About Carrera Cup
AN EIGHT-round 2025 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship will see Australia’s top one-make category return to iconic circuits new and old next year.
As well as maintaining a presence at Australia’s largest motorsport events, Carrera Cup will also compete at some of Australia’s best permanent circuits in a well-balanced 2025 schedule.
CLICK HERE to download the 2025 season information guide!
Carrera Cup will retain its position as the premier support category on the Repco Supercars Championship program in 2025 with every round hosted at major Supercars events and broadcast live on Fox Sports and Kayo, with selected key rounds also broadcast on the Seven Network.
The championship opens at Sydney Motorsport Park in late February at the Sydney 500, alongside the opening round of the Repco Supercars Championship.
The annual visit to the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix will serve as round two, before the Top End hosts Round 3 of the championship in mid-June at Hidden Valley.
Round 4 will see the championship return to Queensland Raceway in Ipswich for the first time since the 2008 season.
The circuit was a staple on the Carrera Cup calendar between 2003-2008, with Jim Richards, Alex Davison, Fabian Coulthard and Craig Baird (twice) claiming round honours.
QR has provided exciting action in recent Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia rounds with the same expected when Carrera Cup returns.
Shell V-Power Motorsport Park at The Bend returns to host the fifth round; Carrera Cup continuing to support the opening round of the Supercars Endurance Season at The Bend 500.
The blockbuster run to the checkered flag then includes the regular stops at the Repco Bathurst 1000, Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 and VAILO Adelaide Grand Finale to end the year on a high in South Australia.
Along with (schedule dependent) 60 minutes of practice and qualifying, Three races will feature at each round, with the Pro, Pro-Am, Michelin Junior, Endurance Cup (Pro & Pro-Am) and Teams Championships all offering title opportunities throughout the season.
The championship enjoys pride of place in the Supercars Championship paddock, the iconic Porsche Teams Hospitality Lounge, dedicated video, PR and digital media coverage plus the traditional support of the Porsche Motorsport Australia team – including the provision of spare parts, garaging, technical and operational support and much more.
2025 is going to be an enormous year for Australia’s top one-make category!
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Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 992)
The spectacularly styled Cup car is the first racing version based on the current 992 generation road car and the first one make-cup racer of the German sports car manufacturer to feature a wide turbo-spec body.
Producing around 375 kW (510 hp), the new 911 GT3 Cup exceeds the output of its immediate predecessor by 25 horsepower.
The overall increase in performance of the 992 generation - over the Type 991 II generation - was immediately apparent in the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup rounds in 2021, where lap times were slashed by up to three seconds at most European circuits.
This was in part due to not only the increase in power, but increased traction and downforce, with component run times also extended over the previous generation - offering lower running costs and reliability for all.
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Classifications
DRIVERS IN CARRERA CUP AUSTRALIA FALL WITHIN TWO CLASSES – PRO AND PRO-AM. THERE ARE GUIDELINES IN PLACE TO HELP DETERMINE THE CLASSIFICATION OF A DRIVER, WITH THE ULTIMATE DECISION FALLING WITH PORSCHE CARS AUSTRALIA.
Pro
At the front of the Carrera Cup Australia field will be drivers competing in the Pro class. Consisting of some of the country’s best sports car drivers, the Pro class is for experienced drivers, many of whom have had, or have an ambition to forge a professional motor racing career.
The Pro class consists of reserve Supercars Championship drivers as well as talented junior drivers who are eager to use their experienced rivals as a benchmark to prove their ability in identical 911 GT3 Cup (Type 992) race cars.
Morris Finance Pro-Am
Carrera Cup Australia is just as much about the Pro-Am racer as it is of the drivers competing for outright victory.
The Pro-Am class is exclusively for semi-professional race car drivers. These drivers do not seek to make a profession from motor racing nor do they seek to earn an income from racing duties. Instead, the Pro-Am racer consists of business leaders with a willingness to race sports cars. Or more specifically, the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup.
Past Champions
Dean Grant (Pro-Am)
Dean Grant (Pro-Am)
Rodney Jane (Pro-Am)
Rodney Jane (Pro-Am)
James Koundouris (Pro-Am)
Max Twigg (Pro-Am)
Max Twigg (Pro-Am)
Max Twigg (Pro-Am)
Stephen Grove (Pro-Am)
Shane Smollen (Pro-Am)
Bates (Pro-Am)
Stephen Grove (Pro-Am)
Stephen Grove (Pro-Am)
Stephen Grove (Pro-Am)
Liam Talbot (Pro-Am)
Sam Shahin (Pro-Am)
Geoff Emery (Pro-Am)
Adrian Flack (Pro-Am)
Adrian Flack (Pro-Am)
Runners-up (outright)
Endurance Cup
About Endurance Cup
The Endurance Cup is a popular addition to Carrera Cup Australia. Beginning in 2017 with a three-race series before expanding to a six-race series in 2018 awarding both the leading Pro and Pro-Am racers.
In 2025, the Endurance Cup will continue with multiple 40 to 45 minute races across several rounds.
At the end of the season, the drivers who score the most Championship points in both the Proand Pro-Am classifications from the season’s Endurance Cup races will be crowned the 2025 Endurance Cup Champions.
Endurance Cup Champions
Alex Davison
Outright (2017)
Marc Cini
Pro-Am (2017)
David Wall
Pro (2018)
Stephen Grove
Pro-Am (2018)
Jordan Love
Outright (2019)
Adrian Flack
Pro-Am (2019)
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2020
Cameron Hill
Pro (2021)
Geoff Emery
Pro-Am (2021)
Harri Jones
Pro (2022)
Liam Talbot
Pro-Am (2022)
Callum Hedge
Pro (2023)
Adrian Flack
Pro-Am (2023)
Harri Jones
Pro (2024)
Adrian Flack
Pro-Am (2024)
Junior Programme
About Junior Programme
Porsche Cars Australia and Michelin Australia have joined forces to launch one of Australian motorsport’s most extensive driver development programmes, providing total benefits of up to $300,000.
The Porsche Michelin Junior Programme Australia supports seven young drivers across Australia’s two Porsche one-make series – GT3 Cup Challenge Australia and Carrera Cup Australia – providing all Michelin Juniors financial support by way of entry fee support and an allocation of Michelin race tyres, along with access to training, mentorship and education throughout the racing season.
The Porsche Michelin Junior Programme Australia will consist of two teams – the GT3 Cup Challenge Junior Team, consisting of three drivers, and the four-driver Carrera Cup Junior Team.
2019 Junior Drivers
Driver Bio
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.
