2017 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia

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The 2017 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia was an Australian motor racing series for Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 991) 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. It was the 13th Carrera Cup to be contested in Australia in which the series was won by David Wall.

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Teams and drivers

TeamClassCar#DriverPro-am co-driverRounds
Grove Motorsport Challenge4 a Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stephen Grove Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade All
Zagame MotorsportPro5 b Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron McConville Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony BatesAll
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Almond1–2, 4
McElrea RacingPro7 c Flag of New Zealand.svg Jaxon Evans Flag of New Zealand.svg Tim MilesAll
33 d Flag of New Zealand.svg Simon Ellingham Flag of Australia (converted).svg John GoodacreAll
54 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Abela Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony Gilbertson1–3
1364–8
Porsche Centre MelbournePro8 e Flag of Germany.svg Lars Kern 1–2, 5
Challenge Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Grant Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth 3
Pro Flag of New Zealand.svg Daniel Gaunt 7
Challenge9 f Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marc Cini Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Fiore 1–3, 5–8
Pro23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brenton Grove 6, 8
Buik MotorsportChallenge13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sam Shahin Flag of New Zealand.svg Daniel Gaunt 3–4, 6–8
Pro26 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Almond6–8
Twigg MotorsportChallenge18 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Twigg7–8
Garth Walden Racing Challenge21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rob Woods Flag of Australia (converted).svg Duvashen Padayachee 3
Pro29 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Walden 8
DNA RacingChallenge22 g Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Cook2, 5–6, 8
131 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Williams Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Foster2–3, 5–8
Motorsport LeasingChallenge34 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Morriss6
Wall Racing Pro38 h Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Wall Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane SmollenAll
Challenge156 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Smollen5
STR Truck RadiosChallenge48 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Palmer2
Miles Advisory PartnersChallenge70 i Flag of New Zealand.svg Tim Miles4–7
Sonic Motor Racing Services Pro77 j Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick McBride Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dylan ThomasAll
79 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Love 6–8
777 Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron IrelandAll
Ashley Seward MotorsportPro88 k Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dylan O'Keeffe Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam GowansAll
888 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Emery All
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Race calendar

The series was contested over eight rounds with a joined round with Porsche Carrera Cup Asia at Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. [2]

RoundCircuitCity / stateDatePole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning teamRound winner
1R1 Flag of South Australia.svg Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 3 March Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner Flag of Germany.svg Lars Kern Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner Sonic Motor Racing Services Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner
R24 March Flag of New Zealand.svg Jaxon Evans Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Wall Wall Racing
R35 March Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Wall Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner Sonic Motor Racing Services
2R1 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne, Victoria 23 March Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick McBride Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron McConville Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick McBride Sonic Motor Racing Services Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron McConville
R224 March Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick McBride Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick McBride Sonic Motor Racing Services
R325 March Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron McConville Zagame Motorsport
R426 March Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison Ashley Seward Motorsport
3R1 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 27 May Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron Ireland
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Williams
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Foster
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick McBride
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dylan Thomas
Sonic Motor Racing Services Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Wall
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Smollen
R228 May Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dylan O'Keeffe
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Gowans
Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron Ireland
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Grant
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth
Porsche Centre Melbourne
4R1 Flag of the Northern Territory.svg Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 17 June Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Wall Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison Flag of New Zealand.svg Jaxon Evans McElrea Racing Flag of New Zealand.svg Jaxon Evans
R218 June Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison Flag of New Zealand.svg Jaxon Evans McElrea Racing
R3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner Flag of New Zealand.svg Jaxon Evans McElrea Racing
5R1 Flag of Malaysia.svg Sepang International Circuit Sepang, Malaysia 22 July Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Wall Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Wall Wall Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Wall
R223 July Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Wall Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Wall Wall Racing
6R1 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 16 September Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick McBride Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick McBride Sonic Motor Racing Services Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick McBride
R2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick McBride Sonic Motor Racing Services
R317 September Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison Ashley Seward Motorsport
7R1 Flag of New South Wales.svg Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 6 October Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Wall Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Wall Wall Racing Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner
R27 October Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner Sonic Motor Racing Services
R38 October Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner Sonic Motor Racing Services
8R1 Flag of Queensland.svg Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 21 October Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner Flag of New Zealand.svg Jaxon Evans Flag of New Zealand.svg Jaxon Evans McElrea Racing Flag of New Zealand.svg Jaxon Evans
R222 October Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner Sonic Motor Racing Services
R3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison Flag of New Zealand.svg Jaxon Evans McElrea Racing

Series standings

Pos.Driver ADE
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AGP
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PHI
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg
HID
Flag of the Northern Territory.svg
SEP
Flag of Malaysia.svg
SAN
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg
BAT
Flag of New South Wales.svg
SUR
Flag of Queensland.svg
Pts.
Pro
1 David Wall 212655524233114661233551145
2 Andre Heimgartner 131227363864482323112131125
3 Alex Davison 4Ret754211423222532123210321055
4Nick McBride87411341Ret78894113564877901
5 Jaxon Evans 36510DNS668611157DNS544Ret6121879.5
6 Dylan O'Keeffe 75346473Ret44732985679464855
7 Cameron McConville 62933121586757957774561010789
8James Abela5488910107Ret55610Ret81381198Ret96527.5
9Michael AlmondRetRet6778891091212109Ret8Ret11548465
10Simon EllinghamDNS10121211Ret1213111211111615121412141313151313344
11 Lars Kern RetRetDNS989963191.5
12 Jordan Love 6Ret1495101189187
13 Brenton Grove 741091212146
14 Daniel Gaunt 108775
15 Garth Walden 7111165
Challenge
1Stephen Grove981011101111571312Ret111015109Ret12Ret12RetDNS1061
2Marc Cini10911Ret12121391215141616131311Ret181515904.5
3Sam Shahin4911109171215DNS1415161616681
4Graham Williams1515151611101716181817151516171717668.5
5Tim Miles10Ret101211111111121012634
6Dean Cook141413151413121516141414580
7Dean Grant101153
8Matt Palmer13131414144
9Shane Smollen1612136
10Rob Woods125129
11Max TwiggRetRet1413RetDNS108
guest drivers ineligible to score points
John Morriss1417Ret0

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