The 2020 Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup Australia [1] was the sixteenth running of the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia motor racing series. This season had been greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and had the scheduled rounds in the calendar cancelled after the first race of round two during the 2020 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix weekend in Albert Park Melbourne. The year's season had a weekend at Sandown Raceway from the 11th-13th December. No champion was crowned this year's season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Team | Class | No. | Driver | Rounds |
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Grove Racing | PA | 4 | Stephen Grove | 1–2 |
P | 888 | Craig Lowndes [2] | 2 | |
McElrea Racing | PA | 6 | Tim Miles | 1–2 |
P | 7 | Harri Jones | 1–2 | |
PA | 30 | David Ryan | 1–2 | |
P | 36 | Cooper Murray | 1–2 | |
Porsche Centre Melbourne | P | 8 | Nick McBride | 1–2 |
PA | 9 | Marc Cini | 1–2 | |
Buik Motorsports | PA | 13 | Sam Shahin | 2 |
Volante Rosso Motorsport | P | 15 | Josh Hunt | 1 |
Ashley Seward Motorsport | PA | 22 | Dean Cook | 1–2 |
PA | 80 | Max Twigg | 1–2 | |
Lago Racing | P | 23 | David Russell | 1 |
PA | Roger Lago | 2 | ||
Garth Walden Racing | P | 34 | Duvashen Padayachee | 1–2 |
PA | 35 | Indiran Padayachee | 1–2 | |
Wall Racing | P | 38 | David Wall | 1–2 |
PA | 68 | Greg Ward | 1–2 | |
P | 96 | Joey Mawson | 1 | |
Sonic Motor Racing Services | P | 77 | Michael Almond | 1–2 |
P | 78 | Aaron Love | 1–2 | |
P | 100 | Dale Wood | 1–2 | |
P | 777 | Max Vidau | 1–2 | |
Cameron Hill Racing | P | 111 | Cameron Hill | 1–2 |
Scott Taylor Motorsport | PA | 222 | Scott Taylor | 1–2 |
Source: [3] |
A revised calendar for the remaining season was announced on 19 June 2020. [4]
Rnd | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Winning pro-am | |
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1 | R1 | Adelaide Street Circuit (Adelaide, South Australia) | 20–23 February | Cooper Murray | Cooper Murray | Cooper Murray | McElrea Racing | Dean Cook |
R2 | Nick McBride | Cooper Murray | McElrea Racing | Max Twigg | ||||
R3 | Cooper Murray | Cooper Murray | McElrea Racing | Stephen Grove | ||||
2 | R1 | Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit (Melbourne, Victoria) | 12–15 March [lower-alpha 1] | Dale Wood | Cooper Murray | Cameron Hill | Cameron Hill Racing | Stephen Grove |
R2 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||
R3 | ||||||||
R4 | ||||||||
3 | R1 | Sydney Motorsport Park (Sydney, New South Wales) | 15–16 August | |||||
R2 | ||||||||
R3 | ||||||||
4 | R1 | Townsville Street Circuit (Townsville, Queensland) | 29–30 August | |||||
R2 | ||||||||
R3 | ||||||||
5 | R1 | Sandown Raceway (Melbourne, Victoria) | 19–20 September | |||||
R2 | ||||||||
R3 | ||||||||
6 | R1 | Mount Panorama Circuit (Bathurst, New South Wales) | 8–11 October | |||||
R2 | ||||||||
R3 | ||||||||
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||
3 | R1 | Winton Motor Raceway (Winton, Victoria) | 18–19 July | |||||
R2 | ||||||||
R3 | ||||||||
Series standings are as follows:
Pos. | Driver | ADE | ALB | SYD | TOW | SAN | BAT | Pts. | ||||||||||||||
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Pro | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Cooper Murray | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | C | C | C | 217 | |||||||||||||
2 | David Wall | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | C | C | C | 194 | |||||||||||||
3 | Aaron Love | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | C | C | C | 159 | |||||||||||||
4 | Cameron Hill | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | C | C | C | 148 | |||||||||||||
5 | Dale Wood | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | C | C | C | 140 | |||||||||||||
6 | Nick McBride | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | C | C | C | 119 | |||||||||||||
7 | Max Vidau | 8 | 6 | 5 | 9 | C | C | C | 111 | |||||||||||||
8 | David Russell | 5 | 5 | 6 | 104 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Duvashen Padayachee | 10 | 9 | 10 | 6 | C | C | C | 87 | |||||||||||||
10 | Harri Jones | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | C | C | C | 83 | |||||||||||||
11 | Michael Almond | 6 | Ret | 18 | 12 | C | C | C | 52 | |||||||||||||
12 | Josh Hunt | 12 | 11 | 19 | 41 | |||||||||||||||||
13 | Craig Lowndes | Ret | C | C | C | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
14 | Joey Mawson | DNS | DNS | DNS | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Pro-Am | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Stephen Grove | 16 | 14 | 11 | 10 | C | C | C | 141 | |||||||||||||
2 | David Ryan | 17 | 17 | 14 | 17 | C | C | C | 116 | |||||||||||||
3 | Dean Cook | 13 | 13 | Ret | 20 | C | C | C | 114 | |||||||||||||
4 | Max Twigg | 14 | 12 | Ret | 14 | C | C | C | 114 | |||||||||||||
5 | Marc Cini | 15 | 16 | 18 | 15 | C | C | C | 113 | |||||||||||||
6 | Tim Miles | Ret | 15 | 12 | 16 | C | C | C | 96 | |||||||||||||
7 | Indiran Padayachee | 19 | 18 | 16 | 21 | C | C | C | 94 | |||||||||||||
8 | Greg Ward | 20 | 19 | 17 | 19 | C | C | C | 86 | |||||||||||||
9 | Scott Taylor | 18 | Ret | 15 | 18 | C | C | C | 74 | |||||||||||||
10 | Roger Lago | 11 | C | C | C | 41 | ||||||||||||||||
11 | Sam Shahin | 13 | C | C | C | 36 | ||||||||||||||||
Pos. | Driver | ADE | ALB | SYD | TOW | SAN | BAT | Pts. | ||||||||||||||
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