The Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain is a multi-event one-make motor racing series that takes place in the United Kingdom for the Porsche 911 GT3 since 2003. It is the fastest and most successful single marque GT championship in the UK, with over 30,000 visitors attending the majority of the races and approximately 370,000 visitors over the duration of the season. Notable drivers in the championship have been two-time Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup winner Richard Westbrook and Supercup race winner Damien Faulkner.Porsche Carrera Cup GB Teams and Drivers
The series is currently shown live on ITV4 as part of the channel's coverage of BTCC race days.
History The Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain had its inaugural Season in 2003, and is since then held across England, Scotland and Ireland. The Championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers. The Drivers compete in identical 911 Carrera GT3 Cup Cars, that conform technical regulations for the championship and aim to put driver skills in the spotlight. Although the championship is primarily held across the UK, single races in Germany, France and Belgium had been included to the regular racing calendar in seasons 2011, 2014 and 2015. Notable drivers are 2015 Le Mans winner Nick Tandy, two-time Porsche Mobil 1 winner Richard Westbrook and Supercup race winner Damien Faulkner.
The Championship continues to be a prime support race to British Touring Car Championship and is featured on a 7-hour live coverage on ITV4 each race weekend. Teams, Drivers and sponsors benefit from the Porsche Carrera Cup GB being broadcast on live TV.
In 2006 Porsche introduced a Pro- categories, Rookies are able to win even more money from their respective class.
Since introduced for the 2018 season. All drivers are competing in a flat-six, rear-engine 911 (Type 991.2) GT3 Cup Car, with 485bhp (361kW). .
Scoring system 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Race 1 (Pro)121086432121Race 2 (All Classes)10865432101 The current scoring system
Champions SeasonChampionTeam Champion 2003 Barry Horne Team Parker Racing 2004 Richard Westbrook Redline Racing 2005 Damien Faulkner Team Parker Racing SeasonChampionTeam ChampionPro-Am ChampionPro-Am Team 2006 Damien Faulkner (2) Team Parker Racing Phil Quaife Motorbase Performance 2007 James Sutton Redline Racing Nigel Rice Redline Racing SeasonChampionTeam ChampionPro-Am 1 ChampionPro-Am 1 TeamPro-Am 2 ChampionPro-Am 2 Team 2008 Tim Harvey Redline Racing Nigel Rice Redline Racing Glynn Geddie Parr Motorsport 2009 Tim Bridgman Team Parker Racing Glynn Geddie Team Parker Racing Glenn McMenamin Parr Motorsport 2010 Tim Harvey (2) Redline Racing Ollie Jackson Motorbase Performance George Richardson Motorbase Performance 2011 James Sutton (2) Redline Racing Jonas Gelžinis Juta Racing George Brewster Celtic Speed 2012 Michael Meadows Redline Racing Ahmad Al Harthy Redline Racing Will Goff Goff Racing 2013 Michael Meadows (2) Samsung Smart Motorsport Víctor Jiménez Redline Racing Pete Smallwood Parr Motorsport 2014 Josh Webster Redline Racing Justin Sherwood Team Parker Racing Steve Liquorish Team Parker Racing 2015 Dan Cammish Redline Racing Ignas Gelžinis Juta Racing John McCullagh Redline Racing 2016 Dan Cammish (2) Redline Racing Euan McKay IN2 Racing Tautvydas Barštys Juta Racing 2017 Charlie Eastwood Redline Racing Alex Martin Team Parker Racing Peter Kyle-Henney IN2 RacingSeasonPro ChampionPro Team ChampionPro-Am ChampionPro-Am TeamAm ChampionAm Team 2018 Tio Ellinas JTR Seb Perez Team Parker Racing Peter Mangion Team Parker Racing 2019 Daniel Harper JTR Karl Leonard Team Parker Racing Justin Sherwood Team Parker Racing 2020 Harry King Team Parker Racing Esmee Hawkey Team Parker Racing Justin Sherwood Team Parker Racing 2021 Dan Cammish (3) Ryan Ratcliffe Justin Sherwood 2022 Kiern Jewiss Charles Rainford Josh Stanton2023 Adam Smalley Max Bird Justin Sherwood2024 George Gamble Angus Whiteside Lee Mowle2025 Andrew Rackstraw Oliver White Jonathan Beeson
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