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	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

The series was contested over eight rounds^[4]

Round	Circuit	City / State	Date	Format	Winning driver(s)
1	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	3–6 March	Three races	Nick McBride
2	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	17–20 March	Four races[5]	Alex Davison
3	Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	29 April–1 May	Two races	Matt Campbell Geoff Emery
4	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	17–19 June	Three races	Alex Davison
5	Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	26–28 August	Three races	Matt Campbell
6	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	16–18 September	Three races	Alex Davison
7	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	6–9 October	Three races	Matt Campbell
8	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	21–23 October	Three races	Matt Campbell

Series standings

The series was won by Matt Campbell.^[6]

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 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap † - Challenge Class

References

1. 1 2 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 30th 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. ↑ "Carrera Cup set for four-race fight in Melbourne". www.carreracup.com.au. Retrieved 2016-03-15. 
6. ↑ Porsche Carrera Cup Australia - Standings - Season 2016, www.carreracup.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

External links

• Official website