The Trass Family Motorsport Ferrari of Jono Lester and Graeme Smyth has been stripped of its second place finish in the opening Australian GT race at Sandown.
Stewards handed the Kiwi Ferrari 458 entry a 26 second penalty for a pit lane infringement which demoted Lester and Smyth to eighth position.
As a result of the penalty, the Erebus Motorsport Mercedes SLS GT3 of Morgan Haber has been promoted to second spot with the Christopher Mies/Ryan Millier Jamec-Pem Audi R8 now credited with the final place on the podium.
James Koudouris, who led the race following the pits stops, has been awarded fourth ahead of Klark Quinn (McLaren 650S), Andrew Macpherson/Brad Shiels (Porsche) and Nathan Antunes (Audi R8).
Result: Australian GT Championship, Sandown Race 1
| 1 | Maranello Motorsport | T.D’Alberto/G.Denyer | Ferrari 458 GT3 2014 | 45 | 57:20.4970 |
| 2 | Erebus Motorsport | Morgan Haber | Mercedes Benz AMG SLS | 45 | 57:29.8733 |
| 3 | JAMEC PEM Racing | C.Mies/R.Millier | Audi R8 Ultra | 45 | 57:33.9662 |
| 4 | Supabarn Supermarkets | James Koundouris (ACT) | Porsche 997 GT3-R | 45 | 57:39.8514 |
| 5 | Darrell Lea | Klark Quinn (Qld) | McLaren 650S GT3 | 45 | 57:42.8670 |
| 6 | AMAC Motorsport | A.Macpherson/B.Shiels | Porsche 997 GT3-R | 45 | 57:43.4942 |
| 7 | Skwirk / Beechwood Homes | Nathan Antunes (NSW) | Audi R8 Ultra | 45 | 57:44.1347 |
| 8 | Trass Family Motorsport | J.Lester/G.Smyth | Ferrari 458 GT3 | 45 | 57:54.2192 |
| 9 | Darrell Lea | Anthony Quinn (Qld) | McLaren 650S GT3 | 45 | 58:04.8121 |
| 10 | JAMEC PEM Racing | Steven McLaughlan (Vic) | Audi R8 Ultra | 45 | 58:05.2065 |
| 11 | DeFelice Homes | Tony DeFelice (Vic) | Ferrari 458 GT3 | 45 | 58:24.4538 |
| 12 | Objective Racing | Tony Walls (Qld) | McLaren 650S GT3 | 45 | 58:33.0795 |
| 13 | Voight Contracting | S.Voight/A.Tebb | Porsche 997 GT3-R | 45 | 58:34.1303 |
| 14 | HHH Racing/Triffid/ESP | Michael Hovey (Qld) | Ginetta G55 GT3 | 44 | 57:24.1239 |
| 15 | Supabarn Supermarkets | Theo Koundouris (ACT) | Porsche 996 GT3-S | 44 | 57:32.6913 |
| 16 | Interlloy M Motorsport | E.Barbour/G.Wood | Lamborghini Gallardo | 44 | 57:40.2035 |
| 17 | Fastway Couriers | S.Ellinghham/J.Evans | Porsche GT3 Cup Car | 44 | 57:59.6360 |
| 18 | Miedecke Motor Group | Andrew Miedecke (NSW) | Aston Martin Vantage | 44 | 58:05.2944 |
| 19 | Hogs Breath Cafe | Mark Griffith (Qld) | Audi R8 LMS | 44 | 58:10.0482 |
| 20 | Adina Apartment Hotels | G.Taylor/B.Mawer | Audi R8 LMS | 44 | 58:17.2291 |
| 21 | Flying B Racing | Peter Edwards (Vic) | Bentley Continental | 44 | 58:40.1497 |
| 22 | DPM Motorsport | Dale Paterson (Vic) | Reiter Camaro GT3 | 43 | 57:46.7620 |
| 23 | Interlloy M Motorsport | J.McMillan/J.McIntyre | Reiter Camaro GT3 | 43 | 58:06.5798 |
| 24 | Rentcorp Forklifts | Indiran Padayachee | Porsche GT3 Cup Car | 43 | 58:26.1840 |
| 25 | SAFE-T-STOP | Richard Gartner (NSW) | Porsche GT3 Cup Car | 42 | 57:28.8562 |
| 26 | Thomson Geer Lawyers | Michael O’Donnell (SA) | Porsche GT3 Cup Car | 41 | 58:03.5263 |
| 27 | Donut King | Tony Alford (Qld) | Nissan GTR | 41 | 58:24.7112 |
| 28 | Southern Star Developments | Rob Smith (Vic) | Audi R8 LMS | 40 | 58:49.7600 |
| DNF | JJA Consulting Group | Jan Jinadasa (Vic) | Lamborghini LP560-4 | 40 | 52:48.6067 |
| DNF | Erebus Motorsport | Geoff Emery | Mercedes Benz AMG SLS |
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