Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Round 1

This was only Jaxon's second time at the iconic Adelaide circuit. He started his Carrera Cup career here very well last season with a 3rd place on debut.

The team was rapt that Jaxon was able to translate last season’s experience and pre-season testing into pole position for the new era of 991.2 Porsche Cup Cars.

In race 1 Jaxon lined up beside ex V8 Supercar driver and former MR driver (2010 Mini Challenge) Dale Wood.

Jaxon had a decent start but not quite as good as Dale and he dropped back to second. He pushed as hard as he could to find a way past but settled for a healthy point haul in the season-opening race.

In race 2 Jaxon got a better start than Wood and used the clear track ahead to drive as quickly as he could without excessive risk and was able to pull a gradual lead which stretched to over 2 seconds by the end of the 15 lap race.

In race 3 Jaxon had a good start and took the lead into the turn one chicane.

Although the race was cut short after a safety car intervention, Jaxon stamped his authority on the weekend and took a second comfortable win.

Like Jaxon, this was Tim's second visit to the notorious Adelaide street circuit and after a rough weekend in the AGT in 2017, he was keen for a more conservative approach. He did a solid job on the first two practice sessions finishing sixth quickest and was ready to step it up for qualifying but had radio interference which stopped the team from being able to advise him of his kerb strikes and his best lap times were disallowed as a result.

In race one Tim started 18th (6th in Pro-Am) and did a great job to record the fastest lap time for the Pro-Am category and 8th fastest outright. As a result, he progressed through the field to finish 12th outright and third in Pro-Am.

In race two he got pinched between Twigg and Major into turn 1 which bent his steering and forced him out of the race.

After the DNF (did not finish) in race two, Tim started the final race from the rear of the grid. Despite a lack of 'racing' laps, he did a great job to carve through the Pro-Am field to finish seventh with the second fastest Pro-Am lap time.

This was Anthony's first visit to the notorious Adelaide street circuit and he approached the weekend with a cautious enthusiasm. After some training and familiarisation in the MR Driver Development Motion Force 1 racing simulator, he managed to finish the two practice sessions with the fastest lap time of all the Pro-Am drivers. He did a fantastic job to convert that to Pro-Am pole in his first-ever Carrera Cup sprint round.

He got a good start in the first race but made a mistake into turn nine on the opening lap which led to McBride being turned around. With this delay, he ended up finishing 21st outright and 9th in Pro-Am.

After a penalty was applied he started race two from 23rd grid spot. Like Tim on Friday, during his recovery drive, he posted the fastest lap time for the Pro-Am category and made his way through to 5th in Pro-Am. He leaves the first round of the championship sitting fifth in the standings.

Gilbo started from grid 15 and 5th in Pro-Am in the final race and his mission was to have a clean and tidy race and continue to collect points after a rough race 1. He kept it tidy and finished fifth in Pro-Am.