About Carrera Cup
WELCOME TO THE 2020 SEASON OF AUSTRALIA’S PREMIER SPORTS CAR CHAMPIONSHIP, PORSCHE PAYCE CARRERA CUP AUSTRALIA.
Attracting some of the Asia Pacific region’s best Pro and Pro-Am sports car drivers, Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup is the premier one-make championship in Australia drivers competing in identical Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race cars.
Born on the 911 production line in Stuttgart, the second-generation 991-series 911 race car was introduced to the series in 2018, offering improved performance and safety over its predecessor. Its impact drew huge interest globally with healthy fields and intense competition featuring across all classes. This too was evident in Australia where the breadth and quality of competition set the standard for one-make competition throughout the 2018 and 2019 seasons.
The 2020 Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup season promises to be the biggest on record enjoy the largest sponsorship support, television package and prize pool in Carrera Cup’s 16-year history.
Porsche have also announced it will be the official support category for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2020, combining rounds of Porsche Carrera Cup France (PCCF) and Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (PCCD). As a result, Porsche has also offered the opportunity for one driver from each Carrera Cup series globally, to compete and represent their country at this iconic event racing against a field of over 60 Cup Cars just before the start of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
This once in a lifetime opportunity for one lucky competitor will be open to all 2020 Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup drivers in Australia.
The 2020 calendar aligns with rounds of the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship and the Australian Grand Prix, with the country’s premier support category encompassing an eight round series headlining at Australia’s marquee motorsport events across the country.
The 2020 calendar kicks off with its traditional start at the Superloop Adelaide 500 on the 20-23 February followed by the glitz and glamour of the Australian Grand Prix on the 12-15 March. There is an early break over April and May before the Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup Championship reconvenes for round 3 at the Watpac Townsville 400 in 26-28 June.
The Championship stays up north for round 4 in Darwin Triple Crown on the 17-19 July before heading back south for the highly anticipated Sydney Super Night Race on the 28-10 August. A month later the teams will again enjoy the fast and flowing curves of The Bend Motorsport Park, before heading to the Bathurst 1000 in early October. The final round again will be at the Vodafone Gold Coast 600 on the 30 October – 01 November.
Carrera Cup will be more visible than ever in 2020 with every race live, in HD and ad break free on Fox Sports and Kayo Sports. The 2020 season will also see free-to-air live coverage and replays on Channel 10 increasing to record levels, delivering a world class broadcast package.
As the championship is owned and operated by Porsche Cars Australia, the brand ensures Carrera Cup is run at the highest standard by Porsche’s in-house motorsport team.
Full fields, tremendous racing cars and some of Australia’s best Pro and Pro-Am sports car drivers… Be sure to follow the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia championship in 2020.
Broadcast Schedule
Round 1
Adelaide 500
Round 2
Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix
Round 3
Phillip Island 500
Round 4
Darwin Triple Crown
Round 5
Townsville 500
Round 6
The Bend SuperSprint
Round 7
Bathurst 1000
Round 8
Gold Coast 600
The new 911 GT3 Cup
The Production: Resolutely one line. The 911 represents over 50 years of motorsports history. And a major contributor to over 30,000 racing victories. Every Porsche 911 is also the platform for a pure-bred race car – the 911 GT3 Cup. Entirely in keeping with Ferry Porsche’s dream: to create a sports car capable of winning on the race track. The 911 GT3 Cup and the 911 have more in common than the three legendary digits in their name.
They originate from the same production line from Porsche principal production facility in Zuffenhausen. It is only once they are fully assembled that their paths diverge. The Porsche 911 GT3 Cup receives its finishing touches in Porsche Motorsport’s headquarters in Weissach so that, ultimately, it lives up to its calling: uncompromising performance on the race track.
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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 CLASSIFICATIONS OF A DRIVER, WITH THE ULTIMATE DECISION FALLING WITH PORSCHE CARS AUSTRALIA.
Mobil 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 generally consists of former Supercars Championship drivers as well as up-and-comers who are eager to use their experienced rivals as a benchmark to prove their ability in identical 911 GT3 Cup race cars.
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.
These drivers will count only their best seven point-scoring rounds towards their Pro-Am season pointscore, both not afforded to their Pro-ranked counterparts
Past Champions
THE CHAMPIONS
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 2020, the Endurance Cup will continue with six longdistance races across six events, starting at Townsville and concluding on the streets of Surfers Paradise at the Gold Coast 600.
At the end of the season, the drivers who score the most championship points in both the Pro and Pro-Am classifications from the season’s seven Endurance Cup races will be crowned the 2020 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)
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
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 tradional 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 will contest the full 2020 championship with McElrea Racing. When not racing, Harri splits his time working at McElrea and major sponsor, HeliMods, while also studying a bachelor of Civil Engineering and Maths at the University of Queensland.
Driver Bio
Cooper Murray is one of Australia’s brightest young sports car drivers, standing out as an incredible talent during the 2018 Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge Australia season, where he ultimately placed second.
He then made his Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup Australia debut in 2019 and, racing as a Michelin Junior driver, starred. Ultimately finishing second in the junior category, Murray finished his first full season fifth in the championship with a dominant round victory on the streets of Townsville; clean-sweeping the weekend.
Podium finishes in the final two rounds set him up as a key contender and potential favourite for the 2020 championship, where he again returns to McElrea Racing.
Driver Bio
Runner-up in the 2019 Porsche Michelin Sprint Challenge series, Aaron Love makes the step to the Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup Australia in 2020 as a Michelin Junior.
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 will step up to the main game in 2020 with a view to replicate his brothers remarkable achievements – just at a younger age.
Driver Bio
23-year-old Sydney driver Joey Mawson has successfully made the switch from the open-wheel pathway to tin-top competition following a remarkable debut season in the 2019 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, which included a podium finish at the famous Monza circuit in Italy.
Having won multiple Australian karting titles, Mawson committed to racing in Europe from an early age and won the 2016 German Formula 4 Championship, before moving to the FIA Formula 3 European Championship in 2017 and then GP3 (Now FIA Formula 3) a year later.
A change of tack saw him shift to Porsche one-make competition and a successful debut in Supercup, racing in the same ‘Team Australia’ branded outfit as Carrera Cup regulars Stephen Grove and Marc Cini.
Driver Bio
Canberra racing driver Cameron Hill chose Porsche power for the next phase of his career, announcing he would undertake a full-time campaign in the 2018 Carrera Cup Australia series following a stint in the Toyota 86 Racing Series.
The 21-year-old demonstrated his talent ahead of his Carrera Cup debut, winning the coveted Australian Formula Ford Series in 2015 and scoring more race victories than anyone else in the Toyota 86 Racing Series during 2016 and 2017.
Hill was also announced as one of four drivers that form the Carrera Cup component of the Porsche Michelin Junior Programme Australia.
He finished ninth in his debut season but improved to sixth in his second full year in 2019, a season that importantly delivered not only his first pole position (at Hidden Valley) but also a maiden race win, at the same round.
Hill enters his third season again carrying Michelin Junior status and racing with his own, family-based team from Canberra.
Driver Bio
The 18-year-old from Adelaide is another to have followed the Porsche Pyramid through the ranks to ultimately end up in the Porsche PAYCE 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.
Now based in Melbourne and working full-time for Sonic Motor Racing, Vidau joins the ultra-competitive ranks of the Michelin Junior drivers in 2020 and will race the iconic #777 Bob Jane T-Marts backed car steered by Jordan Love to a championship in 2019.
