2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany

The 2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland season was the 29th German Porsche Carrera Cup season. It began on 3 May at Hockenheim and finished on 18 October at the same circuit, after nine race meetings, with two races at each event. It was a support championship for the 2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season.

Team Deutsche Post by Project 1 driver Philipp Eng was crowned champion at the final round of the season, with a third-place finish good enough to give him the drivers' championship by two points, ahead of QPOD Walter Lechner Racing's Michael Ammermüller. Eng started the season with a victory at Hockenheim, and won two more races during the campaign, including a race win at the August Red Bull Ring meeting that he had been previously disqualified from, before a successful appeal was heard in October.^[1] He ultimately recorded 17 points-scoring finishes from 18 attempts, including 9 podiums. Ammermüller was the season's most prolific driver, taking six pole positions and six victories during the year, and had the most podium finishes with ten. Third place in the championship went to Christian Engelhart of Konrad Motorsport, another three-time race winner during 2014.

Eng's teammate Sven Müller finished fourth in the overall championship, with five podium finishes, which saw him finish as the highest placed rookie driver during the season. Nicki Thiim, teammate to Ammermüller at QPOD Walter Lechner Racing, won both Sachsenring races to finish fifth in the championship. Other drivers to win races during the season were Team 75 Bernhard's Earl Bamber – who was leading the championship at mid-season with victories at Hockenheim and the Red Bull Ring – before electing to focus on his ultimately successful Porsche Supercup campaign, while Konrad Motorsport's Christopher Zöchling and FÖRCH Racing by Lukas Motorsport driver Connor De Phillippi won at Oschersleben and the Hungaroring respectively.

In the B-class championship for amateur drivers, the title was won by Rolf Ineichen, another Konrad Motorsport driver. Ineichen won 12 races, set 14 pole positions and recorded 15 fastest laps from the 18 races to be held during the season. He won the championship by 37 points ahead of Team GT3 Kasko driver Ralf Bohn, who won at Oschersleben. Third place in the championship went to Wolf Nathan of Land Motorsport, who won three races, including a weekend sweep at the Nürburgring. Bohn's teammate Daniel Allemann was the only other race winner in class, taking victories at the Norisring and Hockenheim. In the teams' championship, the performances of Ammermüller and Thiim – including a 1–2 finish in the season-ending race – allowed QPOD Walter Lechner Racing to take the title by a single point ahead of Team Deutsche Post by Project 1.

Teams and drivers edit

Team	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
McGregor by Attempto	1	Pieter Schothorst	A	All
McGregor by Attempto	2	Fabien Thuner	A	All
Land Motorsport	3	Wolf Nathan	B	All
	4	Jochen Habets	A	1–8
	65	Ronald van de Laar	B	1–5
	65	Côme Ledogar	A	6–9
Aust Motorsport	5	Patrick Eisemann	A	All
	6	Niclas Kentenich	A	1, 3–9
	6	Jaap van Lagen	A	2
Konrad Motorsport	7	Christopher Zöchling	A	All
	8	Christian Engelhart	A	All
	29	Rolf Ineichen	B	All
FÖRCH Racing by Lukas Motorsport	9	Connor De Phillippi	A	All
	10	Robert Lukas	A	All
	55	Christofer Berckhan	A	All
Team Deutsche Post/PP by Project 1	11	Ola Nilsson	A	1–6, 8–9
Team Deutsche Post/PP by Project 1	15	Sean Johnston	A	1–7, 9
Team Deutsche Post by Project 1	12	Philipp Eng	A	All
Team Deutsche Post by Project 1	14	Sven Müller	A	All
ZaWotec Racing	16	Marko Klein	A	1–3
		Norbert Siedler	A	4–7, 9
		Jaap van Lagen	A	8
	17	Lukas Schreier	A	All
TAM-Racing	18	Christopher Gerhard	A	All
TAM-Racing	19	"Bill Barazetti"	B	All
Team 75 Bernhard	20	Earl Bamber	A	1–5
		Tom Dillmann	A	6, 8
		Klaus Bachler	A	7, 9
	24	Felix Wimmer	A	All
Team GT3 Kasko	21	Robert Renauer	A	All
	22	Daniel Allemann	B	All
	23	Ralf Bohn	B	All
QPOD Walter Lechner Racing	25	Michael Ammermüller	A	All
	26	Nicki Thiim	A	1–3, 5–9
	26	Jeffrey Schmidt	A	4
Lechner Racing Academy ME	27	Jeffrey Schmidt	A	1–3, 5–9
Lechner Racing Academy ME	28	Clemens Schmid	A	All
SMS Seyffarth Motorsport	30	Mike Halder	A	All
SMS Seyffarth Motorsport	31	"Mike Keller"	B	All
TECE MRS-Racing	33	Jim Pla	A	1–5, 8
	33	Jaap van Lagen	A	6–7, 9
	34	Elia Erhart	A	All
Attempto Racing by Häring	77	Michelle Gatting	A	1–6
	77	Ronald van de Laar	B	7–9
	88	Alex Riberas	A	All
	99	Antti Buri	A	All

Icon	Class
A	A-class
B	B-class

Race calendar and results edit

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	B-class Winner
1	R1	Hockenheimring	3 May	Philipp Eng	Earl Bamber	Philipp Eng	Team Deutsche Post by Project 1	Rolf Ineichen
1	R2	Hockenheimring	4 May	Connor De Phillippi	Earl Bamber Christian Engelhart	Earl Bamber	Team 75 Bernhard	Rolf Ineichen
2	R3	Oschersleben	17 May	Pieter Schothorst	Christopher Zöchling	Christopher Zöchling	Konrad Motorsport	Ralf Bohn
2	R4	Oschersleben	18 May	Michael Ammermüller	Jaap van Lagen	Christian Engelhart	Konrad Motorsport	Rolf Ineichen
3	R5	Hungaroring	31 May	Christian Engelhart	Christian Engelhart	Christian Engelhart	Konrad Motorsport	Rolf Ineichen
3	R6	Hungaroring	1 June	Connor De Phillippi	Christian Engelhart	Connor De Phillippi	FÖRCH Racing by Lukas Motorsport	Rolf Ineichen
4	R7	Norisring	28 June	Michael Ammermüller	Sven Müller	Michael Ammermüller	QPOD Walter Lechner Racing	Rolf Ineichen
4	R8	Norisring	29 June	Sven Müller	Robert Renauer	Michael Ammermüller	QPOD Walter Lechner Racing	Daniel Allemann
5	R9	Red Bull Ring	2 August	Norbert Siedler	Christian Engelhart	Philipp Eng	Team Deutsche Post by Project 1	Rolf Ineichen
5	R10	Red Bull Ring	3 August	Alex Riberas	Earl Bamber	Earl Bamber	Team 75 Bernhard	Rolf Ineichen
6	R11	Nürburgring	16 August	Michael Ammermüller	Jaap van Lagen	Michael Ammermüller	QPOD Walter Lechner Racing	Wolf Nathan
6	R12	Nürburgring	17 August	Nicki Thiim	Sven Müller	Philipp Eng	Team Deutsche Post by Project 1	Wolf Nathan
7	R13	Lausitzring	13 September	Michael Ammermüller	Michael Ammermüller	Michael Ammermüller	QPOD Walter Lechner Racing	Rolf Ineichen
7	R14	Lausitzring	14 September	Clemens Schmid	Philipp Eng	Michael Ammermüller	QPOD Walter Lechner Racing	Wolf Nathan
8	R15	Sachsenring	20 September	Michael Ammermüller	Nicki Thiim	Nicki Thiim	QPOD Walter Lechner Racing	Rolf Ineichen
8	R16	Sachsenring	21 September	Nicki Thiim	Nicki Thiim	Nicki Thiim	QPOD Walter Lechner Racing	Rolf Ineichen
9	R17	Hockenheimring	18 October	Christian Engelhart	Christian Engelhart	Christian Engelhart	Konrad Motorsport	Rolf Ineichen
9	R18	Hockenheimring	19 October	Michael Ammermüller	Nicki Thiim	Michael Ammermüller	QPOD Walter Lechner Racing	Daniel Allemann

Championship standings edit

Points system
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
20	18	16	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

A-class edit

Pos	Driver	HOC		OSC		HUN		NOR		RBR		NÜR^{[N 1]}		LAU		SAC		HOC		Pts
1	Philipp Eng	1	3	10	14	Ret	3	4	4	1	3	5	1	2	3	6	4	7	3	233
2	Michael Ammermüller	13	25	22	3	2	15	1	1	7	4	1	6	1	1	2	2	4	1	231
3	Christian Engelhart	6	11	3	1	1	34	20	5	5	5	8	4	3	9	3	5	1	5	208
4	Sven Müller	9	5	8	24	19	4	2	3	4	10	Ret	2	4	12	7	3	3	4	186
5	Nicki Thiim	2	18	4	Ret	4	2			2	8	Ret	DNS	13	5	1	1	2	2	181
6	Christopher Zöchling	4	8	1	7	9	8	3	6	9	Ret	9	5	7	11	4	9	6	8	167.5
7	Earl Bamber	3	1	Ret	5	5	17	5	2	3	1									126
8	Connor De Phillippi	5	2	7	4	3	1	Ret	16	12	9	10	18	9	10	18	31†	22	11	121
9	Alex Riberas	7	7	2	6	8	7	16	7	10	2	Ret	DNS	8	13	15	10	18	21	114
10	Robert Renauer	Ret	6	6	12	10	10	8	19	6	6	11	19	19	33†	5	7	13	9	97.5
11	Clemens Schmid	10	19	13	19	12	6	11	15	8	Ret	18	7	5	2	8	11	20	12	93
12	Jeffrey Schmidt	11	10	26	10	11	26	6	18	11	11	3	3	6	20	17	8	8	16	92
13	Robert Lukas	12	4	5	8	6	Ret	24	9	15	13	Ret	DNS	Ret	8	9	6	28†	Ret	84
14	Norbert Siedler							9	13	27	7	4	Ret	11	4			10	6	61
15	Jaap van Lagen			9	2							2	8	20	14	10	33†	Ret	Ret	50
16	Lukas Schreier	Ret	17	20	13	24	24	14	14	30	14	6	9	15	7	Ret	14	9	10	46
17	Sean Johnston	8	14	14	23	7	5	13	22	25	16	Ret	DNS	12	21			Ret	DNS	41
18	Pieter Schothorst	Ret	16	17	9	Ret	12	15	11	16	28	15	24	10	6	20	15	11	Ret	40.5
19	Ola Nilsson	23	20	12	11	14	21	7	17	14	15	Ret	13			12	16	12	Ret	34
20	Fabien Thuner	14	9	27	Ret	16	9	12	Ret	23	17	12	11	14	18	16	12	19	15	34
21	Jim Pla	16	12	11	Ret	13	11	10	10	13	30†					22	19			32
22	Klaus Bachler													22	Ret			5	7	21
23	Mike Halder	24	23	Ret	Ret	25	20	21	8	29	21	14	10	33	15	14	18	16	Ret	19
24	Niclas Kentenich	25	22			18	22	17	12	22	18	7	12	Ret	DNS	13	17	17	18	15.5
25	Côme Ledogar											Ret	21	24	16	11	13	31†	13	11
26	Christofer Berckhan	20	21	33†	17	15	14	22	20	17	Ret	Ret	15	18	22	23	DNS	15	14	8
27	Antti Buri	Ret	24	16	15	17	16	18	32	18	12	13	16	23	19	19	Ret	Ret	17	6.5
28	Marko Klein	15	15	21	16	20	13													6
29	Jochen Habets	17	30	29	18	35	25	31	27	28	23	Ret	14	29	24	24	26			2
30	Michelle Gatting	27	Ret	15	22	32	28	27	25	31	20	17	Ret							1
31	Elia Erhart	Ret	31	19	26	22	18	25	26	24	19	16	23	25	28	31	28	23	19	0
32	Felix Wimmer	Ret	27	28	28	26	27	28	28	32	Ret	20	17	21	17	34	22	21	22	0
33	Christopher Gerhard	19	29	18	20	23	23	26	23	20	Ret	19	Ret	17	25	26	20	Ret	Ret	0
34	Tom Dillmann											Ret	DNS			21	30†			0
35	Patrick Eisemann	26	33	31	29	29	30	35	24	Ret	25	23	28	31	23	29	Ret	27	25	0
Pos	Driver	HOC		OSC		HUN		NOR		RBR		NÜR^{[N 1]}		LAU		SAC		HOC		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

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

B-class edit

Pos	Driver	HOC		OSC		HUN		NOR		RBR		NÜR^{[N 1]}		LAU		SAC		HOC		Pts
1	Rolf Ineichen	18	13	32	21	21	19	19	Ret	19	22	Ret	25	16	29	25	21	14	DNS	284
2	Ralf Bohn	28	28	23	27	27	31	29	33	26	Ret	22	27	28	32	28	24	30†	24	247
3	Wolf Nathan	29	32	24	25	31	35	32	29	Ret	27	21	20	27	26	32	25	29†	Ret	232
4	"Bill Barazetti"	22	34	Ret	DNS	28	29	30	30	33	24	Ret	22	32	Ret	30	27	24	23	214
5	"Mike Keller"	31	35	30	31	34	32	34	31	35	26	24	26	30	31	35	29	25	26	212
6	Daniel Allemann	21	26	Ret	Ret	30	Ret	23	21	21	Ret	Ret	29†	26	27	27	23	Ret	20	208
7	Ronald van de Laar	30	Ret	25	30	33	33	33	Ret	34	29			Ret	30	33	32	26	27	155
Pos	Driver	HOC		OSC		HUN		NOR		RBR		NÜR^{[N 1]}		LAU		SAC		HOC		Pts

Notes edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Half points were awarded for the first race as less than 75% of the race distance had been completed.

References edit

^ "Winner portrait: Philipp Eng". Porsche Newsroom. Porsche AG. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.

External links edit

Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland website
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Online Magazine Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in German)

[Half_points-2] Half points were awarded for the first race as less than 75% of the race distance had been completed.

[1] "Winner portrait: Philipp Eng". Porsche Newsroom. Porsche AG. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.

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