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2017 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

The 2017 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain was a multi-event, one-make motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Porsche 911 GT3 cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. It formed part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece. The 2017 season was the fifteenth Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain season, commencing on 2 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and finished on 1 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after fifteen races at eight meetings. Fourteen of the races were held in support of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship, with a round in support of the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Charlie Eastwood, after finishing third in the first race at the Knockhill round. Eastwood won the championship on a tie-break with Dino Zamparelli, taking four victories to Zamparelli's three.

Entry list edit

Team No. Driver Rounds
Pro
Redline Racing[1] 1   Dan Cammish[1] 1–4, 6–8
12   Scott Malvern[2] 5
15   Tom Oliphant[3] All
28   Charlie Eastwood[1] All
71   Jamie Orton[1] 1–3
81   Euan McKay[1] All
91   Daniel McKay[1] All
JTR[1] 8   Dino Zamparelli[4] All
11   Tio Ellinas[5] All
77   Lewis Plato[1] All
IN2 Racing[6] 19   Tom Wrigley[7] All
71   Jamie Orton 6–7
Slidesports 59   Ross Wylie[8] All
Pro-Am 1
Team Parker Racing[9] 2   Alex Martin[9] All
7   Justin Sherwood All
36   Karl Leonard 7–8
42   Graeme Mundy 1–5, 7–8
Redline Racing 3   John McCullagh 5–8
G-Cat Racing[1] 30   Peter Jennings[1] 2–3
76   Greg Caton 1, 4
Pro-Am 2
Race Car Centre[1] 4   Peter Parsons[1] 1–2, 4
Slidesports 9   David Fairbrother 1–3, 5–8
IN2 Racing 22   Peter Kyle-Henney All
Asset Advantage Racing[1] 23   Iain Dockerill[1] All
G-Cat Racing[1] 31   Shamus Jennings[1] All
Welch Motorsport[9] 33   Matt Telling[9] 1–4, 6–8
Team Parker Racing[9] 49   Rupert Martin[9] All

Race calendar and results edit

All races will held in the United Kingdom, excepting round at Circuit de la Sarthe in France.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Brands Hatch
(Indy Circuit, Kent) 		2 April   Dan Cammish   Dan Cammish   Dan Cammish Redline Racing
R2   Dan Cammish   Dino Zamparelli   Dan Cammish Redline Racing
2 R3 Donington Park
(National Circuit, Leicestershire) 		15 April   Charlie Eastwood   Dan Cammish   Charlie Eastwood Redline Racing
R4 16 April   Charlie Eastwood   Dan Cammish   Charlie Eastwood Redline Racing
3 R5 Oulton Park
(Island Circuit, Cheshire) 		20 May   Dan Cammish   Dan Cammish   Dan Cammish Redline Racing
R6 21 May   Dan Cammish   Dan Cammish   Dan Cammish Redline Racing
4 R7 Circuit de la Sarthe
(Le Mans, Pays de la Loire) 		17 June   Florian Latorre   Charlie Eastwood   Dan Cammish Redline Racing
5 R8 Snetterton Circuit
(300 Circuit, Norfolk) 		30 July   Charlie Eastwood   Dino Zamparelli   Charlie Eastwood Redline Racing
R9   Charlie Eastwood   Tio Ellinas   Dino Zamparelli JTR
6 R10 Knockhill Racing Circuit
(Fife) 		13 August   Dan Cammish   Lewis Plato   Dan Cammish Redline Racing
R11   Charlie Eastwood   Charlie Eastwood   Charlie Eastwood Redline Racing
7 R12 Silverstone Circuit
(National Circuit, Northamptonshire) 		17 September   Dan Cammish   Dan Cammish   Dino Zamparelli JTR
R13   Dan Cammish   Dan Cammish   Dino Zamparelli JTR
8 R14 Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) 		1 October   Dan Cammish   Dan Cammish   Dan Cammish Redline Racing
R15   Dan Cammish   Dan Cammish   Dan Cammish Redline Racing

Championship standings edit

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

A driver's best 14 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.

Drivers' championships edit

Overall championship edit

Pos Driver BHI DON OUL LMS SNE KNO SILN BHGP Total Pen Drop Pts
1   Charlie Eastwood 2 2 1 1 7 3 8 1 2 3 1 4 3 4 5 239 -3 8 228
2   Dino Zamparelli 5 3 DSQ 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 5 2 242 -2 12 228
3   Dan Cammish 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 Ret 2 Ret 1 1 210 0 0 210
4   Tom Oliphant 4 4 7 6 4 5 3 6 4 5 3 5 5 3 6 191 0 9 182
5   Lewis Plato 3 Ret DSQ 2 3 4 Ret 3 9 4 5 7 4 7 4 161 0 0 161
6   Tio Ellinas 9 5 5 5 Ret DNS Ret 4 3 6 4 3 2 2 3 158 -2 0 156
7   Euan McKay 6 6 4 7 8 6 4 5 6 8 9 6 6 Ret 9 140 0 0 140
8   Daniel McKay 7 7 6 10 5 7 15 8 7 7 8 8 7 9 7 124 0 1 123
9   Tom Wrigley Ret 11 3 8 Ret DNS 7 11 12 Ret 6 9 8 6 8 92 0 0 92
10   Ross Wylie Ret DNS 11 14 6 8 5 10 8 9 Ret 13 9 10 11 79 0 0 79
11   Alex Martin 10 8 10 11 Ret Ret 6 9 11 11 13 11 11 11 13 73 0 0 73
12   Jamie Orton Ret 9 8 9 Ret 9 WD 10 7 10 12 57 -2 0 55
13   Justin Sherwood 11 12 13 13 Ret 10 9 12 10 12 10 14 20 Ret 12 54 0 0 54
14   Peter Kyle-Henney Ret DNS 12 15 9 11 10 Ret 15 14 11 17 15 13 16 35 0 0 35
15   Shamus Jennings 14 14 Ret 17 10 12 12 17 18 16 12 18 16 14 17 24 0 0 24
16   Karl Leonard 12 12 8 10 22 0 0 22
17   Scott Malvern 7 5 21 0 0 21
18   Iain Dockerill 13 Ret 16 Ret 11 14 11 15 17 15 14 20 18 15 20 20 0 0 20
19   Graeme Mundy 12 13 Ret 16 12 13 Ret Ret 13 16 14 Ret 15 20 0 0 20
20   John McCullagh 13 14 13 Ret 15 13 12 14 18 0 0 18
21   Greg Caton 8 10 Ret 14 0 0 14
22   Peter Jennings 9 12 Ret DNS 11 0 0 11
23   David Fairbrother 17 18 14 19 Ret Ret 14 16 18 15 19 17 Ret 18 5 0 0 5
24   Peter Parsons 15 15 15 Ret 14 5 0 0 5
25   Matt Telling Ret 17 17 20 Ret 16 13 Ret 17 DNS DNS 17 21 3 0 0 3
26   Rupert Martin 16 16 18 18 Ret 15 Ret 16 19 17 16 21 19 16 19 1 0 0 1
Pos Driver BHI DON OUL LMS SNE KNO SILN BHGP Total Pen Drop Pts

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Catch Cammish if you can as double-champion leads record 20 early registrations". Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ "MALVERN TO DEPUTISE FOR CAMMISH AT SNETTERTON". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  3. ^ "OLIPHANT CONFIRMS REDLINE CARRERA CUP GB RETURN". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  4. ^ "ZAMPARELLI TO LAUNCH PORSCHE CHAMPIONSHIP BID WITH JTR". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  5. ^ "ELLINAS SWITCHES CODES TO JOIN JTR CARRERA CUP GB EFFORT". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  6. ^ "WRIGLEY MOVES TO IN2RACING AND CARRERA CUP GB". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  7. ^ "WRIGLEY MOVES TO IN2RACING AND CARRERA CUP GB". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  8. ^ "GT CHAMP WYLIE TO CARRERA CUP GB WITH SLIDESPORTS". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Confirmations and announcements for the 15th season of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB". Retrieved 9 March 2017.

External links edit

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