle
Marcel Zalloua 		Tigani Motorsport 2 9 20
12 Jordan Love Arise Racing GT 6 8 8 10 17
13 Adrian Deitz Wall Racing 11 9 9 14 9 9 15
14 Dorian Boccolacci
Shane Smollen 		EMA Motorsport 4 11 14
15 David Wall Wall Racing 9 9 10
16 Ant Pedersen
Paul Pedersen 		Mach 1 Engineering Ret 7 6
17 Tony D'Alberto Wall Racing 11 9 9 14 4
Am
1 Renee Gracie Melbourne Performance Centre 12 10 10 11 7 7 148
2 James Koundouris
Theo Koundouris 		Tigani Motorsport 14† 13 13 12 11 10 96
3 Ben Schoots
Shane Woodman 		Black Wolf Motorsport 10 12 12 13 77
4 Darren Currie
Grant Donaldson 		111 Racing WD WD 8 11 33
Trophy
1 Gary Higgon Melbourne Performance Centre DNS 15 10 13 75
2 Paul Stokell Melbourne Performance Centre 10P 13P 50
3 Matt Stoupas Melbourne Performance Centre DNS 15 25
4 Nathan Halstead
Luke Youlden 		Tigani Motorsport 12 Ret 18
Pos. Driver Team PHI
 SYD
 QLD
 SAN
 BEN
 HAM
 Points
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

Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

  • † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Teams' championships

Pos. Team PHI
 SYD
 QLD
 SAN
 BEN
 HAM
 Points
Pro-Am
1 Arise Racing GT 1 3 1 1 3 4 123
2 Melbourne Performance Centre 3 1 4 2 1 2 118
3 Tigani Motorsport 2 4 2 4 2 6 93
4 Volante Rosso Motorsport 5 2 11 7 4 12 68
5 Team BRM 7 15†[a] 7 8 Ret 1 55
6 Wall Racing 11 9 9 14 9 9 52
7 EMA Motorsport 4 11 19
8 Mach 1 Engineering Ret 7 10
Am
1 Melbourne Performance Centre 12 10 10 11 7 7 148
2 Tigani Motorsport 14† 13 13 12 12 10 96
3 Black Wolf Motorsport 10F 12PF 12 13F 77
4 111 Racing WD WD 8F 11 33
Trophy
1 Melbourne Performance Centre DNS 15 10 13 75
2 Tigani Motorsport 12F RetF 18
Pos. Team PHI
 SYD
 QLD
 SAN
 BEN
 HAM
 Points

Notes:

  • † – Entry did not finish the race but was classified, as it completed more than 75% of the race distance.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Team BRM did not score points in Race 2 at Phillip Island, despite Alex Peroni and Mark Rosser completing at least 75% of the race distance.

References

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