Matt Campbell (born 17 February 1995) is an Australian racing car driver, specialising in sports car racing. He is a Porsche factory driver, having formerly been a junior then young professional. He is one of 3 factory drivers whose driver categorisation is gold alongside Sven Müller and Mathieu Jaminet. Campbell won the 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia driving for McElrea Racing. Campbell moved to Germany in 2017 and was third in the 2017 Porsche Supercup. Campbell is currently driving for Dempsey-Proton Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMGTE Am class driving a Porsche 911 RSR. He has taken three victories including at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans. Campbell also won the 2019 Bathurst 12 Hour driving a Porsche 911 GT3 R for Earl Bamber Motorsport.
Racing career[]
Early career[]
When Campbell was 14, he got a Datsun 1200 coupe, he raced with that with the support of his mother. He then got some driver coaching and entered the Formula Ford championship.[1]
Supercars[]
Campbell made his Supercars debut for Nissan Motorsport in 2016, co-driving with Todd Kelly in the Pirtek Enduro Cup.[2][3] In 2017, Campbell joined defending champion Shane van Gisbergen at Triple Eight Race Engineering.
Sports cars[]
In 2014, Campbell competed in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia. He moved up to the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship in 2015, finishing third in the series, and then won the 2016 series.[4]
In 2017, he drove for Fach Auto Tech in the Porsche Supercup, finishing third overall. This led to a drive for Dempsey-Proton Racing in the LMGTE Am class of the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship. He won the class at the second round of the series, the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving with Christian Ried and Julien Andlauer. The same driver combination also took victory in the third round, the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone.
Racing record[]
Career summary[]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2011 | Queensland Formula Ford Championship | Greg Fahey Motorsport | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 147 | 2nd |
Queensland Race Car Series | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 94 | 3rd | ||
2012 | Queensland Formula Ford Championship | Greg Fahey Motorsport | 12 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 241 | 1st |
New South Wales Formula Ford Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 77 | 15th | ||
Australian Formula Ford Championship | Synergy Motorsport | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 12th | |
2013 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | Synergy Motorsport | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 11th |
Queensland Sports Sedan and Invited Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 20th | ||
Queensland Historic Touring Car Championship | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 19th | ||
2014 | Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia | McElrea Racing | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 325 | 4th |
Australian GT Championship - GT Trophy class | HHH Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 236 | 8th | |
Queensland Historic Touring Car Championship | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 103 | 10th | ||
2015 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | McElrea Racing | 22 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 860 | 3rd |
Australian GT Championship - GT Trophy class | HHH Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 51st | |
Queensland Historic Touring Car Championship | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 13th | ||
2016 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | McElrea Racing | 24 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 1204.5 | 1st |
International V8 Supercars Championship | Nissan Motorsport Australia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 324 | 43rd | |
Queensland Historic Touring Car Championship | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 20th | ||
2017 | Porsche Supercup | Fach Auto Tech | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 151 | 3rd |
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | N/A | ||
Supercars Championship | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 591 | 30th | |
Pirtek Enduro Cup | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 591 | 4th | ||
2018 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am | Dempsey-Proton Racing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st |
Intercontinental GT Challenge | Competition Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18th | |
2018-19 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am | Dempsey-Proton Racing | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 110 | 2nd |
2019 | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | Rowe Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12th |
Blancpain GT World Challenge America | Wright Motorsports | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 14th | |
Blancpain GT World Challenge America - Pro-Am | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 111 | 7th | ||
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 30th | ||
Park Place Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Pfaff Motorsports | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
ADAC GT Masters | Frikadelli Racing Team | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
SSR Performance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Intercontinental GT Challenge | EBM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 7th | |
Wright Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Rowe Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Absolute Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Dinamic Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am | Dempsey-Proton Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 4th | |
2019-20 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am | Dempsey-Proton Racing | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 98.5 | 8th |
2020 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | GPX Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 2nd |
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM | Porsche GT Team | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 11th | |
Intercontinental GT Challenge | Absolute Racing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 2nd | |
GPX Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
2021 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am | Dempsey-Proton Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 79 | 3rd |
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 5th | ||
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD | Pfaff Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 222 | 61st | |
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM | WeatherTech Racing | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2084 | 4th | |
European Le Mans Series - LMGTE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 20th | ||
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | GPX Martini Racing | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 10th | |
Intercontinental GT Challenge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
Historic Grand Prix of Monaco - Series F | Shadow Racing Cars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 13th | |
2022 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro | Pfaff Motorsports | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 382 | 1st* |
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | EMA Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33rd | |
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am | Proton Competition | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 16th | |
FIA Motorsport Games GT Sprint | Team Australia |
† As Campbell was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. * Season still in progress.
Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results[]
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Fiat Abarth Motorsport | Matt Cherry Luke Ellery |
Fiat Abarth 500 | F | 10 | 28th | 3rd |
2015 | Amac Motorsport | Andrew Macpherson Bradley Shiels |
Porsche 997 GT3-R | AA | 41 | DNF | DNF |
2016 | Objective Racing | Warren Luff Tim Slade Tony Walls |
McLaren 650S GT3 | AA | 49 | DNF | DNF |
2017 | Competition Motorsports | David Calvert-Jones Patrick Long Marc Lieb |
Porsche 911 GT3 R | APA | 289 | 2nd | 1st |
2018 | Competition Motorsports | David Calvert-Jones Patrick Long Alex Davison |
Porsche 911 GT3 R | APA | 271 | 4th | 2nd |
2019 | Earl Bamber Motorsport | Dennis Olsen Dirk Werner |
Porsche 911 GT3 R | APP | 312 | 1st | 1st |
2020 | Absolute Racing | Mathieu Jaminet Patrick Pilet |
Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro | 312 | 4th | 4th |
Supercars Championship results[]
Supercars results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Pos. | Pts | |||||||||
2016 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | ADE R1 |
ADE R2 |
ADE R3 |
SYM R4 |
SYM R5 |
PHI R6 |
PHI R7 |
BAR R8 |
BAR R9 |
WIN R10 PO |
WIN R11 PO |
HID R12 |
HID R13 |
TOW R14 |
TOW R15 |
QLD R16 PO |
QLD R17 PO |
SMP R18 |
SMP R19 |
SAN QR 21 |
SAN R20 7 |
BAT R21 Ret |
SUR R22 8 |
SUR R23 21 |
PUK R24 |
PUK R25 |
PUK R26 |
PUK R27 |
SYD R28 |
SYD R29 |
43rd | 324 | ||||||||||
2017 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | ADE R1 |
ADE R2 |
SYM R3 |
SYM R4 |
PHI R5 |
PHI R6 |
BAR R7 |
BAR R8 |
WIN R9 |
WIN R10 |
HID R11 |
HID R12 |
TOW R13 |
TOW R14 |
QLD R15 |
QLD R16 |
SMP R17 |
SMP R18 |
SAN QR 25 |
SAN R19 15 |
BAT R20 5 |
SUR R21 4 |
SUR R22 3 |
PUK R23 |
PUK R24 |
NEW R25 |
NEW R26 |
30th | 591 | |||||||||||||
2021 | Kelly Grove Racing | Mustang GT FN | BAT R1 |
BAT R2 |
SAN R3 |
SAN R4 |
SAN R5 |
SYM R6 |
SYM R7 |
SYM R8 |
BEN R9 |
BEN R10 |
BEN R11 |
HID R12 |
HID R13 |
HID R14 |
TOW R15 |
TOW R16 |
TOW2 R17 |
TOW2 R18 |
TOW2 R19 |
SYD1 R20 |
SYD1 R21 |
SYD1 R22 |
SYD2 R23 |
SYD2 R24 |
SYD2 R25 |
SYD3 R26 |
SYD3 R27 |
SYD3 R28 |
SYD4 R29 PO |
SYD4 R30 PO |
BAT R31 NC |
45th | 0 |
Bathurst 1000 results[]
Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Lap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | Todd Kelly | DNF | 157 |
2017 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VF | Shane van Gisbergen | 5th | 161 |
2021 | Kelly Grove Racing | Ford Mustang Mk.6 | Andre Heimgartner | NC | 159 |
2022 | Grove Racing | Ford Mustang Mk.6 | David Reynolds | DNF | 4 |
Complete Porsche Supercup results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | Fach Auto Tech | CAT 5 |
CAT 3 |
MON 5 |
RBR 1 |
SIL 7 |
HUN 16 |
SPA 6 |
SPA 5 |
MNZ 1 |
MEX 1 |
MEX 1 |
3rd | 151 |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018–19 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SPA 4 |
LMS 1 |
SIL 1 |
FUJ DSQ |
SHA 1 |
SEB 1 |
SPA 1 |
LMS 2 |
2nd | 110 |
2019–20 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL 5 |
FUJ 5 |
SHA 11 |
BHR 6 |
COA 5 |
SPA 2 |
LMS 2 |
BHR | 8th | 98.5 |
2021 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | SPA Ret |
ALG Ret |
MNZ 5 |
LMS 4 |
BHR 2 |
BHR 2 |
3rd | 79 |
- Notes
- ^1 – All points earned by the team prior to the Shanghai round were nullified.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[]
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | Christian Ried Julien Andlauer |
Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Am |
335 | 25th | 1st |
2019 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | Christian Ried Julien Andlauer |
Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Am |
332 | 34th | 4th |
2020 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | Christian Ried Riccardo Pera |
Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Am |
339 | 25th | 2nd |
2021 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | Christian Ried Jaxon Evans |
Porsche 911 RSR-19 | GTE Am |
335 | 31st | 5th |
2022 | Proton Racing | Michael Fassbender Zacharie Robichon |
Porsche 911 RSR-19 | GTE Am |
329 | 51st | 16th |
24 Hours of Dubai results[]
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Fach Auto Tech | Jens Richter Julien Andlauer Thomas Preining |
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | 991-PRO | 585 | 14th | 1st |
24 Hours of Daytona results[]
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Park Place Motorsports | Patrick Long Patrick Lindsey Nick Boulle |
Porsche 911 R | GTD | 560 | 23rd | 7th |
2020 | Porsche GT Team | Frédéric Makowiecki Nick Tandy |
Porsche 911 RSR-19 | GTLM | 786 | 15th | 3rd |
2021 | Pfaff Motorsports | Lars Kern Zacharie Robichon Laurens Vanthoor |
Porsche 911 GT3 R | GTD | 702 | 36th | 12th |
2022 | Pfaff Motorsports | Mathieu Jaminet Felipe Nasr |
Porsche 911 GT3 R | GTD Pro |
711 | 18th | 1st |
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Park Place Motorsports | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | DAY 7 |
SEB | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | 30th | 85 | ||||||
Wright Motorsports | LIM 5 |
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Pfaff Motorsports | ELK 1 |
VIR | LGA | PET | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Porsche GT Team | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | DAY 3 |
DAY | SEB | ELK | VIR | ATL | MDO | CLT | PET 1 |
LGA | SEB | 11th | 65 | |
2021 | Pfaff Motorsports | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | DAY 12 |
MDO | 61st | 222 | ||||||||||
WeatherTech Racing | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | SEB 1 |
DET | WGL 5 |
WGL 3 |
LIM | ELK 1 |
LGA 3 |
LBH | VIR | PET 1 |
4th | 2084 | |||
2022 | Pfaff Motorsports | GTD Pro | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche MA1.76/MDG.G 4.0 L Flat-6 | DAY 1 |
SEB 5 |
LBH 6 |
LGA 1 |
WGL 3 |
MOS 1 |
LIM 1 |
ELK 2 |
VIR 1 |
PET 3 |
1st | 3497 | ||
2023 | Porsche Penske Motorsport | GTP | Porsche 963 |
Porsche 9RD 4.6 L V8 |
DAY 7 |
SEB |
LBH |
MON |
WGL |
MOS |
ELK |
IMS | PET |
-* | 0* |
* Season still in progress.
Complete European Le Mans Series results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | WeatherTech Racing | LMGTE | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | CAT | RBR 6 |
LEC | MNZ | SPA 7 |
ALG | 20th | 14 |
References[]
- ↑ "ENDURANCE: The Documentary about Porsche at the Two Toughest GT Races in the World". Porsche. 27 Mar 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvbkr-nXpjE&list=WL&index=2&t=0s/.
- ↑ "Campbell confirmed for Nissan enduro seat". Speedcafe. 26 April 2016. http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/04/26/campbell-confirmed-for-nissan-enduro-seat/.
- ↑ "Matt Campbell to drive with Todd Kelly at Nissan Motorsports in 2016 enduro cup". Fox Sports. 26 April 2016. http://www.foxsports.com.au/motorsport/v8-supercars/v8-matt-campbell-to-drive-with-todd-kelly-at-nissan-motorsports-in-2016-enduro-cup/news-story/040560561c594b98242104ed5b166a7a.
- ↑ "Cafe Chat: Rising star Matt Campbell". Speedcafe. 3 May 2016. http://www.speedcafe.com/2016/05/03/cafe-chat-rising-star-matt-campbell/.
External links[]
- Official website
- Matt Campbell career summary at DriverDB.com
- Matt Campbell profile on US Racing Reference
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