The 2024 Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS is an Australian motor sport competition for GT cars. The series incorporates the "Motorsport Australia GT Championship", the "Motorsport Australia Endurance Championship" and the "GT3 Trophy Series". The Motorsport Australia GT Championship is the 28th running of an Australian GT Championship. This will be the first season of the championship being solely managed by the SRO Motorsports Group.[1] The season will begin on 18 February at the Bathurst 12 Hour at Mount Panorama Circuit and end on 10 November, also at Mount Panorama Circuit.[2]
The provisional seven-race calendar was released on 2 November 2023 with all rounds taking place in Australia.[2] The calender was finalized on 9 May 2024, alongside the announcement of the GT Festival, the first-ever event promoted by SRO Motorsports Australia.[3]
Round | Event | Circuit | City / State | Date | Map |
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1 | Repco Bathurst 12 Hour[4] | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | 16–18 February | |
2 | Ford Mustang 60 Years Race Phillip Island[5] | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | 12–14 April | |
3 | Race Tailem Bend[6] | The Bend Motorsport Park | Tailem Bend, South Australia | 31 May – 2 June | |
4 | Race Queensland II[7] | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | 2–4 August | |
5 | GT Festival[8] | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | 23–25 August | |
6 | Race Sydney[9] | Sydney Motorsport Park | Eastern Creek, New South Wales | 18–20 October | |
7 | Supercheap Auto Bathurst International[10] | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | 8–10 November |
Bold indicates overall winner
Round | Circuit | Pole position | IGTC Pro Winners | Pro/Am Winners | IGTC Silver Winners | Am Winners | Trophy Winners | Ref. / Report | |
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1 | Bathurst | No. 32 Team WRT | No. 912 Manthey EMA Motorsport | No. 911 The Bend Manthey EMA | No. 93 Wall Racing | No Entries | No Entries | Report | |
Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor Charles Weerts |
Matt Campbell Ayhancan Güven Laurens Vanthoor |
Harry King Alessio Picariello Yasser Shahin |
Tony D'Alberto Adrian Deitz Grant Denyer David Wall | ||||||
2 | R1 | Phillip Island | No. 1 Arise Racing | Did not participate | No. 1 Arise Racing | Did not participate | No. 44 Valmont Tigani Motorsport | No. 38 KMB Motorsport | Report |
Chaz Mostert Liam Talbot |
Chaz Mostert Liam Talbot |
Sergio Pires Marcel Zalloua |
Valentino Astuti Michael Bailey | ||||||
R2 | #7 Dayle ITM Team MPC | No. 22 Audi Sport Customer Racing Australia | No. 38 KMB Motorsport | Report | |||||
Brendon Leitch Tim Miles |
Ash Samadi | Valentino Astuti Michael Bailey | |||||||
3 | R1 | The Bend | No. 87 Shaw & Partners/Kelso Electrical/Team MPC | No. 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering | No. 44 Valmont Tigani Motorsport | No. 38 KMB Motorsport | Report | ||
Will Brown Brad Schumacher |
Declan Fraser Peter Hackett |
Sergio Pires Marcel Zalloua |
Valentino Astuti Michael Bailey | ||||||
R2 | No. 87 Shaw & Partners/Kelso Electrical/Team MPC | No. 45 RAM Motorsport | No. 38 KMB Motorsport | Report | |||||
Will Brown Brad Schumacher |
Michael Sheargold Garth Walden |
Valentino Astuti Michael Bailey | |||||||
4 | R1 | Queensland | |||||||
R2 | |||||||||
5 | R1 | Phillip Island | |||||||
R2 | |||||||||
6 | R1 | Sydney | |||||||
R2 | |||||||||
7 | R1 | Bathurst | |||||||
R2 | |||||||||