2009 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

The 2009 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain was the seventh Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain season. The season consisted of twenty rounds, beginning on 5 April at Brands Hatch's Indy circuit and ending on 4 October at the circuit's Grand Prix layout. The series supported the British Touring Car Championship throughout the season. Tim Bridgman took his first title, holding off the challenges of reigning champion Tim Harvey, James Sutton and Michael Caine. In the other classes, Glynn Geddie took home the Pro-Am 1 title, while Glenn McMenamin won Pro-Am 2.^[1]^[2]

Entry list edit

All drivers raced in Porsche 911 GT3s. Guest drivers in italics.

Team	No	Driver	Rounds
Redline Racing	1	Tim Harvey	All
	5	Dean Smith	1
	5	James Sutton	2–10
	11	Lewis Hopkins	All
JMH	6	Aaron Scott	3
Team Parker Racing	7	Tim Bridgman	All
	42	Charles Bateman	6–7
	43	Tom Bradshaw	All
Motorbase Performance	44	Michael Caine	All
Pro-Am 1
JMH	6	Andy Ruhan	6, 10
Team Parker Racing	8	Glynn Geddie	All
Team Parker Racing	10	Michael Leonard	1, 3–4, 6, 8, 10
JHR	24	Derek Pierce	1–8, 10
JHR	25	Robert Lawson	All
Redline Racing	34	Tony Gilham	All
Motorbase Performance	48	Ollie Jackson	All
In2Racing	50	Paul Hogarth	3, 5–10
RSS Performance	55	John Quartermaine	1, 10
RSS Performance	68	Matt Kelly	2
Celtic Speed	68	Tommy Dreelan	2–10
GT Marques	87	Alex Martin	9–10
Pro-Am 2
Parr Motorsport	13	Glenn McMenamin	3–4, 6–10
Parr Motorsport	23	Robin Clark	1–4, 6–10
Kinfaun Racing	18	John Gaw	8
Apex Motorsport	19	Andrew Tate	6, 8–10
Motorbase Performance	28	George Richardson	1
		Michael Corridan	4
		Steve Parish	9–10
RSS Performance	36	Karl Leonard	1, 3–4, 6, 8, 10
GT Marques	40	Paul Mace	2, 6, 9–10
Celtic Speed	79	Bob Lyons	3–10
Celtic Speed	99	George Brewster	5, 7, 9–10
Guest
Team Parker Racing	9	Jake Rosenzweig	1–2, 10
Porsche Cars GB	61	Anthony Reid	1
		Ben McLoughlin	2
		Aaron Steele	3
		Richard Singleton	4
		Aaron Slight	5
		Jeremy Clark	6
		Andrew Herron	7
		Paul Winter	8
		Tiffany Chittenden	9
		Mark Higgins	10
Motorbase Performance	66	Liam Griffin	8

Calendar edit

All races were held in the United Kingdom.

Round		Venue	Date	Pole	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Brands Hatch Indy, Kent	5 April	Tim Bridgman	Tim Bridgman	Tim Bridgman	Team Parker Racing
1	R2	Brands Hatch Indy, Kent	5 April	Tim Bridgman	Tim Bridgman	Tim Bridgman	Team Parker Racing
2	R3	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	25 April	Tim Bridgman	Tim Harvey	Tim Harvey	Redline Racing
2	R4	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	25 April	Tim Bridgman	Michael Caine	Michael Caine	Motorbase Performance
3	R5	Donington Park, Lancashire	17 May	Tim Bridgman	James Sutton	Michael Caine	Motorbase Performance
3	R6	Donington Park, Lancashire	17 May	Tim Bridgman	Tim Bridgman	James Sutton	Redline Racing
4	R7	Oulton Park, Cheshire	30 May	Tim Bridgman	Tim Bridgman	Tim Bridgman	Team Parker Racing
4	R8	Oulton Park, Cheshire	31 May	Tim Bridgman	James Sutton	Tim Bridgman	Team Parker Racing
5	R9	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	14 June	Tim Bridgman	Tim Bridgman	Tim Bridgman	Team Parker Racing
5	R10	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	14 June	Tim Bridgman	Michael Caine	James Sutton	Redline Racing
6	R11	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	2 August	Tim Harvey	Tim Harvey	Tim Harvey	Redline Racing
6	R12	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	2 August	James Sutton	James Sutton	Tim Harvey	Redline Racing
7	R13	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	16 August	Tim Bridgman	Glynn Geddie	Michael Caine	Motorbase Performance
7	R14	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	16 August	Tim Harvey	Michael Caine	Tim Bridgman	Team Parker Racing
8	R15	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	30 August	Tim Bridgman	James Sutton	James Sutton	Redline Racing
8	R16	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	30 August	Tim Bridgman	James Sutton	James Sutton	Redline Racing
9	R17	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	19 September	James Sutton	Michael Caine	James Sutton	Redline Racing
9	R18	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	20 September	James Sutton	Tom Bradshaw	James Sutton	Redline Racing
10	R19	Brands Hatch GP, Kent	4 October	Tim Bridgman	Tim Bridgman	Tim Bridgman	Team Parker Racing
10	R20	Brands Hatch GP, Kent	4 October	Tim Bridgman	Tim Bridgman	Tim Bridgman	Team Parker Racing

Driver's Standings edit

Pos	Driver	BHI		THR		DON		OUL		CRO		SNE		KNO		SIL		ROC		BHGP		Pts
1	Tim Bridgman	1	1	3	5	DNS	2	1	1	1	5	3	2	7	1	2	DSQ	3	3	1	1	324
2	James Sutton			4	3	3	1	2	2	2	1	2	3	11	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	320
3	Tim Harvey	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	1	1	6	2	3	Ret	2	4	5	3	316
4	Michael Caine	3	3	2	1	1	6	Ret	3	3	2	4	Ret	1	4	4	13	4	2	6	Ret	261
5	Glynn Geddie	8	5	8	13	DNS	5	9	Ret	Ret	NC	5	4	2	6	5	2	Ret	8	3	4	174
6	Robert Lawson	Ret	9	5	9	5	7	5	5	6	4	Ret	8	3	9	Ret	4	5	Ret	8	6	171
7	Ollie Jackson	10	8	13	10	8	14	7	7	8	6	6	7	5	10	7	12	6	5	10	7	163
8	Tom Bradshaw	4	Ret	10	7	4	4	DNS	10	5	Ret	9	6	9	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	4	5	149
9	Tony Gilham	7	Ret	6	6	6	9	6	9	9	8	8	5	10	7	6	10	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	141
10	Lewis Hopkins	Ret	11	Ret	12	Ret	DNS	10	Ret	7	11	7	11	12	11	8	Ret	7	11	9	12	92
11	Derek Pierce	9	10	12	11	7	13	Ret	8	12	Ret	12	13	Ret	12	Ret	6			7	Ret	86
12	Michael Leonard	6	7			Ret	8	11	6			Ret	10			Ret	7			11	9	72
13	Glenn McMenamin					Ret	Ret	13	11			11	15	13	15	10	9	9	9	15	13	54
14	Karl Leonard	Ret	12			10	11	4	Ret			Ret	9			9	3			Ret	10	53
15	Paul Hogarth					12	15			13	10	Ret	14	14	NC	11	8	Ret	12	14	15	46
16	Tommy Dreelan			14	16	14	17	15	12	14	13	14	20	17	14	12	14	12	14	22	20	41
17	Charles Bateman											Ret	9	4	8							29
18	Bob Lyons					13	16	12	DSQ	15	12	15	17	15	Ret	13	11	14	16	19	18	27
19	Dean Smith	5	4																			26
20	Paul Mace			13	15							Ret	16					DSQ	13	12	11	22
21	George Brewster									10	9			16	13					16	21	18
22	Robin Clark	12	15	16	17	15	18	Ret	14			16	21	18	16	17	17	15	17	24	24	16
23	Alex Martin																	10	10	13	23	15
24	John Gaw															Ret	5					12
25	Aaron Scott					11	12															11
26	Steve Parish																	8	Ret	21	16	10
27	Matt Kelly			15	14																	8
28	John Quartermaine	11	14																	20	19	8
29	Andy Ruhan											13	18							18	17	8
30	Michael Corridan							15	13													4
31	Andrew Tate											17	19			15	18	13	Ret	23	22	4
32	George Richardson	DSQ	13																			4
guest drivers ineligible for points
	Jake Rosenzweig	Ret	6	7	4															Ret	8	0
	Aaron Slight									11	7											0
	Ben McLoughlin			9	8																	0
	Aaron Steele					9	10															0
	Jeremy Clark											10	12									0
	Andrew Herron													8	Ret							0
	Richard Singleton							8	Ret													0
	Tiffany Chittenden																	11	15			0
	Liam Griffin															14	16					0
	Mark Higgins																			17	14	0
	Paul Winter															16	15					0
	Anthony Reid	Ret	Ret																			0
Pos	Driver	BHI		THR		DON		OUL		CRO		SNE		KNO		SIL		ROC		BHGP		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 (1 point)
Italics – Fastest Lap (1 point)

References edit

^ "Bridgman wins Carrera Cup title at Brands". racecar.com. Racecar New Media Services Ltd. 2009-10-05. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
^ "Bridgman wins Carrera Cup GB title at Brands Hatch". europeanmotornews.com. European Motor News. 2009-10-05. Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2009-12-13.

External links edit

Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

[1] "Bridgman wins Carrera Cup title at Brands". racecar.com. Racecar New Media Services Ltd. 2009-10-05. Retrieved 2009-12-13.

[2] "Bridgman wins Carrera Cup GB title at Brands Hatch". europeanmotornews.com. European Motor News. 2009-10-05. Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2009-12-13.

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