2023 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia

2023 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia

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The 2023 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship (Known for commercial reasons as the 2023 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship) was the nineteenth running of the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship.

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Location	Dates
1	Albert Park Circuit	Albert Park, Victoria	30 March–2 April
2	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	17–18 June
3	Reid Park Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	8–9 July
4	The Bend Motorsport Park	Tailem Bend, South Australia	19–20 August
5	Sandown Raceway	Springvale, Victoria	17 September
6	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	8 October
7	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	28–29 October
8	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	25–26 November
Source

Teams and Drivers

All drivers will be running the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (992) cars

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Wall Racing	2	Luke King	P	1–4
	27	Liam Talbot	PA	5–7
	38	David Wall	P	1–7
	86	Drew Hall	PA	1, 4–6
Porsche Centre Melbourne	3	Fabian Coulthard	P	2–8
	8	Nick McBride	P	1
	9	Marc Cini	PA	1
	14	Matthew Belford	PA	1
	32	Courtney Prince	P	All
TekworkX Motorsport	5	Thomas Maxwell	P	1–7
	23	Daniel Stutterd	PA	1–6, 8
		Luke Youlden	P	7
	72	Max Vidau	P	All
	75	Kenny Habul	PA	1
McElrea Racing	7	Tim Miles	PA	All
	11	Jackson Walls	P	All
	28	Bayley Hall	P	All
	76	Christian Pancione	P	All
	101	Ryder Quinn	P	1–2, 4–8
Melbourne Performance Centre	8	Nick McBride	P	2–7
	9	Marc Cini	PA	2–8
	14	Matthew Belford	PA	2–8
Jones Motorsport	12	Harri Jones	P	6-7
Buik Motorsports	13	Sam Shahin	PA	All
Earl Bamber Motorsport	17	Callum Hedge	P	1–5, 7–8
		Chris van der Drift	P	6
	20	Adrian Flack	PA	All
	87	Garth Tander	P	4
	99	David Russell	P	1–3, 5–6
	992	Dale Wood	P	All
EMA Motorsport	19	Harry King	P	6
	42	Chris Pither	P	1–4
	74	Garnet Patterson	P	1–2, 5–6
RAM Motorsport	22	Dean Cook	PA	All
	35	Indiran Padayachee	PA	1
	88	Dylan O'Keeffe	P	All
Sonic Motor Racing Services	77	Rodney Jane	PA	1–7
	78	Marcos Flack	P	7
	777	Simon Fallon	P	All
	999	Angelo Mouzouris	P	All
Scott Taylor Motorsport	222	Alex Davison	P	1–4, 6-8
Source: [1]

Icon	Class
P	Pro
PA	Pro-Am

Driver Changes

• Chris Pither joined EMA Motorsport to replace David Russell who joined Earl Bamber Motorsport. ^[1]
• Ryder Quinn joined the series, driving for McElrea Racing. ^[1]
• Courtney Prince graduated from Porsche Sprint Challenge Australia to join Porsche Melbourne. ^[1]
• Dean Cook left Ashley Seward Motorsport to join RAM Motorsport. ^[1]
• Luke King joined the series, after competing in the TCR Australia Touring Car Series. ^[1]

Results

Rd	Circuit	Round Winner
		Class	Driver
1	Albert Park Circuit	P	Jackson Walls
		PA	Adrian Flack
2	Hidden Valley Raceway	P	Dale Wood
		PA	Dean Cook
3	Reid Park Street Circuit	P	Alex Davison
		PA	Sam Shahin
4	The Bend Motorsport Park	P	Callum Hedge
		PA	Sam Shahin
5	Sandown Raceway	P	Dylan O'Keeffe
		PA	Dean Cook
6	Mount Panorama Circuit	P	Harry King
		PA	Liam Talbot
7	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	P	Bayley Hall
		PA	Adrian Flack
8	Adelaide Street Circuit	P	Dale Wood
		PA	Dean Cook

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole	Fastest lap	Pro Winner	ProAm Winner
1	R1	Albert Park Circuit	Callum Hedge	Race cancelled due to a lap 2 crash [2]
	R2			Max Vidau	Max Vidau	Adrian Flack
	R3			Max Vidau	Jackson Walls	Adrian Flack
2	R1	Hidden Valley Raceway	Dale Wood	Bayley Hall	Dale Wood	Sam Shahin
	R2			Dale Wood	Dale Wood	Rodney Jane
	R3			Dale Wood	Dale Wood	Adrian Flack
3	R1	Reid Park Street Circuit	Callum Hedge	Thomas Maxwell	Max Vidau	Adrian Flack
	R2			Alex Davison	Max Vidau	Adrian Flack
	R3			Thomas Maxwell	Alex Davison	Sam Shahin
4	R1	The Bend Motorsport Park	Callum Hedge	Jackson Walls	Callum Hedge	Sam Shahin
	R2			Simon Fallon	Callum Hedge	Dean Cook
	R3			Jackson Walls	Callum Hedge	Sam Shahin
5	R1	Sandown Raceway	Dylan O'Keeffe	Bayley Hall	Dylan O'Keeffe	Sam Shahin
	R2			Callum Hedge	Callum Hedge	Adrian Flack
	R3			Jackson Walls	Dylan O'Keeffe	Rodney Jane
6	R1	Mount Panorama Circuit	Harri Jones	Harri Jones	Harry King	Liam Talbot
	R2			Chris van der Drift	Harry King	Liam Talbot
	R3			Harry King	Harry King	Liam Talbot
7	R1	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Callum Hedge	Jackson Walls	Callum Hedge	Liam Talbot
	R2			Harri Jones	Bayley Hall	Dean Cook
	R3			Callum Hedge	Bayley Hall	Adrian Flack
8	R1	Adelaide Street Circuit	Callum Hedge	Bayley Hall	Dale Wood	Dean Cook
	R2			Callum Hedge	Dale Wood	Adrian Flack
	R3			Bayley Hall	Dale Wood	Sam Shahin

Championship Standings

Pro

Pos.	Driver	No.	MEL			HID			TOW			BEN			SAN			BAT			SUR			ADE			Pen	Points
1	Callum Hedge	17	C	3	3	4	2	2	6	3	3	1	1	1	3	1	12				1	10	6	2	2	7	0	935
2	Jackson Walls	11	C	2	1	2	3	3	5	4	2	2	2	12	10	Ret	9	6	5	4	6	2	2	3	4	Ret	0	905
3	Dale Wood	992	C	5	4	1	1	1	14	14	14	7	8	8	5	4	3	8	20	18	Ret	8	13	1	1	1	10	757
4	Dylan O'Keeffe	88	C	16	11	20	8	8	9	7	13	3	6	Ret	1	2	1	4	8	5	2	3	4	9	8	2	0	751
5	Max Vidau	72	C	1	2	9	19	17	1	1	5	8	5	3	Ret	7	5	10	6	5	Ret	DNS	DNS	6	3	3	0	664
6	Bayley Hall	28	C	8	8	18	13	14	Ret	8	12	6	7	6	2	3	2	Ret	14	11	5	1	1	11	10	4	0	649
7	Fabian Coulthard	3				8	6	7	4	6	4	12	18	10	6	6	14	5	18	12	12	5	3	10	7	5	10	559
8	Alex Davison	222	C	9	9	13	11	11	2	2	1	19	16	Ret				17	13	14	7	12	7	4	5	10	0	493
9	Simon Fallon	777	C	DNS	DNS	11	7	5	Ret	9	16	5	3	2	8	8	4	12	10	7	11	6	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	25	438
10	Christian Pancione	76	C	10	16	15	12	12	8	Ret	Ret	4	4	4	9	Ret	Ret	14	12	13	8	7	5	7	15	Ret	10	424
11	Angelo Mouzouris	999	C	7	7	14	14	13	10	15	11	13	17	7	16	9	Ret	11	19	20	Ret	13	10	8	9	6	0	410
12	David Wall	38	C	12	13	5	5	10	3	5	7	14	12	Ret	7	Ret	11	Ret	15	16	3	16	Ret				15	375
13	Nick McBride	8	C	4	6	6	16	19	11	10	10	9	10	11	12	Ret	Ret	11	19	20	9	14	12				0	343
14	Thomas Maxwell	5	C	Ret	14	3	4	4	12	Ret	8	17	15	9	11	10	7	15	16	18	Ret	DNS	DNS				0	329
15	David Russell	99	C	6	5	12	10	6	Ret	DNS	DNS				4	5	8	7	4	15							0	323
16	Ryder Quinn	101	C	17	12	17	Ret	DNS				16	14	Ret	13	12	10	16	9	10	Ret	9	8	5	6	Ret	0	277
17	Courtney Prince	32	C	15	18	19	17	18	15	13	15	18	19	13	14	13	13	18	17	19	10	Ret	14	15	11	8	0	267
18	Garnet Patterson	74	C	11	10	7	9	9							15	11	6	9	7	8							0	232
19	Harri Jones	12																2	2	2	Ret	4	DNS				0	205
20	Harry King	19																1	1	1							0	180
21	Chris Pither	42	C	13	15	10	18	15	7	12	6	15	11	Ret													0	170
22	Luke King	2	C	14	17	16	15	16	13	11	9	11	13	14													0	153
23	Chris van der Drift	17																3	3	3							0	144
24	Garth Tander	87										10	9	5													0	85
25	Luke Youlden	23																			4	15	9				0	76
26	Marcos Flack	78																			13	11	11				0	50

Pro-Am

Pos.	Driver	No.	MEL			HID			TOW			BEN			SAN			BAT			SUR			ADE			Pen	Points
1	Adrian Flack	20	C	1	1	3	7	1	1	1	Ret	2	5	2	8	1	Ret	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	4	0	1104
2	Dean Cook	22	C	4	5	2	3	3	7	3	5	3	1	4	2	2	3	7	3	6	3	1	2	1	2	2	0	1074
3	Sam Shahin	13	C	5	3	1	4	4	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	3	Ret	3	5	5	4	Ret	3	3	3	1	0	1052
4	Matthew Belford	14	C	3	4	4	Ret	6	4	5	2	5	4	8	4	Ret	5	4	4	3	Ret	Ret	DNS	6	7	5	0	678
5	Marc Cini	9	C	6	7	8	6	8	8	7	4	9	9	9	7	7	8	9	8	Ret	7	4	4	7	6	7	0	647
6	Rodney Jane	77	C	2	2	7	1	7	3	4	6	4	3	5	9	5	1	Ret	Ret	DNS	5	Ret	DNS				0	629
7	Tim Miles	7	C	8	Ret	6	2	2	6	Ret	Ret	6	7	6	5	8	4	6	Ret	7	6	Ret	5	4	4	6	15	625
8	Daniel Stutterd	23	C	DNS	DNS	5	5	5	5	6	3	8	6	3	Ret	Ret	6	5	6	4				5	5	3	0	592
9	Liam Talbot	27													3	4	2	1	1	1	1	3	DNS				0	433
10	Drew Hall	86	C	7	6							7	8	7	6	6	7	8	7	8							0	319
11	Indiran Padayachee	35	C	DNS	DNS																						0	0
12	Kenny Habul	75	C	DNS	DNS																						0	0

References

1. "Champion's return headlines epic 2023 Carrera Cup round 1 field". Porsche Carrera Cup Australia . 25 March 2023.
2. "Dramatic end to opening day of Carrera Cup season". 30 May 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.