The CAMS Australian GT Championship is looking to have one of its biggest and best seasons in recent times with a host of new changes made ahead of the 2019 season.

Following the change of ownership, the biggest change to the popular Championship was the expansion from six to seven rounds, making it the longest season since 2012.

While the three-round CAMS Australian Endurance Championship will once again be an integral part of the outright calendar, the Trophy Series will follow suit and incorporate their standalone four-round season with the main GT field.

The action wont stop there for GT fans, with the introduction of the new Trofeo Challenge and a special Pirelli AGT SuperSprint at the end of the year.

It will be the first appearance in the Championship for the Trofeo Challenge, its purpose to cater for 'Challenge’ classified one-make GT cars, which include the slick Lamborghini Super Trofeo Huracan, Ferrari Challenge and Porsche GT3 Cup Cars.

At the end of the season, competitors who took part in any category in the CAMS Australian GT Championship will be eligible to enter the category’s newest initiative, the Pirelli AGT Supersprint, which will be part of November’s annual Challenge Bathurst.

The event will see drivers compete across four sessions on Australia’s iconic Mount Panorama, with the added bonus of removing inlet restrictors and excess weight and bolt on a set of soft Pirelli tyres as drivers attempt to break the current GT lap record. 

The Bathurst circuit isn’t the only special location  the Championship will visit this year, with Barbagallo returning to the calendar and Gold Coast seeing Australian GT action for the first time since 2012.

Both rounds will act as support categories for the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship, while the final round in Sandown and March’s Formula One Rolex Australian Grand Prix 2019 will form the four-round sprint races.

On top of the Sprint rounds, there will be visits to The Bend Motorsport Park, Phillip Island and another appearance at Sandown for the CAMS Endurance GT Championship, which will be part of the 2019 Shannons Nationals program.

Despite the new locations and races being some of the major changes for the 2019 season, the most notable difference for fans will be the influx of new cars expecting to make their GT debut.

Headlining the field of much anticipated debutant cars will be the sensational 2019 Aston Martin Vantage GT3, armed with a new chassis and Mercedes engine, while the new McLaren 720S GT3 will replace the 650S GT3 which tasted GT success in 2016 thanks to Klark Quinn. 

The 2019 Audi R8 LMS GT3, Lamborghini Huracan GT3, Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3, Type 991 Porsche GT3 R.2 will also make up the impressive  list of new cars set to be introduced throughout the year.

During the 2019 season, all cars will now be provided with the new Pirelli DHD2 tyres after a successful trial campaign during the 2018 Challenge Bathurst.

There is a lot to look forward to in the 2019 CAMS Australian GT Championship, which will kick off during the Formula One Rolex Australian Grand Prix 2019 on 14 – 17 March at Albert Park.

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2019 CAMS Australian GT Championship [GT3/GT4]

Rnd1 - 14-17 March, Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne, Victoria [SPRINT]
Rnd2 - 2-4 May, Barbagallo Raceway, Western Australia [SPRINT]
Rnd3 - 7-9 June, Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Victoria [ENDURANCE]
Rnd4 - 12-14 July, The Bend Motorsport Park, South Australia [ENDURANCE]
Rnd5 - 20-22 September, Sandown Raceway, Melbourne, Victoria [ENDURANCE]
Rnd6 - 25-27 October, Gold Coast, Queensland [SPRINT]
Rnd7 - 8-10 November, Sandown Raceway, Melbourne, Victoria [SPRINT]