Matt Campbell (racing driver)
Matt Campbell is an Australian racing car driver, specialising in sports car racing, whom is a Porsche factory driver having been a former junior then young professional. He is one of 3 factory driver whose driver categorisation is gold alongside Sven Müller and Mathieu Janine 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 and 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.Supercars
Campbell made his Supercars debut for Nissan Motorsport in 2016, co-driving with Todd Kelly in the Pirtek Enduro Cup. 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.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
| 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 |
| 2012 | New South Wales Formula Ford Championship | Greg Fahey Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 77 | 15th |
| 2012 | 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 |
| 2013 | Queensland Sports Sedan and Invited Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 20th | |
| 2013 | 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 |
| 2014 | Australian GT Championship - GT Trophy class | HHH Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 236 | 8th |
| 2014 | 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 |
| 2015 | Australian GT Championship - GT Trophy class | HHH Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 51st |
| 2015 | 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 |
| 2016 | International V8 Supercars Championship | Nissan Motorsport Australia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 324 | 43rd |
| 2016 | 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 |
| 2017 | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | Fach Auto Tech | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | N/A |
| 2017 | Supercars Championship | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 591 | 30th |
| 2017 | 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 |
| 2019 | Blancpain GT World Challenge America | Wright Motorsports | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 14th |
| 2019 | Blancpain GT World Challenge America - Pro-Am | Wright Motorsports | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 111 | 7th |
| 2019 | WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD | Wright Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 30th |
| 2019 | WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD | Park Place Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 30th |
| 2019 | WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD | Pfaff Motorsports | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 30th |
| 2019 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | Porsche | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 7th |
| 2019 | ADAC GT Masters | Frikadelli Racing Team | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2019 | ADAC GT Masters | SSR Performance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2019 | 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 9th* |
| 2020 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | GPX Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2nd* |
| 2020 | WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTLM | Porsche GT Team | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 9th* |
| 2020 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | Porsche | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3rd* |
† As Campbell was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.
Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results
Supercars Championship results
Bathurst 1000 results
Complete Porsche Supercup results
| 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
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Pts |
| 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 10 | BHR 6 | COA 5 | SPA | LMS | 9th* | 43* |
;Notes
- – All points earned by the team prior to the Shanghai round were nullified.
- * Season still in progress.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
24 Hours of Dubai results
24 Hours of Daytona results
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
| Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 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 | |||||
| 2019 | Wright Motorsports | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | LIM 5 | 30th | 85 | ||||||||||
| 2019 | Pfaff Motorsports | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | ELK 1 | VIR | LGA | PET | 30th | 85 | |||||||
| 2020 | Porsche GT Team | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | DAY 3 | DAY | SEB | ELK | VIR | WGL | LIM | MDO | PET | LGA | SEB | 9th* | 30* |
* Season still in progress.