Matt Campbell | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Born | Warwick, Queensland | 17 February 1995
WEC career | |
Debut season | 2018–19 |
Current team | Porsche Penske Motorsport |
Racing licence | FIA Platinum |
Car number | 5 |
Former teams | Dempsey-Proton Racing |
Starts | 22 |
Wins | 5 |
Poles | 5 |
Fastest laps | 5 |
Best finish | 2nd in 2018-19 |
Previous series | |
2019 2017 2017 2016-17, 2021-2022 2015-16 2014-15 2014 2012-13 2011-12 | Intercontinental GT Challenge Porsche Supercup Carrera Cup Germany Supercars Carrera Cup Australia Australian GT Championship Porsche GT3 Challenge Aus Australian Formula Ford Queensland Formula Ford |
Championship titles | |
2022 2016 2012 | IMSA SportsCar GTD Pro Carrera Cup Australia Queensland Formula Ford |
Matt Campbell (born 17 February 1995) is an Australian racing car driver, specialising in sports car racing. He is a Porsche factory driver, having formerly been a junior then young professional. Campbell won the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship in the GTD Pro class (with Jaminet) and is now a full-time driver of the #5 Porsche 963 for Porsche Penske Motorsport in the World Endurance Championship in the Hypercar class. Campbell won the 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia driving for McElrea Racing. Campbell moved to Germany in 2017 and was third in the 2017 Porsche Supercup. He has a victorie in the LMGTE Am Class at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans. Campbell also won overall the Bathurst 12 Hour in 2019 and 2024, driving a Porsche 911 GT3 R for Earl Bamber Motorsport and Manthey Racing respectively.
When Campbell was 14, he got a Datsun 1200 coupe, he raced with that with the support of his mother. Campbell's grandfather Bill and aunt Teresa are both racing drivers, Bill managed Morgan Park Raceway in the family's home town of Warwick for many years until his death in 2015. Matt then got some driver coaching and entered the Queensland and Australian Formula Ford Series racing with Synergy Motorsport in the national series. [1]
In 2014, Campbell competed in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia dominating the B class championship. He moved up to the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship in 2015, finishing third in the series, and then won the 2016 series. [2]
In 2017, Campbell relocated to Germany and he drove for Fach Auto Tech in the Porsche Supercup, finishing third overall. This led to a drive for Dempsey-Proton Racing in the LMGTE Am class of the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship. He won the class at the second round of the series, the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving with Christian Ried and Julien Andlauer. The same driver combination also took victory in the third round, the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone. Campbell and Andlauer would finish second in the LMGTE Am championship after receiving a points penalty for a software issue that ultimately denied them a championship victory despite winning five of the eight rounds. The 2019-20 season with Dempsey-Proton was disappointing ending eighth in the championship. Campbell also raced in GT3 around the world, for Rowe Racing in the 2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup in Europe and for Wright Motorsports in the 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge America making top five finishes in both series. The season highlight was his charge through the field in the final hour to win the 2019 Bathurst 12 Hour with Earl Bamber Motorsport. [3] In 2020, outside of his Dempsey-Proton duties, Campbell was runner up in the Intercontinental GT Challenge racing with Mathieu Jaminet and Patrick Pilet, racing with the Absolute Racing and GPX Racing teams. He also raced with star Belgian GT3 team Manthey Racing in the Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie and with CORE Autosport in the IMSA Sportscar Championship. 2021 saw Campbell link with Proton Competition's American campaign in the IMSA Sportscar Championship as a co-driver with Cooper MacNeil in the GTLM class, placing fourth in the series sharing victories three times. In the World Endurance Championship, Dempsey-Proton was the best of the Porsche teams in LMGTE Am and finished third in the championship with Christian Ried and Jaxon Evans after a pair of second places at the final two rounds. Another highlight was a come-from-behind victory in the 2021 Paul Ricard 1000km with GPX Racing. Campbell and Jaminet dominated the 2022 IMSA Sportscar Championship in the GTD Pro class with Pfaff Motorsports winning five of the ten races.
Campbell made his Supercars debut for Nissan Motorsport in 2016, co-driving with Todd Kelly in the Pirtek Enduro Cup. [4] [5] In 2017, Campbell joined defending champion Shane van Gisbergen at Triple Eight Race Engineering and took fifth place at Bathurst, to date his best finish in the Bathurst 1000.
† As Campbell was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. * Season still in progress.
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
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2014 | Fiat Abarth Motorsport | Matt Cherry Luke Ellery | Fiat Abarth 500 | F | 10 | 28th | 3rd |
2015 | Amac Motorsport | Andrew Macpherson Bradley Shiels | Porsche 997 GT3-R | AA | 41 | DNF | DNF |
2016 | Objective Racing | Warren Luff Tim Slade Tony Walls | McLaren 650S GT3 | AA | 49 | DNF | DNF |
2017 | Competition Motorsports | David Calvert-Jones Patrick Long Marc Lieb | Porsche 911 GT3 R | APA | 289 | 2nd | 1st |
2018 | Competition Motorsports | David Calvert-Jones Patrick Long Alex Davison | Porsche 911 GT3 R | APA | 271 | 4th | 2nd |
2019 | Earl Bamber Motorsport | Dennis Olsen Dirk Werner | Porsche 911 GT3 R | APP | 312 | 1st | 1st |
2020 | Absolute Racing | Mathieu Jaminet Patrick Pilet | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro | 312 | 4th | 4th |
2023 | Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport | Mathieu Jaminet Thomas Preining | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro | 323 | 2nd | 2nd |
2024 | Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport | Ayhancan Güven Laurens Vanthoor | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro | 275 | 1st | 1st |
Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Lap |
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2016 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | Todd Kelly | DNF | 157 |
2017 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VF | Shane van Gisbergen | 5th | 161 |
2021 | Kelly Grove Racing | Ford Mustang Mk.6 | Andre Heimgartner | NC | 159 |
2022 | Grove Racing | Ford Mustang Mk.6 | David Reynolds | DNF | 4 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Points |
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2017 | Fach Auto Tech | CAT 5 | CAT 3 | MON 5 | RBR 1 | SIL 7 | HUN 16 | SPA 6 | SPA 5 | MNZ 1 | MEX 1 | MEX 1 | 3rd | 151 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
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2018–19 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SPA 4 | LMS 1 | SIL 1 | FUJ DSQ | SHA 1 | SEB 1 | SPA 1 | LMS 2 | 2nd | 110 1 |
2019–20 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL 5 | FUJ 5 | SHA 11 | BHR 6 | COA 5 | SPA 2 | LMS 2 | BHR | 8th | 98.5 |
2021 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | SPA Ret | ALG Ret | MNZ 5 | LMS 4 | BHR 2 | BHR 2 | 3rd | 79 | ||
2024 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | Hypercar | Porsche 963 | Porsche 4.6 L Turbo V8 | QAT 3 | IMO 3 | SPA | LMS | SAP | COA | FUJ | BHR | 3rd* | 39* |
Sources: [9] [10] |
* Season still in progress.
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
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2018 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | Christian Ried Julien Andlauer | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Am | 335 | 25th | 1st |
2019 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | Christian Ried Julien Andlauer | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Am | 332 | 34th | 4th |
2020 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | Christian Ried Riccardo Pera | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Am | 339 | 25th | 2nd |
2021 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | Christian Ried Jaxon Evans | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | GTE Am | 335 | 31st | 5th |
2022 | Proton Racing | Michael Fassbender Zacharie Robichon | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | GTE Am | 329 | 51st | 16th |
Sources: [9] [11] |
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
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2018 | Fach Auto Tech | Jens Richter Julien Andlauer Thomas Preining | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | 991-PRO | 585 | 14th | 1st |
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
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2019 | Park Place Motorsports | Patrick Long Patrick Lindsey Nick Boulle | Porsche 911 R | GTD | 560 | 23rd | 7th |
2020 | Porsche GT Team | Frédéric Makowiecki Nick Tandy | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | GTLM | 786 | 15th | 3rd |
2021 | Pfaff Motorsports | Lars Kern Zacharie Robichon Laurens Vanthoor | Porsche 911 GT3 R | GTD | 702 | 36th | 12th |
2022 | Pfaff Motorsports | Mathieu Jaminet Felipe Nasr | Porsche 911 GT3 R | GTD Pro | 711 | 18th | 1st |
2023 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | Michael Christensen Felipe Nasr | Porsche 963 | GTP | 749 | 14th | 7th |
2024 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | Dane Cameron Felipe Nasr Josef Newgarden | Porsche 963 | GTP | 791 | 1st | 1st |
Source: [9] |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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2019 | Park Place Motorsports | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | DAY 7 | SEB | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | 30th | 85 | [12] | ||||||
Wright Motorsports | LIM 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Pfaff Motorsports | ELK 1 | VIR | LGA | PET | |||||||||||||||
2020 | Porsche GT Team | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | DAY 3 | DAY | SEB | ELK | VIR | ATL | MDO | CLT | PET 1 | LGA | SEB | 11th | 65 | [13] | |
2021 | Pfaff Motorsports | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | DAY 12 | MDO | 61st | 222 | [14] | ||||||||||
WeatherTech Racing | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | SEB 1 | DET | WGL 5 | WGL 3 | LIM | ELK 1 | LGA 3 | LBH | VIR | PET 1 | 4th | 2084 | ||||
2022 | Pfaff Motorsports | GTD Pro | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche MA1.76/MDG.G 4.0 L Flat-6 | DAY 1 | SEB 5 | LBH 5 | LGA 1 | WGL 3 | MOS 1 | LIM 1 | ELK 2 | VIR 1 | PET 3 | 1st | 3497 | [15] | ||
2023 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | GTP | Porsche 963 | Porsche 9RD 4.6 L V8 | DAY 7 | SEB 5 | LBH 3 | LGA 9 | WGL 7 | MOS 6 | ELK 1 | IMS 2 | PET 4 | 5th | 2691 | [16] | |||
2024 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | GTP | Porsche 963 | Porsche 9RD 4.6 L V8 | DAY 1 | SEB 3 | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | ELK | IMS | ATL | 1st* | 706* | [17] | |||
Source: [9] |
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
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2021 | WeatherTech Racing | LMGTE | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | CAT | RBR 6 | LEC | MNZ | SPA 7 | ALG | 20th | 14 |
Source: [9] |
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