Season 8 Australian Grand Prix

GPGSL Season 8
Previous race:	Season 7 British Grand Prix
Next race:	Season 8 South Australian Grand Prix
Australian Grand Prix
Previous race:	Season 7 Australian Grand Prix
Next race:	Season 9 Australian Grand Prix

The Season 8 Australian Grand Prix was held at Melbourne. Joseph Gilson took his first career win.

Classification

Free Practice

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	35	Matteo Scala	Scuderia Minardi	1:24.512
2	41	Maikel de Boer	Southern Cross Racing	1:24.534	+0.022
3	25	Andrei Sevastian	Aston Martin Racing	1:24.574	+0.062
4	33	Greg O'Brien	Christel VXR	1:24.576	+0.064
5	29	Gareth McCarthy	Martini Paddock Racing	1:24.581	+0.069
6	42	Gianluigi Silvestre	MAC Racing	1:24.590	+0.078
7	27	Tom Pellatt	Team Shadow	1:24.619	+0.107
8	38	Dominic Brunner	Snake Motorsports	1:24.637	+0.125
9	43	Nathan McGregor	MAC Racing	1:24.640	+0.128
10	39	Mal Stoddart	Snake Motorsports	1:24.652	+0.140
11	47	Rodrigo Vilela	One Racing	1:24.674	+0.162
12	45	Sebastian Nell	Demon Racing	1:24.736	+0.224
13	30	Dan Mills	True North Racing	1:24.757	+0.245
14	46	Tim Roedl	One Racing	1:24.758	+0.246
15	44	Glen Sheppard	Demon Racing	1:24.781	+0.269
16	28	Monil Santilal	Martini Paddock Racing	1:24.787	+0.275
17	31	Guilherme Cramer	True North Racing	1:24.822	+0.310
18	26	Joshua Copeman	Team Shadow	1:24.844	+0.332
19	24	Daniel Thomas	Aston Martin Racing	1:24.849	+0.337
20	40	Eric Moinet	Southern Cross Racing	1:24.869	+0.357
21	32	Stuart Ingers	Christel VXR	1:24.929	+0.417
22	34	Ricardo van Smirren	Scuderia Minardi	1:25.091	+0.579

Feature Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	35	Matteo Scala	Scuderia Minardi	20	29:07.898	1	30
2	25	Andrei Sevastian	Aston Martin Racing	20	+3.083	3	25
3	38	Dominic Brunner	Snake Motorsports	20	+10.938	8	20
4	42	Gianluigi Silvestre	MAC Racing	20	+17.275	6	19
5	29	Gareth McCarthy	Martini Paddock Racing	20	+20.524	5	18
6	33	Greg O'Brien	Christel VXR	20	+22.079	4	17
7	46	Tim Roedl	One Racing	20	+22.434	14	16
8	47	Rodrigo Vilela	One Racing	20	+26.444	11	15
9	39	Mal Stoddart	Snake Motorsports	20	+27.897	10	14
10	41	Maikel de Boer	Southern Cross Racing	20	+29.580	2	13
11	30	Dan Mills	True North Racing	20	+30.031	13	12
12	34	Ricardo van Smirren	Scuderia Minardi	20	+30.643	22	11
13	26	Joshua Copeman	Team Shadow	20	+33.984	18	10
14	24	Daniel Thomas	Aston Martin Racing	20	+34.565	19	9
15	32	Stuart Ingers	Christel VXR	20	+35.402	21	8
16	44	Glen Sheppard	Demon Racing	20	+37.117	15	7
17	28	Monil Santilal	Martini Paddock Racing	20	+38.050	16	6
18	45	Sebastian Nell	Demon Racing	20	+41.698	12	5
19	40	Eric Moinet	Southern Cross Racing	20	+45.627	20	4
20	31	Guilherme Cramer	True North Racing	20	+53.515	17	3
Ret	27	Tom Pellatt	Team Shadow	16	Didn't finish	7
Ret	43	Nathan McGregor	MAC Racing	2	Oil leak	9

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	19	Joseph Gilson	Southern Cross Racing	1:24.624
2	5	Charrel Jalving	Martini Paddock Racing	1:24.640	+0.016
3	8	Owen Edwards	True North Racing	1:24.857	+0.233
4	6	Jack Hunsley	Martini Paddock Racing	1:24.890	+0.266
5	10	Jack Elleker	Christel VXR	1:24.900	+0.276
6	3	Ruben Greidanus	Team Shadow	1:24.914	+0.290
7	24	Carlos Rodríguez	One Racing	1:24.921	+0.297
8	4	Tobias Kederer	Team Shadow	1:24.927	+0.303
9	22	Jake Legge	Demon Racing	1:25.004	+0.380
10	23	Zsigmond Somogyi	Demon Racing	1:25.044	+0.420
11	25	Stefan van Renselaar	One Racing	1:25.075	+0.451
12	18	Ross Cartwright	Southern Cross Racing	1:25.081	+0.457
13	17	Gary Spencer	Snake Motorsports	1:25.089	+0.465
14	9	Michael Pedersen	Christel VXR	1:25.180	+0.556
15	12	Ben Johnson	Scuderia Minardi	1:25.249	+0.625
16	7	Norbert Horváth	True North Racing	1:25.268	+0.644
17	21	Adam Davies	MAC Racing	1:25.396	+0.772
18	11	John Warrington	Scuderia Minardi	1:25.448	+0.824
19	20	Christopher Hinz	MAC Racing	1:25.486	+0.862
20	16	Connor Steer	Snake Motorsports	1:25.533	+0.909
21	1	Ed Greenhalgh	Aston Martin Racing	1:25.672	+1.048
22	2	John Maverick	Aston Martin Racing	1:27.928	+3.304

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	19	Joseph Gilson	Southern Cross Racing	26	37:55.629	1	30+1
2	8	Owen Edwards	True North Racing	26	+10.968	3	25
3	5	Charrel Jalving	Martini Paddock Racing	26	+12.237	2	20
4	6	Jack Hunsley	Martini Paddock Racing	26	+13.371	4	19
5	4	Tobias Kederer	Team Shadow	26	+15.867	8	18
6	24	Carlos Rodríguez	One Racing	26	+19.026	7	17
7	25	Stefan van Renselaar	One Racing	26	+25.642	11	16
8	18	Ross Cartwright	Southern Cross Racing	26	+26.798	12	15
9	12	Ben Johnson	Scuderia Minardi	26	+30.626	15	14
10	2	John Maverick	Aston Martin Racing	26	+30.783	22	13+1
11	7	Norbert Horváth	True North Racing	26	+31.320	16	12
12	1	Ed Greenhalgh	Aston Martin Racing	26	+34.564	21	11
13	20	Christopher Hinz	MAC Racing	26	+37.396	19	10
14	9	Michael Pedersen	Christel VXR	26	+42.612	14	9
15	17	Gary Spencer	Snake Motorsports	26	+44.099	13	8+1
16	16	Connor Steer	Snake Motorsports	26	+45.700	20	7
17	11	John Warrington	Scuderia Minardi	26	+47.000	18	6
18	21	Adam Davies	MAC Racing	26	+54.491	17	5
19	3	Ruben Greidanus	Team Shadow	26	+59.595	6	4
20	10	Jack Elleker	Christel VXR	26	+1:02.641	5	3
Ret	22	Jake Legge	Demon Racing	11	Oil leak	9
Ret	23	Zsigmond Somogyi	Demon Racing	5	Didn't finish	10
Fastest lap: Gary Spencer (Snake Motorsports) — 1:25.704
Places gained: John Maverick (Aston Martin Racing) — +12 Places

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Joseph Gilson 31 2 Owen Edwards 25 3 Charrel Jalving 20 4 Jack Hunsley 19 5 Tobias Kederer 18	Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Southern Cross Racing 46 2 Martini Paddock Racing 39 3 True North Racing 37 4 One Racing 33 5 Aston Martin Racing 25	Testers' Championship standings Pos Tester Points 1 Matteo Scala 30 2 Andrei Sevastian 25 3 Dominic Brunner 20 4 Gianluigi Silvestre 19 5 Gareth McCarthy 18
Note: Only the top five positions are included for all 3 sets of standings.