The 2020 Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup Australia[1] was the sixteenth running of the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia motor racing series. This season had been greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and had the scheduled rounds in the calendar cancelled after the first race of round two during the 2020 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix weekend in Albert Park Melbourne. The year's season had a weekend at Sandown Raceway from the 11th-13th December. No champion was crowned this year's season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Teams and drivers
[edit]| Team | Class | No. | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grove Racing | PA | 4 |  Stephen Grove
|
1–2 |
| P | 888 | Craig Lowndes[2]
|
2 | |
| McElrea Racing | PA | 6 |  Tim Miles
|
1–2 |
| P | 7 | Harri Jones
|
1–2 | |
| PA | 30 | David Ryan
|
1–2 | |
| P | 36 | Cooper Murray
|
1–2 | |
| Porsche Centre Melbourne | P | 8 | Nick McBride
|
1–2 |
| PA | 9 | Marc Cini
|
1–2 | |
| Buik Motorsports | PA | 13 | Sam Shahin
|
2 |
| Volante Rosso Motorsport | P | 15 | Josh Hunt
|
1 |
| Ashley Seward Motorsport | PA | 22 | Dean Cook
|
1–2 |
| PA | 80 | Max Twigg
|
1–2 | |
| Lago Racing | P | 23 | David Russell
|
1 |
| PA | Roger Lago
|
2 | ||
| Garth Walden Racing | P | 34 | Duvashen Padayachee
|
1–2 |
| PA | 35 | Indiran Padayachee
|
1–2 | |
| Wall Racing | P | 38 | David Wall
|
1–2 |
| PA | 68 | Greg Ward
|
1–2 | |
| P | 96 | Joey Mawson
|
1 | |
| Sonic Motor Racing Services | P | 77 | Michael Almond
|
1–2 |
| P | 78 | Aaron Love
|
1–2 | |
| P | 100 | Dale Wood
|
1–2 | |
| P | 777 | Max Vidau
|
1–2 | |
| Cameron Hill Racing | P | 111 | Cameron Hill
|
1–2 |
| Scott Taylor Motorsport | PA | 222 | Scott Taylor
|
1–2 |
| Source:[3] | ||||
Calendar
[edit]A revised calendar for the remaining season was announced on 19 June 2020.[4]
| Rnd | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Winning pro-am | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 |  Adelaide Street Circuit(Adelaide, South Australia) |
20–23 February | Cooper Murray
|
Cooper Murray
|
Cooper Murray
|
McElrea Racing | Dean Cook
|
| R2 | Nick McBride
|
Cooper Murray
|
McElrea Racing | Max Twigg
| ||||
| R3 | Cooper Murray
|
Cooper Murray
|
McElrea Racing | Stephen Grove
| ||||
| 2 | R1 |  Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit(Melbourne, Victoria) |
12–15 March[a] | Dale Wood
|
Cooper Murray
|
Cameron Hill
|
Cameron Hill Racing | Stephen Grove
|
| R2 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||
| R3 | ||||||||
| R4 | ||||||||
| 3 | R1 |  Sydney Motorsport Park(Sydney, New South Wales) |
15–16 August | |||||
| R2 | ||||||||
| R3 | ||||||||
| 4 | R1 |  Townsville Street Circuit(Townsville, Queensland) |
29–30 August | |||||
| R2 | ||||||||
| R3 | ||||||||
| 5 | R1 | Sandown Raceway (Melbourne, Victoria) |
19–20 September | |||||
| R2 | ||||||||
| R3 | ||||||||
| 6 | R1 | Mount Panorama Circuit (Bathurst, New South Wales) |
8–11 October | |||||
| R2 | ||||||||
| R3 | ||||||||
| Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||
| 3 | R1 | Winton Motor Raceway (Winton, Victoria) |
18–19 July | |||||
| R2 | ||||||||
| R3 | ||||||||
Series standings
[edit]Series standings are as follows:
| Pos. | Driver | ADE
|
ALB
|
SYD
|
TOW
|
SAN
|
BAT
|
Pts. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Cooper Murray
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | C | C | C | 217 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | David Wall
|
2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | C | C | C | 194 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Aaron Love
|
4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | C | C | C | 159 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Cameron Hill
|
3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | C | C | C | 148 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Dale Wood
|
7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | C | C | C | 140 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Nick McBride
|
9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | C | C | C | 119 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Max Vidau
|
8 | 6 | 5 | 9 | C | C | C | 111 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | David Russell
|
5 | 5 | 6 | 104 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Duvashen Padayachee
|
10 | 9 | 10 | 6 | C | C | C | 87 | |||||||||||||
| 10 | Harri Jones
|
11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | C | C | C | 83 | |||||||||||||
| 11 | Michael Almond
|
6 | Ret | 18 | 12 | C | C | C | 52 | |||||||||||||
| 12 | Josh Hunt
|
12 | 11 | 19 | 41 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Craig Lowndes
|
Ret | C | C | C | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Joey Mawson
|
DNS | DNS | DNS | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pro-Am | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Stephen Grove
|
16 | 14 | 11 | 10 | C | C | C | 141 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | David Ryan
|
17 | 17 | 14 | 17 | C | C | C | 116 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Dean Cook
|
13 | 13 | Ret | 20 | C | C | C | 114 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Max Twigg
|
14 | 12 | Ret | 14 | C | C | C | 114 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Marc Cini
|
15 | 16 | 18 | 15 | C | C | C | 113 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Tim Miles
|
Ret | 15 | 12 | 16 | C | C | C | 96 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Indiran Padayachee
|
19 | 18 | 16 | 21 | C | C | C | 94 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Greg Ward
|
20 | 19 | 17 | 19 | C | C | C | 86 | |||||||||||||
| 9 | Scott Taylor
|
18 | Ret | 15 | 18 | C | C | C | 74 | |||||||||||||
| 10 | Roger Lago
|
11 | C | C | C | 41 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Sam Shahin
|
13 | C | C | C | 36 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | ADE
|
ALB
|
SYD
|
TOW
|
SAN
|
BAT
|
Pts. | ||||||||||||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ The Albert Park Circuit was intended to be run in support of the 2020 Australian Grand Prix. First race had been completed Thursday when a Formula One mechanic tested positive for COVID-19. The Grand Prix was cancelled and officials ended the Porsche meeting.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Porsche announce 2020 calendar and PAYCE as series sponsor for next two years". Porsche Carrera Cup Australia. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2020.}
- ^ "Craig Lowndes to make Carrera Cup debut with Grove Racing at AGP". newsroom.porsche.com. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Drivers". Porsche Carrera Cup Australia.
- ^ "Revised 2020 Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup Australia calendar revealed". Porsche Carrera Cup Australia. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.