2007 Australian GT Championship
The 2007 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing championship open to closed production based sports cars as approved for FIA GT3 competition and to similar cars as approved by CAMS. The championship began on 3 February 2007 at Eastern Creek Raceway and ended on 9 December at Sandown Raceway after eight rounds held across five states. It was the eleventh Australian GT Championship.
The championship was won by Danish driver Allan Simonsen who drove a Ferrari 360 GT owned by Ted Huglin in the first four rounds and a Ferrari F430, newly imported by Mark Coffey Racing, in the last four rounds.
Teams and drivers
The following drivers competed in the 2007 Australian GT Championship.Team | Car | No | Driver |
Property Solutions Group | Ferrari F430 | 2 | Kevin Miller |
Consolidated Chemical Company | Ferrari 360 GT | 4 | Allan Simonsen Craig Baird Ted Huglin Andy Knight |
Lamborghini Australia | Lamborghini Diablo GTR | 5 | Peter Hackett |
Lamborghini Australia | Lamborghini Gallardo | 5 | John Bowe |
Abcor Preston General Engineering | Aston Martin DBRS9 | 7 | John Kaias Will Davison |
Abcor Preston General Engineering | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 | 77 | John Kaias |
Flash Air Daikin Air Conditioninh | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Type 996 | 8 | Simon Middleton Peter Hill |
Hallmarc | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 9 | Marc Cini |
Supaloc | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 10 | Gary Dann |
Taplin Real Estate ANZ Banking | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | 11 | Andrew Taplin Dean Evans |
Quarterback Shirts | Ferrari 360 Challenge | 12 | Mark Eddy Dean Grant |
Promat | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 13 | Matthew Turnbull |
Echo Ridges Wines | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 14 | Greg Ward Jr. |
Twigg Waste Management | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 18 | Max Twigg |
Nexus Cleaning Roock | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 19 | Damien Flack Ash Samadhi Marc Cini |
Palmer Steel Industries | Lamborghini Gallardo | 20 | Ian Palmer Paul Stokell |
Sherrin Motorsport P/L | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 21 | Iain Sherrin |
Sherrin Motorsport P/L | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 27 | Grant Sherrin |
Pelorus Property Group | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 23 | Paul Tresidder Max Twigg |
Audi Centre Melbourne | Ferrari F430 | 29 | Maher Algadrie |
WTF Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 31 | Jon Trende |
Lynns Building Materials | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | 32 | Blake Lynn |
Kirchner Constructions | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 33 | Fraser Kirchner |
Jaylec Buzza Auto Electrics | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 36 | Peter Fountas Matthew Coleman Garth Rainsbury |
RDS - Wall Racing Pty Ltd | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Type 996 | 38 | David Wall Des Wall |
Sedgman Limited | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | 40 | Russell Kempnich |
Brennan IT Securetel | Ferrari F430 | 43 | David Stevens Hector Lester |
Autohaus Hamilton | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 44 | Bill Pye |
Bolin Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | 45 | Paul Bolinowsky |
Travelplan | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | 46 | Anthony Skinner |
Koala Furniture | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 51 | Ross Lilley |
Koala Furniture | Ferrari 360 GT | 95 | Ross Lilley |
Natrad Radiators & Auto Air | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 Lamborghini Gallardo | 54 | Bryce Washington Michael Trimble |
Data Recovery Systems P/L | Lotus Elise | 73 | Eric Northwood |
Bicycle Express | Porsche 911 Type 964 | 74 | Keith Wong |
The Oxford Tavern Wollongong | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 77 | Anthony Kosseris Matt Hunt |
Cue | Lotus Elise | 78 | Justin Levis |
Sirena Racing | Ferrari F430 | 80 | Allan Simonsen Tim Leahey |
Urban Arrangements | Lotus Elise | 86 | Scott Bargwanna |
Urban Arrangements | Lotus Elise | 99 | Peter Lucas Scott Bargwanna |
Industry Central Stahlwille | Ferrari F430 | 88 | John Teulan Steven Johnson |
Sonic Motor Racing Macpherson & Kelley Lawyers | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | 90 | Sven Burchartz Jon Trende Dean Fiore |
Cooks Construction | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 91 | Graeme Cook |
Zagame Lotus | Lotus Elise GT3 | 98 | Angelo Lazaris |
Zagame Lotus | Lotus Exige GT3 | 98 | Angelo Lazaris Warren Luff |
Calendar
and Tim Leahey were awarded the 2007 Australian Tourist Trophy for their victory in the Sandown GT Classic.Points system
For Rounds 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7, points were awarded on a 38-32-28-25-23-21-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the top 25 positions in each of the three races.Round 3 featured only two races and points were allocated on a 57-48-42-37.5-34.5-31.5-28.5-27-25.5-24-22.5-21-19.5-18-16.5-15-13.5-12-10.5-9-7.5-6-4.5-3-1.5 basis.
Round 8 was a 500 kilometre endurance round and points were allocated on a 114-96-84-75-69-63-57-54-51-48-45-42-39-36-33-30-27-24-21-18-15-12-9-6-3 basis.
Three bonus points were allocated for pole position at each of the eight rounds.
The total for each driver was adjusted by deducting the worst round point score of those rounds which were contested. This resulted in drivers scoring zero nett points if they only contested only one round.