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
The following teams and drivers contested the series.
Team | Class | No. | Driver | Pro-am co-driver | Rounds |
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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]
Series standings
The series was won by Matt Campbell.[5] The following table reflects the series standings as at the completion of the season.
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Bold - Pole position |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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