Round | Event | Date |
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Round 1 | Australian Grand Prix | Apr 7 - 10 |
Round 3 | Darwin NT | Jun 17 - 19 |
Round 4 | Townsville, QLD | Jul 8 - 10 |
Round 5 | The Bend, SA | Jul 29 - 31 |
Round 6 | Sandown, VIC | Aug 19 - 21 |
Round 7 | Bathurst, NSW | Oct 6 - 9 |
Round 8 | Gold Coast QLD | Oct 28 - 30 |
Round 2 | Winton, VIC | May 21 - 22 |







Standings
Pro
Position | Driver | Points |
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1 | Harri Jones | 309 |
2 | David Russell | 239 |
3 | David Wall | 237 |
4 | Max Vidau | 235 |
5 | Dylan O'Keefe | 212 |
Morris Finance Pro-Am
Position | Driver | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Stephen Grove | 261 |
2 | Geoff Emery | 246 |
3 | Sam Shahin | 239 |
4 | Rodney Jane | 226 |
5 | Matthew Belford | 202 |
Michelin Jnr Driver
Position | Driver | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Harri Jones | 309 |
2 | Max Vidau | 235 |
3 | Christian Pancione | 158 |
4 | Ryan Suhle | 144 |
5 | Simon Fallon | 120 |
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UncategorizedJones steals Winton win as O’Keeffe denied with late race pass
Geoff Emery takes Morris Finance Pro-Am victory to extend title lead
HARRI JONES grabbed opportunity when it was presented to score a stunning victory over Dylan O’Keeffe in race one of the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia at Winton Motor Raceway.
Geoff Emery won the Morris Finance Pro-Am class after seeing off an early challenge from Liam Talbot.
Starting third, Jones’ took advantage of turn one dramas to climb to second position behind O’Keeffe on the opening lap.
Duvashen Padayachee locked a brake into the first corner immediately following the race start, running wide and forcing front-row starter Callum Hedge to also run off the road.
That allowed O’Keeffe to lead comfortably by the end of the first lap with Jones second and David Russell third.
As the race evolved Jones’ closed the margin to the leader with a freight train of several cars all battling for position.
Jones’ opportunity to pounce came on lap 13, when O’Keeffe hit lapped traffic at turn seven and was slowed.
The latter defended valiantly however the delay allowed Jones’ to pass around the outside of Turn 10 to grab the lead – one he’d never lose – before edging away to win his third career race.
O’Keeffe finished second with David Russell a strong third for his Dayco / EMA Motorsport entry.
Ryan Suhle lodged his best ever Carrera Cup Australia race result in fourth, while Dale Wood gained ground from his starting position to finish fifth.
TekworkX Motorsport teammates Luke Youlden and Max Vidau finished line astern in sixth and seventh, respectively, with Michael Almond, David Wall and Jackson Walls completing the top-10.
Following their turn one trips across the infield, Duvashen Padayachee ultimately finished 11th while Hedge was stuck behind a host of Pro rivals in 16th.
The young Kiwi did set a new Winton Carrera Cup lap record in his pursuit of the field, the new benchmark standing at 1m20.7697s.
In Morris Finance Pro-Am, Geoff Emery led from lights to flag to record his sixth career class victory and extend his championship lead following the fourth race of the season.
He fended off Liam Talbot in the early stages, however the former champion ran wide at turn six early in the race, ceding several positions.
That elevated Stephen Grove to second, however he was passed by Dean Cook’s Zonzo Estate entry on the final lap before ultimately finish second. Grove was third, with polesitter Matt Belford finishing fourth.
Rodney Jane was a season-best fifth with Talbot, Tim Miles, Adrian Flack, Drew Hall and Marc Cini completing the top-10.
The race one results provisionally place Harri Jones in the lead of the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia championship for the first time, Max Vidau dropping to second position and David Wall to third.
The field returns for a pair of races on Sunday’s program at the Winton SuperSprint event.
Race 2 will see the field tackle a 25-lap endurance affair at 10:25am before the final sprint race commences at 2:20pm, local time.
Both races will be shown live on Fox Sports 506 and Kayo Sport.
QUOTES:
Harri Jones – Pro
”That was an awesome race, we qualified third and I was pretty happy with that. I made a position up off the start and put my head down and got Dylan in the last few laps, so I’m really stoked. We have two more races tomorrow, so hoping to do a repeat. The last few laps Dylan and I caught the rear traffic, I took the opportunity and went high, got denied and managed to get the undercut. It was a good battle, we didn’t touch each other so it was good to be close without any contact and come away with the win.”
Geoff Emery – Morris Finance Pro-Am
“It was a really good race, especially with Liam at the start once he closed the gap and he was really making me earn it at the start. But I hung on and after he ran wide, I was on my own for a bit, which made it pretty easy toward the end, so I was happy with that. Tomorrow I’ll just keep the same strategy and stay alive out there. I’ve been really enjoying the Pro-Am Championship this year, the new 992 is a fantastic car to drive, so really enjoying the Championship.”
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UncategorizedO’Keeffe, Emery top record-breaking practice day
Records set to fall as Carrera Cup returns to Winton after long absence
DYLAN O’KEEFFE and Geoff Emery have topped their respective classes in an intense day of practice as the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia returned to Winton Motor Raceway, in country Victoria.
Visiting for the first time since 2013, the 31-car Carrera Cup field posted remarkably close and competitive times across a pair of 25-minute sessions that set the tone for an intense weekend ahead.
While O’Keeffe topped the Pro class, Emery was fastest overall in the equally competitive Morris Finance Pro-Am battle.
The pair of sessions were held in cool but bright and sunny conditions, teams spending the day learning the conditions ahead of a pair of important 10-minute qualifying sessions – one each for Pro and Pro-Am competitors – tomorrow.
O’Keeffe’s 1m20.1090s flyer was set late in the second practice session and was a full 3.3 seconds quicker than Craig Baird’s existing Winton qualifying record, set way back in 2007.
The Dexion / RAM Motorsport driver ended the day just 0.1 seconds quicker than practice one pacesetter, Callum Hedge.
“It was very tricky out there with all the cars, I didn’t think I would get any lap in,” O’Keeffe said.
“At the start, we caught the Pro Am’s very quickly and didn’t get a lap in. I was stressing a little but at the end there trying to get a lap in, but I had one clean go at it and managed to put it together, that said it was a pretty scruffy lap.
“These 992’s are very tricky around this circuit with oversteer compared to the previous generation and some of the other cars I’ve driven around here. But I like working the car a little bit and they say a loose car is a fast car.”
The young Kiwi had topped practice one in his Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche and had led the way for much of the second session before O’Keeffe’s late flyer saw him jump to the top.
Duvashen Padayachee was third fastest overall, completing a strong day for the GWR Australia-run cars, while former series champion David Wall was fourth.
Simon Fallon was best of the Sonic Motor Racing entries in fifth aboard his Bob Jane T-Marts car, while Dale Wood’s Timken EBM entry was sixth.
Championship leader Max Vidau jumped to seventh on his penultimate flyer in practice for TekworkX Motorsport, while Harri Jones was eighth and best of the McElrea Racing stable.
David Russell and Nick McBride completed a competitive top-10 with eight different teams represented in the bunch.
The competitive nature of the field was clear to see with a remarkable 0.9 seconds covering the top eighteen cars and two seconds covering 24.
Emery topped the Morris Finance Pro-Am field with him 1m21.0465s best less than a second from the fastest time overall.
“It was an interesting session I struggled a bit at the start, but we set new Michelins on it and got a good result in the end,” Emery said.
“The car is really good to drive now, we tuned her up after the first session and took some of the oversteer out of it and its really good to drive. You had to manage the traffic, you have to roll out of it when you have to and press on because there’s only a second between the front and the back, once I got on with it, the traffic wasn’t too bad.”
Victorian Matt Belford was second in Pro-Am while Dean Cook was third – just ahead of the returning Adrian Flack and class champion, Sam Shahin.
The field returns to the circuit tomorrow for qualifying at 10:05am, the Pro-Am field to qualify first before the Pro’s hit the track.
The field then regroups for the first of three races this weekend at 2:25pm local time.
Both sessions will be broadcast live on Fox Sports 506 and Kayo Sports.
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NewsHarri Jones claims maiden Carrera Cup round win
Matt Belford takes Morris Finance Pro-Am for debut round victory
HARRI JONES has added another trophy to his growing collection, claiming Round 2 of the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship following a final-race showdown with David Russell.
It was a pair of first-time winners at Winton Raceway as Morris Finance Pro-Am rookie Matt Belford claimed a home-state round win in just his second ever Carrera Cup event.
Jones’ pathway to victory was set up with his drive to win in race one, and backed up with a solid run to second in the 25-lap enduro race that commenced the Sunday program.
David Russell won that race – his first Carrera Cup victory since October 2015 – though Jones’ second position saw him lead the round points heading into the deciding finale’ later in the afternoon.
In a winner-take-all affair, Jones’ made the better start from the outside of the front row and led the experienced Russell into turn one – setting up a tense battle to the line but one that Jones’ would never not control.
The win delivered the young Michelin Junior his maiden Carrera Cup round victory in just his 10th round start: and rocketed him from fourth to a clear first in the championship standings in the process.
Russell’s second overall was his 11th podium finish in his lengthy Carrera Cup career and the first for the Dayco / EMA Motorsport team since joining the championship.
Dylan O’Keeffe completed the podium in his Dexion / RAM Motorsport entry.
The Victorian finished just behind Russell and Jones’ in the enduro cup race on Sunday morning and then finished fourth – behind a strong Dale Wood – in the 16-lap finale’ to book his first trip to the podium since Sydney Motorsport Park in 2018.
Wood’s strong weekend was his best in some time in the championship aboard his Timken EBM entry, while Luke Youlden finished fifth overall as TekworkX Motorsport continued their speedy start to the 2022 season.
Matt Belford’s pathway to victory in the Morris Finance Pro-Am came via a strong win in a dramatic Enduro Cup race early on Sunday morning.
The Victorian, driving for the Porsche Centre Melbourne team, survivied a dramatic race that saw the top two finishes from Saturday’s opener fail to finish.
He then held off a charging Rodney Jane in the closing laps to record his first Carrera Cup class win; having scored pole position earlier in the weekend.
Belford then backed up that performance with a second-straight race win in the third and final race of the weekend to do enough to claim his maiden overall win.
Jane was second, his first Pro-Am class podium finish since Bathurst in 2008, while Stephen Grove finished third overall for the weekend.
Round one winner Geoff Emery had a challenging Sunday, having won the opening race on Saturday afternoon: he failed to finish race two after early damage before recovering to ninth in class in the third race.
With two of eight rounds complete, Harri Jones has charged to a commanding 70-point lead in the championship – having entered the Winton weekend fourth in the championship.
David Russell has moved to second in the standings with a five-point margin to former champion David Wall in third.
Max Vidau sits fourth in the championship just two points further back, while Dylan O’Keeffe has moved to fifth.
Stephen Grove took over from Geoff Emery as the leader in Morris Finance Pro-Am class after two rounds, his lead 15 points over the Round 1 winner.
Sam Shahin sits third in the championship after his Sunday performances saw him rebound from a race-one DNF at Winton.
The tightly-packed Pro-Am field has the top five cars split by just 59 points heading into the third round of the championship.
Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia returns to the top end of Australia for Round 3, with the Merlin Darwin Triple Crown event to be held between June 17-19.
QUOTES
Harri Jones – Pro – Round winner
“That was an awesome race to come away with the win for the weekend and take my first Carrera Cup round. I’m really happy and want to say a massive thank you to the McElrea team, they gave me an absolute rocket this weekend. Winton is not our home track, so to come here after many years and get the win, its amazing and credit must go to the work the team has been doing to make our car fast this weekend, where we could get a good start and to lead the flag, I can’t thank everyone enough.
“I had a poor start in the race this morning, so we worked on getting more rear tyre temp and this afternoon it just hooked up. I can’t wait for Darwin, we were up there for a two day test a few weeks back, so I can’t wait, the track is absolutely amazing and will definitely be different weather to here. We’ve been freezing all weekend here and up there will be very warm, so looking forward to getting up there and getting amongst it.”
Matthew Belford – Morris Finance Pro-Am winner
“It was a great race and would like to dedicate this one to Karl Batson and the whole Porsche Centre Melbourne Team. The beauty of starting first in Pro-Am is you just get in behind the pros, Rodney Jane put me under a lot of pressure again. I was able to pull away a little bit, so it was just a perfect race. From what happened at Albert Park I wanted to come here and just have three clean races, so to get two race wins and a third is just a dream come true.
“I’m a bit like the young Pros to be honest (laughs), they go through the Porsche Pyramid, whereas I’m an old guy whose been through the Porsche Pyramid. I did all the levels of Porsche Track Experience training in Queensland, went onto Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge and worked my way up and now have come to Carrera Cup and I still feel like I’m a little bit less experienced. The fast Pro-Am’s in this championship are really experienced, so to be here and be competitive, that’s really what I’m after.”
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NewsNear capacity Carrera Cup Australia grid for Winton Supersprint return
Porsche teams return to Winton after nearly a decade
The second round of the 2022 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship sees a return for all teams to country Victoria, for the Winton Supersprint. Marking the 131st round to be held in the Championship history since it began in 2003, the traditional cold and wet climate of the Benalla track at this time of year will be sure to provide a mix of changeable conditions for the teams from their last visit in August 2013.
On that occasion, Michael Patrizi won the round, while three different drivers won the three races: Patrizi (Race 1), Shae Davies (Race 2) and Nick Percat the third race. The 3.0km National circuit is unsurprisingly the slowest circuit currently on the 2022 Carrera Cup calendar, as the last recorded average lap speed of 129kph was set in 2013 in the 997 MY11 generation of 911 GT3 Cup car. Expect to see lap records tumble from the get-go in the latest generation 992.
Of the 31 car field entered for the 20-22 May event, only two drivers – Marc Cini and Stephen Grove – were on the grid in 2013 the last time the Championship visited there. Ironically, both had a challenging weekend on that occasion, with each driver failing to score in each session. Ironically, there were more of the current Carrera Cup brigade on the grid when the Championship first debuted at Winton in 2003: that year, Cini, Rodney Jane and Tony Quinn were all present.
Most of the class of 2022 have already done test sessions at Winton, as every Porsche customer squad looks to not only learn more but hone the set-ups on their new 992 generation 911 GT3 Cup car.
With Aaron Love currently abroad contesting Carrera Cup France, the Tyrepower TekworkX Motorsport entry of Max Vidau starts as the form man, having won the opening round at the Australian Grand Prix.
Harri Jones will be another Michelin Junior hoping to take the momentum from his victory in the last race in Melbourne into Round 2, but the Queenslander is likely to face opposition from McElrea Racing teammate, Christian Pancione and the SP Tools Earl Bamber Motorsport entry of Ryan Suhle.
Expect the ever-present David Wall to be another in the hunt for the top of the podium, starting his 67th round in Winton. The 2017 Carrera Cup Champion surpasses Craig Baird for second on all-time starts this weekend.
Wall together with experienced campaigners like Dale Wood, Michael Almond, Dylan O’Keeffe, Luke Youlden and David Russell in the mix, round honours are far from a certainty for anyone in the Pro class. It should make for a riveting spectacle.
In Morris Finance Pro-Am, the battle and competition level will be just as intense. Porsche Cars Australia has implemented a split qualifying session for Winton round, allowing for more indicative, unimpeded lap times for both classes.
Hot off his Bathurst 12Hr Class C win, Geoff Emerywill start as class favourite to take the round, but one cannot ignore the depth of competition in a field consisting of Liam Talbot, Stephen Grove, Dean Cook, Sam Shahin and Adrian Flack. Flack marking his return to Championship after missing Round 1.
Both Saturday and Sunday’s qualifying and races will all be broadcast live on FoxSports and Kayo Sports throughout the weekend.
For more Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia news and content follow the Porsche Motorsport Australia social pages: Instagram – @PorscheMotorsportAU / Twitter – @PorscheMspAU / Facebook.com/ PorscheMotorsportAU
Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia, Round 2, Winton
Broadcast Schedule:
Saturday, 21 May
10:05 -10:15 Qualifying – Pro
10:20 – 10:30 Qualifying – Morris Finance Pro-Am
14:25 – 14:50 Race 1 16 laps
Sunday, 22 May
10:25 – 11:05 Race 2 25 laps
14:20 – 14:45 Race 3 16 laps
Entry List:
# | Name | Surname | CLASS | SPONSOR |
4 | Stephen | Grove | Pro-Am | Grove Racing |
5 | Ryan | Suhle | Pro | SP Tools / EBM |
6 | Angelo | Mouzouris | Pro | Sonic / PitBox |
7 | Tim | Miles | Pro-Am | Miles Advisory Partners / N2C |
8 | Nick | McBride | Pro | Porsche Centre Melbourne |
9 | Marc | Cini | Pro-Am | Hallmarc |
11 | Jackson | Walls | Pro | Objective Racing |
12 | Harri | Jones | Pro | Hastings Deering / Mackellar Group |
13 | Sam | Shahin | Pro-Am | The Bend Motorsport Park / OTR |
14 | Matthew | Belford | Pro-Am | ID Land |
17 | Callum | Hedge | Pro | Team Porsche NZ / EBM |
20 | Adrian | Flack | Pro-Am | AGAS National / EBM |
22 | Dean | Cook | Pro-Am | Zonzo Racing |
25 | Michael | Almond | Pro | The PSA Group |
27 | Liam | Talbot | Pro-Am | Wash It / Paynter Dixon |
28 | Bayley | Hall | Pro | Printech |
38 | David | Wall | Pro | Monochrome / Paynter Dixon |
45 | Duvashen | Padayachee | Pro | Rentcorp Hyundai Forklifts |
48 | Geoff | Emery | Pro-Am | Force Accessories / MJR |
53 | Luke | Youlden | Pro | Hire A Hubby / TekworkX |
72 | Max | Vidau | Pro | Tyrepower / TekworkX |
74 | David | Russell | Pro | Dayco / EMA Motorsport |
76 | Christian | Pancione | Pro | VCM Performance / HP Tuners |
77 | Rodney | Jane | Pro-Am | Bob Jane T Marts /Sonic |
86 | Drew | Hall | Pro-Am | Wall Racing |
88 | Dylan | O’Keeffe | Pro | Dexion / RAM Motorsport |
100 | Dale | Wood | Pro | Timken Racing |
101 | Tony | Quinn | Pro-Am | Local Legends |
222 | Scott | Taylor | Pro-Am | Scott Taylor Motorsport |
333 | Brad | Shiels | Pro | Royal Purple Racing |
777 | Simon | Fallon | Pro | Bob Jane T Marts / Bremtech |
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NewsPorsche 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance reveals the potential of Mission R
From the IAA conceptual study to a fully-electric prototype on the racetrack
Porsche has begun testing the technology components of the Mission R with the 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance. At the 2021 IAA MOBILITY in Munich, the conceptual study outlined the vision of a fully-electric GT racing car for customer motorsport in the future. Now, the innovative electric drive concept of the Mission R is demonstrating its potential on national and international racetracks.
The Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance serves as a test vehicle. Like the Mission R, the all-wheel-drive racer uses the chassis of the proven 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport model. The entire electric motor and battery technology also comes from the IAA conceptual study, which in qualification mode translates to a maximum output of 735 kW (1,000 PS) and more. In simulated racing, a steady 450 kW (612 PS) is available for 30 minutes, i.e. the duration of a Carrera Cup race. In terms of lap times and top speed, the 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance is on par with the performance of the current 992-generation 911 GT3 Cup.
“With the Mission R, we’ve shown how Porsche envisages sustainable customer motor racing in the future. The 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance now demonstrates that this vision works impressively on the racetrack,” said Matthias Scholz, GT racing vehicle project manager. “We’re very excited about the response because a one-make cup with electric racing cars would be an important addition to our existing customer racing programme.”
In 2030, Porsche aims to be CO2 neutral across the entire value chain and life cycle of new cars sold. By then, the proportion of all new vehicles featuring all-electric drive should be more than 80 per cent.
Like with the Mission R, the fully-electric drive train of the 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance is based on a permanently excited synchronous machine (PESM) on the front and rear axles. Together, they turn the racing car into an all-wheel-drive and can deliver a peak output of up to 800 kW (1,088 PS). The direct oil cooling of the e-motors and battery pack developed by Porsche counteracts thermally induced derating.
“The integration of oil cooling has significantly impacted the vehicle concept,” said Björn Förster, GT4 ePerformance project manager. “With experts in the fields of aerodynamics and thermodynamics as well as high-voltage and bodywork specialists, the development team created an architecture to tap the full potential of the battery cells for the first time, since there is no thermal derating. In this way, the power output in racing mode remains constant for half an hour.”
Thanks to 900-volt technology, the state of charge (SoC) of the battery at full charging capacity jumps from 5 to 80 per cent in about 15 minutes.
Under the direction of designer Grant Larson, a team from Porsche Style came up with the shape of the 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance. The racing car is 14 centimetres wider than a 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport. About 6,000 parts were designed from scratch. The body is made of natural fibre composite materials, among others, with the production intended to generate fewer emissions than the production of comparable synthetic materials. Recycled carbon fibres are also used for testing purposes. Compared to the 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport, the flared fenders allow more room for the wider 18-inch racing tyres from Michelin. Renewable materials make up a particularly high proportion of the tyres.
The GT4 ePerformance Tour #race2zero
The Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance celebrates its premiere at the Goodwood Festival of Speed from 23 to 26 June 2022. At the famous motorsport festival in southern England, the all-electric concept car will take part in the ca. 1.9-kilometre hill-climb event. Its second outing is on 20 August 2022 at the Porsche factory in Leipzig on the occasion of the factory’s 20th anniversary. The facility boasts a 3.7-kilometre circuit that features famous sections of world-famous racetracks. The two 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance demo vehicles will travel through various European countries before heading to North America in early 2023. The world tour concludes in the Asia-Pacific region, where the all-electric racing car will tour until mid-2024. In line with the sustainability strategy of the entire “race2zero” project, transportation has been logistically optimised and will be done entirely by ship, train and truck.
“The 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance blazes a trail to Porsche customer racing with electrically-powered racing cars. As a first step, we will unveil this concept to our global partners,” said Oliver Schwab, Project Manager of the 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance. “With drivers, teams, organisers, authorities and other interested parties, we’re also gathering ideas for Porsche racing formats in the future.”
GT4 ePerformance – the partners
The 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance heads off on its world tour with support from seven partners. All companies involved use the tour as a platform to further advance the topic of sustainability with Porsche Motorsport. DB Schenker is new to the project. The world’s leading provider of global logistics services contributes sustainable transport services, among other things. The long-standing partner ExxonMobil is involved through its Mobil brand via joint developments in the field of coolants and lubricants for the racing car. TAG Heuer, the Swiss manufacturer of luxury watches, supports this and other Porsche Motorsport projects as the timing partner. As a long-established technology partner of Porsche Motorsport, Michelin develops particularly sustainable racing tyres for the 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance. The fashion company Hugo Boss is the official team outfitter. Fireproof clothing for drivers and mechanics is provided by the sports lifestyle brand Puma with the crew’s tools provided by the official supplier Hazet.
Further information, film and photo material in the Porsche Newsroom: newsroom.porsche.com.au
You can follow Porsche Motorsport in Australia via @PorscheMotorsportAU (Facebook, Instagram, Youtube) or @PorscheMspAU (Twitter)
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VideosSam Shahin is handed his new Porsche Taycan Turbo S
Porsche Taycan Turbo S handover to Sam Shahin
Sam Shahin recently took delivery of his new Porsche Taycan Turbo S from the Porsche Cars Australia Motorsport Team. The loan of the Taycan for the year was The Bend Motorsport Park owner’s prize for winning the 2021 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Morris Finance Pro-Am Championship.
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VideosWhy do our drivers choose Carrera Cup Australia?
Our drivers tell us why they choose to compete in Carrera Cup in 2022
Our drivers tell us why they choose to compete in Carrera Cup in 2022
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ImagesEMA Motorsport / David Russell 2022 livery
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Australian-based EMA Motorsport Team has confirmed the first track activities as part of the Porsche Customer Racing stable. The team will campaign the full Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship season with experienced Pro driver, David Russell, in the latest Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 992) model.
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ImagesHarri Jones 2022 Hastings Deering livery
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Harri Jones has announced the signing of new Naming Rights Partner, Hastings Deering, along with the unveiling of his 2022 livery ahead Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia season.
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ImagesDale Wood 2022 Carrera Cup livery
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When designing his 2022 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car (Type 992), Dale Wood explained he’s kept with his orange and black theme that he has had for the past two years.
“I am always very proud to present a nice-looking car. I’ve had a similar look for the car over the past two years. We’ve revised the livery, but I think the new car looks so good that you don’t actually have to do much for it to look great”.
Wood brings along with him to EBM, a great amount of support and backing from his sponsors.
“I’ve got some truly great supporters behind me, with global companies like Timken, to small family owned companies like GB Galvanizing and Delta Floorworld. With having such a diverse group of supporters its always nice to all come together and put a great looking car on track.”
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NewsCraig Lowndes to headline Prostate Cancer Foundation Bathurst 12 Hr campaign
Lowndes joins Davison, Emery and Taylor for Bathurst 12 Hour
Craig Lowndes will headline a team formed with the sole purpose of raising funds and awareness for Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) at the 2022 LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour.
Lowndes, a two-time winner of the 12-Hour, will be joined by Alex Davison, Geoff Emery and Scott Taylor, aboard a Scott Taylor Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car at the May 13-15 event.
The car will field a livery entirely dedicated to PCFA, which will also be the official charity partner of the event for the first time.
The Prostate Cancer Foundation Porsche will be supported by experienced Porsche squad, Ashley Seward Motorsport.
Around 18,000 Australian men are diagnosed each year with prostate cancer, and over 3,300 will die from the disease.
Fundraising on the day will include donation points at the event this year, at the town-to-track activation on Thursday prior to the race and via online portals on the Bathurst 12 Hour and Supercars websites.
Lowndes has won the 12-Hour on two occasions and the Repco Bathurst 1000 seven times and remains one of Australian Motorsport’s most popular figures.
Thanks to a strong family history of Prostate Cancer, Lowndes has long been a supporter of the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s efforts to raise both funding and awareness for their efforts.
Alex Davison is a former Porsche factory driver, a Carrera Cup Australia champion and has 17 starts in the Bathurst 1000 to his credit.
Davison’s family has also been affected by Prostate cancer with his well-known father, Richard, also having battled the illness.
Geoff Emery is a multiple national circuit racing champion and last year finished runner up in the Pro-Am class of Porsche Carrera Cup Australia, while Taylor is an experienced GT racer, Carrera Cup competitor and team owner.
The LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour will be broadcast live on Fox Sports, Kayo Sports and the Seven Network next weekend (May 13-15).
Donations can be made via the Prostate Cancer Foundation website directly at the following link: www.pcfau.org/car222
For more information, please visit www.bathurst12hour.com.au
Craig Lowndes: “My family has a strong history of Prostate Cancer so it is an issue that has always been close to my heart.
“I have had a long relationship with the Foundation and their efforts to raise awareness about the disease. It can be a taboo subject for many men and it is important to talk about it and go and get checked. Hopefully what we are doing this year will encourage people to go and do just that.
“When this opportunity was presented, I couldn’t get behind it quick enough – it’s like the ideal weekend; a chance to raise funds and awareness for a really important cause, but also spend a weekend at Bathurst in a Porsche! It wasn’t hard to say yes.
“We’re all really excited about getting to the track. We’re going there to have a great time and really enjoy the whole race and everything around it.
“The important element of the weekend is doing what we can to get the word out about the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s efforts and then having a great time with a good group of guys in the Porsche.”
Shane Howard, CEO, Supercars: “The LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour is proud to be associated with the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia as our official charitable partner for 2022.
“It is an important cause that men need to be aware of, to know their risks of prostate cancer and talk to a GP about having a PSA blood test. The 12-Hour is a platform that can spread that word far and wide, to the many thousands of people attending the event in person, or the millions watching the broadcast in Australia, New Zealand and around the world.
“We hope to make a significant impact on the foundation’s fundraising efforts and raise awareness among Bathurst 12 Hour fans in the process.”
Anne Savage, CEO, Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia
PCFA’s CEO, Anne Savage, said the event would rapidly accelerate awareness of Australia’s most common male cancer.
“This partnership puts us in pole position to help close the distance between awareness and action on prostate cancer in Australia.
“Two in every three Australian men diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer will die within five years of being diagnosed, but if we can detect prostate cancer before it spreads, we can beat it.
“Having the support of Craig Lowndes and the 2022 LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour will enable us to get the message out to men – they need to know their family history and talk to their GP about PSA testing.”
For more Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia news and content follow the Porsche Motorsport Australia social pages: Instagram – @PorscheMotorsportAU / Twitter – @PorscheMspAU / Facebook.com/ PorscheMotorsportAU
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NewsMichelin and Porsche announce prize pool for 2022 Junior Programme
Michelin renews its support of both Porsche Sprint Challenge and Porsche Junior Programme
Michelin renews its support of both Porsche Sprint Challenge and Porsche Junior Programme
The continued support and development of the best young drivers from around the Australasian region has been a key priority for both Michelin Australia and Porsche Cars Australia for several years now. The domestic collaboration has seen the initiative grow into benchmark driver development programme in the country and remain a vital feature of the Porsche Motorsport Pyramid.
For the 2022 season, Michelin will again be the Title Partner of Porsche Sprint Challenge Australia which gets underway at Round 1 of the national series at Sydney Motorsport Park from the 27-29 May. At the same time, the French tyre giant has announced that it will again support the Porsche Junior Development Programme offering eligible young drivers from the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship and Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Series mentorship, support and training from the country’s leading sports professionals and coaches, as well as the opportunity to win their share of the $300,000 prize pool on offer.
The 2022 prize pool sees the top three Junior drivers from each Category, receive a set of Michelin competition tyres every round, while the top placed Junior driver at each round will also receive a complimentary entry for the round.
The Michelin Junior Champion – which will be awarded to the leading point scorer after round 6 of the 2022 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia season in August 2022 – will receive a trip to Germany to attend the Porsche Motorsport Night of Champions Dinner in December 2022. The main prize for the Michelin Junior drivers is to be nominated to attend the global Porsche Motorsport Junior Shootout to represent the Carrera Cup Australia.
The Junior Shootout continues to play a crucial role in the development of the best emerging talent from the Australasian region and is seen as the most proven pathway for talented drivers to progress to the highest level abroad. To be eligible for nomination all Carrera Cup drivers must commit to a full season, carry additional Michelin branding and be born within the following time frame: 30/11/1998-01/03/2005.
Cooper Murray was the Porsche Michelin Junior Australia Winner last year, earning PCA’s nomination to attend the Porsche Junior Shootout in Europe that year. Murray arrived prior to the Shootout to test drive the new 992 generation Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car at Portimao Circuit in preparation for the Shootout and conducted a further two-day test session with Porsche Mobil1 Supercup Team, Martinet by Almeras, at the Paul Ricard Circuit in France on the 20-21 November. The Victorian then finished on the podium at the final round of the Porsche Carrera Cup France Championship on the 22 – 24 October.
Martinet by Almeras is the same team which supported 2018 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Champion, Jaxon Evans, to second position overall in the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup Championship in 2021.
Other drivers that have progressed up the Porsche Motorsport Pyramid in recent years via the Australian Junior Programme, include the likes of Matt Campbell (Porsche factory driver), Nick Foster, Andre Heimgartner, Jordan Love and Cameron Hill, who have all gone on to succeed at the highest levels of the sport both locally and internationally.
QUOTES:
Barry Hay, Motorsport Manager, Porsche Cars Australia: “It’s fantastic to have our long term partner in Michelin join with us again and provide the crucial support needed for young talented athletes within this country. Both Michelin and Porsche are aligned in our passion for developing young athletes both on and off the track, which we have had great success in the past, and we are looking forward to continuing this support for the next batch of talented athletes coming through.
Hugo De-Boischevalier, Marketing Manager Oceania, Michelin Australia: “Porsche continues to be the go-to championship for drivers who are looking to further their career, either locally or internationally. The Junior Program is like no-other in terms of support and development from the Porsche team; with young drivers given the fantastic opportunity to round out their skills both on and off-track.”
“There is a genuine community feel within the whole Porsche pit lane, that has a strong alignment to our own values of respect, performance and helping people achieve their goals. Michelin Australia are excited to be supporting the Juniors again in 2022 and wish all the teams a successful season ahead.”
2022 Porsche Michelin Junior Programme drivers
Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia
Max Vidau – Tekworkx
Angelo Mouzouris – Sonic
Harri Jones – McElrea Racing
Christian Pancione – McElrea Racing
Ryan Suhle – SP Tools / EBM
Simon Fallon – Sonic
Jackson Walls – McElrea Racing
Callum Hedge – Team Porsche NZ / EBM
Bayley Hall – McElrea Racing
Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge
Madeline Stewart – Team Porsche NZ
Lachlan Bloxsom – McElrea Racing
Tom Sargent – CHE Racing
Aron Shields – McElrea Racing
Ollie Shannon – Tigani Motorsport
Courtney Prince – Sonic
Ryan Wood – EBM
For race information, videos and interviews, follow the Porsche Motorsport Australia social pages: Instagram – @PorscheMotorsportAU / Twitter – @PorscheMspAU / Facebook.com/ PorscheMotorsportAU
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VideosBayley Hall to raise much needed funds for Tour de Cure
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VideosCarrera Cup Champion, Jaxon Evans, inks multi-year contract as a Porsche Driver
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NewsPorsche 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance reveals the potential of Mission R
From the IAA conceptual study to a fully-electric prototype on the racetrack
Porsche has begun testing the technology components of the Mission R with the 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance. At the 2021 IAA MOBILITY in Munich, the conceptual study outlined the vision of a fully-electric GT racing car for customer motorsport in the future. Now, the innovative electric drive concept of the Mission R is demonstrating its potential on national and international racetracks.
The Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance serves as a test vehicle. Like the Mission R, the all-wheel-drive racer uses the chassis of the proven 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport model. The entire electric motor and battery technology also comes from the IAA conceptual study, which in qualification mode translates to a maximum output of 735 kW (1,000 PS) and more. In simulated racing, a steady 450 kW (612 PS) is available for 30 minutes, i.e. the duration of a Carrera Cup race. In terms of lap times and top speed, the 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance is on par with the performance of the current 992-generation 911 GT3 Cup.
“With the Mission R, we’ve shown how Porsche envisages sustainable customer motor racing in the future. The 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance now demonstrates that this vision works impressively on the racetrack,” said Matthias Scholz, GT racing vehicle project manager. “We’re very excited about the response because a one-make cup with electric racing cars would be an important addition to our existing customer racing programme.”
In 2030, Porsche aims to be CO2 neutral across the entire value chain and life cycle of new cars sold. By then, the proportion of all new vehicles featuring all-electric drive should be more than 80 per cent.
Like with the Mission R, the fully-electric drive train of the 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance is based on a permanently excited synchronous machine (PESM) on the front and rear axles. Together, they turn the racing car into an all-wheel-drive and can deliver a peak output of up to 800 kW (1,088 PS). The direct oil cooling of the e-motors and battery pack developed by Porsche counteracts thermally induced derating.
“The integration of oil cooling has significantly impacted the vehicle concept,” said Björn Förster, GT4 ePerformance project manager. “With experts in the fields of aerodynamics and thermodynamics as well as high-voltage and bodywork specialists, the development team created an architecture to tap the full potential of the battery cells for the first time, since there is no thermal derating. In this way, the power output in racing mode remains constant for half an hour.”
Thanks to 900-volt technology, the state of charge (SoC) of the battery at full charging capacity jumps from 5 to 80 per cent in about 15 minutes.
Under the direction of designer Grant Larson, a team from Porsche Style came up with the shape of the 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance. The racing car is 14 centimetres wider than a 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport. About 6,000 parts were designed from scratch. The body is made of natural fibre composite materials, among others, with the production intended to generate fewer emissions than the production of comparable synthetic materials. Recycled carbon fibres are also used for testing purposes. Compared to the 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport, the flared fenders allow more room for the wider 18-inch racing tyres from Michelin. Renewable materials make up a particularly high proportion of the tyres.
The GT4 ePerformance Tour #race2zero
The Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance celebrates its premiere at the Goodwood Festival of Speed from 23 to 26 June 2022. At the famous motorsport festival in southern England, the all-electric concept car will take part in the ca. 1.9-kilometre hill-climb event. Its second outing is on 20 August 2022 at the Porsche factory in Leipzig on the occasion of the factory’s 20th anniversary. The facility boasts a 3.7-kilometre circuit that features famous sections of world-famous racetracks. The two 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance demo vehicles will travel through various European countries before heading to North America in early 2023. The world tour concludes in the Asia-Pacific region, where the all-electric racing car will tour until mid-2024. In line with the sustainability strategy of the entire “race2zero” project, transportation has been logistically optimised and will be done entirely by ship, train and truck.
“The 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance blazes a trail to Porsche customer racing with electrically-powered racing cars. As a first step, we will unveil this concept to our global partners,” said Oliver Schwab, Project Manager of the 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance. “With drivers, teams, organisers, authorities and other interested parties, we’re also gathering ideas for Porsche racing formats in the future.”
GT4 ePerformance – the partners
The 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance heads off on its world tour with support from seven partners. All companies involved use the tour as a platform to further advance the topic of sustainability with Porsche Motorsport. DB Schenker is new to the project. The world’s leading provider of global logistics services contributes sustainable transport services, among other things. The long-standing partner ExxonMobil is involved through its Mobil brand via joint developments in the field of coolants and lubricants for the racing car. TAG Heuer, the Swiss manufacturer of luxury watches, supports this and other Porsche Motorsport projects as the timing partner. As a long-established technology partner of Porsche Motorsport, Michelin develops particularly sustainable racing tyres for the 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance. The fashion company Hugo Boss is the official team outfitter. Fireproof clothing for drivers and mechanics is provided by the sports lifestyle brand Puma with the crew’s tools provided by the official supplier Hazet.
Further information, film and photo material in the Porsche Newsroom: newsroom.porsche.com.au
You can follow Porsche Motorsport in Australia via @PorscheMotorsportAU (Facebook, Instagram, Youtube) or @PorscheMspAU (Twitter)
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NewsCraig Lowndes to headline Prostate Cancer Foundation Bathurst 12 Hr campaign
Lowndes joins Davison, Emery and Taylor for Bathurst 12 Hour
Craig Lowndes will headline a team formed with the sole purpose of raising funds and awareness for Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) at the 2022 LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour.
Lowndes, a two-time winner of the 12-Hour, will be joined by Alex Davison, Geoff Emery and Scott Taylor, aboard a Scott Taylor Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car at the May 13-15 event.
The car will field a livery entirely dedicated to PCFA, which will also be the official charity partner of the event for the first time.
The Prostate Cancer Foundation Porsche will be supported by experienced Porsche squad, Ashley Seward Motorsport.
Around 18,000 Australian men are diagnosed each year with prostate cancer, and over 3,300 will die from the disease.
Fundraising on the day will include donation points at the event this year, at the town-to-track activation on Thursday prior to the race and via online portals on the Bathurst 12 Hour and Supercars websites.
Lowndes has won the 12-Hour on two occasions and the Repco Bathurst 1000 seven times and remains one of Australian Motorsport’s most popular figures.
Thanks to a strong family history of Prostate Cancer, Lowndes has long been a supporter of the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s efforts to raise both funding and awareness for their efforts.
Alex Davison is a former Porsche factory driver, a Carrera Cup Australia champion and has 17 starts in the Bathurst 1000 to his credit.
Davison’s family has also been affected by Prostate cancer with his well-known father, Richard, also having battled the illness.
Geoff Emery is a multiple national circuit racing champion and last year finished runner up in the Pro-Am class of Porsche Carrera Cup Australia, while Taylor is an experienced GT racer, Carrera Cup competitor and team owner.
The LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour will be broadcast live on Fox Sports, Kayo Sports and the Seven Network next weekend (May 13-15).
Donations can be made via the Prostate Cancer Foundation website directly at the following link: www.pcfau.org/car222
For more information, please visit www.bathurst12hour.com.au
Craig Lowndes: “My family has a strong history of Prostate Cancer so it is an issue that has always been close to my heart.
“I have had a long relationship with the Foundation and their efforts to raise awareness about the disease. It can be a taboo subject for many men and it is important to talk about it and go and get checked. Hopefully what we are doing this year will encourage people to go and do just that.
“When this opportunity was presented, I couldn’t get behind it quick enough – it’s like the ideal weekend; a chance to raise funds and awareness for a really important cause, but also spend a weekend at Bathurst in a Porsche! It wasn’t hard to say yes.
“We’re all really excited about getting to the track. We’re going there to have a great time and really enjoy the whole race and everything around it.
“The important element of the weekend is doing what we can to get the word out about the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s efforts and then having a great time with a good group of guys in the Porsche.”
Shane Howard, CEO, Supercars: “The LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour is proud to be associated with the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia as our official charitable partner for 2022.
“It is an important cause that men need to be aware of, to know their risks of prostate cancer and talk to a GP about having a PSA blood test. The 12-Hour is a platform that can spread that word far and wide, to the many thousands of people attending the event in person, or the millions watching the broadcast in Australia, New Zealand and around the world.
“We hope to make a significant impact on the foundation’s fundraising efforts and raise awareness among Bathurst 12 Hour fans in the process.”
Anne Savage, CEO, Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia
PCFA’s CEO, Anne Savage, said the event would rapidly accelerate awareness of Australia’s most common male cancer.
“This partnership puts us in pole position to help close the distance between awareness and action on prostate cancer in Australia.
“Two in every three Australian men diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer will die within five years of being diagnosed, but if we can detect prostate cancer before it spreads, we can beat it.
“Having the support of Craig Lowndes and the 2022 LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour will enable us to get the message out to men – they need to know their family history and talk to their GP about PSA testing.”
For more Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia news and content follow the Porsche Motorsport Australia social pages: Instagram – @PorscheMotorsportAU / Twitter – @PorscheMspAU / Facebook.com/ PorscheMotorsportAU
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NewsMichelin and Porsche announce prize pool for 2022 Junior Programme
Michelin renews its support of both Porsche Sprint Challenge and Porsche Junior Programme
Michelin renews its support of both Porsche Sprint Challenge and Porsche Junior Programme
The continued support and development of the best young drivers from around the Australasian region has been a key priority for both Michelin Australia and Porsche Cars Australia for several years now. The domestic collaboration has seen the initiative grow into benchmark driver development programme in the country and remain a vital feature of the Porsche Motorsport Pyramid.
For the 2022 season, Michelin will again be the Title Partner of Porsche Sprint Challenge Australia which gets underway at Round 1 of the national series at Sydney Motorsport Park from the 27-29 May. At the same time, the French tyre giant has announced that it will again support the Porsche Junior Development Programme offering eligible young drivers from the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship and Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Series mentorship, support and training from the country’s leading sports professionals and coaches, as well as the opportunity to win their share of the $300,000 prize pool on offer.
The 2022 prize pool sees the top three Junior drivers from each Category, receive a set of Michelin competition tyres every round, while the top placed Junior driver at each round will also receive a complimentary entry for the round.
The Michelin Junior Champion – which will be awarded to the leading point scorer after round 6 of the 2022 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia season in August 2022 – will receive a trip to Germany to attend the Porsche Motorsport Night of Champions Dinner in December 2022. The main prize for the Michelin Junior drivers is to be nominated to attend the global Porsche Motorsport Junior Shootout to represent the Carrera Cup Australia.
The Junior Shootout continues to play a crucial role in the development of the best emerging talent from the Australasian region and is seen as the most proven pathway for talented drivers to progress to the highest level abroad. To be eligible for nomination all Carrera Cup drivers must commit to a full season, carry additional Michelin branding and be born within the following time frame: 30/11/1998-01/03/2005.
Cooper Murray was the Porsche Michelin Junior Australia Winner last year, earning PCA’s nomination to attend the Porsche Junior Shootout in Europe that year. Murray arrived prior to the Shootout to test drive the new 992 generation Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car at Portimao Circuit in preparation for the Shootout and conducted a further two-day test session with Porsche Mobil1 Supercup Team, Martinet by Almeras, at the Paul Ricard Circuit in France on the 20-21 November. The Victorian then finished on the podium at the final round of the Porsche Carrera Cup France Championship on the 22 – 24 October.
Martinet by Almeras is the same team which supported 2018 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Champion, Jaxon Evans, to second position overall in the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup Championship in 2021.
Other drivers that have progressed up the Porsche Motorsport Pyramid in recent years via the Australian Junior Programme, include the likes of Matt Campbell (Porsche factory driver), Nick Foster, Andre Heimgartner, Jordan Love and Cameron Hill, who have all gone on to succeed at the highest levels of the sport both locally and internationally.
QUOTES:
Barry Hay, Motorsport Manager, Porsche Cars Australia: “It’s fantastic to have our long term partner in Michelin join with us again and provide the crucial support needed for young talented athletes within this country. Both Michelin and Porsche are aligned in our passion for developing young athletes both on and off the track, which we have had great success in the past, and we are looking forward to continuing this support for the next batch of talented athletes coming through.
Hugo De-Boischevalier, Marketing Manager Oceania, Michelin Australia: “Porsche continues to be the go-to championship for drivers who are looking to further their career, either locally or internationally. The Junior Program is like no-other in terms of support and development from the Porsche team; with young drivers given the fantastic opportunity to round out their skills both on and off-track.”
“There is a genuine community feel within the whole Porsche pit lane, that has a strong alignment to our own values of respect, performance and helping people achieve their goals. Michelin Australia are excited to be supporting the Juniors again in 2022 and wish all the teams a successful season ahead.”
2022 Porsche Michelin Junior Programme drivers
Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia
Max Vidau – Tekworkx
Angelo Mouzouris – Sonic
Harri Jones – McElrea Racing
Christian Pancione – McElrea Racing
Ryan Suhle – SP Tools / EBM
Simon Fallon – Sonic
Jackson Walls – McElrea Racing
Callum Hedge – Team Porsche NZ / EBM
Bayley Hall – McElrea Racing
Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge
Madeline Stewart – Team Porsche NZ
Lachlan Bloxsom – McElrea Racing
Tom Sargent – CHE Racing
Aron Shields – McElrea Racing
Ollie Shannon – Tigani Motorsport
Courtney Prince – Sonic
Ryan Wood – EBM
For race information, videos and interviews, follow the Porsche Motorsport Australia social pages: Instagram – @PorscheMotorsportAU / Twitter – @PorscheMspAU / Facebook.com/ PorscheMotorsportAU
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VideosCarrera Cup Champion, Jaxon Evans, inks multi-year contract as a Porsche Driver
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When designing his 2022 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car (Type 992), Dale Wood explained he’s kept with his orange and black theme that he has had for the past two years.
“I am always very proud to present a nice-looking car. I’ve had a similar look for the car over the past two years. We’ve revised the livery, but I think the new car looks so good that you don’t actually have to do much for it to look great”.
Wood brings along with him to EBM, a great amount of support and backing from his sponsors.
“I’ve got some truly great supporters behind me, with global companies like Timken, to small family owned companies like GB Galvanizing and Delta Floorworld. With having such a diverse group of supporters its always nice to all come together and put a great looking car on track.”
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UncategorizedJones steals Winton win as O’Keeffe denied with late race pass
Geoff Emery takes Morris Finance Pro-Am victory to extend title lead
HARRI JONES grabbed opportunity when it was presented to score a stunning victory over Dylan O’Keeffe in race one of the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia at Winton Motor Raceway.
Geoff Emery won the Morris Finance Pro-Am class after seeing off an early challenge from Liam Talbot.
Starting third, Jones’ took advantage of turn one dramas to climb to second position behind O’Keeffe on the opening lap.
Duvashen Padayachee locked a brake into the first corner immediately following the race start, running wide and forcing front-row starter Callum Hedge to also run off the road.
That allowed O’Keeffe to lead comfortably by the end of the first lap with Jones second and David Russell third.
As the race evolved Jones’ closed the margin to the leader with a freight train of several cars all battling for position.
Jones’ opportunity to pounce came on lap 13, when O’Keeffe hit lapped traffic at turn seven and was slowed.
The latter defended valiantly however the delay allowed Jones’ to pass around the outside of Turn 10 to grab the lead – one he’d never lose – before edging away to win his third career race.
O’Keeffe finished second with David Russell a strong third for his Dayco / EMA Motorsport entry.
Ryan Suhle lodged his best ever Carrera Cup Australia race result in fourth, while Dale Wood gained ground from his starting position to finish fifth.
TekworkX Motorsport teammates Luke Youlden and Max Vidau finished line astern in sixth and seventh, respectively, with Michael Almond, David Wall and Jackson Walls completing the top-10.
Following their turn one trips across the infield, Duvashen Padayachee ultimately finished 11th while Hedge was stuck behind a host of Pro rivals in 16th.
The young Kiwi did set a new Winton Carrera Cup lap record in his pursuit of the field, the new benchmark standing at 1m20.7697s.
In Morris Finance Pro-Am, Geoff Emery led from lights to flag to record his sixth career class victory and extend his championship lead following the fourth race of the season.
He fended off Liam Talbot in the early stages, however the former champion ran wide at turn six early in the race, ceding several positions.
That elevated Stephen Grove to second, however he was passed by Dean Cook’s Zonzo Estate entry on the final lap before ultimately finish second. Grove was third, with polesitter Matt Belford finishing fourth.
Rodney Jane was a season-best fifth with Talbot, Tim Miles, Adrian Flack, Drew Hall and Marc Cini completing the top-10.
The race one results provisionally place Harri Jones in the lead of the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia championship for the first time, Max Vidau dropping to second position and David Wall to third.
The field returns for a pair of races on Sunday’s program at the Winton SuperSprint event.
Race 2 will see the field tackle a 25-lap endurance affair at 10:25am before the final sprint race commences at 2:20pm, local time.
Both races will be shown live on Fox Sports 506 and Kayo Sport.
QUOTES:
Harri Jones – Pro
”That was an awesome race, we qualified third and I was pretty happy with that. I made a position up off the start and put my head down and got Dylan in the last few laps, so I’m really stoked. We have two more races tomorrow, so hoping to do a repeat. The last few laps Dylan and I caught the rear traffic, I took the opportunity and went high, got denied and managed to get the undercut. It was a good battle, we didn’t touch each other so it was good to be close without any contact and come away with the win.”
Geoff Emery – Morris Finance Pro-Am
“It was a really good race, especially with Liam at the start once he closed the gap and he was really making me earn it at the start. But I hung on and after he ran wide, I was on my own for a bit, which made it pretty easy toward the end, so I was happy with that. Tomorrow I’ll just keep the same strategy and stay alive out there. I’ve been really enjoying the Pro-Am Championship this year, the new 992 is a fantastic car to drive, so really enjoying the Championship.”
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UncategorizedO’Keeffe, Emery top record-breaking practice day
Records set to fall as Carrera Cup returns to Winton after long absence
DYLAN O’KEEFFE and Geoff Emery have topped their respective classes in an intense day of practice as the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia returned to Winton Motor Raceway, in country Victoria.
Visiting for the first time since 2013, the 31-car Carrera Cup field posted remarkably close and competitive times across a pair of 25-minute sessions that set the tone for an intense weekend ahead.
While O’Keeffe topped the Pro class, Emery was fastest overall in the equally competitive Morris Finance Pro-Am battle.
The pair of sessions were held in cool but bright and sunny conditions, teams spending the day learning the conditions ahead of a pair of important 10-minute qualifying sessions – one each for Pro and Pro-Am competitors – tomorrow.
O’Keeffe’s 1m20.1090s flyer was set late in the second practice session and was a full 3.3 seconds quicker than Craig Baird’s existing Winton qualifying record, set way back in 2007.
The Dexion / RAM Motorsport driver ended the day just 0.1 seconds quicker than practice one pacesetter, Callum Hedge.
“It was very tricky out there with all the cars, I didn’t think I would get any lap in,” O’Keeffe said.
“At the start, we caught the Pro Am’s very quickly and didn’t get a lap in. I was stressing a little but at the end there trying to get a lap in, but I had one clean go at it and managed to put it together, that said it was a pretty scruffy lap.
“These 992’s are very tricky around this circuit with oversteer compared to the previous generation and some of the other cars I’ve driven around here. But I like working the car a little bit and they say a loose car is a fast car.”
The young Kiwi had topped practice one in his Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche and had led the way for much of the second session before O’Keeffe’s late flyer saw him jump to the top.
Duvashen Padayachee was third fastest overall, completing a strong day for the GWR Australia-run cars, while former series champion David Wall was fourth.
Simon Fallon was best of the Sonic Motor Racing entries in fifth aboard his Bob Jane T-Marts car, while Dale Wood’s Timken EBM entry was sixth.
Championship leader Max Vidau jumped to seventh on his penultimate flyer in practice for TekworkX Motorsport, while Harri Jones was eighth and best of the McElrea Racing stable.
David Russell and Nick McBride completed a competitive top-10 with eight different teams represented in the bunch.
The competitive nature of the field was clear to see with a remarkable 0.9 seconds covering the top eighteen cars and two seconds covering 24.
Emery topped the Morris Finance Pro-Am field with him 1m21.0465s best less than a second from the fastest time overall.
“It was an interesting session I struggled a bit at the start, but we set new Michelins on it and got a good result in the end,” Emery said.
“The car is really good to drive now, we tuned her up after the first session and took some of the oversteer out of it and its really good to drive. You had to manage the traffic, you have to roll out of it when you have to and press on because there’s only a second between the front and the back, once I got on with it, the traffic wasn’t too bad.”
Victorian Matt Belford was second in Pro-Am while Dean Cook was third – just ahead of the returning Adrian Flack and class champion, Sam Shahin.
The field returns to the circuit tomorrow for qualifying at 10:05am, the Pro-Am field to qualify first before the Pro’s hit the track.
The field then regroups for the first of three races this weekend at 2:25pm local time.
Both sessions will be broadcast live on Fox Sports 506 and Kayo Sports.
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NewsHarri Jones claims maiden Carrera Cup round win
Matt Belford takes Morris Finance Pro-Am for debut round victory
HARRI JONES has added another trophy to his growing collection, claiming Round 2 of the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship following a final-race showdown with David Russell.
It was a pair of first-time winners at Winton Raceway as Morris Finance Pro-Am rookie Matt Belford claimed a home-state round win in just his second ever Carrera Cup event.
Jones’ pathway to victory was set up with his drive to win in race one, and backed up with a solid run to second in the 25-lap enduro race that commenced the Sunday program.
David Russell won that race – his first Carrera Cup victory since October 2015 – though Jones’ second position saw him lead the round points heading into the deciding finale’ later in the afternoon.
In a winner-take-all affair, Jones’ made the better start from the outside of the front row and led the experienced Russell into turn one – setting up a tense battle to the line but one that Jones’ would never not control.
The win delivered the young Michelin Junior his maiden Carrera Cup round victory in just his 10th round start: and rocketed him from fourth to a clear first in the championship standings in the process.
Russell’s second overall was his 11th podium finish in his lengthy Carrera Cup career and the first for the Dayco / EMA Motorsport team since joining the championship.
Dylan O’Keeffe completed the podium in his Dexion / RAM Motorsport entry.
The Victorian finished just behind Russell and Jones’ in the enduro cup race on Sunday morning and then finished fourth – behind a strong Dale Wood – in the 16-lap finale’ to book his first trip to the podium since Sydney Motorsport Park in 2018.
Wood’s strong weekend was his best in some time in the championship aboard his Timken EBM entry, while Luke Youlden finished fifth overall as TekworkX Motorsport continued their speedy start to the 2022 season.
Matt Belford’s pathway to victory in the Morris Finance Pro-Am came via a strong win in a dramatic Enduro Cup race early on Sunday morning.
The Victorian, driving for the Porsche Centre Melbourne team, survivied a dramatic race that saw the top two finishes from Saturday’s opener fail to finish.
He then held off a charging Rodney Jane in the closing laps to record his first Carrera Cup class win; having scored pole position earlier in the weekend.
Belford then backed up that performance with a second-straight race win in the third and final race of the weekend to do enough to claim his maiden overall win.
Jane was second, his first Pro-Am class podium finish since Bathurst in 2008, while Stephen Grove finished third overall for the weekend.
Round one winner Geoff Emery had a challenging Sunday, having won the opening race on Saturday afternoon: he failed to finish race two after early damage before recovering to ninth in class in the third race.
With two of eight rounds complete, Harri Jones has charged to a commanding 70-point lead in the championship – having entered the Winton weekend fourth in the championship.
David Russell has moved to second in the standings with a five-point margin to former champion David Wall in third.
Max Vidau sits fourth in the championship just two points further back, while Dylan O’Keeffe has moved to fifth.
Stephen Grove took over from Geoff Emery as the leader in Morris Finance Pro-Am class after two rounds, his lead 15 points over the Round 1 winner.
Sam Shahin sits third in the championship after his Sunday performances saw him rebound from a race-one DNF at Winton.
The tightly-packed Pro-Am field has the top five cars split by just 59 points heading into the third round of the championship.
Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia returns to the top end of Australia for Round 3, with the Merlin Darwin Triple Crown event to be held between June 17-19.
QUOTES
Harri Jones – Pro – Round winner
“That was an awesome race to come away with the win for the weekend and take my first Carrera Cup round. I’m really happy and want to say a massive thank you to the McElrea team, they gave me an absolute rocket this weekend. Winton is not our home track, so to come here after many years and get the win, its amazing and credit must go to the work the team has been doing to make our car fast this weekend, where we could get a good start and to lead the flag, I can’t thank everyone enough.
“I had a poor start in the race this morning, so we worked on getting more rear tyre temp and this afternoon it just hooked up. I can’t wait for Darwin, we were up there for a two day test a few weeks back, so I can’t wait, the track is absolutely amazing and will definitely be different weather to here. We’ve been freezing all weekend here and up there will be very warm, so looking forward to getting up there and getting amongst it.”
Matthew Belford – Morris Finance Pro-Am winner
“It was a great race and would like to dedicate this one to Karl Batson and the whole Porsche Centre Melbourne Team. The beauty of starting first in Pro-Am is you just get in behind the pros, Rodney Jane put me under a lot of pressure again. I was able to pull away a little bit, so it was just a perfect race. From what happened at Albert Park I wanted to come here and just have three clean races, so to get two race wins and a third is just a dream come true.
“I’m a bit like the young Pros to be honest (laughs), they go through the Porsche Pyramid, whereas I’m an old guy whose been through the Porsche Pyramid. I did all the levels of Porsche Track Experience training in Queensland, went onto Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge and worked my way up and now have come to Carrera Cup and I still feel like I’m a little bit less experienced. The fast Pro-Am’s in this championship are really experienced, so to be here and be competitive, that’s really what I’m after.”
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NewsNear capacity Carrera Cup Australia grid for Winton Supersprint return
Porsche teams return to Winton after nearly a decade
The second round of the 2022 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship sees a return for all teams to country Victoria, for the Winton Supersprint. Marking the 131st round to be held in the Championship history since it began in 2003, the traditional cold and wet climate of the Benalla track at this time of year will be sure to provide a mix of changeable conditions for the teams from their last visit in August 2013.
On that occasion, Michael Patrizi won the round, while three different drivers won the three races: Patrizi (Race 1), Shae Davies (Race 2) and Nick Percat the third race. The 3.0km National circuit is unsurprisingly the slowest circuit currently on the 2022 Carrera Cup calendar, as the last recorded average lap speed of 129kph was set in 2013 in the 997 MY11 generation of 911 GT3 Cup car. Expect to see lap records tumble from the get-go in the latest generation 992.
Of the 31 car field entered for the 20-22 May event, only two drivers – Marc Cini and Stephen Grove – were on the grid in 2013 the last time the Championship visited there. Ironically, both had a challenging weekend on that occasion, with each driver failing to score in each session. Ironically, there were more of the current Carrera Cup brigade on the grid when the Championship first debuted at Winton in 2003: that year, Cini, Rodney Jane and Tony Quinn were all present.
Most of the class of 2022 have already done test sessions at Winton, as every Porsche customer squad looks to not only learn more but hone the set-ups on their new 992 generation 911 GT3 Cup car.
With Aaron Love currently abroad contesting Carrera Cup France, the Tyrepower TekworkX Motorsport entry of Max Vidau starts as the form man, having won the opening round at the Australian Grand Prix.
Harri Jones will be another Michelin Junior hoping to take the momentum from his victory in the last race in Melbourne into Round 2, but the Queenslander is likely to face opposition from McElrea Racing teammate, Christian Pancione and the SP Tools Earl Bamber Motorsport entry of Ryan Suhle.
Expect the ever-present David Wall to be another in the hunt for the top of the podium, starting his 67th round in Winton. The 2017 Carrera Cup Champion surpasses Craig Baird for second on all-time starts this weekend.
Wall together with experienced campaigners like Dale Wood, Michael Almond, Dylan O’Keeffe, Luke Youlden and David Russell in the mix, round honours are far from a certainty for anyone in the Pro class. It should make for a riveting spectacle.
In Morris Finance Pro-Am, the battle and competition level will be just as intense. Porsche Cars Australia has implemented a split qualifying session for Winton round, allowing for more indicative, unimpeded lap times for both classes.
Hot off his Bathurst 12Hr Class C win, Geoff Emerywill start as class favourite to take the round, but one cannot ignore the depth of competition in a field consisting of Liam Talbot, Stephen Grove, Dean Cook, Sam Shahin and Adrian Flack. Flack marking his return to Championship after missing Round 1.
Both Saturday and Sunday’s qualifying and races will all be broadcast live on FoxSports and Kayo Sports throughout the weekend.
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Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia, Round 2, Winton
Broadcast Schedule:
Saturday, 21 May
10:05 -10:15 Qualifying – Pro
10:20 – 10:30 Qualifying – Morris Finance Pro-Am
14:25 – 14:50 Race 1 16 laps
Sunday, 22 May
10:25 – 11:05 Race 2 25 laps
14:20 – 14:45 Race 3 16 laps
Entry List:
# | Name | Surname | CLASS | SPONSOR |
4 | Stephen | Grove | Pro-Am | Grove Racing |
5 | Ryan | Suhle | Pro | SP Tools / EBM |
6 | Angelo | Mouzouris | Pro | Sonic / PitBox |
7 | Tim | Miles | Pro-Am | Miles Advisory Partners / N2C |
8 | Nick | McBride | Pro | Porsche Centre Melbourne |
9 | Marc | Cini | Pro-Am | Hallmarc |
11 | Jackson | Walls | Pro | Objective Racing |
12 | Harri | Jones | Pro | Hastings Deering / Mackellar Group |
13 | Sam | Shahin | Pro-Am | The Bend Motorsport Park / OTR |
14 | Matthew | Belford | Pro-Am | ID Land |
17 | Callum | Hedge | Pro | Team Porsche NZ / EBM |
20 | Adrian | Flack | Pro-Am | AGAS National / EBM |
22 | Dean | Cook | Pro-Am | Zonzo Racing |
25 | Michael | Almond | Pro | The PSA Group |
27 | Liam | Talbot | Pro-Am | Wash It / Paynter Dixon |
28 | Bayley | Hall | Pro | Printech |
38 | David | Wall | Pro | Monochrome / Paynter Dixon |
45 | Duvashen | Padayachee | Pro | Rentcorp Hyundai Forklifts |
48 | Geoff | Emery | Pro-Am | Force Accessories / MJR |
53 | Luke | Youlden | Pro | Hire A Hubby / TekworkX |
72 | Max | Vidau | Pro | Tyrepower / TekworkX |
74 | David | Russell | Pro | Dayco / EMA Motorsport |
76 | Christian | Pancione | Pro | VCM Performance / HP Tuners |
77 | Rodney | Jane | Pro-Am | Bob Jane T Marts /Sonic |
86 | Drew | Hall | Pro-Am | Wall Racing |
88 | Dylan | O’Keeffe | Pro | Dexion / RAM Motorsport |
100 | Dale | Wood | Pro | Timken Racing |
101 | Tony | Quinn | Pro-Am | Local Legends |
222 | Scott | Taylor | Pro-Am | Scott Taylor Motorsport |
333 | Brad | Shiels | Pro | Royal Purple Racing |
777 | Simon | Fallon | Pro | Bob Jane T Marts / Bremtech |
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NewsPorsche 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance reveals the potential of Mission R
From the IAA conceptual study to a fully-electric prototype on the racetrack
Porsche has begun testing the technology components of the Mission R with the 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance. At the 2021 IAA MOBILITY in Munich, the conceptual study outlined the vision of a fully-electric GT racing car for customer motorsport in the future. Now, the innovative electric drive concept of the Mission R is demonstrating its potential on national and international racetracks.
The Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance serves as a test vehicle. Like the Mission R, the all-wheel-drive racer uses the chassis of the proven 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport model. The entire electric motor and battery technology also comes from the IAA conceptual study, which in qualification mode translates to a maximum output of 735 kW (1,000 PS) and more. In simulated racing, a steady 450 kW (612 PS) is available for 30 minutes, i.e. the duration of a Carrera Cup race. In terms of lap times and top speed, the 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance is on par with the performance of the current 992-generation 911 GT3 Cup.
“With the Mission R, we’ve shown how Porsche envisages sustainable customer motor racing in the future. The 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance now demonstrates that this vision works impressively on the racetrack,” said Matthias Scholz, GT racing vehicle project manager. “We’re very excited about the response because a one-make cup with electric racing cars would be an important addition to our existing customer racing programme.”
In 2030, Porsche aims to be CO2 neutral across the entire value chain and life cycle of new cars sold. By then, the proportion of all new vehicles featuring all-electric drive should be more than 80 per cent.
Like with the Mission R, the fully-electric drive train of the 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance is based on a permanently excited synchronous machine (PESM) on the front and rear axles. Together, they turn the racing car into an all-wheel-drive and can deliver a peak output of up to 800 kW (1,088 PS). The direct oil cooling of the e-motors and battery pack developed by Porsche counteracts thermally induced derating.
“The integration of oil cooling has significantly impacted the vehicle concept,” said Björn Förster, GT4 ePerformance project manager. “With experts in the fields of aerodynamics and thermodynamics as well as high-voltage and bodywork specialists, the development team created an architecture to tap the full potential of the battery cells for the first time, since there is no thermal derating. In this way, the power output in racing mode remains constant for half an hour.”
Thanks to 900-volt technology, the state of charge (SoC) of the battery at full charging capacity jumps from 5 to 80 per cent in about 15 minutes.
Under the direction of designer Grant Larson, a team from Porsche Style came up with the shape of the 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance. The racing car is 14 centimetres wider than a 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport. About 6,000 parts were designed from scratch. The body is made of natural fibre composite materials, among others, with the production intended to generate fewer emissions than the production of comparable synthetic materials. Recycled carbon fibres are also used for testing purposes. Compared to the 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport, the flared fenders allow more room for the wider 18-inch racing tyres from Michelin. Renewable materials make up a particularly high proportion of the tyres.
The GT4 ePerformance Tour #race2zero
The Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance celebrates its premiere at the Goodwood Festival of Speed from 23 to 26 June 2022. At the famous motorsport festival in southern England, the all-electric concept car will take part in the ca. 1.9-kilometre hill-climb event. Its second outing is on 20 August 2022 at the Porsche factory in Leipzig on the occasion of the factory’s 20th anniversary. The facility boasts a 3.7-kilometre circuit that features famous sections of world-famous racetracks. The two 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance demo vehicles will travel through various European countries before heading to North America in early 2023. The world tour concludes in the Asia-Pacific region, where the all-electric racing car will tour until mid-2024. In line with the sustainability strategy of the entire “race2zero” project, transportation has been logistically optimised and will be done entirely by ship, train and truck.
“The 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance blazes a trail to Porsche customer racing with electrically-powered racing cars. As a first step, we will unveil this concept to our global partners,” said Oliver Schwab, Project Manager of the 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance. “With drivers, teams, organisers, authorities and other interested parties, we’re also gathering ideas for Porsche racing formats in the future.”
GT4 ePerformance – the partners
The 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance heads off on its world tour with support from seven partners. All companies involved use the tour as a platform to further advance the topic of sustainability with Porsche Motorsport. DB Schenker is new to the project. The world’s leading provider of global logistics services contributes sustainable transport services, among other things. The long-standing partner ExxonMobil is involved through its Mobil brand via joint developments in the field of coolants and lubricants for the racing car. TAG Heuer, the Swiss manufacturer of luxury watches, supports this and other Porsche Motorsport projects as the timing partner. As a long-established technology partner of Porsche Motorsport, Michelin develops particularly sustainable racing tyres for the 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance. The fashion company Hugo Boss is the official team outfitter. Fireproof clothing for drivers and mechanics is provided by the sports lifestyle brand Puma with the crew’s tools provided by the official supplier Hazet.
Further information, film and photo material in the Porsche Newsroom: newsroom.porsche.com.au
You can follow Porsche Motorsport in Australia via @PorscheMotorsportAU (Facebook, Instagram, Youtube) or @PorscheMspAU (Twitter)
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NewsCraig Lowndes to headline Prostate Cancer Foundation Bathurst 12 Hr campaign
Lowndes joins Davison, Emery and Taylor for Bathurst 12 Hour
Craig Lowndes will headline a team formed with the sole purpose of raising funds and awareness for Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) at the 2022 LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour.
Lowndes, a two-time winner of the 12-Hour, will be joined by Alex Davison, Geoff Emery and Scott Taylor, aboard a Scott Taylor Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car at the May 13-15 event.
The car will field a livery entirely dedicated to PCFA, which will also be the official charity partner of the event for the first time.
The Prostate Cancer Foundation Porsche will be supported by experienced Porsche squad, Ashley Seward Motorsport.
Around 18,000 Australian men are diagnosed each year with prostate cancer, and over 3,300 will die from the disease.
Fundraising on the day will include donation points at the event this year, at the town-to-track activation on Thursday prior to the race and via online portals on the Bathurst 12 Hour and Supercars websites.
Lowndes has won the 12-Hour on two occasions and the Repco Bathurst 1000 seven times and remains one of Australian Motorsport’s most popular figures.
Thanks to a strong family history of Prostate Cancer, Lowndes has long been a supporter of the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s efforts to raise both funding and awareness for their efforts.
Alex Davison is a former Porsche factory driver, a Carrera Cup Australia champion and has 17 starts in the Bathurst 1000 to his credit.
Davison’s family has also been affected by Prostate cancer with his well-known father, Richard, also having battled the illness.
Geoff Emery is a multiple national circuit racing champion and last year finished runner up in the Pro-Am class of Porsche Carrera Cup Australia, while Taylor is an experienced GT racer, Carrera Cup competitor and team owner.
The LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour will be broadcast live on Fox Sports, Kayo Sports and the Seven Network next weekend (May 13-15).
Donations can be made via the Prostate Cancer Foundation website directly at the following link: www.pcfau.org/car222
For more information, please visit www.bathurst12hour.com.au
Craig Lowndes: “My family has a strong history of Prostate Cancer so it is an issue that has always been close to my heart.
“I have had a long relationship with the Foundation and their efforts to raise awareness about the disease. It can be a taboo subject for many men and it is important to talk about it and go and get checked. Hopefully what we are doing this year will encourage people to go and do just that.
“When this opportunity was presented, I couldn’t get behind it quick enough – it’s like the ideal weekend; a chance to raise funds and awareness for a really important cause, but also spend a weekend at Bathurst in a Porsche! It wasn’t hard to say yes.
“We’re all really excited about getting to the track. We’re going there to have a great time and really enjoy the whole race and everything around it.
“The important element of the weekend is doing what we can to get the word out about the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s efforts and then having a great time with a good group of guys in the Porsche.”
Shane Howard, CEO, Supercars: “The LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour is proud to be associated with the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia as our official charitable partner for 2022.
“It is an important cause that men need to be aware of, to know their risks of prostate cancer and talk to a GP about having a PSA blood test. The 12-Hour is a platform that can spread that word far and wide, to the many thousands of people attending the event in person, or the millions watching the broadcast in Australia, New Zealand and around the world.
“We hope to make a significant impact on the foundation’s fundraising efforts and raise awareness among Bathurst 12 Hour fans in the process.”
Anne Savage, CEO, Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia
PCFA’s CEO, Anne Savage, said the event would rapidly accelerate awareness of Australia’s most common male cancer.
“This partnership puts us in pole position to help close the distance between awareness and action on prostate cancer in Australia.
“Two in every three Australian men diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer will die within five years of being diagnosed, but if we can detect prostate cancer before it spreads, we can beat it.
“Having the support of Craig Lowndes and the 2022 LIQUI MOLY Bathurst 12 Hour will enable us to get the message out to men – they need to know their family history and talk to their GP about PSA testing.”
For more Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia news and content follow the Porsche Motorsport Australia social pages: Instagram – @PorscheMotorsportAU / Twitter – @PorscheMspAU / Facebook.com/ PorscheMotorsportAU
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NewsMichelin and Porsche announce prize pool for 2022 Junior Programme
Michelin renews its support of both Porsche Sprint Challenge and Porsche Junior Programme
Michelin renews its support of both Porsche Sprint Challenge and Porsche Junior Programme
The continued support and development of the best young drivers from around the Australasian region has been a key priority for both Michelin Australia and Porsche Cars Australia for several years now. The domestic collaboration has seen the initiative grow into benchmark driver development programme in the country and remain a vital feature of the Porsche Motorsport Pyramid.
For the 2022 season, Michelin will again be the Title Partner of Porsche Sprint Challenge Australia which gets underway at Round 1 of the national series at Sydney Motorsport Park from the 27-29 May. At the same time, the French tyre giant has announced that it will again support the Porsche Junior Development Programme offering eligible young drivers from the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship and Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Series mentorship, support and training from the country’s leading sports professionals and coaches, as well as the opportunity to win their share of the $300,000 prize pool on offer.
The 2022 prize pool sees the top three Junior drivers from each Category, receive a set of Michelin competition tyres every round, while the top placed Junior driver at each round will also receive a complimentary entry for the round.
The Michelin Junior Champion – which will be awarded to the leading point scorer after round 6 of the 2022 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia season in August 2022 – will receive a trip to Germany to attend the Porsche Motorsport Night of Champions Dinner in December 2022. The main prize for the Michelin Junior drivers is to be nominated to attend the global Porsche Motorsport Junior Shootout to represent the Carrera Cup Australia.
The Junior Shootout continues to play a crucial role in the development of the best emerging talent from the Australasian region and is seen as the most proven pathway for talented drivers to progress to the highest level abroad. To be eligible for nomination all Carrera Cup drivers must commit to a full season, carry additional Michelin branding and be born within the following time frame: 30/11/1998-01/03/2005.
Cooper Murray was the Porsche Michelin Junior Australia Winner last year, earning PCA’s nomination to attend the Porsche Junior Shootout in Europe that year. Murray arrived prior to the Shootout to test drive the new 992 generation Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car at Portimao Circuit in preparation for the Shootout and conducted a further two-day test session with Porsche Mobil1 Supercup Team, Martinet by Almeras, at the Paul Ricard Circuit in France on the 20-21 November. The Victorian then finished on the podium at the final round of the Porsche Carrera Cup France Championship on the 22 – 24 October.
Martinet by Almeras is the same team which supported 2018 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Champion, Jaxon Evans, to second position overall in the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup Championship in 2021.
Other drivers that have progressed up the Porsche Motorsport Pyramid in recent years via the Australian Junior Programme, include the likes of Matt Campbell (Porsche factory driver), Nick Foster, Andre Heimgartner, Jordan Love and Cameron Hill, who have all gone on to succeed at the highest levels of the sport both locally and internationally.
QUOTES:
Barry Hay, Motorsport Manager, Porsche Cars Australia: “It’s fantastic to have our long term partner in Michelin join with us again and provide the crucial support needed for young talented athletes within this country. Both Michelin and Porsche are aligned in our passion for developing young athletes both on and off the track, which we have had great success in the past, and we are looking forward to continuing this support for the next batch of talented athletes coming through.
Hugo De-Boischevalier, Marketing Manager Oceania, Michelin Australia: “Porsche continues to be the go-to championship for drivers who are looking to further their career, either locally or internationally. The Junior Program is like no-other in terms of support and development from the Porsche team; with young drivers given the fantastic opportunity to round out their skills both on and off-track.”
“There is a genuine community feel within the whole Porsche pit lane, that has a strong alignment to our own values of respect, performance and helping people achieve their goals. Michelin Australia are excited to be supporting the Juniors again in 2022 and wish all the teams a successful season ahead.”
2022 Porsche Michelin Junior Programme drivers
Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia
Max Vidau – Tekworkx
Angelo Mouzouris – Sonic
Harri Jones – McElrea Racing
Christian Pancione – McElrea Racing
Ryan Suhle – SP Tools / EBM
Simon Fallon – Sonic
Jackson Walls – McElrea Racing
Callum Hedge – Team Porsche NZ / EBM
Bayley Hall – McElrea Racing
Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge
Madeline Stewart – Team Porsche NZ
Lachlan Bloxsom – McElrea Racing
Tom Sargent – CHE Racing
Aron Shields – McElrea Racing
Ollie Shannon – Tigani Motorsport
Courtney Prince – Sonic
Ryan Wood – EBM
For race information, videos and interviews, follow the Porsche Motorsport Australia social pages: Instagram – @PorscheMotorsportAU / Twitter – @PorscheMspAU / Facebook.com/ PorscheMotorsportAU
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NewsJones Breaks Through in Albert Park Finale, Vidau takes Round victory
Shahin takes final Morris Finance race, Emery seals round win
HARRI JONES has broken through for his first victory of the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia season in an action packed finale on the roads of Albert Park.
After making another storming start, Jones had to survive a pair of safety car restarts en route to victory.
In Morris Finance Pro-Am, Sam Shahin also earned his first class win of 2022.
Following the first event of season 2022, Max Vidau tops the overall Pro standings from David Wall and Aaron Love, with only seven points separating the top three, while in Pro-Am, Geoff Emery leads the way from Shahin and Stephen Grove.
After being victorious in the opening three races, Love won the initial kick away from pole position, but Jones repeated his flying start from yesterday, claiming the lead as the field raced through turn one.
Wall then forged his way into second position, passing Love around the outside of turn four.
The action then came thick and fast after Nick McBride spun into the turn 11 gravel at the end of lap two.
Callum Hedge then spun entering the main straight, lightly tapping the pit wall, before a coming together between Angelo Mouzouris and Jackson Walls saw the latter make contact with the second turn tyre barrier.
Before the safety car was finally called, Bailey Hall spun at turn three.
Upon the resumption of action, Luke Youlden and Love made contact at corner 11, with Love following McBride’s wheel tracks into the gravel, necessitating a second safety car appearance.
With the time certain cut-off looming, a two-lap run to the finish ensued.
On the restart, Ryan Suhle nudged the turn two barrier, while Rodney Jane and Tim Miles spun at turn three, with Miles retiring on the spot.
With the field tightly bunched all the way to the finish, Jones led home Wall, Vidau, Dylan O’Keeffe, David Russell, Simon Fallon, Dale Wood, Michael Almond, Brad Shields, with Duvashen Padayachee rounding out the top ten.
In Morris Finance Pro-Am, Shahin moved his way into the class lead early, and held the position in the run to the chequered flag.
Grove was second ahead of Liam Talbot, Emery and Dean Cook.
The Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia championship is scheduled to continue at Victoria’s Winton Motor Raceway from May 21 to 22.
Max Vidau – Round Winner Pro Class
“It’s pretty surreal looking back two years at the Melbourne Grand Prix when COVID struck, and to be honest, I really didn’t see myself back in a Cup Car,” Vidau said.
“Rob Woods came along and gave me an opportunity to not only work for the team but drive for them, and I’m absolutely stoked to be on the top step of the podium.
“It’s awesome, massive thank you to the boys and everything they do to me as well, as all my sponsors Tyrepower, Bondi Carpets and Exedy.
“I’m ecstatic, but obviously Aaron got a bit stitched up with what happened to him, but we’ve had some awesome battles over the years.
“He’s heading over to Europe, hopefully I’ll see him over there soon.
“We didn’t really do much testing either, we just stumbled across something good and stuck with it.
“Hopefully it works at Winton too.”
Geoff Emery – Round Winner, Morris Finance Pro-Am
“There was a lot going on obviously with the restarts, I had a good run and had built a lead on Sam,” Emery said.
“After the restart I saw Jackson Walls go into the fence, so I rolled out of it thinking there would be a safety car, but there wasn’t, and that allowed Sam to get up alongside of me and Stephen Grove, and I was forced to follow them through.
“That’s racing I guess!”
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NewsAaron Love’s Albert Park Carrera Cup sweep continues
Emery rebounds to claim Morris Finance Pro-Am honours
AARON LOVE’S domination of the opening round of the 2022 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia has continued with a lights-to-flag win at Albert Park, his third straight victory for the event.
In a one-off appearance before taking off to Europe, Love claimed the TAG Heuer Pole Position award on Thursday, before being leading home yesterday’s opening two races, with today’s success seeing the West Australian have to hold off the advances of multiple challengers.
Meanwhile, in Morris Finance Pro-Am, Geoff Emery repeated his opening race class win, with his chief rival Liam Talbot retiring mid-race.
Love led the field away yet again, with Harri Jones completing an audacious move on the grass into turn one, claiming second place from fourth on the grid.
Behind the leaders, the opening corner squeeze caused chaos.
Contact between Duvashen Padayachee, Jackson Walls, and Angelo Mouzouris saw Mouzouris spin into the gravel, with Padayachee limping to a halt, while Walls parked at turn three.
Following a safety car appearance, the race restarted on lap four, although Marc Cini fell by the wayside at turn 10, and race two’s leading Morris Finance Pro-Am runner Talbot retired in the pit lane.
Max Vidau forged his way back into second, passing Jones at turn 11 on the sixth circuit, with Jones quickly falling into the clutches of David Wall and Ryan Suhle.
At the end of eight circuits, Love held on to the lead in the time certain finish, with Vidau closing to within half a second at the chequered flag.
Jones claimed third, fending off the advances of Wall, with only 0.2s separating the duo, with Suhle in fifth, then Christian Pancione, Dylan O’Keeffe, Luke Youlden, Simon Fallon and David Russell rounding out the top-ten.
It was a particularly strong drive by Youlden, who charged through from 24th at the start.
Emery claimed his second Morris Finance Pro-Am race win for the event, with second-placed Sam Shahin less than half a second adrift at the finish.
Third in class went to Stephen Grove, ahead of Dean Cook and Tim Miles.
In the progressive points for the weekend, Love leads the way from Vidau, Wall, Jones and Suhle.
The fourth and final race for the opening round of the 2022 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia season is scheduled for 11:05am tomorrow, with the coverage available live through Channel 10, Fox Sports 506 and Kayo Sports.
Aaron Love – Winner Pro Class
“I have had a bit of practice with these restarts, but it’s all about trying to keep my head down and stay nice and calm, it’s really nice to come away with the three wins from the past races,” Love said.
“Hopefully, we can tune the car up a little bit for tomorrow, we’ve got our work cut out for us, Max is really quick we’ll have to do a bit of research overnight and get stuck into it for tomorrow’s race.
“The 992 is what I’ll be campaigning in France this year and it’s definitely helped being back with the Sonic guys, it feels like home, it’s definitely going to give me a leg up going into the French Carrera Cup Championship, ease myself into it this weekend and go full-on next weekend.”
Geoff Emery – Winner, Morris Finance Pro-Am
“It was a great race, but I got a bit baulked at the start with the Pros, but once we got through all that stuff it was a really good race,” Emery said.
“I had Liam come back from a bit, then Shahin, but it was a good battle.
“I’m loving the new car, it really suits my driving style, I’m excited for what the year has in store for us.
“It’s certainly got that GT type feel to it, which I’m really enjoying.”
Full results: https://www.carreracup.com.au/results/
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NewsAaron Love Claims Pair of Albert Park Carrera Cup Thrillers
Emery and Talbot Split Morris Finance Pro-Am Honours
Emery and Talbot Split Morris Finance Pro-Am Honours
ALBERT PARK came alive for the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia, with Aaron Love winning the opening two races of the 2022 season, with both encounters going down to the wire.
The first race witnessed a one-lap dash to the finish following a late safety car, while the second saw Love and Max Vidau trade places multiple times on the final circuit.
The story was similar in Morris Finance Pro-Am, with Geoff Emery winning the first race after two lead changes with Liam Talbot on the last lap, while Talbot earned the top spot in race two.
At the start of race one, Love led away from the TAG Heuer Pole Position, but behind him, McElrea Racing teammates Jackson Walls and Christian Pancione made contact at the re-profiled turn 11, but both were able to race on.
Luke Youlden dropped down the order early after qualifying fourth, then Michael Almond spun at turn two, making light contact with the wall, before ultimately retiring in the pits.
Marc Cini then speared off the circuit at turn 11, also reaching the tyre barrier, but was able to resume, while at the same time, Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia graduate Matthew Belford spun on track at the same corner.
On the eighth lap, Drew Hall was another driver to come unstuck at the end of the back straight, but as he was unable to extract himself from the gravel trap, the safety car entered the circuit.
With the time certain finish looming, a one-lap sprint to the chequered flag ensued, with third place Nick McBride losing control at the fast turn ten switchback, making race-ending contact with the wall.
The final results saw Love lead home Vidau, then 2017 Carrera Cup Champion David Wall, ahead of debutant Angela Mouzouris, Christian Pancione, Callum Hedge, Harri Jones, rookie Ryan Suhle, Dale Wood, with Walls rounding out the top ten.
Meanwhile, Emery claimed honours in Morris Finance Pro-Am, following a race-long battle with Talbot, which was only resolved after multiple last-lap passes for the lead.
Stephen Grove claimed third in class ahead of Tim Miles and Sam Shahin.
Love once again won the start of the second race with Wall slotting into second, although the opening lap action slowed when the safety car was called for Dale Wood’s turn one spin.
Racing had barely resumed when Belford found the turn two barrier, with the field slowing for a second time.
When racing restarted, Kiwi young gun Hedge earned himself a ten-second penalty for contact with Pancione at turn three, before running wide at turn 11, and finally parking at the same corner on the penultimate lap.
Youlden spun at the final turn, while Almond ran wide at the first corner after a spirited battle with Bailey Hall, with the action topped off by Tony Quinn touring the turn three gravel trap.
Battling throughout the field in the truncated 11 lap race came thick and fast, with the scrap for the lead seeing multiple changes on the final tour.
First, Love ran wide at turn four, with Vidau completing a daring outside move at the following bend.
Vidau subsequently ran off at turn ten, allowing Love back through for the victory.
Wall pounced on the last lap action to claim second from Vidau, Jones, Walls, Suhle, Mouzouris, David Russell, Pancione, and Duvashen Padayachee in tenth.
With the new track configuration coming to the fore, Vidau lowered his own Albert Park lap record in the twilight second race with a hot time of 1:48.6349s.
In Morris Finance Pro-Am, Talbot got the upper hand over Emery, Shahin, Grove and Miles, with little separating the combinations.
The Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia championship continues tomorrow with the weekend’s third race scheduled for 12:00pm, with live coverage available through Channel 10, Fox Sports 506 and Kayo Sport.
Aaron Love – Winner Pro Class Race 1 & 2
“A bit of a wild race, you can never complain about coming away with a race win, but I made a couple of mistakes that cost us a bit, and we happened to get a little bit lucky towards the end,” Love said.
“At the end of the day, we came away with a race win, but there are a couple of things we can take away from it, and learn from, get stuck into the car and see what we can put together for tomorrow.
“Coming back to do just a one-off round with Sonic at the Grand Prix, I couldn’t think of a better place to do it, I’m really happy to get some results for them so far, and hopefully, we can continue the streak onwards.”
Geoff Emery – Winner, Morris Finance Pro-Am Race 1
“(Talbot) got me on the last lap, and I got him back on the last lap!” Emery said.
“It was a good battle, I had a good race, and he kept the pace up to me throughout all of the race.
“I love the new track, I love the new car, it’s really exciting, it’s really fast out the back and I really enjoy the fast and flowing tracks, it really suits my driving style.”
Liam Talbot – Winner, Morris Finance Pro-Am Race 2
“It’s nice to redeem ourselves from race one in this one, a little bit of contact there, but we tuned the car up, tuned the driver up, and got ready to go,” Talbot said.
“I love the new car, seriously, how could you have a bad day in a Porsche?”
Full results: https://www.carreracup.com.au/results/
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NewsAaron Love takes season-opening pole position at Albert Park
Liam Talbot on top in Morris Finance Pro-Am
HE MIGHT have been a late call-up for a return to the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia championship, but Aaron Love still delivered to take his maiden TAG Heuer Pole Position award at the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix.
Love, driving a Bob Jane T-Marts entry for Sonic Motor Racing, topped a shortened qualifying session today in Melbourne with a 1m49.3236s flyer to lead Max Vidau and Luke Youlden to the start of the brand-new season.
Returning former Morris Finance Pro-Am champion Liam Talbot topped the runners in Morris Finance Pro-Am ahead of Geoff Emery and Stephen Grove.
The session was contested under blue skies and in warm conditions at Albert Park, times tumbling quickly throughout as teams and drivers continued to adapt to the new circuit and surface.
31 cars were on track making for a busy circuit as teams rushed through a brief practice session prior to qualifying to set the grid for the season opener.
West Aussie-based Love, who will move to Europe following the Grand Prix to chase an international racing career, topped the order as several drivers peeled into pit lane to prepare for a final run – only for the red flag to fly when Christian Pancione crashed his VCM performance car at turn five, with five minutes remaining in the session.
With a repair to the circuits barriers required, the session was not restarted leaving Love on pole position for the first time in his Carrera Cup career.
His lap time was more than seven seconds quicker than the previous Albert Park best thanks to the revised layout and new surface, coming at an average speed of over 174 km/hr.
Max Vidau was second – his best ever Carrera Cup qualifying performance – while hometown hero Nick McBride qualified third to continue his strong track record of performing well at Albert Park.
Luke Youlden qualified fourth, completing a strong day for TekworX Motorsport with two cars in the top four, while Christian Pancione was fifth despite bringing out the red flag. Jackson Walls, Ryan Suhle, Angelo Mouzouris and Brad Shiels completing the top 10.
The latter three are all making their respective Carrera Cup debuts this weekend, while five of the top 10 in qualifying have less than 10 rounds of experience pointing to the massive influx of new talent within the field this year.
Liam Talbot celebrated his return to Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia by scoring pole position in Morris Finance Pro-Am, qualifying 18th overall in his Wall Racing-prepared entry.
Sporting a stunning ‘art car’ livery, Talbot topped a remarkably competitive Pro-Am field at Albert Park.
2021 class runner-up Geoff Emery was second in Pro Am while multiple champion Stephen Grove qualified third.
Matt Belford was fourth on his debut in the championship, just 0.2 seconds behind Grove.
The biggest loser of the qualifying red flag was reigning Morris Finance Pro-Am champion Sam Shahin, who failed to complete a flying lap and ended up 30th overall after suffering mechanical issues aboard his The Bend-backed entry.
Earlier, the sole practice session earlier in the day was topped by Luke Youlden, who ended the 20-minute session 0.3 seconds faster than New Zealander, Callum Hedge.
Dale Wood was third with Ryan Suhle completing a strong session for the Earl Bamber Motorsport squad in fourth. Max Vidau completed a strong session for Tekworkx motorsport in fifth, with Nick McBride, Brad Shiels, Aaron Love and Harri Jones completing the top-10.
Defending champion Sam Shahin was fastest in Morris Finance Pro-Am in practice ahead of Stephen Grove and Geoff Emery.
The Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia championship season proper launches tomorrow with race one at 11:00am and race two at 5:15pm. Both races will be shown live on Fox Sports 506 and Kayo Sport.
Aaron Love – Pole position, Pro class
“Getting pole is a great way to spend my flying visit here to Melbourne,” Love said.
“It’s so great to come back and have all the support from the team, especially Rod with Bob Jane T-Marts on the car,. The effort from the team after Practice 1 made it great to get back out there and have an unreal car to drive around. There is no better place to get my first pole position in Carrera Cup, so I’m feeling great.
“The track is quite a bit of fun now and down the back is so much faster, and it definitely suits these cars better than the old track because you can really use that aero grip for racing especially with the big draft down the back. I can’t wait to get racing.”
Liam Talbot – Pole Position, Morris Finance Pro-Am
“It was an eerily smooth session and nothing really to report, except obviously the track is still lacking any sort of grip which make the car a little loose in the rear, but they are really first world problems,” Talbot said.
“We just got a pole position in the first round which is a great way to start the year.”
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NewsGWR Australia unveils Carrera Cup liveries for Almond and Padayachee
GWR Australia unveils trio of Carrera Cup liveries
GWR Australia has revealed the liveries to be run by its three drivers in this year’s Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship, ahead of this weekend’s season opener at the Australian Grand Prix.
Each of the brand-new, Type 992 Porsche GT3 Cup cars has a distinctive livery, ensuring all three cars will stand out on the track.
The Padayachee father-and-son combination of Indiran and Duvashen have revealed a revamped version of their traditional blue, black and while hues, accented by maroon highlights, with Hyundai Forklifts appearing prominently as the car’s major sponsor.
Duvashen has been charged with the responsibility of giving the car its racing debut and after walking the track this afternoon, he cannot wait to tackle the updated layout.
“It’s going to be much faster, especially around the back section,” Padayachee said.
“Obviously one of the chicanes has been removed and some of the corners have been widened, but the other thing that will make a big difference for us will be the resurfacing – there will be a lot more grip.”
Dylan O’Keeffe’s car will sport a predominantly gunmetal grey livery, featuring Dexion and Circle Red Watches as major commercial partners. This weekend will be O’Keeffe’s first round in Carrera Cup since the Australian Grand Prix in 2019.
“There will be 31 cars on the grid this weekend, which is one of the largest fields we’ve ever seen for Carrera Cup, and the driving talent at the front of the field is all class,” O’Keeffe said.
“The GWR squad have worked hard to unlock the potential of the new 992 Cup car, but we know all the other teams will have been preparing thoroughly as well, so the racing will be cut-throat.”
The team’s final entry is the PSA Group entry to be driven by Michael Almond, who is set to embark upon his ninth season in the competitive Porsche one-make series and has notched up five race victories since 2016.
Almond’s Carrera Cup car runs an eye-catching lime green colour scheme with yellow highlights. After acquainting himself with the new car in pre-season testing, Almond is excited to see how it performs in race conditions.
“The extra aero means the high-speed handling is better, while the improved front suspension geometry and wider tyre allows you to hustle the car harder through the slow corners.
“There’s no doubt the lap times will be an improvement over the previous car at most tracks, but we will have to adapt the car setup and driving technique to maximise its potential.”
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NewsTalbot collaborates with acclaimed Sydney artist Gemma O’Brien
Liam Talbot marks his return to Carrera Cup with art car livery
Liam Talbot marks his return to Carrera Cup with art car livery
Liam Talbot has marked his return to the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship this season with a unique ‘art car’ design on his new Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 992) car.
The 2019 Morris Finance Pro-Am Champion will be one of the strongest contenders in a stacked 2022 class, which sees the last five Morris Finance Pro-Am Championship race winners on the grid this season. The last time that happened was at Bathurst 2016.
This year will also mark the first time four different former Morris Finance Pro Am Champions have started the season on the same grid. Talbot will be among those in the hunt for podium positions and rejoins the successful Wall Racing squad for his 2022 onslaught. Wall Racing was the same team that supported Talbot to his maiden 2019 Carrera Cup Championship.
“It’s great to rejoin Wall Racing for this season and welcome back my long term sponsor WASH IT Mobile Truck washing as well as Paynter Dixon, Monochrome Asset Management and Urban Maintenance Systems,” Talbot said.
In designing his new 992 generation livery, Talbot wanted a car that represented his passion of racing with fun, style and uniqueness.
“The collaboration with acclaimed Sydney artist Gemma O’Brien is perfect, her artwork is featured in many galleries and murals around the world and in discussion with her on the opportunity, I discovered she’d always wanted to style her art on a race car,” Talbot said.
O’Brien is an internationally renowned designer and artist known for her bold graphics, illustrative lettering and murals. Her work has been commissioned by Apple, Nike, Tiffany & Co, Google and The New York Times.
Talbot’s newly liveried Porsche will roll out for the first practice session of Round 1 of the championship at the Australian Grand Prix on Thursday morning 11:45am (AEST).
For more Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia news and content follow the Porsche Motorsport Australia social pages: Instagram – @PorscheMotorsportAU / Twitter – @PorscheMspAU / Facebook.com/ PorscheMotorsportAU
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NewsO’Keeffe unveils new livery for Carrera Cup return
Dylan O’Keeffe excited for 2022 Porsche campaign with GWR
Dylan O’Keeffe has unveiled a spectacular livery for his return to the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship, kicking off at the Australian Grand Prix this weekend.
O’Keeffe’s RAM Motorsport/GWR Porsche will feature Dexion Victoria and Circle Red Watches as major sponsors, while also welcoming Trading Garage, The Motorist, StoreFast, OFE Refrigerated Transport and Porsche Centre Sydney South as partners.
Long-time supporters Local Roadways and Insure My Fleets are on board for O’Keeffe’s Carrera Cup campaign, while Ringwood Mazda will continue their involvement as official road car supplier.
The 24-year-old last competed in Carrera Cup in 2018 and is enthused about his return to the category, expecting this season to be the most competitive on record.
“There will be 31 cars on the grid this weekend, which is one of the largest fields we’ve ever seen for Carrera Cup, and the driving talent at the front of the field is all class,” O’Keeffe said.
“The GWR squad have worked hard to unlock the potential of the new 992 generation Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car, but we know all the other teams will have been preparing thoroughly as well, so the racing will be cut-throat.”
The last time O’Keeffe raced at the Albert Park circuit was during the 2019 Carrera Cup round, where he made a one-off appearance; he was scheduled to compete in the TCR races at the ill-fated 2020 event before it was cancelled because of the COVID pandemic.
Since then, the track has undergone significant layout changes which have increased speeds in some corners and opened up additional overtaking opportunities.
“Some of the corners have been widened and the chicane at turns nine and 10 has been removed altogether, which will make that section of the track a lot faster,” O’Keeffe said.
“In the Carrera Cup cars, I don’t know how much it will increase overtaking because we haven’t really had the chance to race close together in these cars yet, but I’m sure the racing will be entertaining.
“I can’t wait to be racing on the big stage again in Carrera Cup, we haven’t had a proper Australian Grand Prix for more than three years so it’s awesome to be competing in front of the world’s biggest and best motorsport stars.”
Every session will be shown live on FoxSports and KayoSports with free-to-air coverage of every race on Channel 10 throughout the Australian Grand Prix weekend.
Schedule: Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia, Round 1, AGP
Thursday April 7, 2022
11:45-12:05 – Practice
14:20-14:40 – Qualifying
Friday April 8, 2022
11:00-11:30 – Race 1
17:15-17:50 – Race 2
Saturday April 9, 2022
12:00-12:25 – Race 3
Sunday, April 10, 2022
11:05-11:35 – Race 4
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NewsMcConville to head up Porsche Centre Melbourne Motorsport team
Cam McConville joins Porsche Centre Melbourne Motorsport as Motorsport Commercial Manager
Porsche Centre Melbourne Motorsport has been established since the year 2000. It’s always been an extension of the retail operation of Porsche Centre Melbourne; having a motorsport team as part of the dealership has allowed PCM to celebrate much success and establish great relationships with many customers and partners.
PCMM launched their season 2022 campaign last week at Phillip Island. Returning to Albert Park for Round 1 of Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia this week, the team has a three-driver team including:
Nick McBride: Porsche Centre Melbourne – Pro
Marc Cini: Hallmarc – Morris Finance Pro-Am
Matt Belford: ID Land – Morris Finance Pro-Am
The team
The team returns to the grid with a strengthened line-up with the appointment of Cameron McConville as Motorsport Commercial Manager. Cameron has joined the team at an exciting time as PCMM expands into a dedicated Motorsport HQ.
Cameron McConville said, ‘’PCMM is a great team with great people. I have been working and living in Queensland for the past year and jumped at the opportunity to return to Victoria when I heard of this opportunity. I have known Piero Pellegrini (PCM, General Manager) and Karl Batson (PCM, Motorsport Manager) for a long time and feel I am joining at a very special time, with so much opportunity for growth over the coming years’’.
“PCMM has great pedigree, all the ingredients for success”. “It is a team that is keen to improve and continually challenge themselves. Matt Belford has progressed rapidly through the Porsche Motorsport Pyramid and Nick and Marc are seasoned racers who are ready to push themselves to another level’’, McConville enthused.
‘’Whilst Carrera Cup & Sprint Challenge will be a considerable part of my new role, I will also be tasked with growing the whole Motorsport operation at PCM. This means everything from the first-time track day clients to future Carrera Cup racers’’.
‘’In the short term, I will assist the team in the set-up of the new PCMM HQ and dedicated facility which is a major and exciting step forward for the dealership’’.
‘’PCM has a great community of long-term clients who regularly participate in track days, Targa Tours and club level racing. I am looking forward to further developing the opportunities and support for these clients’’, McConville said.
PCM Motorsport Media Contact
Kate Holcombe | M: 0419 129 535 | E: kate.holcombe@porschemelbourne.com.au
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NewsSP TOOLS reveals Ryan Suhle’s livery ahead of Australian Grand Prix
SP Tools releases the new design and livery of the Earl Bamber 2022 Porsche #5 Entry.
SP Tools releases the new design and livery of the Earl Bamber 2022 Porsche #5 Entry.
The partnership between Earl Bamber Motorsport and Matthew Payne during the 2021 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia season produced numerous poll positions and podium finishes in both the team and driver’s rookie season.
Payne’s ascent up the Porsche Motorsport Pyramid from go karts has resulted in a full-time drive with the Grove Racing Team in Super2 this year and the young New Zealander is destined take part in the Bathurst 1000 as a support driver, less than 18 months after stepping out of his go kart.
Following in the footsteps of Payne, the EBM Team in conjunction with SP Tools’ Karts to Cars Program, now has #5 Ryan Suhle lined-up for the full 2022 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia season, where the debutant will make his mark in the new Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 992) at the Australian Grand Prix this weekend.
Tom Tucker, CEO SP Tools: “I’m thrilled with how the 2022 design has come to life. We have seen it on track at the recent test day in Queensland and it stands out with our SP Racing blue accompanied with an orange and black finish. We’re looking forward to Ryan showcasing what the SP Tools Karts to Cars pathway program can do. He will be one to watch and we’re proud to be able to give him the opportunity to step-up from karts to cars with the support of the Earl Bamber Motorsport Team”.
Barry Hay, Porsche Cars Australia’s Motorsport Manager: “It’s fantastic to see the new SP Tools livery for Ryan Suhle unveiled. Porsche Cars Australia’s partnership with SP Tools, continues to go from strength to strength and as the ‘Official Tool Partner’ of both Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia and Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Series, we couldn’t ask for a better partner both on and off the track. The collaboration between SP Tools, Karting Australia, Patrizicorse and the Earl Bamber Motorsport Team for the Karts to Cars Pathway Program, also reinforces the opportunity for the best young talent within Australasia to reach the highest levels of the sport via the Porsche Motorsport Pyramid.”
Ben Jenkins, Earl Bamber Motorsports Race Engineer:
‘After some great results together in ‘21, it’s awesome to extend our partnership with SP Tools into the future and be a part of the Karts to Cars ladder. It’s great to have the guys at SP Tools increase their involvement to a full car this season and how awesome does it look. With the combination of EBM, SP Tools and a driver of Ryan’s calibre, we’re sure we’ll at the front, hunting for trophies from Round 1 this weekend at the Australia GP.’
Suhle’s #5 SP Tools livery will roll out on the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit in Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia’s first practice at 11:45am on Thursday 07 April.
For more Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia news and content follow the Porsche Motorsport Australia social pages: Instagram – @PorscheMotorsportAU / Twitter – @PorscheMspAU / Facebook.com/ PorscheMotorsportAU
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NewsRecord 31 Carrera Cup car grid for historic 2022 season opener
New Carrera Cup Australia Era begins
New Carrera Cup Australia Era begins
The last time the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia had such fundamental change to its make-up, the Championship didn’t even exist.
That might sound strange, but there’s an argument to be made that Australia’s top one-make category hasn’t seen this much revolution in an off season since the category itself was launched nearly two decades ago.
Carrera Cup Australia launched at the Phillip Island Grand Prix circuit in 2003, a field of 26 Type 996 GT3 Cup Cars launching what has now become nearly two decades of Carrera Cup competition in Australia – and one of the most competitive championships of any around the world.
Season 2022 represents wholesale change, not only with a host of new faces appearing on the scene, but a complete re-boot with the biggest upgrade to machinery the series has had.
While the evolution from 996 through 997 and ultimately 991, the brand-new Type 992 GT3
Cup Car represents a significant upgrade from the previous models.
The 4.0-litre flat six may remain normally aspirated, but Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia has become supercharged in 2022.
Here’s how.
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE..
There are familiar names throughout the 31-strong entry list this year, but all of them will be on a level playing field with the new 992 generation Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car that represents a significant upgrade from what we’ve all known to this point.
For starters, the opening round at the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix will set a record for the largest ever launch field for a Carrera Cup Championship in this part of the world, with 31 cars entered for Round 1.
That trumps the 26-car field that raced at Phillip Island in 2003 and the same number of then-new 991.2 models that raced for the first time in 2018.
The 2022 calendar looks different too – starting at the Australian Grand Prix for just the second time in its history. Winton is next on the calendar, followed by a welcome return to Darwin then Townsville, before more traditional highlight rounds at Sandown, The Bend Motorsport Park, Bathurst 1000 and finally the Gold Coast to conclude the eight-round championship.
996 Debut – Phillip Island 2003 (26 Cars)
997 Debut – Adelaide 500 2006 (22 Cars)
997.2 Debut – Australian Grand Prix 2011 (22 Cars)
991 Debut – Adelaide 500 2014 (23 Cars)
991.2 Debut – Adelaide 500 2018 (26 Cars)
992 Debut – Australian Grand Prix, 2022 (31 Cars entered)
NEW NAMES
Five drivers will make their Carrera Cup debut at Round 1, while some familiar faces are also making a racing return this year.
Ryan Suhle, Bayley Hall and Matt Belford all make the step-up from Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia, proving the ongoing success of the Porsche Pyramid in Australia.
Suhle and Hall were both Pro Class contenders across several Covid-19 interrupted seasons, while Belford was a proven Morris Finance Pro-Am competitor in the second-tier series and clearly has the pace to continue that form in the main game.
Victorian Angelo Mouzouris makes the switch from Super2 to Carrera Cup in the next progression in his career, while the experienced Brad Shiels is a fascinating addition to the grid.
Shiels’ background is in Sports Sedans, Time Attack and more recently in TCR Australia. He has been fast in all of them and his rate of development in Carrera Cup will be a key story this year.
Dylan O’Keeffe is another to forgo a Super2 slot for a crack in a new Cup Car: the 2018 Hidden Valley Carrera Cup winner was 3rd in the 2019 championship and will consider himself a title contender this year, surely.
Returning to the series, Tony Quinn will make his first Carrera Cup starts since the 2007 season. One of the championships’ originals – he was on the grid at Phillip Island in 2003 – Quinn will be a Morris Finance Pro-Am Contender this year.
Speaking of contenders, 2019 champion Liam Talbot is back for another title attempt and while he was able to claim the Morris Finance Pro-Am Championship three seasons ago, he did it without winning a round – surely that will be a key goal this year amidst a highly competitive Pro-Am fight.
A late addition to the entry list, but arguably one of the most noteworthy, is Rodney Jane in the Morris Finance Pro-Am Championship. Piloting one of his three Bob Jane T-Marts entries run by the championship-winning Sonic Racing Team, Jane’s progress this season will be fascinating to watch, given his pedigree as Champion in 2006 and 2007, as well as recording 10 round wins and holding the distinction of being the only driver in the Pro-Am class to have recorded 12 consecutive race wins.
STEPPING UP
With the likes of reigning champion Cameron Hill and the ever-rapid Cooper Murray, plus other key contenders from the last few years making the move abroad, there are a host of young guns ready to step up this year and make their mark in the Pro class.
Chief among them is Harri Jones, who was third in the championship last year and delivered race wins at Mount Panorama at the end of the season. On paper and on form, he’s probably the early 2022 favourite.
The list of young contenders is long however: Fast Kiwi Callum Hedge made his debut late last season for Earl Bamber’s team and was speedy out of the gate. South Aussie Max Vidau has moved to Queensland to embed himself with TekworX Motorsport after showing plenty of form for that team, and before that Sonic Motor Racing, in part-time campaigns recently.
Christian Pancione showed his potential throughout his part-time 2021 campaign, the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge graduate another young gun keen to show his title credentials, while former Sprint Challenge Champion Simon Fallon will look to build on his debut Carrera Cup Season last year with a strong 2022 in the Sonic / Bob Jane T-Marts squad alongside Aaron Love. The latter returns for a one-off race at the Australian Grand Prix before a full-time assault in Carrera Cup France.
THE GUNS ARE BACK
One of the best things about Carrera Cup is watching young, upcoming talent strut their stuff against those who have been doing it successfully for a lot longer. That chance to benchmark their performances against the proper Porsche gurus is always a strong storyline – and this year will be no different.
We start, of course, with David Wall: The 2017 champion has never finished lower than fourth in the championship, his 65 rounds netting 4 victories and 19 race wins – as recently as Bathurst last year. Furthermore, the change to a platform more akin to the GT cars he’s used to racing could suit the Sydneysider even more than his existing ride.
Never, ever count out the only former champion amidst the Mobil Pro ranks.
That, however, is just the start: old rivals Michael Almond (departing Sonic for a new environment at GWR this year) and Nick McBride remain locked together on 54 rounds apiece.
Duvashen Padayachee will use all of his 40-rounds of experience on his first starts in many seasons, while David Russell will hope his new partnership with EMA Motorsport will see him break his duck and score a maiden round win: having finished second on a record five occasions previously.
Dale Wood is back with another stunning Timken livery and a new team and will take confidence in the fact his last round win came at the location of the 2022 season opener: Albert Park.
MORRIS FINANCE PRO-AM BATTLE
The key about Carrera Cup racing is that if there’s not a battle for the lead, there will likely always be one somewhere amidst the field – and there’s nothing like the fight for the Morris Finance Pro-Am Class.
Last year delivered a dramatic and controversial finale at Mount Panorama as Sam Shahin and Geoff Emery took their season-long title fight right down to the final corner, of the final lap of the final race of the year. Ultimately, after plenty of discussion by Motorsport Australia, Shahin was crowned champion – but retaining his crown will be a challenge for Shahin; aside from Emery, who will unquestionably be just as fast as ever, he will have to deal with three-time Pro-am Champion Stephen Grove and 2019 champion Liam Talbot in his bid to go back-to-back.
And that’s before we talk about Tim Miles, who is a three-time round winner.
Dean Cook returns for another season and will join old sparring partner Tony Quinn – that pair were both on the grid at the series’ first ever round in 2003 and will pick up their rivalry nearly two decades later.
Ben Stack, Drew Hall and Scott Taylor are all also back on the grid in the ever-feisty fight within a Carrera Cup fight.
PORSCHE MICHELIN JUNIOR FIGHT
The Porsche Michelin Junior Championship remains one of the most coveted – and potentially lucrative – in Australian motorsport, and you can bet that the field of Juniors this year will battle hard for the right to represent Australia in the annual Shootout in Europe later this year.
The Porsche Motorsport Pyramid remains one of the most complete, proven young-driver pathways in global motorsport and the ongoing success of Aussie graduates like Matt Campbell, Jaxon Evans and Jordan Love prove that to be true.
WE’RE READY
As you may have realised by now, there’s plenty to take in when it comes to the 2022 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia. However, and for all the changes, you can be assured one thing will remain the same: A full field of Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Cars, going quicker than ever, with the deepest field of contenders across the two classes in series history.
Proof, then, that the more things change, the more they stay the same..
WHERE TO WATCH?
Every race this year will be shown live on Fox Sports 506 and Kayo Sports.
The races at the Australian Grand Prix will be shown live on Channel 10, while the remainder of the season will see a mix of live and highlight coverage on the screens of Seven.
For more Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia news and content follow the Porsche Motorsport Australia social pages: Instagram – @PorscheMotorsportAU / Twitter – @PorscheMspAU / Facebook.com/ PorscheMotorsportAU
ENTRY LIST: Round 1 – Australian Grand Prix
# | Name | Surname | CLASS | SPONSOR |
4 | Stephen | Grove | Pro-Am | Grove Racing |
5 | Ryan | Suhle | Pro | SP Tools / EBM |
6 | Angelo | Mouzouris | Pro | Sonic Motor Racing / PitBox |
7 | Tim | Miles | Pro-Am | Miles Advisory Partners / N2C |
8 | Nick | McBride | Pro | Porsche Centre Melbourne |
9 | Marc | Cini | Pro-Am | Hallmarc |
11 | Jackson | Walls | Pro | Objective Racing |
12 | Harri | Jones | Pro | Hastings Deering / Mackellar Group |
13 | Sam | Shahin | Pro-Am | The Bend Motorsport Park / HTFU |
14 | Matthew | Belford | Pro-Am | ID Land / Porsche Centre Melbourne |
17 | Callum | Hedge | Pro | Team Porsche New Zealand / EBM |
22 | Dean | Cook | Pro-Am | Zonzo Racing |
25 | Michael | Almond | Pro | Petrol Services Australia |
27 | Liam | Talbot | Pro-Am | Wash It / Paynter Dixon |
28 | Bayley | Hall | Pro | Printech |
38 | David | Wall | Pro | Monochrome / Paynter Dixon |
45 | Duvashen | Padayachee | Pro | Rentcorp Hyundai Forklifts |
48 | Geoff | Emery | Pro-Am | ASM |
53 | Luke | Youlden | Pro | TekworkX / Hire A Hubby |
72 | Max | Vidau | Pro | TekworkX / Tyrepower |
74 | David | Russell | Pro | EMA Motorsport |
76 | Christian | Pancione | Pro | VCM Performance / HP Tuners |
77 | Rodney | Jane | Pro-Am | Sonic / Bob Jane T Marts |
86 | Drew | Hall | Pro-Am | Wall Racing |
88 | Dylan | O’Keeffe | Pro | Dexion / RAM Motorsport |
100 | Dale | Wood | Pro | Timken Racing |
101 | Tony | Quinn | Pro-Am | Local Legends |
222 | Scott | Taylor | Pro-Am | Scott Taylor Motorsport |
333 | Brad | Shiels | Pro | Royal Purple Racing |
777 | Simon | Fallon | Pro | Sonic / Bob Jane T Marts / Bremtech |
999 | Aaron | Love | Pro | Sonic / Bob Jane T Marts |
CALENDAR: 2022 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia
07-10 April Australian GP, VIC
21-22 May Winton, VIC
17-19 June Darwin, NT
8-10 July Townsville, QLD
29-31 July The Bend, SA
19-21 August Sandown, VIC
06-09 October Bathurst NSW
28-30 October Gold Coast, QLD
BROADCAST SCHEDULE: Round 1, Australian Grand Prix
Thursday April 7, 2022
11:45-12:05 – Practice
14:20-14:40 – Qualifying
Friday April 8, 2022
11:00-11:30 – Race 1
17:15-17:50 – Race 2
Saturday April 9, 2022
12:00-12:25 – Race 3
Sunday, April 10, 2022
11:05-11:35 – Race 4
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News2022 liveries revealed for Tekworkx Motorsport drivers ahead of Australian Grand Prix
Youlden and Vidau confident ahead of season opener
Youlden and Vidau confident ahead of Carrera Cup Australia season opener
Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia drivers for Tekworkx Motorsport, Luke Youlden and Max Vidau, have unveiled striking liveries ahead of the 2022 season start at the Australian Grand Prix next week.
This year, Tekworkx will see a split sponsorship program across its two cars. With Youlden sporting major backing from Hire A Hubby, who are joined by returning sponsors Entertainment Park, Porsche Centre Sydney South and Bondi Carpet.
As for Youlden, his weekend will be supplemented by the exciting hallmark of Australian Grand Prix events, the Lap Time Comparison, courtesy of his role as Porsche’s Deputy Chief Driving Instructor.
“The Australia Grand Prix is a very big event for Porsche as a whole, they will be doing a lot around the event and there are some cool activations ready to go. I’ll also be at the wheel of the Porsche Taycan Turbo S for the speed comparison which is always a fan favorite event between sessions,” said Youlden.
“In Carrera Cup Australia it will be a record breaking weekend, the changes to the track mean we will be obliterating any previous track records. Everyone is keen to see how the updates translate when we actually get on track,”
“I’m excited to have all my sponsors on board for this season, Hire A Hubby, Entertainment Park – who are a really fun facility in Sydney – Porsche Centre Sydney South and Bondi Carpet. If anyone is looking for some work helping people out, Hire A Hubby is actively recruiting people to ‘become a Hubby’ at the moment”
“In terms of the new (Type 992) car it suits my driving style a bit better than last year. You can be a lot more aggressive and through testing we’re finding that we are quite quick. The Tekworkx crew and I have done everything we can to be competitive. We’ll just have to wait and see how it plays out at the Grand Prix,” Youlden concluded.
In car #72 Vidau and Tyrepower are joined by XD clutches who the young South Australian has been partnered with for three years now, with Bondi Carpets coming on board to support the #72 as well.
For Vidau, the opening round of 2022 allows him to finally experience racing on the Albert Park Circuit after a false start in 2020.
“Starting the year on the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit is really cool and it will be good to finally do some racing on it. I was there when COVID struck on the Thursday in 2020, so I never got the opportunity to actually race,” said Vidau.
“The 992 generation Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car is awesome, it feels a lot more like a GT car and requires a slightly different driving style. It’s still very much a Porsche and awesome fun to drive, I’ve been having a lot of fun learning all the aspects of it.
“I’m excited to see how it goes on the new track, with the changes they made to the circuit it will certainly be a lot more flowing, quite suited to both F1 and the new Porsche Cup cars. Our car should be fast judging by testing, so we’ll be looking to roll out the gate quickly,” Vidau concluded.
Luke Youlden and Max Vidau will hit the track for Tekworkx Motorsport on Thursday 07 April at the Australian Grand Prix.
For more Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia news and content follow the Porsche Motorsport Australia social pages: Instagram – @PorscheMotorsportAU / Twitter – @PorscheMspAU / Facebook.com/ PorscheMotorsportAU
Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia
Round 1, AGP Schedule:
Thursday, April 7
11:45 -12:05 Practice
14:20 – 14:40 Qualifying
Friday, April 8
11:00 – 11:30 Race 1
17:15 – 1750 Race 2
Saturday, April 9
12:00 – 1225 Race 3
Sunday, April 10
11:05 -11:35 Race 4
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NewsDavid Russell joins EMA Motorsport for 2022 Carrera Cup season
EMA Motorsport confirms exciting initial 2022 plans across Australia and Europe
Australian-based EMA Motorsport Team has confirmed the first track activities as part of the Porsche Customer Racing stable. The team will campaign the full Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship season with experienced Pro driver, David Russell, in the latest Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 992) model.
In parallel to the eight-round domestic calendar, EMA Motorsport will also resume European activities with exciting plans to compete over the summer. The confirmed entry will see EMA Motorsport supported by Porsche endurance experts Manthey-Racing, with a debut outing for the team’s 911 GT3R at the infamous Total Energies 24 hours of Spa.
The Victorian based team has rolled out for test sessions at Phillip Island and Winton, with Russell putting the first miles on the team’s newly-liveried 992 generation 911 GT3 Cup car, ahead of the first round of the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship at the Australian Grand Prix on the 7-10 April in Melbourne.
Russell returns to the one make domestic Porsche Pro class for his ninth season in the championship, having debuted back in 2006. He brings extensive experience from across both the V8 Supercars and GT3 grids to the team, including double outright Bathurst 12-hour podium finishes.
David Russell: “I’m very excited to be joining EMA Motorsport for the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship, they have shown to be very competitive in their GT racing campaigns and to join the team with a brand new 992 is very special. Feeling good after a successful test with the team and I’m looking forward to the first round at the AGP in a few weeks.”
Alongside the full Australian calendar entry, EMA Motorsport will also make a return to European competition at one of the most demanding on the global motorsport calendar; the Total Energies 24 Hours of Spa.
The blue riband event of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS schedule brings together a grid of over 50 entries from across the world, with some of the best talent in the world of GT competing around the clock at one of the most revered and iconic race circuits.
EMA Motorsport is no stranger to world-class endurance racing, having claimed overall and class podiums at the 2020 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hours. In 2022 GT World Challenge Europe events, EMA will receive technical support from the highly-decorated German race outfit and Porsche performance experts, Manthey-Racing in preparation of their Porsche 911 GT3R.
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2022 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia calendar
07-10 April Australian GP, VIC
21-22 May Winton, VIC
17-19 June Darwin, NT
8-10 July Townsville, QLD
29-31 July The Bend, SA
19-21 August Sandown, VIC
06-09 October Bathurst NSW
28-30 October Gold Coast, QLD
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NewsPancione steps up to Carrera Cup Australia full-time in 2022
McElrea Racing’s Christian Pancione commits to full 2022 Carrera Cup Championship
Pancione will drive the #76 VCM Performance/HP Tuners Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 992 race car prepared by the championship-winning McElrea Racing team.
The 20-year-old took part in a three-day technical handover and test session hosted by Porsche Cars Australia at Sydney Motorsport Park in late January. Pancione has since tested the new 992 at Queensland Raceway, revealing the his new VCM Performance/HP Tuners livery this week.
Pancione moves up from the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge, where he recorded race-wins and was a strong title contender before the pandemic cut last season short, finishing on the podium at the first round at Phillip Island before winning the Sydney Motorsport Park round with two race wins and a second.
“It was a tight battle between Ryan Suhle, myself and Callum Hedge, but I was confident I had a as strong a shot at winning the title as the others,” Pancione said.
“It was disappointing the season was cut short after just two rounds, but we’ve all got the same story to tell.”
Pancione also contested five Carrera Cup Australia rounds last year in a part-time learning campaign in preparation for a full-time move up in 2022, finishing ninth in series points in a significantly positive experience.
“The step up in competition was noticeable; it was far more intense racing with the top 10 all within 2/10ths of each other, so it was a lot closer and a whole lot easier to dent panels,” the Victorian driver said.
“Racing with guys like Craig Lowndes and David Wall, experienced guys who don’t back down and make you earn your spot, was a great experience.
“If I got to go back to the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge last season as planned, it would’ve helped massively. That didn’t happen, but the experience has helped me be better prepared to step up full-time this year, and I’m looking forward to it.”
The first round of the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship is at the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix at Albert Park on 7-10 April.
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VideosSam Shahin is handed his new Porsche Taycan Turbo S
Porsche Taycan Turbo S handover to Sam Shahin
Sam Shahin recently took delivery of his new Porsche Taycan Turbo S from the Porsche Cars Australia Motorsport Team. The loan of the Taycan for the year was The Bend Motorsport Park owner’s prize for winning the 2021 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Morris Finance Pro-Am Championship.
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VideosWhy do our drivers choose Carrera Cup Australia?
Our drivers tell us why they choose to compete in Carrera Cup in 2022
Our drivers tell us why they choose to compete in Carrera Cup in 2022
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VideosBayley Hall to raise much needed funds for Tour de Cure
#curingcancer #changinglives #letscurecancer #signaturetour22
Best of luck Bayley Hall. Raising some much needed funds for Tour de Cure Australia. Scan the QR code support his efforts
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VideosCarrera Cup Champion, Jaxon Evans, inks multi-year contract as a Porsche Driver
McElrea racing graduate confirmed as Porsche Driver for 2022 and beyond
2018 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Champion Jaxon Evans has inked a new multi-year contract as a ‘Porsche Driver’ that will see him race internationally for the marque in 2022 and beyond.
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VideosHappy Valentines Day from Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia
Best valentines day gifts according to our 2022 drivers
2022 Carrera Cup Australia drivers reveal their best Valentines day gifts.. those that remember that is
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VideosWho founded Porsche according to Carrera Cup Australia’s drivers
We asked some the 2022 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia drivers who founded Porsche. Here’s what they had to say…
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VideosPorsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 992) handover from Sydney Motorsport Park
Highlights of the 992 handover from Sydney Motorsport Park
Highlights of the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 992) handover from Sydney Motorsport Park
#PorscheMotorsportAU #carreracupaus #Porsche #porsche911GT3Cup #carreracup
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VideosBathurst, 2021 Onboard Lap – Dale Wood #100
Jump on board with Dale Wood #100 for a lap around Bathurst.
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VideosRnd 4 Bathurst – Race 2 Highlights
Highlights from Race 2 at Bathurst
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VideosRnd 4 Bathurst – Race 2 Interviews
David Wall and Sam Shahin talk us through their Race 2 at Mount Panorama
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VideosMatt Campbell Interview: Bathurst, 2021
We chat to Porsche Factory Driver Matt Campbell as he returns to The Mountain to tackle the Bathurst1000
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VideosRnd 4 Bathurst – Race 1 Interviews
Hear from Aaron Love and Sam Shahin about the first Race at Mount Panorama
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VideosRnd 4 Bathurst – Race 1 Highlights
Highlights from Race 1 at The Mountain.
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VideosRnds 4 & 5 Bathurst, 2021 – Tag Heuer Pole Position
TAG Heuer Pole Position interviews
We talk to David Wall, Sam Shahin and Harri Jones after they take Preliminary Pole Positions for Rounds 4&5 at Bathurst.
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VideosRnd 4 Bathurst, 2021 – Practice Highlights
Enjoy these highlights from Practice at Bathurst.
Nothing but Porsche noise at Mount Panorama
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VideosRnd4 Bathurst, 2021 – Practice Interviews
Love and Emery, fastest Mobil Pro and Morris Finance Pro-Am drivers in Practice 1
Hear from Aaron Love and Geoff Emery our fastest Mobil Pro and Morris Finance Pro-Am drivers in Practice 1 at The Mountain
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VideosRd4 Bathurst, 2021 – Championship leaders
Catch up with Mobil Pro and Morris Finance Pro Am Championship leaders
Catch up with Mobil Pro and Morris Finance Pro Am Championship leaders
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VideosRd4, 2021 – Bathurst Preview
Bathurst legends Craig Lowndes and Luke Youlden preview rounds 4 & 5 at Mount Panorama
Legends of The Mountain Craig Lowndes and Luke Youlden take us through the action we can expect as the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup cars return to Bathurst.
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ImagesEMA Motorsport / David Russell 2022 livery
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Australian-based EMA Motorsport Team has confirmed the first track activities as part of the Porsche Customer Racing stable. The team will campaign the full Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship season with experienced Pro driver, David Russell, in the latest Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 992) model.
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ImagesHarri Jones 2022 Hastings Deering livery
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Harri Jones has announced the signing of new Naming Rights Partner, Hastings Deering, along with the unveiling of his 2022 livery ahead Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia season.
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ImagesDale Wood 2022 Carrera Cup livery
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When designing his 2022 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car (Type 992), Dale Wood explained he’s kept with his orange and black theme that he has had for the past two years.
“I am always very proud to present a nice-looking car. I’ve had a similar look for the car over the past two years. We’ve revised the livery, but I think the new car looks so good that you don’t actually have to do much for it to look great”.
Wood brings along with him to EBM, a great amount of support and backing from his sponsors.
“I’ve got some truly great supporters behind me, with global companies like Timken, to small family owned companies like GB Galvanizing and Delta Floorworld. With having such a diverse group of supporters its always nice to all come together and put a great looking car on track.”
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ImagesPorsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 992 Handover
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ImagesPorsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport
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Porsche has revealed the new 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The mid-engined race car from Weissach is based on the new 718 Cayman GT4 RS road car
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ImagesWall Racing: Lowndes Monochrome Asset Management
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Monochrome Bitcoin Fund will proudly feature as the major partner of Craig Lowndes’ Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car for the penultimate rounds of Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia at Bathurst which take place from the 01-05 December.
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ImagesPorsche Mission R all-electric concept
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With the Mission R, Porsche is presenting its vision of what customer motorsports will look like in the future. The all-electric concept study celebrating its world premiere at the IAA MOBILITY in Munich, Germany and embodies everything that makes Porsche strong: performance, design and sustainability.
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ImagesThe history of Porsche Carrera Cup in Australia
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A look back at Australia’s most competitive one-make series from 2003 to 2020
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ImagesDean Cook unveils Zonzo livery in Townsville
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ImagesPorsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 992) reveal at The Bend
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ImagesPorsche 911 GT3 Cup (992 generation) arrives in Australia
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Driver Bio
Melbourne-based Stephen Grove is the epitome of a Porsche racer – a strong passion for motorsport and a vast appreciation of the 911 GT3 Cup race car.
A successful businessman away from the racetrack with his Grove Group company, which features on his Porsche 911 race car, Grove’s increasing experience behind the wheel has pushed him quickly towards the front of the Pro-Am competition.
Grove debuted in the Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup Australia championship mid-way through the 2012 season, when you could also you could find him competing in the Porsche Michelin Sprint Cup (GT3 Cup Challenge) Australia series at the time.
Grove would go on to win the 2014 Carrera Challenge (Pro-Am) title, finish second in the 2015 season and third in the 2016 title race. And then, in 2017, Grove impressed by claiming his second-class crown before going back-to-back with a third crown in 2018 and now stands as one of the series most successful and experienced drivers.
In 2019, the Melbournian embarked on his first full-season campaign in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Series, finishing fourth in the Pro-Am competition in a strong debut year.
Grove has also won his class at the Bathurst 12 Hour on five occasions; four times in a Class B time racing a Porsche 911 GT3 and in 2020 aboard a Porsche GT3R in the Pro-Am category.
He continues to run his own Grove Racing program, which has now expanded into Supercars with a two-car team of Ford Mustangs which include former Carrera Cup drivers, David Reynolds and Lee Holdsworth.

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Ryan Suhle, 19, gradates into Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia from the Michelin Sprint Challenge, following the Porsche Pyramid like many young drivers before him.
Suhle entered Porsche competition following several successful campaigns in Formula 4 – where he placed in the top three – graduating to Sprint Challenge with McElrea Racing and immediately proving competitive.
He finished fourth in his rookie season in 2019, however lost two seasons due to the Covid-19 pandemic – though in the occasional races he did start, he was at the pointy-end.
Suhle links with the expanding Earl Bamber Motorsport team in 2022 to further his career, one that flourishes on and off the track.
Outside of racing exploits, Suhle is a successful realtor at Ray White North Lakes in Queensland, regularly ranking as one of the state’s best.

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Victorian Mouzouris joins the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia championship battle-hardened following two seasons in the competitive Supercars Super2 Series.
The 2019 Australian Formula Ford Champion, Mouzouris moved into Supercars the following season with Triple Eight Race Engineering, finishing on the podium in his second season.
His move to Carrera Cup reunites him with the team in which he claimed his Formula Ford title, multiple series champions Sonic Motor Racing.

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Tim Miles has made a successful ascent of the Porsche Motorsport Pyramid over the past few seasons, moving from the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge series through to the ultra-competitive Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia championship.
Miles’ racing trajectory with Porsche has seen him rise through the Sprint Challenge ranks to ultimately claim the 2016 Elite Class (Pro-Am) crown. His racing resume was also sprinkled with Porsche Pro-Am appearances as a co-driver for the likes of Renee Gracie, Matt Campbell and, in 2017, Jaxon Evans.
The Sydney-based businessman then made his Carrera Cup debut as a single driver entry at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Raceway in 2017, placing second in the Pro-Am class for the round, before a successful run to the end of the season, which included a class clean sweep at Mount Panorama.
In his first full season in 2018 he won two races en-route to third in the Pro-Am championship, finishing fifth in class the following season in 2019. His career has seen him win three rounds, 8 races and feature on the podium on 10 occasions.
Miles is a former co-owner of Triple Eight Race Engineering and returns to McElrea for his sixth Carrera Cup season in 2022.

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Nick McBride joined Carrera Cup Australia in the hunt for a career in Supercars and has since forged a reputation as one of the series’ most competitive drivers.
The Victorian returned to Australia after a two-and-a-half-year campaign in the United Kingdom, competing in British Formula Ford and Formula 3. He finished 10th in the prestigious F3 title this year, but shifted his desire for an open wheel ambitions to one which would focus on a tin-top career in Australia.
McBride won his first Carrera Cup Australia race on home turf at Albert Park in 2015, and backed that up with his first ever round win at the Clipsal 500 in March 2016 and an eventual Sandown round victory in 2017.
Forging a reputation for being consistently fast and racing at the pointy-end, McBride has won four rounds entering the 2022 season, accumulating 10 podium finish and winning 11 races along the way. His career includes fourth in the 2016, 17 and 19 championship battles as well as 4 pole positions.
Having started his career with Sonic Motor Racing, the Victorian has since found his home at Porsche Centre Melbourne Motorsport where he remains a key contender to this day working with legendary engineer, Carl Batson, and the Collingwood-based team.
In 2021 he notched up his 50th Carrera Cup round start, one of only a handful of drivers to reach that milestone.
Away from racing, McBride is now a fully qualified lawyer, practicing family law at Marshall, Dent + Wilmoth lawyers and in early 2022 welcomed his first child with partner, Rachael.

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Seasoned Porsche racer Marc Cini has more experience in the Carrera Cup Australia championship than any other, sitting at 113 round starts at the start of the 2022 season – the only driver with more than 100 round starts to his credit in championship history.
A successful businessman away from the track with his company Hallmarc Developments, this Porsche enthusiast scored one of his highlight achievements in 2017, claiming the inaugural 2017 Pro-Am Endurance Cup title.
Along with old rival Grove, Cini took the bulk of the 2019 season off to compete in Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup in Europe, following a dream to race internationally at the highest level of Porsche one-make competition.
He is one of only three drivers on the grid to have sampled all six generations of Porsche GT3 Cup Car in Australia; commencing with the 996, through two generations each of 997 and 991 and in 2022 the all-new 992.

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Second-generation Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia racer Jackson Walls stepped up to the big time in 2021, making his one-make Porsche debut aboard an Objective Racing Porsche, run by the McElrea Racing squad.
The son of Morris Finance Pro-Am class regular Tony, 19-year-old Jackson has plied his trade in junior open-wheel racing, completing two years in Australian Formula 4 before tackling the Formula Renault Eurocup and the Toyota Racing Series.
He’s since shifted his focus to Porsche racing and made his debut in the non-championship Porsche PAYCE and Michelin event at Sandown in late 2020, impressing by being on the pace immediately.
His first ‘full’ season in 2021 saw him finish 10th in the championship, with a best finish of sixth at Mount Panorama in the final round of the season.

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Following in the footsteps of fellow Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup Australia champions Matt Campbell and Jaxon Evans, Harri Jones is the next discovery to rise through the Porsche Pyramid with the help of McElrea Racing.
Skipping the traditional starting-point in Karting, Jones began racing Formula Fords in 2015 before moving into ‘wings and slicks’ competition in 2018, winning the Australian Formula 3 title on debut. The following year he moved to the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge series, winning the title on debut and also sealing the Jim Richards Endurance Trophy along the way.
Harri made his debut in Carrera Cup in the final round of the 2019 championship on the Gold Coast, and was set to contest the full 2020 championship with McElrea Racing. Though the series was ultimately stopped, he did impressively win the season-ending Porsche PAYCE and Michelin Cup event at Sandown – his first in the ‘big’ class of Aussie one-make Porsche racing.
He landed strongly in 2021, however, and finished third in the five-round championship in a season that included a pair of runner-up round results, two pole positions and his first Carrera Cup race win, on the Mountain in the final round of the year.
When not racing, Harri splits his time working at McElrea while also studying a bachelor of Civil Engineering and Maths at the University of Queensland.
He also races competitively in an array of historic racing cars prepared by his father, Peter, and their family racing firm.

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Sam Shahin is a product of the Porsche Motorsport Pyramid, entering Porsche one-make racing in the entry-level GT3 Cup Challenge series before making his Carrera Cup debut at the 2017 Pro-Am event at Phillip Island, where he teamed with Dan Gaunt to place third on the Pro-Am class podium.
Shahin’s continued improvement in Porsche one-make series has seen the South Australian businessman develop into a hugely competitive Porsche racer among the Pro-Am ranks, though he shocked even the overall competition when taking the outright victory at the opening 2017 GT3 Cup Challenge round at Sandown – the first Pro-Am driver to win outright.
Shahin then made his Carrera Cup debut as a single driver entry at Carrera Cup’s fourth round of 2017 in Darwin, where he claimed round honours in the Pro-Am class.
Racing with the Adelaide based Buik Motorworks, Shahin entered Carrera Cup full time in 2018 while also continuing his campaign in Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge; wining the Pro-Am category of that championship in 2019.
His magnum opus came in 2021, however, when in a thrilling championship showdown he claimed the Morris Finance Pro-Am title in the final race of the year, his second Porsche title but the biggest of his career to date.
When not racing, Sam is the Executive Director of The Bend Motorsport Park in South Australia, a circuit that hosts rounds of both Carrera Cup and Sprint Challenge.

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Competing in top-level motorsport was never on Matthew Belford’s radar.
Barely five years ago, the Melbourne-based businessman had not even been on a racing track, let alone in one of the most competitive forms of one-make racing in the world. He is now a regular frontrunner in the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Series’ competitive Pro-Am class and in 2022 steps up to the Morris Finance Pro-Am Class in Carrera Cup.
After cutting his teeth via track days and the Porsche Driving Experience in Queensland, Belford linked up with Porsche Centre Melbourne’s experienced team of motorsport professionals, led by legendary engineer Karl Batson, for his racing debut in the 2019 Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge series.
After missing the opening round thanks to a poorly timed biking accident, he ultimately finished seventh in the Pro-Am class in his rookie season, followed by maiden Pro-Am class race and round victories coming early in the 2021 racing season.
He steps into Carrera Cup with the same PCM team in 2022.

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Another incredibly fast Kiwi from across the Tasman, Callum Hedge, 18, is following in the footsteps of a host of quick New Zealanders to come and race Carrera Cup.
Like most, Hedge started his career young and was a multiple karting champion before he moved into racing cars.
He won the 2018 NZ Formula Ford title and the one-make Toyota 86 championship the following year before switching his attention to racing in Australia.
The recipient of a Porsche New Zealand Scholarship, Hedge linked with Earl Bamber’s team and made his debut in the ultimately abandoned Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge in 2021 – winning a race before the season was cut short due to the Pandemic.
He steps up to Carrera Cup in 2022, again with Bamber’s guidance, following his debut in the series at Mount Panorama late last year.

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Since making his full-time debut in the 2018 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship, Adrian Flack has become a regular contender for Morris Finance Pro-Am victories.
Flack made his debut in the 2016 Pro-Am event at Phillip Island however became full time in 2018 and was immediately a frontrunner in both Pro-Am – and indeed in the top 10 of races outright.
His 20 rounds of experience have delivered six round wins, 9 race victories and a host of other highlights throughout his journey, including third in the 2019 Pro-Am Championship.
Adrian is the second Flack to race Carrera Cup: his older brother Damien was also successful in the category.

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One of Carrera Cup Australia’s ‘originals’, Dean Cook returned to the championship in 2017 after a more than a 13-year absence.
Cook competed in the first two season of Carrera Cup Australia, finishing a strong 10th outright in the inaugural 2003 championship – in front of serious names like Andrew Miedecke, Rodney Jane, Peter Hill and Geoff Morgan.
That was despite a limited racing CV prior to his Carrera Cup campaign, that included several starts over two years racing in the popular GT Nations Cup series, also racing a Porsche 996 GT3 Cup.
He returned for several races in the 2004 Carrera Cup season however did not contest the full series and had not raced in a major championship until his successful return in 2017, when he claimed a class victory in the final round of the season in the Gold Coast and a pole position on the series international debut in Sepang, Malaysia.
Since then he has firmed to be a regular Morris Finance Pro-Am frontrunner in the ultra-competitive category, and finished third in the class in the 2021 season.

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Michael Almond burst on to the Porsche scene in 2010, when he qualified on pole on his debut in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia – and he has since to go on and forge a strong career with the brand.
A race winner in GT3 Cup Challenge, Almond also won races in the classic Touring Car Masters series, racing a 1973 Porsche RS against much larger and more powerful cars – and drivers like Jim Richards, John Bowe and Glenn Seton.
A move to Carrera Cup in late 2012 has seen his career climb towards a breakout season in 2016 that netted his first career win. Appropriately for this Adelaide born and bread driver, it came in front of his home town fans and friends on the streets of Adelaide at the Adelaide 500.
Since then, Almond has become a formidable contender and has remarkably finished seventh in the championship on five separate occasions. His 4 race wins and 9 podium finishes have come from 54 career rounds, a majority of them at the front of the ultra-competitive grid.
Having completed much of his career under the auspices of Sonic Motor Racing, Almond changes environment in 2022 with a move to Garth Walden’s Sydney-based team.

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Liam Talbot is no stranger to Porsche racing having contested the Australian GT Championship in a Porsche 911 GT3 R for several seasons before moving to the Carrera Cup Australia championship – and the 911 GT3 Cup model race car – for the 2019 season with Sydney based squad Wall Racing.
His 2019 season was remarkable and his consistency and raw speed – he won five Morris Finance Pro-Am races – saw him claim the title.
It was his first major title and the second for Wall Racing, who had won the outright championship in 2017 with David Wall.
Following two seasons on the side-lines, Talbot returns to the track in 2022 to take advantage of the brand-new 992 Generation GT3 Cup Car.
He remains active and successful in GT Racing alongside his Carrera Cup commitments.

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A graduate from the competitive world of Hyundai Excel Racing, Bayley Hall’s two most recent seasons may have been interrupted by the Pandemic, but he’s still shown plenty of speed in his brief appearances at a National scene to prove he has what it takes at a high level.
Fresh from success in Queensland state-level competition, Hall expanded into national-level racing via the MARC Cars Australia program, including making a start in the Bathurst 12 Hour.
He finished sixth in the Bathurst 6 Hour in 2021 and also made his Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia debut with McElrea Racing that year, scoring one podium finish from two round starts in the pandemic challenged season.
He steps to Carrera Cup this year with the same team.

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Indiran Padayachee is one of the many Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge (GT3 Cup Challenge) graduates to compete in the Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup Australia season.
The Pro-Am ranked driver also entered the 2018 Carrera Cup season having 15 rounds of experience in the GT3 Cup Challenge category and a single round of Carrera Cup after partnering his son and former Carrera Cup driver, Duvashen Padayachee, in the 2015 Pro-Am event at Phillip Island.
Padayachee Snr races his Rentcorp-backed Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Care out of the Garth Walden Racing stable in Sydney.

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David Wall is one of the most successful drivers in the history of the Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup Australia Championship, and the 2017 series champion.
Two-time Australian GT Champion David Wall made a triumphant return to the Championship in 2016, winning in Darwin, scoring 10 podium finishes and finishing an outstanding third in the championship.
He followed that up with the 2017 championship, finished second in 2018 and then third in his 2019 campaign in a remarkable four-year campaign that is yet to see him off the podium.
Sydneysider Wall made his name in Carrera Cup between 2006-2008, before winning in Australian GT and then making the move into Supercars competition.
Wall has made nine Bathurst 1000 starts and in 2016 also scored a podium finish – his first in the sport – on the Gold Coast, sharing the No. 33 Garry Rogers Motorsport entry with Scott McLaughlin.
Wall returned to Carrera Cup full-time in 2016 with his own Wall Racing team and eventually achieved the ultimate success, claiming the 2017 Carrera Cup crown.
His strike rate is remarkable: 3rd in 2016, 1st in 2017, 2nd in 2018, 3rd in 2019 and 4th in 2021 ensures he is yet to finish outside of the top four in the championship since returning to the category five years ago.
His remarkable career includes 19 podium finishes, 13 race wins and 10 pole positions, which are likely to expand further with the advent of the 992 GT3 Cup Car.

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Duvashen Padayachee is now one of the more experienced drivers in the championship, with 40 round starts to his credit in a strong Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia career.
He returned to Carrera Cup Australia in 2019 after a short break from the championship, becoming teammate to his TAG Heuer Pro-Am ranked father Indiran Padayachee at the Sydney based GWR Australia team.
While the duo had never faced one another in Carrera Cup competition before 2019, they did become the first father-son combination to race any international Carrera Cup round in the same entry during the 2015 two-driver Pro-Am event at Phillip Island.
Since then Padayachee has become a consistent competitor in the championship, notching up a pair of sixth-placed round results in 2019.
He stepped out of the car again to let Indiran take the lions share of the steering since then, however will return in 2022 with the brand-new 992 GT3 Cup Car.

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Arguably one of the most credentialed drivers ever to join the Morris Finance Pro-Am class in the long history of Porsche Carrera Cup Australia, Geoff Emery was always likely to be a strong title contender in 2021.
A three-time Australian GT Champion, Emery is also a five-time Commodore Cup champion in the one-make V8 formula and has extensive experience in the Super2 Supercars series, Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge and the NZ V8 Super Tourers.
Prior to joining the championship full time, Emery had already tasted success in the category; he paired with Matt Campbell to sweep the 2016 Pro-Am event at Sydney Motorsport Park – scoring pole, both race wins and the round victory with the eventual champion, forming a key part of his title year.
Emery made his full-time debut driving for Ash Seward Motorsport with a Force Accessories-supported entry in 2021 and was a title contender; winning four races and contending for the title through to the final race of the season at Mount Panorama, where in a dramatic and controversial finish he came agonisingly short of claiming the crown. You can bet he will be a title contender in 2022.

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Now one of Australia’s most versatile and experienced drivers, Luke Youlden returned to the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup for the first time since 2013 in season 2021 – and as a solo driver for the first time since 2005!
A former Australian Formula Ford and Production Car class champion, Youlden has forged a lengthy career as a regular Supercars endurance driver, driver trainer and coach and young driver mentor.
He has two podiums from 20 Bathurst 1000 starts, including pairing with David Reynolds and Erebus Motorsport to claim a famous victory in 2017.
Youlden tackled a full Carrera Cup season in 2005, finishing 4th outright for VIP Petfoods Racing.
In 2013 he returned to co-drive with Max Twigg in the Porsche Rennsport Pro-Am races, and has now partnered with Michelin Sprint Challenge regular Rob Woods to form the TekworX squad, which will run cars in Carrera Cup while also fostering young talent in other categories.
He returns for a full-season campaign in 2022 as part of a two-car team, young South Aussie talent Max Vidau in the sister car.

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The 20-year-old from Adelaide is another to have followed the Porsche Pyramid through the ranks to ultimately end up in the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship.
The 2017 Australian Formula Ford Champion, Vidau joined the Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge (GT3 Cup Challenge) in 2018, driving for Sonic Motor Racing Services with backing from Bob Jane T-Marts.
Vidau was instantly effective, finishing third in his debut season. He was even more competitive in his second and though he finished in the same championship position, he was a regular contender for race and round victories along the way and won more races than any other driver.
After Covid-19 saw his 2020 and 2021 Carrera Cup seasons interrupted, Vidau has forged a new relationship with brand-new team TekworkX Motorsport and will drive and work for the team full-time in 2022, driving a car sponsored by Tyrepower.
His brief Carrera Cup career of six rounds has already seen him finish fourth outright at The Bend in 2021, with a top-three race result at the same venue.
Outside of Carrera Cup racing, Vidau has been racing on the dirt tracks of South Australia in his 800hp Sprintcar.

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The vastly experienced David Russell returned to Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup Australia in 2020, sharing the #23 car with Roger Lago. A veteran of the category, Russell made his name in Australian Motorsport with a series of strong performances in the series in the late 2000s.
Having since gone on to forge a solid career in Supercars – both in Super2 and the main game, especially as an Endurance race co-driver – Russell also has a wealth of local and international GT racing experience to his credit making him one of the most versatile drivers on the grid.
In 2022 he makes a move to the EMA Motorsport team for the first time, looking to build with the team towards the kind of Carrera Cup success he has always experienced.
Russell’s 44 round starts have netted him 4 race wins and a host of podium finishes, though he has come agonisingly close to a round win on five occasions without claiming one yet.
In 2021 he remarkably paired with Brodie Kostecki at Erebus Motorsport to stand on the podium in the Bathurst 1000, his first podium finish in the iconic race.

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Christian started in karting, racing karts from 2012 till 2017, winning numerous Regional and State championships and Australian championship rounds. He went on to race in two international championship racing events in Daniel Ricciardo’s race team.
His first move to main circuit was straight into Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge in 2018, where he won the class B championship and impressed by racing with the Pro cars in class A.
In 2019 Christian stepped up again, this time to Porsche Michelin GT3 Cup Challenge Pro class, where he saw highlight performances including a qualifying pole position, two podiums and a lap record.
In 2021 he joined McElrea Racing, racing in both Sprint Challenge and Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup campaign prior to a full championship tilt with the 992-generation car in 2022.
His early rounds showed plenty of promise, including several front-running performances and a best finish of 6th on three occasions.

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A Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia ‘original’, Rodney Jane returns to the championship in 2022 following a lengthy stint on the side-lines from full-time competition.
Jane made his Carrera Cup debut in the series’ first ever round at Phillip Island in 2003, and was quickly a force to be reckoned with in what is now the Morris Finance Pro-Am class.
There, he’s a two-time champion of the category, claiming back to back titles in 2006 and 2007. His 55 rounds have delivered 10 wins and 30 race victories, plus 16 poles ensuring he remains one of the class benchmarks.
One of only three drivers on the grid to have raced in the inaugural season as well as 2022, Jane is well known for his close links with Sonic Motor Racing both as a driver, and as a major supporter of their Porsche programs over the years: Bob Jane T-Marts backed cars have claimed multiple outright titles in the past.

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Runner-up in the 2019 Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge series, Aaron Love made the step to the Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup Australia in 2020 as a Michelin Junior – impressing immediately with his raw speed.
He follows in the footsteps of his older brother Jordan, who won the 2019 Championship and Junior prize.
Love, 17, started his career in karting before stepping into open-wheel racing in Formula 4 competition. From there he graduated to Porsches, coming close to winning the 2019 Sprint Challenge title for Sonic. After making his Carrera Cup debut on the Gold Coast at the end of the 2019 season, Love’s immediate impact in the shortened 2020 season saw him finish on the podium at the Adelaide season-opener, and at the season-ending (non-championship) Porsche Payce and Michelin Cup event, proving his title-contending abilities.

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Racing in the Morris Finance Pro-Am Class, Drew Hall made his Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia debut in 2021 driving for Wall Racing.
His three-round campaign saw him finish a strong sixth in the final round at Mount Panorama in just his third ever Porsche event.
Hall joins David Wall and Liam Talbot in an expanded three-car Wall Racing squad this year.

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A Familiar fact to the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship, Victorian Dylan O’Keeffe makes his return to the championship this year.
Prior to stepping into Supercars competition, O’Keeffe was a title contender in Carrera Cup and finished third in the 2019 championship. He has 25 round starts, a round win (in Darwin in 2018), five race wins and five pole positions to his credit.
Dylan’s career began in Victorian state racing, competing in Porsche 944s before stepping into Michelin Sprint Challenge and ultimately Carrera Cup as his career rose in status.
Several seasons in Super2 included him earning his place in the Supercars paddock as a Bathurst 1000 co-driver.
Along with his extensive Supercars experience, he has also become an accomplished and versatile GT racer, and will dovetail his Carrera Cup campaign this year with a return tilt at the TCR Australia Championship as well.

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Dale Wood entered Porsche one-make racing in 2018 after a lengthy stint in Supercars.
Wood entered Supercars in 2007, racing in the Super2 Series and ultimately graduated to the Supercars Championship full-time in 2009. Wood would return to the Super2 Series and claim the series title in 2013 before securing a full-time Supercars drive from 2014 to 2017 and, ultimately, making his way to the Carrera Cup Australia series in 2018 in a season where he scored more race wins than any other driver.
After finishing fifth in the championship that year, he improved further in 2019 and was a title contender through to the final race of the year – narrowly falling short of beating teammate Jordan Love in a dramatic season finale’ on the Gold Coast that saw the pair come to blows in an early race.
Wood switched to Ash Seward Motorsport for the 2021 season, however shifts again in 2022 to link up with Earl Bamber Motorsport and add considerable experience and firepower to their fledgling team.
His 25-round career to date includes two round wins, 10 race wins and a trio of pole positions. Albert Park, the home of the Australian Grand Prix, is his most successful circuit.

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A Carrera Cup Australia Original, Tony Quinn was on the grid for the series’ first ever race at Phillip Island in 2003 and, after stepping out of the championship at the end of the 2007 season, returns this year with the advent of the 992 GT3 Cup Car.
Quinn’s first Carrera Cup stint was incredibly successful: twice finishing on the outright podium against professional drivers and recording a best finish of 7th in the 2004 championship.
He was three-times a runner up in what is now the Morris Finance Pro-Am Championship with 8 round wins and 28 race victories to his credit in Porsche’s ‘race within a race’.
Quinn’s career has been well documented and has included success in GT Racing and podium finishes at the Bathurst 12 Hour.
In recent years he has built his portfolio of racing circuits that began with the Highlands Motorsport Park on New Zealand’s South Island.
He acquired Hampton Downs, south of Auckland, several years ago and recently closed a deal to purchase Queensland Raceway, near Brisbane.

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Now an experienced racing driver and team owner, Scott Taylor has built a diverse experience base in all forms of racing in his driving career, having now contested 25 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia championship rounds and a similar number in Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge.
He’s also vastly experienced in GT endurance racing, Production Sports Cars and Aussie Racing Cars – and has also completed several successful campaigns in the New Zealand V8 category.
Taylor lines up for a full-season tilt at Carrera Cup this year with support from Ash Seward Motorsport, prepping his STM-backed car sporting its unique black, green and red livery.
He posted career-best results in his 2019 campaign and was set to improve further in 2020 and 2021, before the respective seasons were cut short.
7th in the 2021 Morris Finance Pro-Am championship represented his best ever season result in the series.

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Brutally fast in anything he drives, Brad Shiels joins the 2022 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia championship with an enormous Racing CV driving almost anything with four wheels.
From Sports Sedans to Sports Cars, Radicals, GT cars, Time Attack weapons and everything in between he has generally driven them – and driven them quickly.
His 2021 season saw him tackle 41 races across four categories alone.
His lengthy relationship with Tilton Racing and fellow racer (and sometime co-driver) Konstinken Pohorukov has seen him step into Carrera Cup in 2022 under the banner of Royal Purple Racing.

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Two years out of the seat are unlikely to phase Simon Fallon, who returns to one-make Porsche racing in 2021 as the 2018 Porsche Michelin Sprint Cup Champion.
After a funding shortfall sidelined him for two seasons, Fallon re-grouped for 2021 and reunited with the same team with which he won the Sprint Challenge title – beating Cooper Murray in the process – in Sonic Motor Racing.
The young Victorian took over the famous #777 entry for the Melbourne based team, who technically remain the defending champions thanks to their success with Jordan Love (in the same car) in 2019.
He follows in the footsteps of the champion Love, Nick Foster and Andre Heimgartner to have steered the #777 car.
Fallon graduated to Sprint Challenge from open-wheel racing, where he was a regular contender in the Australian Formula 4 Championship.
He contested all five rounds of the 2021 season held, with a best finish of 11th overall at The Bend.
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