Australian GT The Bend 2025 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Shannons Speedseries GT Festival The Bend		Date: 7.9.2025
Track: Shell V-Power Motorsport Park (Australia), 3.410 kms	Organiser: SRO
Australian GT The Bend
Australian GT Championship (round 5)

Weather:	dry
Start time:	6/9 13:25 and 7/9 14:10
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	2 x 60 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	14
Practiced:	14
Qualified:	14
Started:	14
Finished:	12
Classified:	14

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
FIA GT3 Pro-Am	9	9	9
FIA GT3 Am	4	4	4
FIA GT3 Trophy	1	1	1

No Photos Yet Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race 1 Results Grid Race 1 Race 2 Results Grid Race 2 Qualifying Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 5/9
2 qualifying session held for a total of 30 minutes on 6/9

Winners:
Race 1:	268	Audi R8 LMS EVO II	Peroni / Rosser
Race 2:	66	Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO	Ojeda / Lucchitti
FIA GT3 Am race 1:	47	Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO	Koundouris / Koundouris
FIA GT3 Am race 2:	181	Audi R8 LMS EVO II	Renee Gracie
FIA GT3 Trophy race 1:	24	Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo I	Stoupas / Higgon
FIA GT3 Trophy race 2:	24	Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo I	Stoupas / Higgon
Fastest Laps:
Race 1:	66	Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO	Ojeda / Lucchitti	1:46.5843	167.0000 km/h	lap 21
Race 2:	66	Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO	Ojeda / Lucchitti	1:47.4859	166.0000 km/h	lap 3
FIA GT3 Am race 1:	181	Audi R8 LMS EVO II	Renee Gracie	1:49.8823		lap 5
FIA GT3 Am race 2:	16	Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO	Schoots / Woodman	1:51.2823		lap 5
FIA GT3 Trophy race 1:	24	Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo I	Stoupas / Higgon	1:52.7039		lap 22
FIA GT3 Trophy race 2:	24	Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo I	Stoupas / Higgon	1:52.4705		lap 3
Pole Positions:
Race 1:	1	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Day / Talbot	1:46.3907
Race 2:	66	Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO	Ojeda / Lucchitti	1:45.2067
FIA GT3 Am race 1:	181	Audi R8 LMS EVO II	Renee Gracie	1:47.5373
FIA GT3 Am race 2:	181	Audi R8 LMS EVO II	Renee Gracie	1:47.5373
FIA GT3 Trophy race 1:	24	Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo I	Stoupas / Higgon	1:50.8936
FIA GT3 Trophy race 2:	24	Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo I	Stoupas / Higgon	1:50.8936
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Audi (5), Mercedes-AMG (5), Ferrari (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Audi (5), Mercedes-AMG (5), Ferrari (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Audi R8 LMS (5), Mercedes-AMG GT3 (5), Ferrari 296 (2)
Driver nationalities:	AUS (21), GB (2), NZ (2)
Team nationalities:	AUS (14)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (57%), front-engined (43%)
Average engine size:	5159 cc (with regard to 21% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 5592 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Steve Brooks (71), Steve Wyatt (45), Renee Gracie (30)
Youngest known drivers:	Jamie Day (20), Ryan Wood (22), George King (25)
Female drivers:	Renee Gracie

Official Race Programme:

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