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]

2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
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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 championship was contested over eight rounds.[4]

Round Circuit City / State Date Pole Poisiton 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

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.
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd 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 participate (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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