2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

The 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain was the sixth season of the one-make championship. It consisted of 20 rounds, beginning on 29 March at Brands Hatch and finishing on 21 September at the same venue. The series supported the British Touring Car Championship throughout the season. Tim Harvey claimed his first title, having finished as runner-up to Richard Westbrook in 2004, Damien Faulkner in 2006 and James Sutton in 2007, Michael Caine finished the season as runner-up. Other front runners throughout the season were Sam Hancock, Tim Bridgman and Phil Quaife. Guest drivers Stefan Hodgetts, son of former British Touring Car champion Chris, and Nick Tandy were also victorious. Former BTCC race winner Paul O'Neill was another notable guest driver.

Entry List edit

All drivers raced in Porsche 911 GT3s.

Team	No	Driver	Rounds
Redline Racing	2	Tim Harvey	All
Team Jota	5	Sam Hancock	All
Team Jota	6	Phil Quaife	All
Team Parker Racing	7	Charles Bateman	All
	8	Tim Bridgman	All
	44	Michael Caine	All
	46	Sean Paul Breslin	9
Team Eurotech	10	Pippa Mann	7–8, 10
Team RPM	12	Alex Mortimer	7
Pro-Am 1
Redline Racing	15	Nigel Rice	All
	31	Fergus Campbell	1–2
		Andy Neate	6
		Ray MacDowall	10
Team RPM	18	Nick Whale	3
ReDesign Racing	34	Tony Gilham	All
Pro-Am 2
Apex Tubulars	10	Bob Lyons	5
Apex Tubulars	79	Bob Lyons	8
RSS Performance	13	George Mackintosh	6
	40	Karl Leonard	7
	41	Michael Leonard	10
	42	Graeme Mundy	6–10
Parr Motorsport	23	Robin Clark	6, 9–10
	24	Steve Rance	6, 9
	78	Glynn Geddie	6–10
Ken Bolger Motorsport	41	Michael Leonard	7
In2Racing	50	Paul Hogarth	9–10
Qserv	56	Tommy Dreelan	5–6, 8–10
Qserv	79	Alasdair McCaig	9
Guest
Geek Squad	43	Jake Rosenzweig	6–7
Team Parker Racing	43	Jake Rosenzweig	10
Porsche Motorsport	45	Steve Rance	1
		John Stack	2
		John Quartermaine	3
		Matt Blyth	4
		Glynn Geddie	5
		Sarah Franklin	6
		Ed Pead	7
		Rory Butcher	8
		Mark McAleer	9
		Ollie Jackson	10
	60	Andy Britnell	1
		Dean Smith	2
		Callum MacLeod	3
		Duncan Tappy	4
		Stefan Hodgetts	5
		Jack Clarke	6
		Paul O'Neill	7
		Ben Anderson	8
		Nick Tandy	9

Race results edit

All races were held in the United Kingdom.

Round		Venue	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Brands Hatch Indy, Kent	29 March	Tim Bridgman	Michael Caine	Michael Caine	Team Parker Racing
1	R2	Brands Hatch Indy, Kent	30 March	Tim Bridgman	Michael Caine	Michael Caine	Team Parker Racing
2	R3	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	13 April	Tim Bridgman	Tim Bridgman	Tim Bridgman	Team Parker Racing
2	R4	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	13 April	Tim Bridgman	Dean Smith	Tim Bridgman	Team Parker Racing
3	R5	Donington Park, Lancashire	3 May	Tim Bridgman	Tim Harvey	Tim Bridgman	Team Parker Racing
3	R6	Donington Park, Lancashire	3 May	Tim Bridgman	Phil Quaife	Tim Bridgman	Team Parker Racing
4	R7	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	17 May	Michael Caine	Michael Caine	Sam Hancock	Team Jota
4	R8	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	18 May	Michael Caine	Tim Harvey	Sam Hancock	Team Jota
5	R9	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	31 May	Tim Harvey	Tim Harvey	Tim Bridgman	Team Parker Racing
5	R10	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	1 June	Tim Harvey	Stefan Hodgetts	Stefan Hodgetts	Porsche Motorsport
6	R11	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	13 July	Sam Hancock	Tim Bridgman	Tim Harvey	Redline Racing
6	R12	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	13 July	Tim Harvey	Tim Harvey	Tim Harvey	Redline Racing
7	R13	Oulton Park, Cheshire	26 July	Michael Caine	Michael Caine	Michael Caine	Team Parker Racing
7	R14	Oulton Park, Cheshire	27 July	Michael Caine	Michael Caine	Michael Caine	Team Parker Racing
8	R15	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	17 August	Sam Hancock	Tim Harvey	Tim Bridgman	Team Parker Racing
8	R16	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	17 August	Sam Hancock	Michael Caine	Sam Hancock	Team Jota
9	R17	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	31 August	Phil Quaife	Tim Bridgman	Nick Tandy	Porsche Motorsport
9	R18	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	31 August	Phil Quaife	Sam Hancock	Tim Harvey	Redline Racing
10	R19	Brands Hatch Indy, Kent	20 September	Tim Bridgman	Jake Rosenzweig	Tim Harvey	Redline Racing
10	R20	Brands Hatch Indy, Kent	21 September	Tim Bridgman	Tim Bridgman	Tim Bridgman	Team Parker Racing

Championship standings edit

Pos	Driver	BHI		ROC		DON		THR		CRO		SNE		OUL		KNO		SIL		BHI		Pts
1	Tim Harvey	2	2	2	2	2	6	3	Ret	3	3	1	1	2	3	4	3	2	1	1	2	340
2	Michael Caine	1	1	3	3	3	2	5	4	5	2	5	3	1	1	6	6	5	4	2	3	328
3	Sam Hancock	Ret	4	5	4	4	5	1	1	4	8	2	4	4	Ret	2	1	3	3	3	4	282
4	Tim Bridgman	Ret	Ret	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	7	11	2	3	2	1	2	Ret	9	DNS	1	273
5	Phil Quaife	4	3	DNS	5	6	3	4	5	6	4	3	9	7	13	3	4	4	2	5	5	257
6	Tony Gilham	6	9	7	9	8	8	8	6	10	9	Ret	7	10	8	9	7	8	8	8	9	173
7	Nigel Rice	Ret	5	8	7	7	7	7	Ret	8	Ret	6	Ret	9	6	7	9	6	6	6	7	162
8	Charles Bateman	7	6	6	8	10	4	Ret	3	7	6	9	Ret	5	4	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	7	8	159
9	Glynn Geddie									9	5	4	Ret	Ret	10	9	8	9	5	10	Ret	66
10	Graeme Mundy											Ret	6	13	12	DNS	11	13	14	12	12	46
11	Tommy Dreelan									12	11	14	11			13	13	15	15	13	14	46
12	Steve Rance	5	10									12	8					11	7			30
13	Fergus Campbell	8	8	9	Ret																	27
14	Paul Hogarth																	10	10	11	11	26
15	Bob Lyons									11	10					12	12					26
16	Robin Clark											16	12					16	16	14	15	18
17	Pippa Mann													Ret	11	10	9			Ret	Ret	15
18	Michael Leonard													12	Ret					9	Ret	14
19	George Mackintosh											13	10									12
20	Sean Paul Breslin																	7	Ret			10
21	Karl Leonard													Ret	7							10
22	Alasdair McCaig																	12	13			10
23	Nick Whale					9	Ret															8
24	Andy Neate											10	Ret									8
25	Ray MacDowall																			Ret	13	5
26	Alex Mortimer													11	DNS							1
guest drivers ineligible for points
	Stefan Hodgetts									2	1											0
	Nick Tandy																	1	11			0
	Andy Britnell	3	7																			0
	Jake Rosenzweig											8	5	8	9					4	6	0
	Dean Smith			4	6																	0
	Rory Butcher															5	5					0
	Callum MacLeod					5	Ret															0
	Ed Pead													Ret	5							0
	Matt Blyth							6	7													0
	Paul O'Neill													6	Ret							0
	Jack Clarke											7	Ret									0
	John Quartermaine					11	9															0
	Duncan Tappy							9	Ret													0
	John Stack			10	10																	0
	Ollie Jackson																			Ret	10	0
	Mark McAleer																	14	12			0
	Ben Anderson															11	Ret					0
	Sarah Franklin											15	Ret									0
Pos	Driver	BHI		ROC		DON		THR		CRO		SNE		OUL		KNO		SIL		BHI		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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External links edit

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