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

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 13 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 Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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

References

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