{"id":354564,"date":"2026-03-30T02:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T02:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/354564\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T02:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T02:57:12","slug":"broc-feeney-and-brad-schumacher-lose-phillip-island-podium-for-gt-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/354564\/","title":{"rendered":"Broc Feeney and Brad Schumacher lose Phillip Island podium for GT clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Feeney
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBroc Feeney (left) with Brad Schumacher on the GT World Challenge Australia podium at Phillip Island. Image: Jack Martin<\/p>\n

Schumacher and Feeney initially finished third behind the race-winning Paul Lucchitti\/Jayden Ojeda Tigani Motorsport Mercedes-AMG and Elliott Schutte\/Jaxon Evans Arise Racing Ferrari.<\/p>\n

With just over 10 minutes to go in the race, an epic battle between Steve Brooks, Shane Smollen and Schumacher came to a head at the Southern Loop,<\/p>\n

Schumacher tipped Smollen into a spin and officials deemed the #1 Melbourne Performance Centre Audi driver was at fault.<\/p>\n

The incident took Smollen and his co-driver Oscar Targett out of contention. They were ultimately classified 11th.<\/p>\n

Schumacher, meanwhile, was given a 15-second penalty for the incident, which demoted him and Feeney to ninth.<\/p>\n

The podium instead went to Brooks and Wood in the #88 Team BRM Audi R8.<\/p>\n

\u201cCar 1 collided with Car 56 at Turn 1 in an avoidable collision,\u201d the stewards report read.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe DSA advised that having viewed the video footage from several sources and that Car 56, having made a mistake, had stayed wide and that Car 1 had come up to him and collided.<\/p>\n

\u201cB Schumacher said Car 56 had turned down on him and it was a racing incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Stewards accepted the opinion of the DSA and found that Car 1 driver was predominantly the cause of the collision. The error warranted a 15 sec time penalty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schumacher and Feeney were one of three combinations to receive post-race penalties.<\/p>\n

The Luke Youlden\/Nathan Halstead Tigani Motorsport Porsche 911 was given a 15-second penalty for an incident with Volante Rosso\u2019s McLaren 720S on the first lap.<\/p>\n

Damage from that clash ultimately relegated Youlden and Halstead to the pit lane after one lap.<\/p>\n

Team BRM\u2019s #268 Audi R8 of Mark Rosser and Thomas Randle had 40 seconds added to its time for a clumsy incident on the final lap with the Sergio Pires\/Brendon Leitch Mercedes-AMG by Tigani Motorsport.<\/p>\n

The GT World Challenge Australia season resumes at The Bend on May 8-10.<\/p>\n

Feeney and Schumacher lead the standings on 30 points with Evans and Schutte second on 28 points. Ojeda and Lucchitti are third on 26 points.<\/p>\n

Results: GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS Phillip Island, Race 2<\/p>\n

Pos
\nNum
\nDrivers
\nTeam
\nVehicle
\nClass<\/p>\n

1
\n66
\nJ.Ojeda\/P.Lucchitti
\nTigani Motorsport
\nMercedes-AMG GT3
\nPA<\/p>\n

2
\n26
\nJ.Evans\/E.Schutte
\nArise Racing GT
\nFerrari 296 GT3
\nPA<\/p>\n

3
\n88
\nR.Wood\/S.Brooks
\nTeam BRM
\nAudi R8 LMS EVO 11
\nPA<\/p>\n

4
\n2
\nV.Astuti\/D.Currie
\nMelbourne Performance Centre
\nAudi R8 LMS EVO ll
\nPA<\/p>\n

5
\n23
\nJ.Buchan\/C.Campbell
\nZagame Autosport
\nFerrari 296 GT3
\nPA<\/p>\n

6
\n15
\nJ.Hunt\/G.Emery
\nVolante Rosso Motorsport
\nMcLaren 720s GT3 EVO
\nPA<\/p>\n

7
\n93
\nT.D\u2019Alberto\/A.Deitz
\nWall Racing
\nLamborghini Huracan
\nPA<\/p>\n

8
\n14
\nA.Gardner\/L.Stibbs
\nVolante Rosso Motorsport
\nAston Martin Vantage
\nT<\/p>\n

9
\n1
\nB.Feeney\/B.Schumacher
\nMelbourne Performance Centre
\nAudi R8 LMS EVO ll
\nPA<\/p>\n

10
\n268
\nT.Randle\/M.Rosser
\nTeam BRM
\nAudi R8 LMS EVO ll
\nPA<\/p>\n

11
\n56
\nO.Targett\/S.Smollen
\nTigani Motorsport
\nMercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
\nPA<\/p>\n

12
\n24
\nP.Stokell\/M.Stoupas
\nMelbourne Performance Centre
\nAudi R8 LMS EVO 11
\nT<\/p>\n

DNF
\n44
\nB.Leitch\/S.Pires
\nTigani Motorsport
\nMercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
\nPA<\/p>\n

DNF
\n181
\nW.Davison\/R.Gracie
\nOnlyFans Racing
\nFerrari 296 GT3
\nPA<\/p>\n

DNF
\n71
\nL.Youlden\/N.Halstead
\nTigani Motorsport
\nPorsche 911 GT3R
\nT<\/p>\n


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