Buy tickets<\/a><\/p>\nRosser got away to a lightning start from seventh on the grid, charging through to fourth by the first corner, and battling for third with Pires for the bulk of the opening lap.<\/p>\n
A short Safety Car was drawn when Darren Currie found himself stricken inside Turn 6 in the opening laps.<\/p>\n
Elliott Schutte was noted for potential contact with Currie, drawing a post-race investigation.<\/p>\n
Gracie bided her time, eventually taking the lead from Tigani on Lap 6 with a decisive move at Turn 4 after the Safety Car restart.<\/p>\n
Once Gracie vacated the OnlyFans-backed Ferrari 296, Davison held the lead.<\/p>\n
Oscar Targett held onto second position after taking the reins from Tigani despite a scare with the sister Sergio Pires\/Brendon Leitch Mercedes-AMG, with slight front-to-rear contact at Turn 4 after the pit stop.<\/p>\n
The battle between Leitch and Targett helped Davison build and hold a comfortable lead.<\/p>\n
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Renee Gracie and Will Davison took their first GT World Challenge Australia win in Race 1 at Queensland Raceway. Image: Jack Martin<\/p>\n
Targett\/Tigani came home in second position ahead of teammates Leitch\/Pires.<\/p>\n
Jaxon Evans\/Schutte came home in fourth place on the road but were given a 33-second penalty that demoted them to eighth,<\/p>\n
The Broc Feeney\/Brad Schumacher Melbourne Performance Centre Audi leapt to fourth as a result.<\/p>\n
Fifth were Alex Peroni\/Mark Rosser (#268 Audi), Josh Buchan\/Cameron Campbell (#23 Ferrari), Jayden Ojeda\/Paul Lucchitti (#66 Mercedes), Evans\/Schutte, Tony D\u2019Alberto\/Adrian Deitz (#93 Lamborghini), and Luke Youlden\/Nathan Halstead (#71 Porsche) rounded out the top 10.<\/p>\n
Youlden and Halstead took the Trophy class win ahead of Paul Stokell\/Gary Higgon, and Cameron Rees.<\/p>\n
GT World Challenge Australia returns on Sunday at 10:25am AEST.<\/p>\n
Results: GT World Challenge Australia powered by AWS Queensland Raceway, Race 1<\/p>\n
Pos
\nNum
\nDrivers
\nTeam
\nCar
\nClass<\/p>\n
1
\n181
\nW.Davison\/R.Gracie
\nOnlyFans Racing
\nFerrari 296 GT3
\nPA<\/p>\n
2
\n56
\nO.Targett\/J.Tigani
\nKollosche AMG by Tigani
\nMercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
\nPA<\/p>\n
3
\n44
\nB.Leitch\/S.Pires
\nGeyer Valmont Racing by Tigani
\nMercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
\nPA<\/p>\n
4
\n1
\nB.Feeney\/B.Schumacher
\nKelso Electrical \/Team MPC
\nAudi R8 LMS EVO ll
\nPA<\/p>\n
5
\n268
\nA.Peroni\/M.Rosser
\nTeam BRM
\nAudi R8 LMS EVO ll
\nPA<\/p>\n
6
\n23
\nJ.Buchan\/C.Campbell
\nZagame Autosport
\nFerrari 296 GT3
\nPA<\/p>\n
7
\n66
\nJ.Ojeda\/P.Lucchitti
\nMove My Wheels by Tigani
\nMercedes-AMG GT3 EVO
\nPA<\/p>\n
8
\n26
\nJ.Evans\/E.Schutte
\nARGT
\nFerrari 296 GT3
\nPA<\/p>\n
9
\n93
\nT.D\u2019Alberto\/A.Deitz
\nWall Racing
\nLamborghini Huracan
\nPA<\/p>\n
10
\n71
\nL.Youlden\/N.Halstead
\nAED Consulting by Tigani
\nPorsche 911 GT3R
\nT<\/p>\n
11
\n24
\nP.Stokell\/G.Higgon
\nKFC \/Team MPC
\nAudi R8 LMS EVO 11
\nT<\/p>\n
12
\n14
\nCameron Rees (AUS)
\nVolante Rosso Motorsport
\nAston Martin Vantage
\nT<\/p>\n
13
\n2
\nV.Astuti\/D.Currie
\nTrading Garage \/Team MPC
\nAudi R8 LMS EVO ll
\nPA<\/p>\n
14
\n88
\nR.Wood\/S.Brooks
\nTeam BRM \/Wolfbrook Motorsport
\nAudi R8 LMS EVO 11
\nPA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Renee Gracie and Will Davison took their first GT World Challenge Australia win in Race 1 at Queensland…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[17765,111,139,69,61469,1058,181583,213,37751],"class_list":["post-475164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-gt-world-challenge-australia","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-renee-gracie","tag-slot1","tag-speedseries","tag-sports","tag-will-davison"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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