Matt Campbell (racing driver)

Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
	Campbell driving a Porsche 911 RSR in 2018
Nationality	Australian
Born	17 February 1995 (age 26); Warwick, Queensland
WEC career
Debut season	2018–19
Current team	Dempsey-Proton Racing
Car number	77
Starts	20
Wins	5
Poles	4
Fastest laps	4
Best finish	2nd in 2018-19
Previous series
2019; 2017; 2017; 2016-17; 2015-16; 2014-15; 2014; 2012-13; 2011-12	Intercontinental GT Challenge; Porsche Supercup; Carrera Cup Germany; Supercars; Carrera Cup Australia; Australian GT Championship; Porsche GT3 Challenge Aus; Australian Formula Ford; Queensland Formula Ford
Championship titles
2016; 2012	Carrera Cup Australia; Queensland Formula Ford

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 .

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.

Career results[]

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
2011	Queensland Race Car Series	Greg Fahey Motorsport	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	Greg Fahey Motorsport	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	Fach Auto Tech	2	1	1	1	2	-	N/A
	Supercars Championship	Triple Eight Race Engineering	4	0	0	0	0	591	30th
	Pirtek Enduro Cup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	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
2018	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Porsche	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
	WeatherTech 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
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Porsche	5	1	0	0	2	52	7th
	ADAC GT Masters	Frikadelli Racing Team	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	ADAC GT Masters	SSR Performance	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	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
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTLM	Porsche GT Team	2	1	1	0	2	65	11th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Porsche	3	0	1	1	3	45	2nd
2021	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Dempsey-Proton Racing	6	0	0	1	2	79	3rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Dempsey-Proton Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD	Pfaff Motorsports	2	0	0	0	1	222	61st
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTLM	WeatherTech Racing	6	3	0	0	5	2084	4th
	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	WeatherTech Racing	2	0	0	0	0	14	20th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	GPX Martini Racing	5	1	0	0	1	35	10th

^† As Campbell was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

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
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	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

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 GT	Andre Heimgartner	21st (NC)	159

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	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

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

Complete WeatherTech 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
2021	WeatherTech Racing	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6		SEB 1		DET	WGL 5	WGL 3	LIM	1	LGA 3	LBH	VIR	PET 1	4th	2084

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 March 2020.
^ "Campbell confirmed for Nissan enduro seat". Speedcafe. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
^ "Matt Campbell to drive with Todd Kelly at Nissan Motorsports in 2016 enduro cup". Fox Sports. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
^ "Cafe Chat: Rising star Matt Campbell". Speedcafe. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.

External links[]

Official website
Matt Campbell career summary at DriverDB.com
Matt Campbell profile on US Racing Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by	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 With: Dennis Olsen & Dirk Werner	Succeeded by Jules Gounon Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet

[1] "ENDURANCE: The Documentary about Porsche at the Two Toughest GT Races in the World". Porsche. 27 March 2020.

[2] "Campbell confirmed for Nissan enduro seat". Speedcafe. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.

[3] "Matt Campbell to drive with Todd Kelly at Nissan Motorsports in 2016 enduro cup". Fox Sports. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.

[4] "Cafe Chat: Rising star Matt Campbell". Speedcafe. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.

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