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Final round schedule confirmed for Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS
High end GT cars will again grace the streets of Adelaide as the return of the traditional 500km Supercars event also concludes the Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS season.
Audi, Mercedes, Porsche and more are expected to fight for supremacy on the streets of Adelaide as the title battle is expected to be close when the season arrives at the City of Churches.
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Currently, hometown driver Yasser Shahin leads the title in his Melbourne Performance Centre-prepared The Bend Motorsport Park Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II leads by 20-points from the similarly mounted Liam Talbot in the Gtechniq entry.
Triple Eight Race Engineering’s Prince Jefri Ibrahim heads the Mercedes-AMG charge in third alongside Shane van Gisbergen as three rounds remain including two endurance events.
The Valo Adelaide 500 won’t be the only opportunity for South Australian fans will get to watch the exotica of Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS as the next stop on the calendar is a three-hour race at The Bend Motorsport Park on October 21-23 as part of the Shannons Motorsport Australia Championships.
The following round is at Mount Panorama for the inaugural Supercheap Auto Bathurst International for the concluding round of the endurance component as another three-hour event.
A sprint round in Adelaide concludes the entire Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS season with three 40-minute races.
Action begins at 9:25am on Thursday for opening practice, with the second session scheduled for 1:20pm each of 20-minutes length.
Qualifying occurs at 9:25am on Friday split into two segments for each driver to determine the grids for both races.
The first 40-minute encounter begins at 2:05pm on Friday, with Saturday’s race occurring at 9:40am before the final event of the weekend begins at 8:40am Sunday completing the second season of Fanatec GT World Challenge Australia Powered by AWS.