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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[]

Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 of Matt Campbell (2016)

Campbell won the 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia series driving for McElrea Racing

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/laps Podiums Points Position
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 25px Australia Fiat Abarth Motorsport 25px Australia Matt Cherry
25px Australia Luke Ellery
Fiat Abarth 500 F 10 28th 3rd
2015 25px Australia Amac Motorsport 25px Australia Andrew Macpherson
25px Australia Bradley Shiels
Porsche 997 GT3-R AA 41 DNF DNF
2016 25px Australia Objective Racing 25px Australia Warren Luff
25px Australia Tim Slade
25px Australia Tony Walls
McLaren 650S GT3 AA 49 DNF DNF
2017 25px USA Competition Motorsports 25px Australia David Calvert-Jones
25px USA Patrick Long
25px Germany Marc Lieb
Porsche 911 GT3 R APA 289 2nd 1st
2018 25px USA Competition Motorsports 25px Australia David Calvert-Jones
25px USA Patrick Long
25px Australia Alex Davison
Porsche 911 GT3 R APA 271 4th 2nd
2019 25px New Zealand Earl Bamber Motorsport 25px Template:Country alias NOR Dennis Olsen
25px Germany Dirk Werner
Porsche 911 GT3 R APP 312 1st 1st
2020 25px Template:Country alias CHN Absolute Racing 25px France Mathieu Jaminet
25px France Patrick Pilet
Porsche 911 GT3 R Pro 312 4th 4th

Supercars Championship results[]

Supercars results
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 25px Australia Todd Kelly DNF 157
2017 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VF 25px New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen 5th 161
2021 Kelly Grove Racing Ford Mustang Mk.6 25px New Zealand Andre Heimgartner NC 159
2022 Grove Racing Ford Mustang Mk.6 25px Australia 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 1101
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 25px Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing 25px Germany Christian Ried
25px France Julien Andlauer
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Am
335 25th 1st
2019 25px Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing 25px Germany Christian Ried
25px France Julien Andlauer
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Am
332 34th 4th
2020 25px Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing 25px Germany Christian Ried
25px Italy Riccardo Pera
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Am
339 25th 2nd
2021 25px Germany Dempsey-Proton Racing 25px Germany Christian Ried
25px New Zealand Jaxon Evans
Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTE
Am
335 31st 5th
2022 25px Germany Proton Racing 25px Flag of Ireland Michael Fassbender
25px Canada 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 25px Switzerland Fach Auto Tech 25px Germany Jens Richter
25px France Julien Andlauer
25px Austria 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 25px USA Park Place Motorsports 25px USA Patrick Long
25px USA Patrick Lindsey
25px USA Nick Boulle
Porsche 911 R GTD 560 23rd 7th
2020 25px USA Porsche GT Team 25px France Frédéric Makowiecki
25px Great Britain Nick Tandy
Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTLM 786 15th 3rd
2021 25px Canada Pfaff Motorsports 25px Germany Lars Kern
25px Canada Zacharie Robichon
25px Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Porsche 911 GT3 R GTD 702 36th 12th
2022 25px Canada Pfaff Motorsports 25px France Mathieu Jaminet
25px Brazil 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
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


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External links[]

Sporting positions
Preceded by:
Nick Foster
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
Champion

2016
Succeeded by:
David Wall
Preceded by:
Robin Frijns
Stuart Leonard
Dries Vanthoor
Winner of the Bathurst 12 Hour
2019
Succeeded by:
Jules Gounon
Jordan Pepper
Maxime Soulet
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