Paul Francis Stokell (born 8 March 1968 in Tasmania) is an Australian racing driver. Highly decorated in every category he has competed, Stokell has been a race and multiple championship winning driver in open wheel, sportscar racing and tarmac rallying, consistently since the early 1990s and remains so today having won back to back Australian Targa Championship in 2018/2019.
While Tasmanian born, today Stokell is Queensland based where he has operated a performance driving school since 2008, and has been involved with the Sherrin Motor Sport Porsche Carrera Cup team taking their maiden victory in 2007.
Open wheelers Stokell first emerged into the national spotlight racing in the national Australian Formula Ford series, taking a Reynard to runner up in the 1990 title behind Russell Ingall. 1990 Australian Formula Ford pointscore Stokell tried to push his career in England in the next couple of years however a lack of support forced his return to Australian racing in 1993 driving for Malcolm Ramsay's South Australian Birrana Racing team in Formula Brabham (which reverted to its original name of Formula Holden in 1996). With Stokell leading, Birrana came to dominate the category and Stokell took a trifecta of Australian Drivers' Championships in the mid-90s. In 1994, he represented Australia in the EFDA Nations Cup but the highlight of the era was his first international victory, winning the 1994 New Zealand International Series and 1995 Pan Pacific title including the Indonesian Grand Prix.
Sports cars In 1998, Stokell led an importer supported team driving Lotus Elise in the Australian GT Production Car Championship and against larger and more powerful cars Stokell became a giant-killer in the Lotus, finishing sixth in the championship. Out of this effort came an invitation to join the newly formed Team Lamborghini Australia, to race Lamborghini Diablos in the Australian Nations Cup Championship. Starting in 2000, Stokell was a constant front runner in the black Diablo and again became a championship winner in 2003 and 2004. In 2005, he drove in one round of the FIA GT Championship in a Lotus placing second in the G2 class.
Since then Stokell has made sporadic appearances in a variety of categories and became a competitor and entrant in the new Mini Challenge series in 2008 and became series champion in 2009. He followed that by representing Australia for the second time in the Spanish Mini Challenge in 2010 as well as finishing second in the Australian Mini Challenge in 2010.
Career results Some results sources from: PaulStokel.com Career Highlights Season Series Position Car Team 1990 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series 2nd Reynard FF88 Ford Swift FB90 Ford Phoenix MotorsportSwift Australia 1992 Australian Drivers' Championship 15th Shrike NB89H Holden 1993 Australian Drivers' Championship 3rd Reynard 90D Holden Birrana Racing 1994 Australian Drivers' Championship 1st Reynard 91D Holden Birrana Racing EFDA Nations Cup 16th † Van Diemen – Opel Team Australia 1995 Australian Drivers' Championship 1st Reynard 91D Holden Birrana Racing Pan-Pacific Formula Brabham Championship 1st 1996 Australian Drivers' Championship 1st Reynard 91D Holden Birrana Racing 1998 Australian GT Production Car Championship 6th Lotus Elise Sport 19 2000 Australian Nations Cup Championship 4th Lamborghini Diablo SVR Team Lamborghini Australia Shell Championship Series 50th Ford Falcon (AU) Steven Ellery Racing 2001 Australian Drivers' Championship 11th Reynard Holden Birrana Racing Australian Nations Cup Championship 2nd Lamborghini Diablo SVR Team Lamborghini Australia Shell Championship Series 74th Ford Falcon (AU) Dick Johnson Racing 2002 Australian Nations Cup Championship 4th Lamborghini Diablo GTR Team Lamborghini Australia V8Supercar Championship Series 47th Ford Falcon (AU) Paul Little Racing 2003 Australian Nations Cup Championship 1st Lamborghini Diablo GTR Team Lamborghini Australia V8Supercar Championship Series 69th Ford Falcon (BA) Paul Little Racing Australian GT Performance Championship 21st Volkswagen Golf R32 Volkswagen Australia 2004 Australian Nations Cup Championship 1st Lamborghini Diablo GTR Team Lamborghini Australia Australian GT Performance Championship 2nd Volkswagen Golf R32 Volkswagen Australia V8 Supercar Championship Series 57th Holden Commodore (VY) Team Dynamik 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 14th Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Australian GT Championship 24th Lamborghini Gallardo Team Palmer 2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 19th Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Sherrin Motor Sport Australian Mini Challenge 2nd Mini John Cooper Works Challenge Decorug Racing 2009 Australian Mini Challenge 1st Mini John Cooper Works Challenge Decorug Racing 2010 Australian Mini Challenge 2nd Mini John Cooper Works Challenge Decorug Racing 2021 GT World Challenge Australia - GT Am 6th Audi R8 LMS (2015) Melbourne Performance Centre 2022 GT World Challenge Australia - GT Am 1st Audi R8 LMS Evo II Melbourne Performance Centre 2023 GT World Challenge Australia - GT Am 2nd Audi R8 LMS Evo II Melbourne Performance Centre 2024 GT World Challenge Australia - Sprint Series 8th Audi R8 LMS Evo II Melbourne Performance Centre GT World Challenge Australia - Endurance Cup 5th 2025 GT World Challenge Australia - Trophy 3rd Audi R8 LMS Evo Melbourne Performance Centre † Team result
Complete Indonesian Grand Prix results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Car 1 2 Rank Points 1993 Reynard 90D Mugen-Honda SEN SEN 2nd 30
Complete V8 Supercar results Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final pos Points 2000 Steven Ellery RacingPHIPTHADL ECKHDVCAN QLDWIN OPK CDR QLDSAN BAT 50 56 2001 Dick Johnson RacingPHIADL ECKHDVCANPTHCDROPK QLD WIN BAT PUK SAN 74th 72 2002 Toll Racing ADL PHI ECK HDV CAN PTH ORP WIN QLDBAT SUR PUK SAN 1 SAN 2 47th 81 2003 Toll Racing ADL PHI ECK WIN PTH HDV QLD ORP SANBAT SUR PUK ECK 69th 80 2004 Team Dynamik ADL ECK PUK HDV PTH QLD WIN ORP SAN BAT SUR SYM ECK 57th 144
Complete Australian Nations Cup results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final pos Points 2000 Team Lamborghini Australia Lamborghini Diablo SVR ADLECKCAN QLDORACAL SUR BAT 4th 147 2001 Team Lamborghini Australia Lamborghini Diablo SVR ADL WAKCAN QLD ECKSAN SURORA 2nd 876 2002 Team Lamborghini Australia Lamborghini Diablo GTR ADLSYMORA WINQLDWAK PHI SUR 4th 855 2003 Team Lamborghini Australia Lamborghini Diablo GTR ADLSYM WAK QLD ORA PHI WIN SUR 1st 539 2004 Team Lamborghini Australia Lamborghini Diablo GTR ADL ORA SAN WIN ECK WAK MAL 1st 572
Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Drivers Class Laps Outright Class 1990 Toyota Team Australia Toyota Corolla FX-GT Mike Dowson John Faulkner 3 130 27th 3rd 1997 Wayne Gardner Racing Holden Commodore VS Peter Bradbury Anthony Tratt L1 16 DNF DNF 1998 Wayne Gardner Racing Holden VS Commodore Wayne Gardner OC 149 13th 12th 2000 Steven Ellery Racing Ford AU Falcon Steven Ellery 82 DNF DNF 2002 Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon AU Anthony Tratt 160 12th 12th 2003 Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon BA Anthony Tratt 106 DNF DNF 2004 Team Dynamik Holden Commodore VY Simon Wills 159 13th 13th
Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2003 Mark Coffey Racing Allan Simonsen Luke Youlden Peter Hackett Lamborghini Diablo GTR A 487 8th 6th
Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2009 Rockstar Energy Drink Josh Hunt Jonathon Webb Nissan 350Z B 149 DNF DNF 2014 Fiat Abarth Motorsport Clyde Campbell Joshua Dowling Toby Hagon Fiat Abarth 500 F 236 22nd 2nd 2022 Supabarn Motorsport James Koundouris Theo Koundouris David Russell Audi R8 LMS Evo II AAm 283 9th 1st
References
External links
Paul Stokell - Third Turn profile. Paul Stokell - Speedsport Profile. Paul Stokell - Conrad V8 Profile.