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
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 Australia Stephen Grove Australia Lee Holdsworth All
McElrea Racing Pro 7 Australia Matt Campbell Australia Geoff Emery All
45 Australia Duvashen Padayachee Australia Roger Lago All
54 Australia James Abela Australia Tony Walls All
Porsche Centre Melbourne Pro 8 Australia Dean Fiore Australia Jake Camilleri 1–7
Guest Australia Tony Longhurst 8
Challenge 9 Australia Marc Cini Australia Michael Caruso All
Steve Richards Motorsport Guest 11 Australia Tony Longhurst 7
Pro 12 New Zealand Steven Richards Australia Dean Grant All
Challenge 13 Australia James Bergmuller Australia Garth Tander All
Twigg Motorsport Guest 18 Australia Max Twigg 7
Garth Walden Racing Pro 21 Australia Garth Walden Australia Ash Samadi All
Tony Bates Racing Challenge 24 Australia Tony Bates Australia David Reynolds All
Buik Motorsport Pro 25 Australia Alex Davison Australia David-Calvert Jones All
Pro 26 Australia Michael Almond Australia John Goodacre All
FreeM Guest 32 Australia Daniel Stutterd 7
Wall Racing Pro 38 Australia David Wall Australia Adrian Flack All
Sonic Motor Racing Services Challenge 39 Australia Adrian Mastronardo Australia Tim Slade All
Pro 77 Australia Nick McBride Australia Dylan Thomas All
Pro 777 Australia Ashley Walsh Australia Max Twigg All
McGrath Estate Agents Challenge 56 Australia Shane Smollen Australia Nick Percat All
Dexion Supply Centre Pro 88 Australia Dylan O'Keeffe Australia Sam Walter All
Scott Taylor Motorsport Pro 222 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Paul Kelly 3
Challenge Australia Scott Taylor 4–5, 7–8
DNA Racing Pro 360 Australia Fraser Ross Australia David Ryan 1–5, 8

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

Race calendar

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

Series standings

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
South Australia		 MEL
Victoria (state)		 SMP
New South Wales		 HID
Northern Territory		 SMP
New South Wales		 SAN
Victoria (state)		 BAT
New South Wales		 SUR
Queensland		 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
South Australia		 MEL
Victoria (state)		 SMP
New South Wales		 HID
Northern Territory		 SMP
New South Wales		 SAN
Victoria (state)		 BAT
New South Wales		 SUR
Queensland		 Pts.
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid 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
  1. 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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