Events

Rich in Formula 1 and Supercars history, the 3.2km Adelaide Street Circuit is the traditional home of the Carrera Cup opening round.

Carrera Cup has competed at the Albert Park Street Circuit in every season since its 2003 launch, though was only a point-scoring championship round from the 2008 season. However, it wasn’t the first Porsche one-make series to compete at the 5.3km Melbourne circuit; Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup raced at the 1999 event in its first and only visit Down Under.

The picturesque 4.4 km Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit has hosted Carrera Cup since its inaugural 2003 season, though more recently has featured the series’ two-driver Pro-Am event.

Darwin’s Hidden Valley Raceway features as Carrera Cup’s northern-most Australian event, with the 2.8km race circuit best known for its iconic 1.1km main straight.

Sydney Motorsport Park has featured on the Carrera Cup calendar since 2003, when the circuit featured twice in the inaugural season – a round in both May and November. The western Sydney circuit also hosted the first ever two-driver Pro-Am event, held at the inaugural Porsche Rennsport Australia event in 2013. In 2016, it was also home to Australia’s first ever Joint Round with Carrera Cup Asia, an initiative replicated for the 2018 event.

Located an hour out of Adelaide, The Bend Motorsport Park is a newly created circuit and, therefore, new to the Carrera Cup series. Created by Carrera Cup racer, Sam Shahin, the Porsche series will feature three races during its first visit to the South Australian circuit. 2018 will be the first time Carrera Cup has raced in South Australia twice in the same season.

Rich in Australia motor racing heritage, the Mount Panorama Circuit has hosted a Carrera Cup round in each of its seasons since 2003. The iconic 6.2km circuit features a steep climb up Mount Panorama – a vertical ascent of 174 metres – before the near 2km run down Conrod Straight, along which Carrera Cup racers will experience their fastest speeds of the season.

The streets of Surfers Paradise have hosted Carrera Cup every year the category has been in operation, during which time two versions of the circuit have been in use – the longer 4.4km Indy layout (2003-2008) and, more recently, the condensed 2.9km Supercars (2011-present) circuit. The track is the site of the closest finish in Carrera Cup racing – though it didn’t feel like it at the time. David Russell crossed the line 5.0456s in front of Steven Richards to win the first race in 2014, however a five-second penalty for a start infringement meant the official margin was only 0.0456s in the final results.