2012 Australian GT Championship

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]

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
Championship
Mark Eddy	Warren Luff		1	Audi R8 LMS
Nathan Tinkler		Hunter Motorsports	3	Porsche 997 GT3-R
Kevin Weeks	Steve Owen	Supaloc Racing	5	Ford GT
Rod Salmon			6	Audi R8 LMS
Martin Wagg		Eggleston Motorsport	7	Aston Martin DBRS9
Peter Edwards	Allan Simonsen John Bowe Jonny Reid	Maranello Motorsport	8 88	Ferrari 458 GT3
Nick O'Halloran	Allan Simonsen Cameron McConville	Maranello Motorsport	8	Ferrari 458 GT3
Neale Muston		Excalibur Racing	9	Porsche 997 GT3-R
Tony Quinn		VIP Petfoods Racing	11	Ferrari 458 GT3 Mosler MT900 GT3
Klark Quinn		VIP Petfoods Racing	12	Porsche 997 GT3-R
Peter Conroy	James Winslow	Peter Conroy Motorsport	14	Audi R8 LMS
Ash Samadi	Dean Grant	Team ASR	22	Lamborghini Gallardo Mosler MT900 GT3
Roger Lago	David Russell	JBS	23	Lamborghini Gallardo
Jim Manolios	Rod Wilson	Trofeo Motorsport	29	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3R
Ben Eggleston		Eggleston Motorsport	38	Aston Martin DBRS9
Tony Defelice [3]	Renato Loberto [3]	Defelice Homes	49	Ferrari 458 GT3
James Brock Maro Engel Thomas Jäger Bernd Schneider		Erebus Racing	62	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Mosler MT900 GT3
Peter Hackett		Erebus Racing	63	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
Paul Morris		Paul Morris Motorsport	67	Aston Martin DBRS9
John Briggs		Briggs Motor Sport	70	Mosler MT900 GT3 Audi R8 LMS
Greg Crick			75	Dodge Viper Competition
Trophy
Andrew Taplin		Supaloc Racing	2	Lamborghini Gallardo
Ian Palmer		Palmer Promotions	20	Dodge Viper
Jordan Ormsby			61	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
Dean Koutsoumidis	Andrew McInnes		71	Lamborghini Gallardo
Challenge
Stephen Grove			4	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
Jacky Yeung		ULX110 Custom Blend Oils	13	Ferrari 360 Challenge
Keith Wong	Kiang-Kuan Wong	ULX110 Custom Blend Oils	15	Porsche 996 GT3-R
Peter Boylan		Boylan Group	21	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
John Modystach			26	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
Brenton Griguol	Cameron Wearing		69	Ferrari 360 Challenge
Jan Jinadasa			77	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
Sports
Graham Lusty	Darrell Dixon	G & D Wheels	24	Nissan GT-R R35
Darren Berry	Paul Stokell Keith Kassulke	Williams Race Services	50	Ginetta G50 HC

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

After the first three rounds of the series Porsche driver Klark Quinn leads the Championship Division by just one point over Mercedes driver Peter Hackett. Quinn started the series well winning both races at the Adelaide Street Circuit while Hackett won both races at Round 3 at Winton as well as taking Race 1 at Round 2 Phillip Island. Dodge Viper driver Greg Crick took the other win in the wet at Phillip Island where Hackett's team mate James Brock crashed. Brock had been second but now sits fifth having driven a Mosler at Winton while his Mercedes was repaired. Crick is fourth while Ferrari driver Peter Edwards sits third, thanks to the help of co-drivers Allan Simonsen, John Bowe and Jonny Reid.

Lamborghini drivers dominate the Trophy class with Andrew Taplin leading the co-driving pair of Dean Koutsoumidis and Andrew McInnes by six points with Porsche driver Jordan Ormsby third.

Porsche driver Jan Jinadasa, the only driver to attend all three rounds, leads Challenge over fellow Porsche driver Peter Boylan and Ferrari driver Brenton Griguol.

Darren Berry's Ginetta has been the only entrant in the Sports class.

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]

The 2012 winners were:

• GT Championship – Klark Quinn (Porsche GT3-R)[8]
• GT Trophy – Koutsoumidis & McInnes (Lamborghini Gallardo GT3)[9]
• GT Challenge – Jan Jinadasa (Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car)[10]
• GT Sports – Darren Berry (Ginetta G50 GT4)[11]

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]

• www.australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org on 14 January 2013
• Natsoft Race Results