EVENT HISTORY
The second round of the 2018 Porsche Wilson Security Carrera Cup Australia will be the 108th round held in the history of the series since it began in 2003.

The Albert Park round will feature races number 318, 319, 320 and 321 in series history. Last year’s Albert Park round was the 100th round in PWSCCA history.

This year is the ninth time the PWSCCA has competed for championship points at Albert Park (2008 and from 2011 onwards). This year is the 14th time overall that PWSCCA has competed at Albert Park. The events from 2003 to 2007 were not a round of the championship.

The circuit has featured on the PWSCCA calendar every year since the category began in 2003, regardless of whether it has hosted a championship or non-championship event.

There have been five different PWSCCA round winners at Albert Park in the last five years – Craig Baird (2013), Warren Luff (2014), Steve Richards (2015), Alex Davison (2016) and Cameron McConville (2017).

Only two drivers have clean-swept a PWSCCA weekend at Albert Park with pole position and victory in every race – Alex Davison in 2003 and Jim Richards in 2005. No driver has managed the feat since the round became a part of the championship in 2008.

Davison is the king of Albert Park pole positions. He has four poles at Albert Park – 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2007 – however none of these have been in the era of Albert Park hosting rounds of the actual championship.

Max Twigg has proven to be the king of the TAG Heuer Pro-Am category at Albert Park, winning the round five times from the first six rounds held at the Grand Prix venue (2008, 2011-2013, 2015).

GAPS AND MARGINS
The closest PWSCCA finish in a championship race at Albert Park came in Race 4 in 2008 when Craig Baird beat Dean Fiore to the line by 0.4205s.

The biggest PWSCCA winning margin for a championship race remains 9.6411s in Race 2 in 2011 when Craig Baird beat home Daniel Gaunt.

The smallest pole position-winning margin for a PWSCCA round at Albert Park came in 2015 with Nick McBride just 0.0028s faster than Matt Campbell. It is the second closest in PWSCCA history, only 0.0001s off the record of 0.0027s (Alex Davison to Jonny Reid at Townsville in 2012).

The biggest pole margin in Albert Park in a championship PWSCCA round came in 2016 when Matt Campbell outqualified second-fastest Nick McBride by 0.5322s.

DRIVER MILESTONES
David Wall will make his 44th PWSCCA round start in Adelaide. He now passes Tony Quinn to move into 11th place on the all-time round starts list in series history.

Roger Lago’s TAG Heuer Pro-Am round win in Adelaide was his first win in the category since Albert Park in 2014.

STREAKS
Jaxon Evans is aiming for his third straight PWSCCA round victory having won the last round in 2017 on the Gold Coast and first round of 2018 in Adelaide.

The last driver to win three rounds in a row was Nick Foster in 2015. In fact, only four drivers – Alex Davison, Jim Richards, Craig Baird and Foster – have ever won three rounds in a row in the PWSCCA.

Evans’ team McElrea Racing has won the last two rounds of PWSCCA – the last round of 2017 on the Gold Coast and the first round of 2018 in Adelaide. The last time it won two rounds in a row was in late 2016 when Matt Campbell won Bathurst and the Gold Coast.

ALBERT PARK LAP RECORDS
Qualifying Warren Luff McElrea Racing 1m57.7313s 2014
Race Ben Barker Team BRM 1m58.3646s 2011

ALBERT PARK ROUND WINNERS
2008 Craig Baird
2011 Craig Baird
2012 Craig Baird
2013 Craig Baird
2014 Warren Luff
2015 Steve Richards
2016 Alex Davison
2017 Cameron McConville
4 – Craig Baird
1 – Warren Luff, Steve Richards, Alex Davison, Cameron McConville
Note: Non-championship rounds held at Albert Park between 2003 and 2007.

ALBERT PARK POLE POSITIONS
2008 Aaron Caratti
2011 Jonny Reid
2012 Jonny Reid
2013 Nick Percat
2014 Warren Luff
2015 Nick McBride
2016 Matt Campbell
2017 Nick McBride
2 – Jonny Reid, Nick McBride
1 – Aaron Caratti, Nick Percat, Warren Luff, Matt Campbell
Note: Non-championship rounds held at Albert Park between 2003 and 2007. (Poles taken by Alex Davison in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and by Jim Richards in 2005).

ALBERT PARK RACE WINNERS (CHAMP AND NON-CHAMP RACES)
2003 Alex Davison Alex Davison Alex Davison
2004 Matt Halliday Alex Davison Matt Halliday Alex Davison
2005 Jim Richards Jim Richards Jim Richards
2006 Alex Davison Craig Baird Craig Baird Craig Baird
2007 Alex Davison Alex Davison David Reynolds David Reynolds
2008 Aaron Caratti Craig Baird Craig Baird Craig Baird
2011 Jonny Reid Craig Baird Craig Baird
2012 Craig Baird Craig Baird Craig Baird
2013 Steve Richards Craig Baird Craig Baird
2014 Steve Richards Warren Luff Warren Luff
2015 Nick McBride Steve Richards Steve Richards
2016 Matt Campbell Alex Davison Alex Davison Alex Davison
2017 Nick McBride Nick McBride Cameron McConville Alex Davison
13 – Craig Baird
12 – Alex Davison
4 – Steve Richards
3 – Jim Richards
2 – Matt Halliday, David Reynolds, Warren Luff, Nick McBride
1 – Aaron Caratti, Jonny Reid, Nick McBride, Matt Campbell, Cameron McConville

ALBERT PARK PODIUM FINISHERS
2008 Craig Baird Dean Fiore David Russell
2011 Craig Baird Daniel Gaunt Steve Richards
2012 Craig Baird Jonny Reid Alex Davison
2013 Craig Baird Warren Luff Steve Richards
2014 Warren Luff Steve Richards Nick Foster
2015 Steve Richards Cameron McConville Craig Baird
2016 Alex Davison Steve Richards Nick McBride
2017 Cameron McConville Nick McBride Alex Davison
5 – Craig Baird, Steve Richards
3 – Alex Davison
2 – Warren Luff, Cameron McConville, Nick McBride
1 – Dean Fiore, David Russell, Daniel Gaunt, Jonny Reid, Nick Foster
Note: Non-championship rounds held at Albert Park between 2003 and 2007.

ALBERT PARK TAG HEUER PRO-AM ROUND WINNERS
2008 Max Twigg
2011 Max Twigg
2012 Max Twigg
2013 Max Twigg
2014 Roger Lago
2015 Max Twigg
2016 Stephen Grove
2017 Stephen Grove
5 – Max Twigg
2 – Stephen Grove
1 – Roger Lago

ALBERT PARK TAG HEUER PRO-AM POLE POSITIONS
2008 Peter Hill
2011 Max Twigg
2012 Max Twigg
2013 James Koundouris
2014 Shane Smollen
2015 Max Twigg
2016 Tony Bates
2017 Stephen Grove
3 – Max Twigg
1 – Peter Hill, James Koundouris, Shane Smollen, Tony Bates, Stephen Grove

ALBERT PARK TAG HEUER PRO-AM RACE WINS
2008 Peter Hill Max Twigg Max Twigg Max Twigg
2011 Max Twigg Max Twigg Max Twigg
2012 Max Twigg Max Twigg Max Twigg
2013 Max Twigg Max Twigg Max Twigg
2014 James Bergmuller Roger Lago Roger Lago
2015 Max Twigg Max Twigg Max Twigg
2016 Tony Bates Stephen Grove Stephen Grove Shane Smollen
2017 Stephen Grove Stephen Grove Stephen Grove Stephen Grove
15 – Max Twigg
6 – Stephen Grove
2 – Roger Lago
1 – Peter Hill, James Bergmuller, Tony Bates, Shane Smollen

ALBERT PARK TAG HEUER PRO-AM PODIUM FINISHERS
2008 Max Twigg Shaun Juniper James Koundouris
2011 Max Twigg Peter Hill Theo Koundouris
2012 Max Twigg James Koundouris Peter Hill
2013 Max Twigg James Koundouris Damien Flack
2014 Roger Lago Stephen Grove James Bergmuller
2015 Max Twigg Tony Bates Shane Smollen
2016 Stephen Grove Adrian Mastronardo Shane Smollen
2017 Stephen Grove Matt Palmer Dean Cook
5 – Max Twigg
3 – James Koundouris, Stephen Grove
2 – Peter Hill, Shane Smollen
1 – Theo Koundouris, Shaun Juniper, Damien Flack, Roger Lago, James Bergmuller, Tony Bates, Adrian Mastronardo, Matt Palmer, Dean Cook