2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia

The 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia was an Australian motor racing series open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars.[1] It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as a National Series with Porsche Cars Australia Pty Ltd appointed as the Category Manager.[1] It was the 12th Carrera Cup to be contested in Australia and the first to be sanctioned as a national series rather than a national championship.[2]

The series was won by Matt Campbell.

Teams and drivers

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Matt Campbell won the series driving for McElrea Racing
 
Steven Richards placed fifth in the series

The following teams and drivers contested the series.

Team Class No. Driver Pro-am co-driver Rounds
Grove Hire Challenge 4   Stephen Grove   Lee Holdsworth All
McElrea Racing Pro 7   Matt Campbell   Geoff Emery All
45   Duvashen Padayachee   Roger Lago All
54   James Abela   Tony Walls All
Porsche Centre Melbourne Pro 8   Dean Fiore   Jake Camilleri 1–7
Guest   Tony Longhurst 8
Challenge 9   Marc Cini   Michael Caruso All
Steve Richards Motorsport Guest 11   Tony Longhurst 7
Pro 12   Steven Richards   Dean Grant All
Challenge 13   James Bergmuller   Garth Tander All
Twigg Motorsport Guest 18   Max Twigg 7
Garth Walden Racing Pro 21   Garth Walden   Ash Samadi All
Tony Bates Racing Challenge 24   Tony Bates   David Reynolds All
Buik Motorsport Pro 25   Alex Davison   David-Calvert Jones All
Pro 26   Michael Almond   John Goodacre All
FreeM Guest 32   Daniel Stutterd 7
Wall Racing Pro 38   David Wall   Adrian Flack All
Sonic Motor Racing Services Challenge 39   Adrian Mastronardo   Tim Slade All
Pro 77   Nick McBride   Dylan Thomas All
Pro 777   Ashley Walsh   Max Twigg All
McGrath Estate Agents Challenge 56   Shane Smollen   Nick Percat All
Dexion Supply Centre Pro 88   Dylan O'Keeffe   Sam Walter All
Scott Taylor Motorsport Pro 222   Shane van Gisbergen   Paul Kelly 3
Challenge   Scott Taylor 4–5, 7–8
DNA Racing Pro 360   Fraser Ross   David Ryan 1–5, 8

All vehicles were Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 cars.[3]

Race calendar

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The championship was contested over eight rounds.[4]

Round Circuit City / state Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Round winner
1 R1   Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 4 March   Ashley Walsh   Matt Campbell   Matt Campbell McElrea Racing   Nick McBride
R2 5 March   Ashley Walsh   Ashley Walsh Sonic Motor Racing Services
R3 6 March   Alex Davison   Michael Almond Buik Motorsport
2 R1   Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne, Victoria 17 March   Matt Campbell   Matt Campbell   Matt Campbell McElrea Racing   Alex Davison
R2 18 March   Steven Richards   Alex Davison Buik Motorsport
R3 19 March   Alex Davison   Alex Davison Buik Motorsport
R4 20 March   Ashley Walsh   Alex Davison Buik Motorsport
3 R1   Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 30 April   Matt Campbell
  Geoff Emery
  Shane van Gisbergen
  Paul Kelly
  Matt Campbell
  Geoff Emery
McElrea Racing   Matt Campbell
  Geoff Emery
R2 1 May   Matt Campbell
  Geoff Emery
  Shane van Gisbergen
  Paul Kelly
  Matt Campbell
  Geoff Emery
McElrea Racing
4 R1   Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 18 June   Matt Campbell   Matt Campbell   Alex Davison Buik Motorsport   Alex Davison
R2 19 June   Alex Davison   David Wall Wall Racing
R3   Matt Campbell   Alex Davison Buik Motorsport
5 R1   Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 27 August   Matt Campbell   Steven Richards   Matt Campbell McElrea Racing   Matt Campbell
R2 28 August   Ashley Walsh   Matt Campbell McElrea Racing
6 R1   Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 17 September   Matt Campbell   Alex Davison   Matt Campbell McElrea Racing   Alex Davison
R2   Matt Campbell   Matt Campbell McElrea Racing
R3 18 September   Ashley Walsh   Alex Davison Buik Motorsport
7 R1   Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 7 October   Matt Campbell   Ashley Walsh   Matt Campbell McElrea Racing   Matt Campbell
R2 8 October   Matt Campbell   Matt Campbell McElrea Racing
R3 9 October   Matt Campbell   Matt Campbell McElrea Racing
8 R1   Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 22 October   Matt Campbell   Ashley Walsh   Matt Campbell McElrea Racing   Matt Campbell
R2   Matt Campbell   Matt Campbell McElrea Racing
R3 23 October   Ashley Walsh   Alex Davison Buik Motorsport

Series standings

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The series was won by Matt Campbell.[5]

The following table reflects the series standings as at the completion of the season.

Pos. Driver ADE
 
MEL
 
SMP
 
HID
 
SMP
 
SAN
 
BAT
 
SUR
 
Pts.
1 Matt Campbell 1 9 2 1 3 4 5 1 1 3 16 6 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 3 1204.5
2 Alex Davison 4 8 4 4 1 1 1 6 7 1 2 1 6 4 4 2 1 4 4 19 3 2 1 1072
3 David Wall 7 5 5 5 5 8 6 4 17 2 1 2 2 2 3 5 3 2 3 3 6 6 6 993
4 Nick McBride 2 2 3 2 4 3 3 8 2 6 3 17 3 3 2 3 5 7 6 5 12 16 12 940
5 Steven Richards 8 4 Ret 8 2 2 2 12 12 5 4 3 5 7 5 4 2 3 2 2 4 4 5 898.5
6 Ashley Walsh 3 1 Ret Ret 10 6 4 7 5 7 9 5 11 6 16 Ret 9 6 5 4 5 5 4 706
7 Michael Almond 6 3 1 10 7 5 8 15 14 Ret 8 16 9 8 7 Ret 10 5 8 6 2 3 2 676.5
8 Dean Fiore 9 7 7 3 18 Ret 9 14 13 11 7 4 4 5 6 6 4 10 9 DNS 544
9 Duvashen Padayachee 10 17 9 7 9 9 7 17 8 17 13 10 12 11 9 7 7 15 12 10 7 7 7 501.5
10 Dylan O'Keeffe DNS 13 Ret 11 15 11 11 18 10 4 5 9 7 9 Ret 8 6 9 11 8 8 Ret 10 435
11 Fraser Ross 5 6 6 6 6 7 Ret 13 9 8 15 15 8 12 9 8 8 421.5
12 James Abela Ret 14 10 9 8 16 10 19 Ret 9 6 7 10 10 8 9 11 12 10 9 11 9 9 415.5
13 Tony Bates 11 10 8 13 14 15 Ret 3 15 14 12 12 15 16 10 10 Ret 20 13 12 15 14 13 379.5
14 James Bergmuller 15 18 12 15 Ret 13 16 2 6 12 17 Ret 17 18 15 13 12 16 14 13 14 12 14 368
15 Garth Walden Ret 12 Ret 12 11 10 DSQ 20 18 Ret 10 8 13 13 11 11 8 8 7 7 10 10 Ret 361.5
16 Shane Smollen 12 11 Ret 16 13 Ret 12 10 3 10 11 11 16 14 Ret 15 13 13 Ret 15 DNS DNS DNS 315
17 Stephen Grove 13 15 Ret 14 12 12 13 11 11 Ret 14 Ret 14 15 12 14 14 17 Ret 14 13 11 11 290.5
18 Adrian Mastronardo 16 19 13 17 16 14 14 9 16 15 18 18 18 17 14 16 16 19 17 20 18 17 16 257
19 Marc Cini 14 16 11 18 17 Ret 15 16 19 13 Ret 14 19 19 13 12 15 21 16 18 16 13 15 242.5
20 Shane van Gisbergen 5 4 117
21 Scott Taylor 16 Ret 13 20 20 18 15 17 DNS DNS DNS 80
22 Max Twigg 7 5 11 18 11 44
23 Daniel Stutterd 14 Ret 16 22
24 Tony Longhurst DNS DNS DNS 17 15 Ret 20
Pos. Driver ADE
 
MEL
 
SMP
 
HID
 
SMP
 
SAN
 
BAT
 
SUR
 
Pts.
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap
† - Challenge Class

References

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  1. ^ a b 2016 CAMS Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Series – Sporting and Technical Regulations – Version 2, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  2. ^ Gordon Lomas, Carrera Cup pushes for CAMS review backflip, Tuesday 30 June 2015, www.speedcafe.com, as archived at web.archive.org
  3. ^ "Clipsal 500 Adelaide Official Program 2016". 3 March 2016.
  4. ^ "2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Season Guide" (PDF). Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  5. ^ Porsche Carrera Cup Australia - Standings - Season 2016, www.carreracup.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
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