2019 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Explained

The 2019 Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup Australia^{[1] [2]} was the fifteenth running of the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia motor racing series. It began on 28 February at Adelaide Street Circuit and concluded on 25 October at Surfers Paradise Street Circuit.^[3]

The series was won by Jordan Love.^[4]

Teams and drivers

Team	Class	No.	Driver	Rounds
Grove Motorsport	PA	4	Stephen Grove	1–3, 6-7
	P	10	Brenton Grove	6
Sonic Motor Racing Services	P	5	Thomas Maxwell	All
	P	77	Michael Almond	All
	P	78	Aaron Love^[5]	8
	P	100	Dale Wood	All
	P	777	Jordan Love^[6]	All
McElrea Racing	PA	6	Tim Miles	All
	P	7	Warren Luff^[7]	1–6
			Harri Jones^[8]	8
	PA	19	Anthony Gilbertson	1–5
	P	36	Cooper Murray^[9]	4–8
	PA	84	Brett Boulton	6
Porsche Centre Melbourne	P	8	Nick McBride	All
	PA	9	Marc Cini	1–2, 7
	PA	Michael Loccisano	6
	P	10	Joey Mawson	2
Steven Richards Motorsport	P	12	Steven Richards	All
Buik Motorsports	PA	13	Sam Shahin	All
Volante Rosso Motorsport	P	15	Josh Hunt	1–3
Agas National	PA	20	Adrian Flack	All
Ashley Seward Motorsport	PA	22	Dean Cook	All
	P	36	Cooper Murray^[10]	1–3
	PA	80	Max Twigg	1
	P	88	Dylan O'Keefe	2
Lago Racing	PA	23	Roger Lago	All
Wall Racing	PA	27	Liam Talbot^[11]	All
	P	38	David Wall^[12]	All
	PA	50	David Stevens	1
DRM Motorsport	PA	30	David Ryan	2, 6-7
Garth Walden Racing	P	34	Duvashen Padayachee^[13]	All
	PA	35	Indiran Padayachee^[14]	1–3, 5–8
Greg Ward	PA	68	Greg Ward	8
Cameron Hill Racing	P	111	Cameron Hill^[15]	All
Scott Taylor Motorsport	PA	222	Scott Taylor	4–8

Note: Only Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 991 II) automobiles were eligible to compete in the series.^[1]

Calendar

The calendar for the 2019 season was announced on the 21st of October, 2018. The series will return to the Townsville Street Circuit, whilst Sydney Motorsport Park was dropped from the calendar.^[16]

Rnd		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Adelaide Street Circuit (Adelaide, South Australia)	March 1-3	David Wall	David Wall	Nick McBride	Porsche Centre Melbourne
	R2				David Wall	Nick McBride	Porsche Centre Melbourne
	R3				David Wall	Nick McBride	Porsche Centre Melbourne
2	R1	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit (Melbourne, Victoria)	March 14-17	Dale Wood	Dale Wood	Dale Wood	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	R2				Dale Wood	Dale Wood	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	R3				Cooper Murray	Jordan Love	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	R4				Jordan Love	Jordan Love	Sonic Motor Racing Services
3	R1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit (Phillip Island, Victoria)	April 12-14	Jordan Love	Jordan Love	Jordan Love	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	R2				Michael Almond	Jordan Love	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	R3				David Wall	Jordan Love	Sonic Motor Racing Services
4	R1	Hidden Valley Raceway (Darwin, Northern Territory)	June 14-16	Cameron Hill	Jordan Love	Cameron Hill	Cameron Hill Racing
	R2				Cooper Murray	Dale Wood	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	R3				Dale Wood	Michael Almond	Sonic Motor Racing Services
5	R1	Townsville Street Circuit (Townsville, Queensland)	July 5-7	Roger Lago	Cooper Murray	Cooper Murray	McElrea Racing
	R2				Cooper Murray	Cooper Murray	McElrea Racing
	R3				Dale Wood	Cooper Murray	McElrea Racing
6	R1	The Bend Motorsport Park (Tailem Bend, South Australia)	August 23-25	Jordan Love	Jordan Love	Jordan Love	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	R2				Jordan Love	Jordan Love	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	R3				Jordan Love	Jordan Love	Sonic Motor Racing Services
7	R1	Mount Panorama Circuit (Bathurst, New South Wales)	October 10-13	David Wall	David Wall	Jordan Love	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	R2				Jordan Love	Jordan Love	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	R3				Cooper Murray	Jordan Love	Sonic Motor Racing Services
8	R1	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit (Surfers Paradise, Queensland)	October 25-27	David Wall	Cooper Murray	David Wall	Wall Racing
	R2				Nick McBride	David Wall	Wall Racing
	R3				Cooper Murray	David Wall	Wall Racing

Series standings

The series was won by Jordan Love.^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20191102085801/https://www.cams.com.au/docs/default-source/sporting-technical/national/2019-cams-porsche-payce-carrera-cup-australia-series-sporting-and-technical-regulations.pdf?sfvrsn=5e52c916_6 2019 Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup Australia Series – Sporting and Technical Regulations –Version 2, www.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
2. Web site: PAYCE JOINS PORSCHE CARRERA CUP AS TITLE PARTNER . Auto Action.
3. Web site: Greater coverage key to 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia calendar. allporsche. 2018-10-21. Planet Porsche. en. 2019-01-28.
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20191102090125/https://www.carreracup.com.au/standings/ 2019 Standings, www.carreracup.com.au as archived at web.archive.org
5. Web site: Herrero . Daniel . Second GT3 Cup Challenge front-runner joins GC Carrera Cup field. Speedcafe . 19 October 2019.
6. Web site: Love eyes Campbell, Evans pathway with Porsche . carreracup.com.au . Porsche Carrera Cup Australia . 14 February 2019.
7. Web site: Castrol Toyota Racing Series welcomes youngest gun. 13 December 2018. 13 December 2018.
8. Web site: Herrero . Daniel . GT3 Cup Challenge leader to step up to Carrera Cup. Speedcafe . 2 October 2019.
9. Web site: Howard . Tom . Murray switches to McElrea for Carrera Cup campaign . Speedcafe . 16 May 2019.
10. Web site: Herrero . Daniel . GT3 Cup Challenge runner-up moves into Carrera Cup . Speedcafe . 14 February 2019.
11. Web site: Talbot confirmed for Carrera Cup campaign . Porsche Carrera Cup Australia . 14 February 2019.
12. Web site: Talbot confirmed for Carrera Cup campaign . Porsche Carrera Cup Australia . 14 February 2019.
13. Web site: Coch . Matt . Father and son team up in Carrera Cup . Speedcafe . 14 February 2019.
14. Web site: Coch . Matt . Father and son team up in Carrera Cup . Speedcafe . 14 February 2019.
15. Web site: Hill brings Olympic influence to 2019 Porsche campaign . Porsche Carrera Cup Australia . 14 February 2019.
16. Web site: Townsville return for Carrera Cup in 2019. 21 October 2018. 27 January 2019.