The 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia was an Australian motor racing series open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars.2016 CAMS Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Series – Sporting and Technical Regulations – Version 2, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org 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. 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.Gordon Lomas, Carrera Cup pushes for CAMS review backflip, Tuesday 30 June 2015, www.speedcafe.com, as archived at web.archive.org

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 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 AllPorsche Centre Melbourne Pro 8 Dean Fiore Jake Camilleri 1–7 Guest Tony Longhurst 8 Challenge 9 Marc Cini Michael Caruso AllSteve 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 AllBuik 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.

Race calendar The championship was contested over eight rounds. 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 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.Porsche Carrera Cup Australia - Standings - Season 2016, www.carreracup.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

The following table reflects the series standings as at the completion of the season. Driver ADE MELSMPHID 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 1204.52 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 10723 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 9934 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 9405 Steven Richards 8 4 Ret 8 2 2 2 12 12 5 4 3 5 7 5 4 2 3 2 2 4 4 5 898.56 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 7067 Michael Almond 6 3 1 10 7 5 8 15 14 Ret 8 16 9 8 7 Ret 10 5 8 6 2 3 2 676.58 Dean Fiore 9 7 7 3 18 Ret 9 14 13 11 7 4 4 5 6 6 4 10 9 DNS 5449 Duvashen Padayachee 10 17 9 7 9 9 7 17 8 17 13 10 12 11 9 7 7 15 12 10 7 7 7 501.510 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 43511 Fraser Ross 5 6 6 6 6 7 Ret 13 9 8 15 15 8 12 9 8 8 421.512 James Abela Ret 14 10 9 8 16 10 19 Ret 9 6 7 10 10 8 9 11 12 10 9 11 9 9 415.513 Tony Bates† 11 10 8 13 14 15 Ret 3 15 14 12 12 15 16 10 10 Ret 20 13 12 15 14 13 379.514 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 36815 Garth Walden Ret 12 Ret 12 11 10DSQ 20 18 Ret 10 8 13 13 11 11 8 8 7 7 10 10 Ret 361.516 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 31517 Stephen Grove† 13 15 Ret 14 12 12 13 11 11 Ret 14 Ret 14 15 12 14 14 17 Ret 14 13 11 11 290.518 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 25719 Marc Cini† 14 16 11 18 17 Ret 15 16 19 13 Ret 14 19 19 13 12 15 21 16 18 16 13 15 242.520 Shane van Gisbergen 5 4 11721 Scott Taylor 16 Ret 13 20 20 18 15 17 DNS DNS DNS 8022 Max Twigg 7 5 11 18 11 4423 Daniel Stutterd 14 Ret 16 2224 Tony Longhurst DNS DNS DNS 17 15 Ret 20 Driver ADE MELSMPHID SMP SAN BAT SUR Pts.Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap † - Challenge Class

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