2016 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia

The 2016 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia is the 26th running. Ryan Simpson is the defending champion.^[1]

Team and drivers[edit]

Team	Class	No.	Driver	Rounds
Sonic Motor Racing Services	A	1	Ryan Simpson	1
Sonic Motor Racing Services	A	10	Hamish Hardeman	All
CSF Radiators/Miles Advisory Partners	A	4	Tim Miles	All
Logicar Australia	A	6	Michael Stillwell	2-3,6
Asset Partner/Racing Dynamic	B	8	Neville Stewart	2,4
Triffle Bar + Venue	A	9	Tony Martin	1-2,4-6
OLOF/Cosmetic Dental Spa	B	12	Brendan Cook	5-6
htfu	A	13	Sam Shahin	All
Chris Stillwell	A	16	Chris Stillwell	3
Zoo York	A	17	Michael Vati	1
Hallmark Homes/Motiv8 Racing Movie 8 Racing	A	19	Anthony Gilbertson	All
Melbourne Orthopaedic Group	B	21	Shane Barwood	1,3-6
Wrightlands GAM Soltronic	A	30	David Ryan	1-4
FREEM	B	32	Daniel Stutterd	1-3,5
Motorsport Leasing	A	34	Phil Morriss	1
Motorsport Leasing	A	34	John Morriss	2,4-5
GAP Solutions / Ezi-POS	A	66	John Goodacre	1
Safe-T-Stop	B	69	Richard Gartner	2
Power Street Racing	A	72	Jim Campbell	2-5
Hunter French Real Estate	B	81	Michael Tsigeridis	1,3,6
Laser 3D/Force Accessories	A	82	Brian Finn	All
Kalus Kenny Itelex Lawyers	A	90	Sven Burchartz	6
Simulate-It/Willship	A	91	Jaxon Evans	All
Super Rooster Scott Taylor Motorsport	A	95	Jake Klarich	All
Super Rooster Scott Taylor Motorsport	B	222	Scott Taylor	5
Southern Star Window	A	99	Ross McGregor	All

All A class teams used Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 (MY2010-2012) all B class team used Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 (MY2006-2009). They all used Pirelli Tyres.^[2]^[3]

The series is being contested over eight rounds with rounds 3 & 4 being part of the Jim Richards Endurance Trophy.^[4]

Round	Circuit	City / state	Date	Format	Winning driver(s)
1	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	1–3 April	Three races	Ryan Simpson
2	Sydney Motorsport Park	Sydney, New South Wales	29 April-1 May	Three races	Jaxon Evans
3	Winton Motor Raceway	Winton, Victoria	10–12 June	Three races	Hamish Hardeman
4	Sydney Motorsport Park	Sydney, New South Wales	1–3 July	Three races	Hamish Hardeman
5	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	29–31 July	Three races	Jaxon Evans
6	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	9–11 September	Three races	Jaxon Evans

Pos.	Driver	SAN			SMP			WIN			SMP			QLD			PHI			Pts.
1	Hamish Hardeman	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	433
2	Jaxon Evans	3	3	4	1	1	1	2	Ret	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	414
3	Jake Klarich	8	5	7	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	Ret	3	3	3	Ret	DNS	311
4	Tim Miles	4	4	3	8	4	4	4	11	6	5	6	4	3	Ret	Ret	9	3	3	242
5	Sam Shahin	6	6	5	5	10	7	8	6	5	6	7	6	5	5	Ret	4	10	5	238
6	Anthony Gilbertson	9	7	8	9	6	6	9	Ret	7	9	10	5	13	6	4	5	4	4	194
7	Brian Finn	7	9	9	7	9	8	6	Ret	11	10	8	9	6	7	5	6	11	7	186
8	Jim Campbell				Ret	8	Ret	7	3	4	7	Ret	7	4	4	10				144
9	David Ryan	Ret	Ret	DNS	4	5	5	5	4	10	4	4	DNS							142
10	Ross McGregor	16	11	11	Ret	7	10	12	Ret	15	11	9	8	12	8	6	10	5	9	108
11	Ryan Simpson	1	1	1																93
12	Danny Stutterd^†	12	13	13	11	12	11	11	8	12				8	12	8				74
13	Michael Stillwell				12	13	9	10	5	8							7	6	8	68
14	Shane Barwood^†	15	16	16				15	9	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	9	10	54
15	John Goodacre	5	8	6																46
16	John Morriss				6	DNS	DNS				8	5	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS				46
17	Tony Martin	14	15	15	13	15	14				13	12	10	9	13	9	13	8	Ret	45
18	Scott Taylor^†													10	9	7				32
19	Brendon Cook^†													7	10	Ret	11	7	Ret	28
20	Chris Stillwell							13	7	9										26
21	Phil Morriss	11	10	10																22
22	Richard Gartner^†				10	11	12													18
23	Michael Vati	10	12	12																16
24	Michael Tsigeridis^†	13	14	14				14	10	14							14	Ret		15
25	Sven Burchartz																8	Ret	6	12
26	Neville Steward^†				14	14	13				14	Ret	12							9

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap
† - B Class