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The 2012 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing championship open to GT style closed production based sports cars which were either approved by the FIA for GT3 competition or approved by CAMS as Australian GTs.[1]

It was the 16th Australian GT Championship, 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 Porsche 911 GT3-R.

Divisions

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After consolidation from three divisions to two in 2011, the 2012 series saw an expansion to four divisions, based on vehicle eligibility and specification.[1]

  • GT Championship – for FIA GT3 specification vehicles[2]
  • GT Trophy – for older specification FIA GT3 vehicles[2]
  • GT Challenge – for cars that no longer fit within the GT Championship and Trophy divisions[2]
  • GT Sports – for GT4 specification cars[2]

Teams and drivers

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Peter Hacket (Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3) placed second in the GT Championship
Peter Edwards & John Bowe (Ferrari 458 Italia GT3) placed third in the GT Championship
Ben Eggleston (Aston Martin DBRS9) placed sixth in the GT Championship
John Briggs (Audi R8 LMS) placed 12th in the GT Championship
Kevin Weeks (Ford GT) placed 17th in the GT Championship
Andrew Taplin (Lamborghini Gallardo) placed second in the GT Trophy

The following teams and drivers contested the 2012 Australian GT Championship.

Driver Co-driver Team No. Vehicle
GT Championship
Australia Mark Eddy Australia Warren Luff 1 Audi R8 LMS
Australia Nathan Tinkler Hunter Motorsports 3 Porsche 997 GT3-R
Australia Kevin Weeks Australia Steve Owen Supaloc Racing 5 Ford GT
Australia Rod Salmon 6 Audi R8 LMS
Australia Martin Wagg Eggleston Motorsport 7 Aston Martin DBRS9
Australia Peter Edwards Denmark Allan Simonsen
Australia John Bowe
New Zealand Jonny Reid 		Maranello Motorsport 8
88 		Ferrari 458 GT3
Australia Nick O'Halloran Denmark Allan Simonsen
Australia Cameron McConville 		Maranello Motorsport 8 Ferrari 458 GT3
Australia Neale Muston Excalibur Racing 9 Porsche 997 GT3-R
United Kingdom Tony Quinn VIP Petfoods Racing 11 Ferrari 458 GT3
Mosler MT900 GT3
Australia Klark Quinn VIP Petfoods Racing 12 Porsche 997 GT3-R
Australia Peter Conroy United Kingdom James Winslow Peter Conroy Motorsport 14 Audi R8 LMS
Australia Ash Samadi Australia Dean Grant Team ASR 22 Lamborghini Gallardo
Mosler MT900 GT3
Australia Roger Lago Australia David Russell JBS 23 Lamborghini Gallardo
Australia Jim Manolios Australia Rod Wilson Trofeo Motorsport 29 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3R
Australia Ben Eggleston Eggleston Motorsport 38 Aston Martin DBRS9
Australia Tony Defelice [3] Australia Renato Loberto [3] Defelice Homes 49 Ferrari 458 GT3
Australia James Brock
Germany Maro Engel
Germany Thomas Jäger
Germany Bernd Schneider 		Erebus Racing 62 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
Mosler MT900 GT3
Australia Peter Hackett Erebus Racing 63 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
Australia Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport 67 Aston Martin DBRS9
Australia John Briggs Briggs Motor Sport 70 Mosler MT900 GT3
Audi R8 LMS
Australia Greg Crick 75 Dodge Viper Competition
GT Trophy
Australia Andrew Taplin Supaloc Racing 2 Lamborghini Gallardo
Australia Ian Palmer Palmer Promotions 20 Dodge Viper
Australia Jordan Ormsby 61 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
Australia Dean Koutsoumidis Australia Andrew McInnes 71 Lamborghini Gallardo
GT Challenge
Australia Stephen Grove 4 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
Hong Kong Jacky Yeung ULX110 Custom Blend Oils 13 Ferrari 360 Challenge
Australia Keith Wong Australia Kiang-Kuan Wong ULX110 Custom Blend Oils 15 Porsche 996 GT3-R
Australia Peter Boylan Boylan Group 21 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
Australia John Modystach 26 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
Australia Brenton Griguol Australia Cameron Wearing 69 Ferrari 360 Challenge
Australia Jan Jinadasa 77 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
GT Sports
Australia Graham Lusty Australia Darrell Dixon G & D Wheels 24 Nissan GT-R R35
Australia Darren Berry Australia Paul Stokell
Papua New Guinea Keith Kassulke 		Williams Race Services 50 Ginetta G50 HC
Australia Michael Hovey ES Australia 73 Ginetta G50

Race calendar

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The championship was contested over a seven round series.[4]

Rd. Circuit Location / state Date Winner
GT Championship GT Trophy GT Challenge GT Sports
1 Adelaide Street Circuit[5] Adelaide, South Australia 1–4 March Klark Quinn Jordan Ormsby Jan Jinadasa Darren Berry
2 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit[6] Phillip Island, Victoria 25–27 May Greg Crick Andrew Taplin Jan Jinadasa Darren Berry
3 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria[7] 22–24 June Peter Hackett Andrew Taplin Peter Boylan no entries
4 Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney, New South Wales 13–15 July Peter Hackett Dean Koutsoumidis
Andrew McInnes 		Jan Jinadasa Graham Lusty
5 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 21–23 September Maro Engel Dean Koutsoumidis
Andrew McInnes 		Rob Knight
Marcus Marshall 		no entries
6 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 19–21 October Klark Quinn Dean Koutsoumidis
Andrew McInnes 		Michael Almond Darren Berry
7 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 30 November–2 December Bernd Schneider Dean Koutsoumidis
Andrew McInnes 		Scott Taylor no entries

Points system

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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.[1]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th All other
finishers
Qualifying 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Races 16 12 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Championship results

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Pos.

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Driver[8][9][10][11] Car Points.[8][9][10][11]
GT Championship
1 Klark Quinn Porsche GT3-R 186
2 Peter Hackett Mercedes-Benz SLS GT3 173
3 Peter Edwards / John Bowe Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 128
4 Nick O'Halloran / Allan Simonsen Ferrari 458 GT3 56
5 Greg Crick Dodge Viper Competition Coupe Series II 56
6 Ben Eggleston Aston Martin DBRS9 54
7 Roger Lago Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 52
8 Tony Quinn Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
Mosler 		51
9 James Brock Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS GT3
Mosler 		47
10 Rod Salmon Audi R8 LMS 43
11 Bernd Schneider Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS GT3 42
12 John Briggs Mosler MT900 GT3
Audi R8 LMS 		35
13 Ash Samadi / Dean Grant Lamborghini Gallardo GT3
Mosler 		34
14 Jim Manolios / Rod Wilson Corvette ZO6 GT3R 22
15 Martin Wagg Aston Martin DBRS9 18
16 Peter Conroy Audi R8 LMS 17
17 Kevin Weeks Ford GT3 15
18 Thomas Jäger Mercedes-Benz SLS GT3 15
19 Mark Eddy / Warren Luff Audi R8 LMS 15
20 Paul Morris Aston Martin DBRS9 13
21 Tony Defelice / Renato Loberto Ferrari 458 GT3 9
22 John Bowe / Peter Edwards Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 0
23 David Russell Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 0
24 Dean Grant / Ash Samadi Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 0
GT Trophy
1 Dean Koutsoumidis / Andrew McInnes Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 255
2 Andrew Taplin Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 99
3 Jordan Ormsby Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car 40
4 Ian Palmer Dodge Viper Competition Coupe Series II 31
5 Marc Cini Porsche GT3 997 Cup S 26
GT Challenge
1 Jan Jinadasa Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car 179
2 Peter Boylan Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car 93
3 Rob Knight Porsche 911 GT3 66
4 Brenton Griguol Ferrari 360 Challenge 45
5 John Modystach Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car 43
6 Michael Almond Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car 40
7 Brendan Cook Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car 31
8 Keith Wong / Kiang-Kuan Wong Porsche GT3 R 30
9 Stephen Grove Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car 20
10 Nicolas McBride Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car 20
11 Ben Foessel Porsche 996 GT3 R 16
12 Jacky Yeung Ferrari 360 Challenge 12
13 Nathan Tinkler Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car 3
14 Matthew Kingsley Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car 0
GT Sports
1 Darren Berry Ginetta G50 GT4 112
2 Michael Hovey Ginetta G50 GT4 29
3 Graham Lusty / Darrell Dixon Nissan GT-R R3 0

2012 Australian Tourist Trophy

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The 2012 Australian Tourist Trophy was awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport to the driver accumulating the highest aggregate points total from the Phillip Island and Sydney Motorsport Park rounds of the Australian GT Championship.[12] The title, which was the 23rd Australian Tourist Trophy,[12] was won by Peter Hackett driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c 2012 Australian GT Championship Sporting and Technical Regulations, www.camsmanual.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  2. ^ a b c d About Australian GT, www.australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  3. ^ a b Australian GT Championship (Phillip Island): Saturday Race, September 22nd, 2012, www.ausmotive.com, as archived at web.archive.org
  4. ^ Australian GT Events Archived 15 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 4 March 2012
  5. ^ "Adelaide Parklands Circuit 04/03/2012 2012 Clipsal 500 Adelaide". National Software. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  6. ^ "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 27/05/2012 2012 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship – Round 3". National Software. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  7. ^ "Winton Motor Raceway 24/06/2012 2012 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship – Round 4". National Software. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  8. ^ a b c GT Championship, www.australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  9. ^ a b c GT Trophy, www.australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  10. ^ a b c GT Challenge, www.australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  11. ^ a b c GT Sports, www.australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  12. ^ a b c Australian Titles, 2015 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, as archived at web.archive.org
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