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The 2022 Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS was an
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n motor sport competition for GT cars. The series incorporated the "Motorsport Australia GT Championship", the "Motorsport Australia Endurance Championship", the "GT3 Trophy Series" and the "GT4 Cup". The Motorsport Australia GT Championship was the 26th running of an
Australian GT Championship The GT World Challenge Australia, formerly known as the Australian GT Championship, is a Motorsport Australia-sanctioned national title for drivers of GT cars, held annually from 1960 to 1963, from 1982 to 1985 and from 2005. Each championship ...
. This was the second season of the championship being jointly managed by Australian Racing Group (ARG) and
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. The Motorsport Australia GT Championship Pro Am award was won by Yasser Shahin driving an Audi R8 LMS Evo II, the Motorsport Australia GT Championship Am award by Gary Higgon and Paul Stokell driving an Audi R8 LMS Evo II, the GT3 Trophy Series by Michael Kokkinos in a
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and the GT4 Cup by Mark Griffith driving a Mercedes-AMG GT4.


Calendar

The provisional six-race calendar was released on 1 March 2022 with all rounds taking place in Australia. The season was to begin on 18 March at
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and will end on 4 December at the
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in
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. In August, it was announced that Adelaide would join the calendar as final round, replacing the cancelled May round at Sydney Motorsport Park.


Entry list


Race results

Bold indicates the overall winner.


See also

* 2022 British GT Championship *
2022 GT World Challenge Europe The 2022 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS was the ninth season of GT World Challenge Europe. The season began at Imola on 3 April and ended at Catalunya on 2 October. The season consisted of 10 events: 5 Sprint Cup events, and 5 ...
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2022 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup The 2022 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup was the tenth season of the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup following on from the demise of the Stéphane Ratel Organisation, SRO Motorsports Group's FIA GT1 World Championship (an auto r ...
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2022 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup The 2022 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup was the twelfth season of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup since its inception in 2011 as the Blancpain Endurance Series. The season began on 1 April at Imola and ended on 2 Oct ...
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2022 GT World Challenge Asia The 2022 Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS was the fourth season of the GT World Challenge Asia, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars in Asia co-promoted by the SRO Motorsports Group and Team Asia One GT Management. The races ...
* 2022 GT World Challenge America *
2022 Intercontinental GT Challenge The 2022 Intercontinental GT Challenge was the seventh season of the Intercontinental GT Challenge. It comprised four rounds starting with the Bathurst 12 Hour on 15 May with the finale at Gulf 12 Hours on 11 December. Calendar Entry list ...


References


External links

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2022 Standings, gt-world-challenge-australia.com, as archived at web.archive.org
{{FIA GT Championship Seasons Australian GT Championship
GT World Challenge Australia The GT World Challenge Australia, formerly known as the Australian GT Championship, is a Motorsport Australia-sanctioned national title for drivers of GT cars, held annually from 1960 to 1963, from 1982 to 1985 and from 2005. Each championship ...