Audi drivers Christopher Mies and Geoff Emery have won the second round of the CAMS Australian GT Championship at Albert Park.
A consistent weekend from the JAMEC PEM pair saw them take out the round after claiming pole position during qualifying on Thursday.
Emery ended the final race of the weekend in second place behind his Melbourne Performance Centre Audi R8 LMS of James Koundouris.
It was a 1-2 result for the Melbourne Performance Centre as Koundouris and team-mate Marcus Marshall finished second for the weekend, with the TEKNO Autosport McLaren of Nathan Morcom third.
The final race of the weekend proved a tale of two halves, with Matt Solomon opening a hefty advantage before the safety car emerged following an incident between Peter Rullo’s Lamborghini Gallardo and Andrew Macpherson’s AMAC Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3-R.
Solomon’s lead evaporated under the safety car, which remained on track for the remainder of the race.
With compulsory pitstop times then added, it was Koundouris who claimed the race win ahead of Emery and the Objective Racing McLaren of Tony Walls in third place.
Having started on the front row, Steve McLaughlan in the second JAMEC PEM Audi fell to 16th at the finish, but did enough to win the Gold Driver Cup for the round.
For McLaughlan, it was the perfect way to introduce his brand-new car.
“We should have run this car in Adelaide; it would have been faster,” he joked after the race.
“I’m still getting used to the new car,” he added. “We’ll try and do a test day before Barbagallo and hopefully go a bit quicker again.”
The third round of the CAMS Australian GT Championship will see the category make its first ever visit to Barbagallo on May 6-8.
Australian GT is back in action at Sandown on April 1-2, with the opening round of the CAMS Australian GT Trophy Series.
Round 2: CAMS Australian GT Championship Race 4 Result
| Pos | Driver | Time |
| 1 | James Koundouris – Supabarn Supermarkets Audi R8 LMS | 23:14.5965 |
| 2 | Geoff Emery – JAMEC PEM Audi R8 LMS | +0.7254 |
| 3 | Tony Walls – Objective Racing McLaren 650S GT3 | +1.1332 |
| 4 | Simon Ellingham – Fastway Couriers Audi R8 LMS Ultra | +1.2793 |
| 5 | Aaron Tebb – Waltec Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3-R | +1.8552 |
| 6 | Benny Simonsen – DeFelice Homes Ferrari 488 GT3 | +2.4594 |
| 7 | Elliot Barbour – SLR TEKNO Autosport McLaren 650S GT3 | +2.5603 |
| 8 | Justin McMillan – Interlloy M Motorsport Lamborghini R-EX | +2.7653 |
| 9 | Ricky Capo – Modena Engineering BMW Z4 GT3 | +3.0639 |
| 10 | Hector Lester – Rosso Verde Racing Ferrari 458 GT3 | +3.1820 |
| 11 | Grant Denyer – McLaren Melbourne McLaren 650S GT3 | +3.3235 |
| 12 | Matthew Turnbull – Fire Rating Solutions Lamborghini LP-560 GT3 | +3.6749 |
| 13 | Max Twigg – BMW Team SRM BMW M6 GT3 | +3.8824 |
| 14 | Greg Taylor – GT Motorsport Audi R8 LMS | +3.9143 |
| 15 | Nathan Morcom – TEKNO Autosport McLaren 650S GT3 | +3.9159 |
| 16 | Hector Lester – Rosso Verde Racing Ferrari 458 GT3 | +4.3227 |
| 17 | Ash Samadi – Bondi Wholefoods Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS GT3 | +5.5362 |
| 18 | Andrew Taplin – Taplin Real Estate Lamborghini R-EX | +6.2867 |
| 19 | Andrew Miedecke – Miedecke Motor Group Aston Martin Vantage GT3 | +6.3005 |
| 20 | Klark Quinn – Darrell Lea McLaren 650S GT3 | +7.5470 |
| 21 | Adrian Deitz – Maranello Motorsport Ferrari 458 GT3 | +7.6975 |
| 22 | Matthew Solomon – Eggleston Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 | +9.3472 |
| 23 | Brenton Griguol – Koala Motorsport Ferrari F430 GT3 | +1 lap |
| DNF | Scott Taylor – Scott Taylor Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 | |
| DNF | Andrew Macpherson – AMAC Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3-R | |
| DNF | Peter Rullo – Performance West Motorsport Lamborghini Gallardo FLII |
