Matt Campbell
Campbell at the2024 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

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 the2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship in the GTD Pro class (with Jaminet) and is now a full-time driver of the #5Porsche 963 forPorsche Penske Motorsport in theWorld Endurance Championship in the Hypercar class. Campbell won the2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia driving for McElrea Racing. Campbell moved to Germany in 2017 and was third in the2017 Porsche Supercup. He has a victory in the LMGTE Am Class at the2018 24 Hours of Le Mans. Campbell also won overall theBathurst 12 Hour in2019 and2024, driving aPorsche 911 GT3 R forEarl Bamber Motorsport andManthey Racing respectively.

When Campbell was 14, he got aDatsun 1200 coupe, he raced with that with the support of his mother. Campbell's grandfather Bill and aunt Teresa are both racing drivers, Bill managedMorgan 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 andAustralian Formula Ford Series racing withSynergy Motorsport in the national series.^[1]

In 2014, Campbell competed in thePorsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia dominating the B class championship. He moved up to the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship in2015, finishing third in the series, and then won the2016 series.^[2]

In 2017, Campbell relocated to Germany and he drove forFach Auto Tech in thePorsche Supercup, finishing third overall. This led to a drive forDempsey-Proton Racing in the LMGTE Am class of the2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship. He won the class at the second round of the series, the2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving with Christian Ried and Julien Andlauer. The same driver combination also took victory in the third round, the2018 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, forRowe Racing in the2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup in Europe and for Wright Motorsports in the2019 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 the2019 Bathurst 12 Hour withEarl Bamber Motorsport.^[3] In 2020, outside of his Dempsey-Proton duties, Campbell was runner up in theIntercontinental GT Challenge racing withMathieu Jaminet andPatrick Pilet, racing with theAbsolute Racing andGPX Racing teams. He also raced with star Belgian GT3 teamManthey Racing in theNürburgring Langstrecken Serie and withCORE Autosport in theIMSA Sportscar Championship.

The 2021 season saw Campbell link with Proton Competition's American campaign in the IMSA Sportscar Championship as a co-driver withCooper 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 withChristian Ried andJaxon Evans after a pair of second places at the final two rounds. Another highlight was a come-from-behind victory in the2021 Paul Ricard 1000km withGPX Racing.

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

Campbell made hisSupercars debut forNissan Motorsport in 2016, co-driving withTodd Kelly in thePirtek Enduro Cup.^[4][5] In 2017, Campbell joined defending championShane van Gisbergen atTriple Eight Race Engineering and took fifth place at Bathurst, to date his best finish in theBathurst 1000.

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

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

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

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)

Notes

• ^1 – All points earned by the team prior to the Shanghai round were nullified.

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]

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

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]

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)

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

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