Matt Campbell (racing driver)

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. Campbell won the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship in the GTD Pro class (with Jaminet) and is now a full-time driver of the #5 Porsche 963 for Porsche Penske Motorsport in the World Endurance Championship in the Hypercar class. 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. He has a victory in the LMGTE Am Class at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans. Campbell also won overall the Bathurst 12 Hour in 2019 and 2024, driving a Porsche 911 GT3 R for Earl Bamber Motorsport and Manthey Racing respectively.

Matt Campbell
Campbell at the 2024 24 Hours of Daytona.
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 (age 30) Warwick, Queensland
WEC career
Debut season	2018–19
Current team	Porsche Penske Motorsport
Racing licence	FIA Silver (until 2017) FIA Gold (2018–2022) FIA Platinum (2023–)
Car number	6
Former teams	Dempsey-Proton Racing
Starts	33
Wins	6
Poles	6
Fastest laps	5
Best finish	2nd in 2018-19
Previous series
2019 2017 2017 2016-17, 2021-2022 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
2025 2022 2016 2012	IMSA SportsCar Championship IMSA SportsCar GTD Pro Carrera Cup Australia Queensland Formula Ford

Racing career

Early career

When Campbell was 14, he got a Datsun 1200 coupe, he raced with that with the support of his mother. Campbell's grandfather Bill and aunt Teresa are both racing drivers, Bill managed Morgan Park Raceway in the family's home town of Warwick for many years until his death in 2015. Matt then got some driver coaching and entered the Queensland and Australian Formula Ford Series racing with Synergy Motorsport in the national series.^[1]

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

GT Racing

In 2014, Campbell competed in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia dominating the B class championship. He moved up to the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship in 2015, finishing third in the series, and then won the 2016 series.^[2]

Campbell won at Road America during the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

In 2017, Campbell relocated to Germany and 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. Campbell and Andlauer would finish second in the LMGTE Am championship after receiving a points penalty for a software issue that ultimately denied them a championship victory despite winning five of the eight rounds.

The 2019–20 season with Dempsey-Proton was disappointing ending eighth in the championship. Campbell also raced in GT3 around the world, for Rowe Racing in the 2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup in Europe and for Wright Motorsports in the 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge America making top five finishes in both series. The season highlight was his charge through the field in the final hour to win the 2019 Bathurst 12 Hour with Earl Bamber Motorsport.^[3] In 2020, outside of his Dempsey-Proton duties, Campbell was runner up in the Intercontinental GT Challenge racing with Mathieu Jaminet and Patrick Pilet, racing with the Absolute Racing and GPX Racing teams. He also raced with star Belgian GT3 team Manthey Racing in the Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie and with CORE Autosport in the IMSA Sportscar Championship.

The 2021 season saw Campbell link with Proton Competition's American campaign in the IMSA Sportscar Championship as a co-driver with Cooper MacNeil in the GTLM class, placing fourth in the series sharing victories three times. In the World Endurance Championship, Dempsey-Proton was the best of the Porsche teams in LMGTE Am and finished third in the championship with Christian Ried and Jaxon Evans after a pair of second places at the final two rounds. Another highlight was a come-from-behind victory in the 2021 Paul Ricard 1000km with GPX Racing.

Campbell and Jaminet dominated the 2022 IMSA Sportscar Championship in the GTD Pro class with Pfaff Motorsports winning five of the ten races.

Supercars

Campbell made his Supercars debut for Nissan Motorsport in 2016, co-driving with Todd Kelly in the Pirtek Enduro Cup.^[4][5] In 2017, Campbell joined defending champion Shane van Gisbergen at Triple Eight Race Engineering and took fifth place at Bathurst, to date his best finish in the Bathurst 1000.

Racing record

Career summary

Campbell made his prototype debut at the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona.

Campbell's No. 6 car at the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans

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	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	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	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Competition Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	12	18th
	24H GT Series - A6	Herberth Motorsport
	24H GT Series - 911	Fach Auto Tech
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Dempsey-Proton Racing	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Frikadelli Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
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
	Queensland Historic Touring Car Championship		4	0	0	0	0	76	11th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Dempsey-Proton Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Frikadelli Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
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
	Supercars Championship	Kelly Grove Racing	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
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Frikadelli Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2022	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	Pfaff Motorsports	10	5	3	1	8	3497	1st
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	EMA Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	2	33rd
	Supercars Championship	Grove Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Proton Competition	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	16th
	FIA Motorsport Games GT Sprint	Team Australia	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Toksport WRT	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2023	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP	Porsche Penske Motorsport	9	1	2	1	3	2691	5th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar		Reserve driver
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Manthey EMA	1	0	0	0	1	18	19th
	GT World Challenge Australia - Pro-Am	EMA Motorsport
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Lionspeed by Car Collection Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2024	FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar	Porsche Penske Motorsport	8	0	2	1	4	104	5th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP		3	1	0	0	3	1038	15th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Manthey EMA
		Herberth Motorsport
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	SSR Herberth	1	0	0	0	0	4	28th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Herberth Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	16th
2025	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP	Porsche Penske Motorsport	9	1	0	2	6	2907	1st
	FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar		5	1	0	0	2	65	8th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Dinamic GT	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC

^† 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
2023	Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport	Mathieu Jaminet Thomas Preining	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Pro	323	2nd	2nd
2024	Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport	Ayhancan Güven Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Pro	275	1st	1st

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	32	33	34	Pos.	Pts	Ref
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	[6]
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	[7]
2021	Kelly Grove Racing	Mustang GT FN	BAT1 R1	BAT1 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	TOW1 R15	TOW1 R16	TOW2 R17	TOW2 R18	TOW2 R19	SMP1 R20	SMP1 R21	SMP1 R22	SMP2 R23	SMP2 R24	SMP2 R25	SMP3 R26	SMP3 R27	SMP3 R28	SMP4 R29 PO	SMP4 R30 PO	BAT2 R31 NC				45th	0	[8]
2022	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang	SMP R1	SMP R2	SYM R3	SYM R4	SYM R5	MEL R6	MEL R7	MEL R8	MEL R9	BAR R10	BAR R11	BAR R12	WIN R13	WIN R14	WIN R15	HID R16	HID R17	HID R18	TOW R19	TOW R20	BEN R21	BEN R22	BEN R23	SAN R24	SAN R25	SAN R26	PUK R27	PUK R28	PUK R29	BAT R30 Ret	SUR R31	SUR R32	NEW R33	NEW R34	NC	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	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
2024	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Hypercar	Porsche 963	Porsche 4.6 L Turbo V8	QAT 3	IMO 3	SPA Ret	LMS 6	SÃO 3	COA 7	FUJ Ret	BHR 2	5th	104
2025	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Hypercar	Porsche 963	Porsche 4.6 L Turbo V8	QAT 11	IMO 8	SPA	LMS 2	SÃO	COA 1	FUJ	BHR 13	8th	65
Sources:[9][10]

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
2024	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 963	Hypercar	311	6th	6th
2025	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 963	Hypercar	387	2nd	2nd
Sources:[9][11]

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
2023	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Michael Christensen Felipe Nasr	Porsche 963	GTP	749	14th	7th
2024	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Dane Cameron Felipe Nasr Josef Newgarden	Porsche 963	GTP	791	1st	1st
2025	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Kévin Estre Mathieu Jaminet	Porsche 963	GTP	781	3rd	3rd
Source:[9]

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	Ref
2019	Park Place Motorsports	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 7	SEB	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS							30th	85	[12]
	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	[13]
2021	Pfaff Motorsports	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 12		MDO										61st	222	[14]
	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 5	LGA 1	WGL 3	MOS 1	LIM 1	ELK 2	VIR 1	PET 3			1st	3497	[15]
2023	Porsche Penske Motorsport	GTP	Porsche 963	Porsche 9RD 4.6 L V8	DAY 7	SEB 5	LBH 3	LGA 9	WGL 7	MOS 6	ELK 1	IMS 2	PET 4				5th	2691	[16]
2024	Porsche Penske Motorsport	GTP	Porsche 963	Porsche 9RD 4.6 L V8	DAY 1	SEB 3	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	ELK	IMS	PET 3				15th	1038	[17]
2025	Porsche Penske Motorsport	GTP	Porsche 963	Porsche 9RD 4.6 L V8	DAY 3	SEB 2	LBH 2	LGA 1	DET 3	WGL 4	ELK 5	IMS 7	PET 3				1st	2907
Source:[9]

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
Source:[9]