| 1 | A | B | C |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship - Champions |  |  |
| 3 | Season | Champion | Car |
| 4 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | Australian Carrera Cup Championship |
| 5 | 2003 | New Zealand Jim Richards | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 |
| 6 | 2004 | Australia Alex Davison | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 |
| 7 | 2005 | New Zealand Fabian Coulthard | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 |
| 8 | 2006 | New Zealand Craig Baird | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 |
| 9 | 2007 | Australia David Reynolds | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 |
| 10 | 2008 | New Zealand Craig Baird | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 |
| 11 | 2009 2010 | not held | not held |
| 12 | 2011 | New Zealand Craig Baird | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 |
| 13 | 2012 | New Zealand Craig Baird | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 |
| 14 | 2013 | New Zealand Craig Baird | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 |
| 15 | 2014 | New Zealand Steven Richards | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 |
| 16 | 2015 | Australia Nick Foster | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 |
| 17 | Porsche Carrera Cup Australia | Porsche Carrera Cup Australia | Porsche Carrera Cup Australia |
| 18 | 2016 | Australia Matt Campbell | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 |
| 19 | 2017 | Australia David Wall | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 |
| 20 | 2018 | New Zealand Jaxon Evans | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991.II |

Question: When did the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 997) start being used and what was the model before it?
Answer: In the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship, the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 996) was used from 2003 to 2005 and the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 997) from 2006.