Australian GT Championship Rnd#4 2015 presented by Pirelli

Whilst the score-card for the Sydney Motorsport Park round of the Australian GT Championship may not include big numbers for the Interlloy-supported M-Motorsport team, there were plenty of positives to take away from the two 60-minute championship races, with both the #48 Camaro and the #46 Lamborghini featuring strongly throughout the weekend.

Ultimately though both teams struck problems during the event, Justin McMillan turned sideways at the fastest part of the circuit whilst running strongly in race one, whilst the popular M-Motorsport Camaro was turned around on the opening lap of race two, suffering an electrical issue in the process which saw it stranded on the circuit.

There were highlights though, series rookie Glen Wood was impressive on his debut in the Interlloy Lamborghini, fourth fastest in opening qualifying ahead of a number of established GT stars, with Le Brocq making the top ten in the Interlloy Camaro in Q2, whilst both McMillan and Nathan Morcom turned in solid laps to give the team plenty to look forward to ahead of the two scheduled 60-minute races.

Starting from the third row of the grid, McMillan stuck just off the tail of the leaders on the opening two laps, but on the run into turn one – one of the fastest corners in Australian motorsport – it all came unstuck on lap three.

The fifth and penultimate round of the Australian GT Championship will be held at Sandown Raceway in south-eastern Melbourne in just under three weeks (11-13 September), where the two M-Motorsport Interlloy cars will compete in front of their home fans.

Rnd#4 2015 Australian GT Championship presented by Pirelli

Sydney Motorsport Park, Eastern Creek, NSW (21-23 August)

Qualifying #1: (21 August)

1. Christopher Mies (Audi R8 LMS GT3 ultra) – 1:28.0304
2. Nathan Antunes (Audi R8 LMS GT3 ultra) – 1:28.6681
3. Aaron Seton (Porsche GT3-R) – 1:29.1889
4. Glen Wood(Interlloy Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 GT3) – 1:29.2456
5. Max Twigg (Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3) – 1:29.4225
6. Morgan Haber (Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3) – 1:29.5195
7. Klark Quinn (McLaren 650S GT3) – 1:29.7953
8. Tony Walls (McLaren 650S GT3) – 1:29.9190
9. Matt Campbell (Ginetta G55 GT3) – 1:29.9419
10. John Bowe (Bentley Continental GT3) – 1:29.9514
11. Nathan Morcom(Interlloy Chevrolet Camaro GT3) – 1:31.2237

Qualifying #2: (21 August)

1. Steve Owen (Ford GT GT3) – 1:27.7472
2. Jono Lester (Ferrari 458 Italia GT3) – 1:28.7232
3. Morgan Haber (Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3) – 1:28.8277
4. Nathan Antunes (Audi R8 LMS GT3 ultra) – 1:28.8401
5. Grant Denyer (Ferrari 458 Italia GT3) – 1:29.3458
6. Barton Mawer (Audi R8 LMS GT3) – 1:29.9543
7. Bradley Shiels (Porsche GT3-R) – 1:30.1747
8. Andrew Jones (Ferrari 458 Italia GT3) – 1:30.2122
9. Jack Le Brocq(Interlloy Chevrolet Camaro GT3) – 1:30.4948
10. Tony Walls (McLaren 650S GT3) – 1:30.8136
11. Justin McMillan(Interlloy Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 GT3) – 1:34.0371

Race#1 (60-minutes): (22 August)

1. Christopher Mies/Ryan Millier (Audi R8 LMS GT3 ultra) – 31-laps
2. Nathan Antunes (Audi R8 LMS GT3 ultra)
3. Jono Lester/Graeme Smyth (Ferrari 458 Italia GT3)
4. Morgan Haber (Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3)
5. Grant Denyer (Ferrari 458 Italia GT3)
6. Klark Quinn (McLaren 650S GT3)
7. Max Twigg/Geoff Emery (Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3)
8. Nathan Morcom/Jack Le Brocq(Interlloy Chevrolet Camaro GT3)
9. James Koundouris (Porsche GT3-R)
10. Tony Walls (McLaren 650S GT3)

DNF. Justin McMillan/Glen Wood (Interlloy Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 GT3) – 2-laps

Race#2 (60-minutes): (23 August)

1. Grant Denyer (Ferrari 458 Italia GT3) – 29-laps
2. Klark Quinn (McLaren 650S GT3)
3. Nathan Antunes (Audi R8 LMS GT3 ultra)
4. Ryan Millier/Christopher Mies (Audi R8 LMS GT3 ultra)
5. Scott Taylor/Aaron Seton (Porsche GT3-R)
6. James Koundouris (Porsche GT3-R)
7. Mark Griffith (Audi R8 LMS GT3)
8. Barton Mawer/Greg Taylor (Audi R8 LMS GT3)
9. Steven McLaughlan (Audi R8 LMS GT3 ultra)
10. Andrew Macpherson/Bradley Shiels (Porsche GT3-R)
11. Glen Wood/Justin McMillan(Interlloy Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 GT3)
12. Jack Le Brocq/Nathan Morcom(Interlloy Chevrolet Camaro GT3)

2015 Australian GT Championship (points after round four of six)

1. Nathan Antunes (446-points), 2. Christopher Mies (435), 3. Grant Denyer (353), 4. Tony Quinn (345), 5. Klark Quinn (329), 6. Greg Crick (300), 7. Jono Lester (297), 8. Max Twigg/Geoff Emery (273), 9. Tony D’Alberto (236), 10. James Koundouris (229), 22. Justin McMillan(86), 25. Jack Le Brocq(67), 33. Nathan Morcom (45), 39. Glen Wood (26)

2015 Australian GT Championship presented by Pirelli




Rnd#1 – 26 February-1 March, Clipsal 500, Adelaide, SA*

Rnd#2 – 22-24 May, Phillip Island, Victoria**

Rnd#3 – 10-12 July, Townsville, Queensland*

Rnd#4 – 21-23 August, Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW*

Rnd#5 – 11-13 September, Sandown 500, Melbourne, Victoria*

Rnd#6 – 13-15 November, Highlands Motorsport Park, Cromwell, NZ

(* with V8 Supercars, ** with the Shannons Nationals)