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	8	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
Buik Motorsport	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
Scott Taylor Motorsport	Challenge	222	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 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
3	R2	Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	1 May	Matt Campbell Geoff Emery	Shane van Gisbergen Paul Kelly	Matt Campbell Geoff Emery	McElrea Racing	Matt Campbell Geoff Emery
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			19 June		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
5	R2	Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	28 August		Ashley Walsh	Matt Campbell	McElrea Racing	Matt Campbell
6	R1	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	17 September	Matt Campbell	Alex Davison	Matt Campbell	McElrea Racing	Alex Davison
	R2			17 September		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			22 October		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.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

^ ^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
^ Gordon Lomas, Carrera Cup pushes for CAMS review backflip, Tuesday 30 June 2015, www.speedcafe.com, as archived at web.archive.org
^ "Clipsal 500 Adelaide Official Program 2016". 3 March 2016.
^ "2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Season Guide" (PDF). Retrieved 15 March 2016.
^ Porsche Carrera Cup Australia - Standings - Season 2016, www.carreracup.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

External links

Official website

[Regs-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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