2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

The 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain was the sixth season of the one-make championship. It consisted of 20 rounds, beginning on 29 March at Brands Hatch and finishing on 21 September at the same venue. The series supported the British Touring Car Championship throughout the season. Tim Harvey claimed his first title, having finished as runner-up to Richard Westbrook in 2004, Damien Faulkner in 2006 and James Sutton in 2007, Michael Caine finished the season as runner-up. Other front runners throughout the season were Sam Hancock, Tim Bridgman and Phil Quaife. Guest drivers Stefan Hodgetts, son of former British Touring Car champion Chris, and Nick Tandy were also victorious. Former BTCC race winner Paul O'Neill was another notable guest driver.

Entry List

• All drivers raced in Porsche 911 GT3s.

Team	No	Driver	Rounds
Redline Racing	2	Tim Harvey	All
Team Jota	5	Sam Hancock	All
	6	Phil Quaife	All
Team Parker Racing	7	Charles Bateman	All
	8	Tim Bridgman	All
	44	Michael Caine	All
	46	Sean Paul Breslin	9
Team Eurotech	10	Pippa Mann	7–8, 10
Team RPM	12	Alex Mortimer	7
Pro-Am 1
Redline Racing	15	Nigel Rice	All
	31	Fergus Campbell	1–2
		Andy Neate	6
		Ray MacDowall	10
Team RPM	18	Nick Whale	3
ReDesign Racing	34	Tony Gilham	All
Pro-Am 2
Apex Tubulars	10	Bob Lyons	5
	79		8
RSS Performance	13	George Mackintosh	6
	40	Karl Leonard	7
	41	Michael Leonard	10
	42	Graeme Mundy	6–10
Parr Motorsport	23	Robin Clark	6, 9–10
	24	Steve Rance	6, 9
	78	Glynn Geddie	6–10
Ken Bolger Motorsport	41	Michael Leonard	7
In2Racing	50	Paul Hogarth	9–10
Qserv	56	Tommy Dreelan	5–6, 8–10
	79	Alasdair McCaig	9
Guest
Geek Squad	43	Jake Rosenzweig	6–7
Team Parker Racing			10
Porsche Motorsport	45	Steve Rance	1
		John Stack	2
		John Quartermaine	3
		Matt Blyth	4
		Glynn Geddie	5
		Sarah Franklin	6
		Ed Pead	7
		Rory Butcher	8
		Mark McAleer	9
		Ollie Jackson	10
	60	Andy Britnell	1
		Dean Smith	2
		Callum MacLeod	3
		Duncan Tappy	4
		Stefan Hodgetts	5
		Jack Clarke	6
		Paul O'Neill	7
		Ben Anderson	8
		Nick Tandy	9

Race results

All races were held in the United Kingdom.

Round		Venue	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Brands Hatch Indy, Kent	29 March	Tim Bridgman	Michael Caine	Michael Caine	Team Parker Racing
	R2		30 March	Tim Bridgman	Michael Caine	Michael Caine	Team Parker Racing
2	R3	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	13 April	Tim Bridgman	Tim Bridgman	Tim Bridgman	Team Parker Racing
	R4			Tim Bridgman	Dean Smith	Tim Bridgman	Team Parker Racing
3	R5	Donington Park, Lancashire	3 May	Tim Bridgman	Tim Harvey	Tim Bridgman	Team Parker Racing
	R6			Tim Bridgman	Phil Quaife	Tim Bridgman	Team Parker Racing
4	R7	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	17 May	Michael Caine	Michael Caine	Sam Hancock	Team Jota
	R8		18 May	Michael Caine	Tim Harvey	Sam Hancock	Team Jota
5	R9	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	31 May	Tim Harvey	Tim Harvey	Tim Bridgman	Team Parker Racing
	R10		1 June	Tim Harvey	Stefan Hodgetts	Stefan Hodgetts	Porsche Motorsport
6	R11	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	13 July	Sam Hancock	Tim Bridgman	Tim Harvey	Redline Racing
	R12			Tim Harvey	Tim Harvey	Tim Harvey	Redline Racing
7	R13	Oulton Park, Cheshire	26 July	Michael Caine	Michael Caine	Michael Caine	Team Parker Racing
	R14		27 July	Michael Caine	Michael Caine	Michael Caine	Team Parker Racing
8	R15	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	17 August	Sam Hancock	Tim Harvey	Tim Bridgman	Team Parker Racing
	R16			Sam Hancock	Michael Caine	Sam Hancock	Team Jota
9	R17	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	31 August	Phil Quaife	Tim Bridgman	Nick Tandy	Porsche Motorsport
	R18			Phil Quaife	Sam Hancock	Tim Harvey	Redline Racing
10	R19	Brands Hatch Indy, Kent	20 September	Tim Bridgman	Jake Rosenzweig	Tim Harvey	Redline Racing
	R20		21 September	Tim Bridgman	Tim Bridgman	Tim Bridgman	Team Parker Racing

Championship standings

Pos Driver BHI ROC DON THR CRO SNE OUL KNO SIL BHI Pts 1 Tim Harvey 2 2 2 2 2 6 3 Ret 3 3 1 1 2 3 4 3 2 1 1 2 340 2 Michael Caine 1 1 3 3 3 2 5 4 5 2 5 3 1 1 6 6 5 4 2 3 328 3 Sam Hancock Ret 4 5 4 4 5 1 1 4 8 2 4 4 Ret 2 1 3 3 3 4 282 4 Tim Bridgman Ret Ret 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 7 11 2 3 2 1 2 Ret 9 DNS 1 273 5 Phil Quaife 4 3 DNS 5 6 3 4 5 6 4 3 9 7 13 3 4 4 2 5 5 257 6 Tony Gilham 6 9 7 9 8 8 8 6 10 9 Ret 7 10 8 9 7 8 8 8 9 173 7 Nigel Rice Ret 5 8 7 7 7 7 Ret 8 Ret 6 Ret 9 6 7 9 6 6 6 7 162 8 Charles Bateman 7 6 6 8 10 4 Ret 3 7 6 9 Ret 5 4 Ret DNS Ret Ret 7 8 159 9 Glynn Geddie 9 5 4 Ret Ret 10 9 8 9 5 10 Ret 66 10 Graeme Mundy Ret 6 13 12 DNS 11 13 14 12 12 46 11 Tommy Dreelan 12 11 14 11 13 13 15 15 14 14 46 12 Steve Rance 5 10 12 8 11 7 30 13 Fergus Campbell 8 8 9 Ret 27 14 Paul Hogarth 10 10 11 11 26 15 Bob Lyons 11 10 12 12 26 16 Robin Clark 16 12 16 16 14 15 18 17 Pippa Mann Ret 11 10 9 Ret Ret 15 18 Michael Leonard 12 Ret 9 Ret 14 19 George Mackintosh 13 10 12 20 Sean Paul Breslin 7 Ret 10 21 Karl Leonard Ret 7 10 22 Alasdair McCaig 12 13 10 23 Nick Whale 9 Ret 8 24 Andy Neate 10 Ret 8 25 Ray MacDowall Ret 13 5 26 Alex Mortimer 11 DNS 1 guest drivers ineligible for points Stefan Hodgetts 2 1 0 Nick Tandy 1 11 0 Andy Britnell 3 7 0 Jake Rosenzweig 8 5 8 9 4 6 0 Dean Smith 4 6 0 Rory Butcher 5 5 0 Callum MacLeod 5 Ret 0 Ed Pead Ret 5 0 Matt Blyth 6 7 0 Paul O'Neill 6 Ret 0 Jack Clarke 7 Ret 0 John Quartermaine 11 9 0 Duncan Tappy 9 Ret 0 John Stack 10 10 0 Ollie Jackson Ret 10 0 Mark McAleer 14 12 0 Ben Anderson 11 Ret 0 Sarah Franklin 15 Ret 0 Pos Driver BHI ROC DON THR CRO SNE OUL KNO SIL BHI Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

References

External links

• Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain