2016 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

2016 Australian Carrera Cup Championship season
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The 2016 Australian Carrera Cup Championship is the 12th Carrera Cup. Nick Foster is the defending champion in the professional class while Shane Smollen is the defending champion in the elite class.

Teams and drivers

Team	Class	No.	Driver	Pro-Am Co-Driver	Rounds
Grove Hire	Challenge	4	Stephen Grove	Lee Holdsworth	1–3
McElrea Racing	Pro	7	Matt Campbell	Geoff Emery	1–3
	Pro	45	Duvashen Padayachee	Roger Lago	1–3
	Pro	54	James Abela	Tony Walls	1–3
Porsche Centre Melbourne	Pro	8	Dean Fiore	Jake Camilleri	1–3
	Challenge	9	Marc Cini	Michael Caruso	1–3
Steve Richards Motorsport	Pro	12	Steven Richards	Dean Grant	1–3
MotorOne Car Care	Challenge	13	James Bergmuller	Garth Tander	1–3
Garth Walden Racing	Pro	21	Garth Walden	Ash Samadi	1–3
Tony Bates Racing	Challenge	24	Tony Bates	David Reynolds	1–3
Buik Motorsport	Pro	25	Alex Davison	David-Calvert Jones	1–3
	Pro	26	Michael Almond	John Goodacre	1–3
Wall Racing	Pro	38	David Wall	Adrian Flack	1–3
McGrath Estate Agents	Challenge	56	Shane Smollen	Nick Percat	1–3
Sonic Motor Racing Services	Challenge	39	Adrian Mastronardo	Tim Slade	1–3
	Pro	77	Nick McBride	Dylan Thomas	1–3
	Pro	777	Ashley Walsh	Max Twigg	1–3
Dexion Supply Centre	Pro	88	Dylan O’Keeffe	Sam Walter	1–3
Scott Taylor Motorsport	Pro	222	Shane Van Gisbergen	Paul Kelly	3
DNA Racing	Pro	360	Fraser Ross	David Ryan	1–3

All vehicles were Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 cars.^[1]

Race calendar

The championship is being contested over eight rounds^[2]

Round	Circuit	City / State	Date	Format	Winning driver(s)
1	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	3–6 March	Three races	Nick McBride
2	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	17–20 March	Four races[3]	Alex Davison
3	Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	29 April–1 May	Two races	Matt Campbell
4	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	17–19 June	Three races
5	Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	26–28 August	Three races
6	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	16–18 September	Three races
7	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	6–9 October	Three races
8	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	21–23 October	Three races

Championship Standings

Pos. Driver[4] ADE MEL SMP HID SMP SAN BAT SUR Pts. 1 Matt Campbell 1 9 2 1 3 4 5 1 1 456.5 2 Nick McBride 2 2 3 2 4 3 3 8 2 420 3 Alex Davison 4 8 4 4 1 1 1 6 7 368 4 Ashley Walsh 3 1 Ret Ret 10 6 4 7 5 276 5 David Wall 7 5 5 5 5 8 6 4 17 275 6 Michael Almond 6 3 1 10 7 5 8 15 14 258 7 Steven Richards 8 4 Ret 8 2 2 2 12 12 257 8 Fraser Ross 5 6 6 6 6 7 Ret 13 9 225.5 9 James Bergmuller^† 15 18 12 15 Ret 13 16 2 6 190.5 10 Duvashen Padayachee 10 17 9 7 9 9 7 17 8 182.5 11 Tony Bates^† 11 10 8 13 14 15 Ret 3 15 181 12 Dean Fiore 9 7 7 3 18 Ret 9 14 13 179 13 Shane Smollen^† 12 11 Ret 16 13 Ret 12 10 3 166 14 Stephen Grove^† 13 15 Ret 14 12 12 13 11 11 123 15 Shane van Gisbergen 5 4 117 16 Adrian Mastronardo^† 16 19 13 17 16 14 14 9 16 113.5 17 Marc Cini^† 14 16 11 18 17 Ret 15 16 19 86.5 18 Garth Walden Ret 12 Ret 12 11 10 DSQ 20 18 77.5 19 Dylan O'Keeffe DNS 13 Ret 11 15 11 11 18 10 75 20 James Abela Ret 14 10 9 8 16 10 19 Ret 71.5 Pos. Driver ADE MEL SMP HID SMP SAN BAT SUR Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap † - Challenge Class

References

1. "Clipsal 500 Adelaide Official Program 2016". 3 March 2016.
2. "2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Season Guide" (PDF). Retrieved 15 March 2016.
3. "Carrera Cup set for four-race fight in Melbourne". www.carreracup.com.au. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
4. "Standings – Season 2016". Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship. Confederation of Australian Motor Sport. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

External links

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