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

Team Class No. Driver Rounds
Grove Racing PA 4 Australia Stephen Grove 1–2
P 888 Australia Craig Lowndes[2] 2
McElrea Racing PA 6 New Zealand Tim Miles 1–2
P 7 Australia Harri Jones 1–2
PA 30 Australia David Ryan 1–2
P 36 Australia Cooper Murray 1–2
Porsche Centre Melbourne P 8 Australia Nick McBride 1–2
PA 9 Australia Marc Cini 1–2
Buik Motorsports PA 13 Australia Sam Shahin 2
Volante Rosso Motorsport P 15 Australia Josh Hunt 1
Ashley Seward Motorsport PA 22 Australia Dean Cook 1–2
PA 80 Australia Max Twigg 1–2
Lago Racing P 23 Australia David Russell 1
PA Australia Roger Lago 2
Garth Walden Racing P 34 Australia Duvashen Padayachee 1–2
PA 35 Australia Indiran Padayachee 1–2
Wall Racing P 38 Australia David Wall 1–2
PA 68 Australia Greg Ward 1–2
P 96 Australia Joey Mawson 1
Sonic Motor Racing Services P 77 Australia Michael Almond 1–2
P 78 Australia Aaron Love 1–2
P 100 Australia Dale Wood 1–2
P 777 Australia Max Vidau 1–2
Cameron Hill Racing P 111 Australia Cameron Hill 1–2
Scott Taylor Motorsport PA 222 Australia Scott Taylor 1–2
Source:[3]

Calendar

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 South Australia Adelaide Street Circuit
(Adelaide, South Australia)		 20–23 February Australia Cooper Murray Australia Cooper Murray Australia Cooper Murray McElrea Racing Australia Dean Cook
R2 Australia Nick McBride Australia Cooper Murray McElrea Racing Australia Max Twigg
R3 Australia Cooper Murray Australia Cooper Murray McElrea Racing Australia Stephen Grove
2 R1 Victoria (state) Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit
(Melbourne, Victoria)		 12–15 March[lower-alpha 1] Australia Dale Wood Australia Cooper Murray Australia Cameron Hill Cameron Hill Racing Australia Stephen Grove
R2 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
R3
R4
3 R1 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park
(Sydney, New South Wales)		 15–16 August
R2
R3
4 R1 Queensland Townsville Street Circuit
(Townsville, Queensland)		 29–30 August
R2
R3
5 R1 Victoria (state) Sandown Raceway
(Melbourne, Victoria)		 19–20 September
R2
R3
6 R1 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit
(Bathurst, New South Wales)		 8–11 October
R2
R3
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
3 R1 Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway
(Winton, Victoria)		 18–19 July
R2
R3

Series standings

Series standings are as follows:

Pos. Driver ADE
South Australia		 ALB
Victoria (state)		 SYD
New South Wales		 TOW
Queensland		 SAN
Victoria (state)		 BAT
New South Wales		 Pts.
Pro
1 Australia Cooper Murray 1 1 1 3 C C C 217
2 Australia David Wall 2 2 2 4 C C C 194
3 Australia Aaron Love 4 3 4 5 C C C 159
4 Australia Cameron Hill 3 8 7 1 C C C 148
5 Australia Dale Wood 7 4 3 8 C C C 140
6 Australia Nick McBride 9 7 8 2 C C C 119
7 Australia Max Vidau 8 6 5 9 C C C 111
8 Australia David Russell 5 5 6 104
9 Australia Duvashen Padayachee 10 9 10 6 C C C 87
10 Australia Harri Jones 11 10 9 7 C C C 83
11 Australia Michael Almond 6 Ret 18 12 C C C 52
12 Australia Josh Hunt 12 11 19 41
13 Australia Craig Lowndes Ret C C C 0
14 Australia Joey Mawson DNS DNS DNS 0
Pro-Am
1 Australia Stephen Grove 16 14 11 10 C C C 141
2 Australia David Ryan 17 17 14 17 C C C 116
3 Australia Dean Cook 13 13 Ret 20 C C C 114
4 Australia Max Twigg 14 12 Ret 14 C C C 114
5 Australia Marc Cini 15 16 18 15 C C C 113
6 New Zealand Tim Miles Ret 15 12 16 C C C 96
7 Australia Indiran Padayachee 19 18 16 21 C C C 94
8 Australia Greg Ward 20 19 17 19 C C C 86
9 Australia Scott Taylor 18 Ret 15 18 C C C 74
10 Australia Roger Lago 11 C C C 41
11 Australia Sam Shahin 13 C C C 36
Pos. Driver ADE
South Australia		 ALB
Victoria (state)		 SYD
New South Wales		 TOW
Queensland		 SAN
Victoria (state)		 BAT
New South Wales		 Pts.

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Porsche announce 2020 calendar and PAYCE as series sponsor for next two years". Porsche Carrera Cup Australia. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2020.}
  2. ↑ "Craig Lowndes to make Carrera Cup debut with Grove Racing at AGP". newsroom.porsche.com. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Drivers". Porsche Carrera Cup Australia.
  4. ↑ "Revised 2020 Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup Australia calendar revealed". Porsche Carrera Cup Australia. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
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