2003 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

The 2003 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain was the inaugural year for a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across England and Ireland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Porsche 911 GT3 cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. It forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece.

This season was the inaugural Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain. The season began on 21 April at Mondello Park and concluded on 21 September at Oulton Park, after ten races, all in support of the 2003 British Touring Car Championship.

Barry Horne became the first drivers' champion, competing with Team Parker Racing, while Team BCR won the Teams' Championship.

Race calendar and winners

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All races were held in the United Kingdom (excepting Mondello Park round that held in Ireland).

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Winning Driver
R1 Mondello Park 21 April   Damien Faulkner   Barry Horne
R2 Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 5 May   Richard Westbrook   Richard Westbrook
R3 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 26 May   David Pinkney   David Pinkney
  Barry Horne
R4 Silverstone Circuit (International), Northamptonshire 8 June   Richard Westbrook   Richard Westbrook
  Barry Horne
R5 Rockingham Motor Speedway
(International Super Sports Car Long), Northamptonshire
22 June   Barry Horne   Barry Horne
R6 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 13 July   Mike Rockenfeller   Richard Westbrook
R7 Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk 9 August   Jason Templeman   Patrick Long
R8 Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 25 August   Richard Westbrook   Richard Westbrook
R9 Donington Park (National), Leicestershire 7 September   Richard Westbrook   Barry Horne
  Tim Harvey
R10 Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire 21 September   Richard Westbrook   Jason Templeman

Championship standings

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Drivers' Championship

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Points were awarded on a 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 15 finishers in each race, with 1 point for the fastest lap in each race and 1 point for pole position in the first race of each meeting.

Pos Driver MON BHI THR SIL ROC CRO SNE BHI DON OUL Pts
1   Barry Horne 2 2 3 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 Ret Ret 2 Ret 2 3 1 3 2 2 333
2   Richard Westbrook 1 1 DSQ Ret 1 3 2 2 1 1 3 8 1 1 2 2 3 1 306
3   Jason Templeman 3 3 2 2 3 Ret 3 2 NC 5 2 3 4 Ret 3 2 4 4 1 Ret 277
4   Jonathan Cocker 6 5 4 2 10 9 3 3 5 6 7 4 5 5 5 7 10 8 228
5   David Pinkney 6 5 5 6 1 4 NC 10 6 7 3 4 11 Ret 6 5 4 Ret 199
6   Andy Britnell 7 7 8 8 6 6 6 7 5 9 10 10 Ret Ret Ret 7 9 8 8 10 169
7   David Cuff 9 4 7 5 7 5 4 4 8 3 4 4 157
8   Jeremy Smith 4 6 11 10 Ret Ret 5 6 7 6 5 Ret 8 6 12 6 145
9   Gary Britnell 8 8 10 9 8 7 8 8 8 11 8 8 Ret 7 8 Ret 12 10 Ret Ret 141
10   Jonathan Rowland Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 11 Ret 12 6 7 9 5 10 6 Ret 13 15 Ret 86
11   Jason Young 9 9 10 6 7 9 11 12 13 12 79
12   Colin Broster 7 11 11 9 33
13   Mark Cole Ret Ret 6 3 29
14   Paul Mace 6 8 10 Ret 26
15   Phil Hindley 9 7 21
16   Simon Moulton Ret 11 14 11 18
17   Nigel Kelly 13 14 9
  Richard Marsh DNS DNS 0
  Nigel Rice WD WD 0
guest drivers ineligible for points
  Patrick Long 1 1 0
  Damien Faulkner 1 1 0
  Tim Harvey 4 Ret 3 1 0
  Richard Meadon 6 2 0
  Mike Rockenfeller DNS 2 0
  Aaron Slight 5 3 0
  Piers Maserati 4 4 0
  Ian Flux 5 4 0
  Jurgen van den Goorbergh 4 5 0
  Gavin Pyper 5 4 0
  Jonny Kane 7 5 0
  Steve Sutcliffe 7 7 0
  Chris Harris 7 9 0
  Gareth Howell Ret 8 0
  James Mills 9 10 0
  Vicki Butler-Henderson 9 10 0
  Stuart Gallagher 9 12 0
  Tiff Needell Ret Ret 0
Pos Driver MON BHI THR SIL ROC CRO SNE BHI DON OUL Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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

Teams' Championship

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Pos Team[1] Pts
1 Team BCR 511
2 Redline Racing 402
3 Team Parker Racing 333
4 Team SAS/VLR 310
5 Total Control Racing 277
6 Barwell Motorsport 199
7 High Tech 86
8 Pegasus Motorsport/RPM 71
9 Tech 9 21

References

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  1. ^ "Porsche Motorsport Archiv". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2013-06-29.