The 2011 Australian GT Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to closed, production based sports cars which are either approved by the FIA for GT3 competition or approved by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) for Australian GT.[1] It was sanctioned by CAMS as a National Championship with the Australian GT Sportscar Group Pty Ltd appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager.[1] The championship, which was the 15th Australian GT Championship, incorporated drivers titles in two divisions, GT Championship and GT Challenge. The former GT Production division was merged into the GT Challenge division for 2011.[1]
Mark Eddy won his second GT Championship. Driving his Melbourne Performance Centre prepared Audi R8 LMS the 2008 champion finished 36 points ahead of Klark Quinn (Mosler MT900 GT3 and Aston Martin DBRS9) and 99 points ahead of 2006 champion Greg Crick (Chrysler Viper GT3). Eddy only won one round, but it was the bonus point Phillip Island event at Round 5. Eddy also won races at Winton and Bathurst. Quinn won two races at the street circuits of Adelaide and Townsville, but fell behind Eddy after failing to finish in the second race at Phillip Island. Crick fell behind Eddy after failing to score any points at Bathurst. Peter Hackett, Dean Grant and Kevin Weeks all claimed race wins during the course of the season.
The GT Challenge division was won by Porsche driver Peter Boylan, defeating Lotus driver Tim Poulton by 63 points. They were the only two GT Challenge drivers to complete more than half of the season.
Drivers
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The following drivers contested the 2011 Australian GT Championship.
Race calendar
editThe championship was contested over a seven-round series.[2]
| Rd. | Circuit | City / state | Date | Winner | |
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| Championship[3] | Challenge | ||||
| 1 | Adelaide Street Circuit[4] | Adelaide, South Australia | 17–20 March | Klark Quinn | Damien Flack |
| 2 | Winton Motor Raceway | Benalla, Victoria | 20–22 May | Dean Grant | Lindsay Yelland |
| 3 | Eastern Creek Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | 28–30 May | David Wall | Peter Boylan |
| 4 | Townsville Street Circuit | Townsville, Queensland | 8–10 July | Klark Quinn | Peter Boylan |
| 5 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | 2–4 September | Mark Eddy | John Modystach Jonny Reid |
| 6 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | 6–9 October | Klark Quinn | Mark O'Connor |
| 7 | Sandown Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | 18–20 November | Greg Crick | Dean Koutsoumidis |
Points system
editPoints 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 |
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| Points | 57 | 53 | 50 | 48 | 47 | 46 | 45 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 |
For Round 5 of the championship only, points were also awarded to each driver based on their fastest lap time achieved in qualifying relative to the other drivers within their division of the championship, in accordance with the above table.[1]
The results for each round of the championship were determined by the number of points scored by each driver within their division at that round.[1]
The driver gaining the highest points total over all rounds of the Championship within their division was declared the winner of that division.[1]
Championship results
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2011 Australian Tourist Trophy
editThe 2011 Australian Tourist Trophy was awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport to the driver accumulating the highest aggregate points total from the Eastern Creek and Phillip Island "endurance" rounds of the championship.[10] The title, which was the 22nd Australian Tourist Trophy,[10] was won by Mark Eddy[11] driving an Audi R8 LMS.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g 2011 Australian GT Championship Sporting and Technical Regulations – Version 5, Bulletin B11/089, Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Ltd, 2011
- ^ Australian GT Events Archived 27 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 18 March 2011
- ^ a b c Vodka O Australian GT Championship, The Speedcafe Annual, Number 7 / 2011, pages 116–118 (Does not list GT Challenge drivers who did not score points)
- ^ a b "Adelaide Parklands Circuit 20/03/2011 2011 Clipsal 500 Adelaide". National Software. 20 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ "Winton Motor Raceway 22/05/2011 2011 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Races 10 & 11". National Software. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "Eastern Creek International Raceway 29/05/2011 2011 Sports Car Carnival". National Software. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "Townsville Street Circuit 10/07/2011 Sucrogen Townsville 400-V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15". National Software. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 04/09/2011 2011 Australian GT Championship – Round 5". National Software. 4 September 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ^ "Mount Panorama – Bathurst 09/10/2011 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – 2011 V8 Supercars – Race 20". National Software. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ a b c Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au As archived at www.webcitation.org on 16 July 2014
- ^ Sam Tickle, We catch up with Australian GT leader and Australian Tourist Trophy winner, Mark Eddy, 7 October 2011, www.racerviews.com As archived at www.webcitation.org on 21 September 2014