{"id":569586,"date":"2026-03-28T08:25:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T08:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/569586\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T08:25:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T08:25:23","slug":"sro-gt-news-feeney-and-schumacher-dominate-phillip-island-gt-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/569586\/","title":{"rendered":"SRO GT news: Feeney and Schumacher dominate Phillip Island GT opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBroc Feeney and Brad Schumacher dominated the opening GT World Challenge Australia race at Phillip Island. Image: InSyde Media<\/p>\n

Feeney held off a late race charge from former Porsche Sprint Challenge champion Oscar Targett to come home just 0.7651s ahead of the Tigani Motorsport Mercedes.<\/p>\n

Targett\u2019s co-driver Shane Smollen fought to catch Brad Schumacher in the opening stint, battling through multiple yellow flag stoppages to catch the leading Audi.<\/p>\n

Thomas Randle brought the Team BRM Audi home in third position after co-driver Mark Rosser recovered from a spin following contact from Elliott Schutte.<\/p>\n

Schutte was penalised 15 seconds for the contact, with co-driver Jaxon Evans finishing in fifth position.<\/p>\n

The first safety car was drawn on the opening lap when Steve Brooks was caught in the middle of a three wide moment with Paul Lucchitti and Renee Gracie.<\/p>\n

Lucchitti ended up beached in the gravel while Gracie was able to continue with minor damage.<\/p>\n

Sprinkles of rain started to fall under the safety car, which saw Brooks and Cameron Campbell gamble and pit for wet weather tyres.<\/p>\n

Coming to the restart, Geoff Emery spun the Volante Rosso McLaren towards the inside wall at the final corner.<\/p>\n

Simultaneously, Sergio Pires spun from second position, tumbling to the back end of the top 10 just as the yellow flag was thrown again for the stricken McLaren.<\/p>\n

Smollen and Schumacher traded fast laps at the front of the field on the second restart ahead of the pit stop window.<\/p>\n

Feeney took over the Team MPC Audi in the lead with almost three seconds back to Targett.<\/p>\n

Targett set about chasing down Feeney for the remainder of the race, closely trailed by Randle.<\/p>\n

Feeney led home Targett and Randle, while Brendon Leitch recovered from Pries\u2019 spin to finish fourth ahead of Evans.<\/p>\n

Ryan Wood and Will Davison recovered to finish sixth and seventh respectively following Brooks and Gracie\u2019s first corner incident.<\/p>\n

Luke Youlden and Nathan Halstead took victory in the Trophy Class in ninth position.<\/p>\n

GT World Challenge Australia returns on Sunday at 1:40pm for its final race of the weekend.<\/p>\n


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