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2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

The 2012 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 conform to the technical regulations for the championship. It is a multi class championship, with drivers grouped based on their ability and experience into three classes: Professional, Professional-Amateur 1 (Pro-Am 1)and Professional-Amateur 2 (Pro-Am 2).[1] It forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece.

This season was the tenth Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain. The season commenced on 1 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 21 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after twenty races to be held at ten meetings, all in support of the 2012 British Touring Car Championship.

Entry list edit

The official entry list was released on 13 March, including 21 full-season entries.[2]


Team No. Driver Rounds
Redline Racing 0   Michael Meadows All
00   Glynn Geddie 1–7
1   James Sutton 8–10
Team Parker Racing 5   Richard Plant All
7   Sam Tordoff All
18   Andy Meyrick 6–10
23   Daniel Lloyd All
Juta Racing 8   Jonas Gelžinis All
Parr Motorsport 20   Ben Barker All
49   Chris Dymond 1, 3
Celtic Speed 45   Rory Butcher All
Pro-Am 1
Celtic Speed 11   George Brewster 1, 3, 5, 7, 9–10
Team Parker Racing 17   Michael Leonard 1–2, 4, 6
24   Derek Pierce All
Redline Racing 25   Víctor Jiménez All
29   Yücel Özbek 1–8
77   Ahmad Al Harthy All
99   Keith Webster 1–3, 6–7, 9–10
Parr Motorsport 36   Karl Leonard 2, 4
GT Marques 70   Oliver Mortimer All
Pro-Am 2
SIBSport 15   Tania Mann 1–3, 6–7
Juta Racing 19   Tautvydas Barštys 1, 4–5
Speedlover 27   Jean Glorieux 1
GT Marques 47   Fraser O'Brien 6
Parr Motorsport 55   Richard Denny 9–10
Goff Racing 59   Will Goff 1, 4–6, 8–10

Race calendar and results edit

On 20 September 2011, the British Touring Car Championship announced the race calendar for the 2012 season, for all of the series competing on the TOCA package.[3] All races were held in the United Kingdom.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 31 March   Michael Meadows   Michael Meadows   Richard Plant Team Parker Racing
R2 1 April   Michael Meadows   Richard Plant   Michael Meadows Redline Racing
2 R3 Donington Park (National), Leicestershire 15 April   Michael Meadows   Jonas Gelžinis   Michael Meadows Redline Racing
R4   Michael Meadows   Jonas Gelžinis   Michael Meadows Redline Racing
3 R5 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 29 April   Michael Meadows   Ben Barker   Michael Meadows Redline Racing
R6   Michael Meadows   Sam Tordoff   Daniel Lloyd Team Parker Racing
4 R7 Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire 10 June   Sam Tordoff   Michael Meadows   Sam Tordoff Team Parker Racing
R8   Michael Meadows   Jonas Gelžinis   Michael Meadows Redline Racing
5 R9 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 23 June   Rory Butcher   Rory Butcher   Rory Butcher Celtic Speed
R10 24 June   Rory Butcher   Rory Butcher   Rory Butcher Celtic Speed
6 R11 Snetterton (300) Circuit, Norfolk 12 August   Sam Tordoff   Sam Tordoff   Sam Tordoff Team Parker Racing
R12   Sam Tordoff   Ben Barker   Sam Tordoff Team Parker Racing
7 R13 Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife 26 August   Ben Barker   Ben Barker   Ben Barker Parr Motorsport
R14   Ben Barker   Ben Barker   Ben Barker Parr Motorsport
8 R15 Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire 23 September   Ben Barker   Ben Barker   Ben Barker Parr Motorsport
R16   Ben Barker   Sam Tordoff   Ben Barker Parr Motorsport
9 R17 Silverstone (National), Northamptonshire 7 October   Ben Barker   Jonas Gelžinis   Ben Barker Parr Motorsport
R18   Michael Meadows   Rory Butcher   Michael Meadows Redline Racing
10 R19 Brands Hatch (GP), Kent 21 October   Jonas Gelžinis   Jonas Gelžinis   Jonas Gelžinis Juta Racing
R20   Jonas Gelžinis   Daniel Lloyd   Sam Tordoff Team Parker Racing

Championship standings edit

A driver's best 19 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.

Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Pen. Pts
1   Michael Meadows 3 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 Ret 2 2 2 2 6 3 3 4 1 11 7 320
2   Ben Barker 5 5 2 Ret 2 5 6 7 5 7 Ret 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 5 2 282
3   Sam Tordoff 4 4 4 4 10 12 1 3 3 5 1 1 3 Ret 7 4 7 5 2 1 274
4   Jonas Gelžinis 2 3 3 2 8 6 3 2 2 3 DSQ 5 4 11 2 8 8 3 1 10 4 259
5   Rory Butcher 7 13 6 6 3 3 5 4 1 1 5 11 Ret 2 5 2 3 7 3 3 3 254
6   Daniel Lloyd Ret 2 8 3 5 1 4 5 6 4 4 12 5 3 9 Ret Ret 9 4 5 9 202
7   Richard Plant 1 7 15 5 4 8 7 6 11 11 7 6 Ret 5 6 6 6 2 7 4 196
8   Ahmad Al Harthy 10 11 5 7 6 7 10 9 7 8 Ret 8 6 4 Ret 7 9 8 10 Ret 143
9   Oliver Mortimer 11 9 12 Ret 11 10 11 8 10 10 9 10 7 8 11 10 12 10 13 11 3 108
10   Glynn Geddie 6 8 9 8 9 2 16 Ret 4 6 6 7 10 Ret 2 105
11   Derek Pierce 8 Ret 7 9 13 14 9 10 8 9 13 13 Ret 7 10 Ret 10 11 8 9 104
12   Víctor Jiménez DSQ 12 10 10 12 11 8 11 9 16 8 9 8 Ret 12 9 11 Ret 12 8 4 92
13   Andy Meyrick 3 4 DSQ Ret 4 Ret 5 6 6 Ret 4 72
14   James Sutton 8 5 2 Ret 9 6 55
15   Keith Webster 14 14 13 Ret 14 15 10 14 11 9 Ret Ret 14 12 36
16   Yücel Özbek 15 18 Ret Ret 16 16 13 14 12 12 11 16 12 10 Ret 11 34
17   George Brewster 12 10 15 13 15 13 9 Ret 13 13 16 14 33
18   Chris Dymond 13 6 7 9 29
19   Will Goff 16 16 15 13 13 14 14 17 13 12 15 12 15 13 27
20   Karl Leonard 11 11 12 12 18
21   Michael Leonard 9 Ret 14 Ret 14 Ret Ret 15 2 10
22   Tania Mann 17 Ret 16 12 17 17 15 19 Ret NC 5
23   Fraser O'Brien 12 18 4
24   Tautvydas Barštys Ret 15 17 Ret 14 15 4
25   Richard Denny 14 Ret 17 15 3
26   Jean Glorieux Ret 17 0
Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Pen. 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)

References edit

  1. ^ "Classification". Porsche GB. Porsche Cars Great Britain Ltd. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  2. ^ Cliffe, Andrew (13 March 2012). "2012 Porsche Carrera Cup GB entry unveiled". racingexposure.com. Racing Exposure. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  3. ^ "BTCC issues 2012 dates". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 20 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
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