2024 Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux

The 2024 Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux was the 12th season of Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux. It began at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps at 9 May and ended at Circuit Zolder on 13 October.

Calendar

Round Circuit Date Supporting
1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 9–11 May FIA World Endurance Championship
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe
2 Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands 7–9 June Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Formula Regional European Championship
ADAC GT Masters
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
3 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy 5–7 July European Le Mans Series
GT4 Italy Championship
4 TT Circuit Assen, Assen, Netherlands 2–4 August BOSS GP Series
Supercar Challenge
5 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria 13–15 September International GT Open
Formula Regional European Championship
Euroformula Open Championship
Euro 4 Championship
6 Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium 11–13 October NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
Belcar Endurance Championship

Entry list

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Speedlover 2 Maxime Bertho PA 1
PG Motorsport 3 Ziad Geris[1] PA All
30 Wouter Boerekamps P 4
98 Nick Ho[1] R All
JW Raceservice 4 Jurriaan de Back R All
21 Sacha Norden P All
33 Larry ten Voorde P 4
Team GP Elite 5 Domas Raudonis R All
8 Niels Troost PA 2
12 Maik Rosenburg[2] PA All
Hans Weijs Motorsport 7 Paul Meijer[3] P All
36 Ralph Poppelaars PA 1–2
37 Hans Weijs Jr. PA 4
Q1-trackracing 10 Niels Langeveld P All
34 Dirk Schouten[4] P All
121 Valters Aigars Zviedris R 1–5
RedAnt Racing 17 Dréke Janssen[5] R All
69 Kalle Rovanperä[6] P 2–3, 5–6
D’ieteren Luxury Performance 22 Kobe Pauwels[7] R All
92 Benjamin Paque[7] P All
MM Racing 23 Steve Meurrens R 6
NGT Racing 32 Robin Knutsson[7] P 1–4
39 Racing 39 Jani Käkelä PA All
EST1 Racing 47 Alexander Reimann[8] R All
Porsche Estonia 48 Thomas Kangro[9] R All
Bas Koeten Racing 55 Colin Bönighausen R 2, 4, 6
CarTech Motorsport 1
Team RaceArt 65 Sam Jongejan[10] R All
77 Jules Grouwels[10] PA All
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
R Rookie
PA Pro-Am Cup
Guest Starter

Race results

Round Circuit Pole position Overall winner Rookie winner Pro-Am Winner
1 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Benjamin Paque Benjamin Paque Sam Jongejan Jani Käkelä
R2 Dirk Schouten Kobe Pauwels Jules Grouwels
2 R1 Circuit Zandvoort Niels Langeveld Dirk Schouten Colin Bönighausen Jules Grouwels
R2 Benjamin Paque Kobe Pauwels Niels Troost
3 R1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari Kalle Rovanperä Paul Meijer Sam Jongejan Jani Käkelä
R2 Kalle Rovanperä Kobe Pauwels Jani Käkelä
4 R1 TT Circuit Assen Sam Jongejan Larry ten Voorde Sam Jongejan Hans Weijs Jr.
R2 Larry ten Voorde Kobe Pauwels Jules Grouwels
5 R1 Red Bull Ring Benjamin Paque Kalle Rovanperä Dréke Janssen Jani Käkelä
R2 Sacha Norden Dréke Janssen Jani Käkelä
6 R1 Circuit Zolder Kalle Rovanperä Paul Meijer Sam Jongejan Jules Grouwels
R2 Kalle Rovanperä Domas Raudonis Jules Grouwels

Championship standings

Scoring system

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Pole
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1

Overall

Pos. Driver Team
SPA

ZAN

IMO

ASS

RBR

ZOL
Points
1 Dirk Schouten Q1-trackracing 10 1 1 2 18 5 4 2 4 2 5 3 186.5
2 Paul Meijer Hans Weijs Motorsport 9 2 5 3 1 2 6 8 6 7 1 2 183
3 Benjamin Paque D’ieteren Luxury Performance 1 Ret 10 1 4 3 8 11 10 3 7 5 145
4 Kalle Rovanperä RedAnt Racing 4 5 2 1 1 6 3 1 134.5
5 Sacha Norden JW Raceservice 6 4 7 4 6 7 7 16 8 1 2 Ret 128
6 Sam Jongejan Team RaceArt 2 Ret 9 8 5 9 2 5 5 16 4 9 120.5
7 Niels Langeveld Q1-trackracing 11 5 2 16 8 8 11 3 2 12 8 7 116
8 Kobe Pauwels D’ieteren Luxury Performance 5 6 8 6 7 6 9 4 9 5 10 10 112.5
9 Domas Raudonis Team GP Elite 13 10 Ret 14 10 11 5 9 18 9 6 4 82
10 Robin Knutsson NGT Racing 3 3 3 Ret 3 4 16 Ret 81
11 Dréke Janssen RedAnt Racing WD WD 12 9 Ret 10 15 22 3 4 13 12 54
12 Alexander Reimann EST1 Racing 12 9 14 10 9 13 Ret 20 7 14 12 11 50.5
13 Jurriaan de Back JW Raceservice 16 8 11 11 13 16 12 13 16 8 15 15 50
14 Nick Ho PG Motorsport 8 11 Ret 18 12 12 Ret 10 12 18 14 8 46
15 Valters Aigars Zviedris Q1-trackracing 4 14 13 15 11 15 13 12 11 17 44.5
16 Jules Grouwels Team RaceArt 15 12 15 13 16 20 Ret 14 17 13 16 14 26
17 Thomas Kangro Porsche Estonia 20 13 Ret 19 Ret 14 19 21 13 11 11 13 23.5
18 Jani Käkelä 39 Racing 14 15 16 17 14 17 Ret 15 14 10 17 16 21
19 Maik Rosenburg Team GP Elite 17 Ret Ret 20 15 18 18 18 15 Ret 18 18 5.5
20 Ziad Geris PG Motorsport 18 Ret 18 22 17 19 17 19 19 15 19 17 5
21 Ralph Poppelaars Hans Weijs Motorsport 19 Ret 17 21 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Larry ten Voorde JW Raceservice 1 1
Wouter Boerekamps PG Motorsport 3 7
Colin Bönighausen CarTech Motorsport 7 7
Bas Koeten Racing 6 7 10 6 9 6
Niels Troost Team GP Elite Ret 12
Hans Weijs Jr. Hans Weijs Motorsport 14 17
Maxime Bertho Speedlover Ret 16
Steve Meurrens MM Racing 20 19
Pos. Driver Team
SPA

ZAN

IMO

ASS

RBR

ZOL
Points
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
† — Did not finish, but classified

Pro-Am

Pos. Driver Team
SPA

ZAN

IMO

ASS

RBR

ZOL
Points
1 Jani Käkelä 39 Racing 1 2 2 3 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 2 2 234.5
2 Jules Grouwels Team RaceArt 2 1 1 2 3 4 Ret 1 3 2 1 1 231
3 Ziad Geris PG Motorsport 4 Ret 4 6 4 3 2 5 4 3 4 3 155.5
4 Maik Rosenburg Team GP Elite 3 Ret Ret 4 2 2 3 4 2 Ret 3 4 147
5 Ralph Poppelaars Hans Weijs Motorsport 5 Ret 3 5 39
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Maxime Bertho Speedlover Ret 3
Niels Troost Team GP Elite Ret[a] 1
Hans Weijs Jr. Hans Weijs Motorsport 1[b] 3
Pos. Driver Team
SPA

ZAN

IMO

ASS

RBR

ZOL
Points

Rookie

Pos. Driver Team
SPA

ZAN

IMO

ASS

RBR

ZOL
Points
1 Kobe Pauwels D’ieteren Luxury Performance 3 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 4 2 4 5 232.5
2 Sam Jongejan Team RaceArt 1 Ret 3 3 1 2 1 2 2 7 1 4 216
3 Domas Raudonis Team GP Elite 7 5 Ret 7 4 4 2 4 9 4 2 1 158.5
4 Jurriaan de Back JW Raceservice 8 3 4 6 7 9 5 7 8 3 9 9 131
5 Alexander Reimann EST1 Racing 6 4 7 5 3 6 Ret 8 3 6 6 6 125
6 Dréke Janssen RedAnt Racing WD WD 5 4 Ret 3 7 10 1 1 7 7 119.5
7 Valters Aigars Zviedris Q1-trackracing 2 8 6 8 5 8 6 6 5 8 104.5
8 Nick Ho PG Motorsport 5 6 Ret 9 6 5 Ret 5 6 9 8 3 104
9 Thomas Kangro Porsche Estonia 9 7 Ret 10 Ret 7 8 9 7 5 5 8 88.5
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Colin Bönighausen CarTech Motorsport 4 2
Bas Koeten Racing 1 2 4 3 3 2
Steve Meurrens MM Racing 10 10
Pos. Driver Team
SPA

ZAN

IMO

ASS

RBR

ZOL
Points

Teams

Pos. Team Points
1 Q1-trackracing 259.5
2 D’ieteren Luxury Performance 223.5
3 Hans Weijs Motorsport 139
4 JW Raceservice 160.5
5 Team RaceArt 124.5
6 RedAnt Racing 137.5
7 NGT Racing 82
8 Team GP Elite 72
9 PG Motorsport 44.5
10 EST1 Racing 42.5
11 39 Racing 27.5
12 Porsche Estonia 11

Notes

  1. ^ Even though Troost scored pole position in Pro-Am for Race 1 at Zandvoort, Grouwels got the point for it.
  2. ^ Even though Weijs Jr. scored pole position in Pro-Am for Race 1 at Assen, Grouwels got the point for it.

References

  1. ^ a b @carreracupbenelux; (29 March 2024). "The Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux welcomes back PG Motorsport to the grid! The team will be fighting for the Overall, Pro-Am, Rookie & Team Championship. PG Motorsport: #98 Nick Ho #3 Ziad Geris". Retrieved 30 March 2024 – via Instagram.
  2. ^ @gp_elite1; (2 February 2024). "2024 SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT: The green machine is back! @el_rosi_12 joins the team for another season in the @carreracupbenelux". Retrieved 23 March 2024 – via Instagram.
  3. ^ @paul.meijer.77; (3 April 2024). "Really happy to announce I will be starting a second year in the @carreracupbenelux for @hansweijsmotorsport". Retrieved 5 April 2024 – via Instagram.
  4. ^ @dirk_schouten_; (9 March 2024). "Extremely excited to announce that I will do a full season in @carreracupbenelux with my team @q1trackracing". Retrieved 23 March 2024 – via Instagram.
  5. ^ @drekejanssen; (19 January 2024). "‼️ANNOUNCEMENT‼️" (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 March 2024 – via Instagram.
  6. ^ Howard, Tom (6 June 2024). "WRC champion Rovanpera set for circuit racing debut". Autosport.com. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  7. ^ a b c @carreracupbenelux; (2 April 2024). "NGT Racing returns to the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux with a young trio, hungry for the championship title. NGT Racing:#22 Kobe Pauwels #32 Robin Knutsson #92 Benjamin Paque". Retrieved 2 April 2024 – via Instagram.
  8. ^ @carreracupbenelux; (15 March 2024). "A new team all the way from Estonia will be joining the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux grid in 2024. EST1 Racing: #47 Alex Reimann". Retrieved 23 March 2024 – via Instagram.
  9. ^ @carreracupbenelux; (28 March 2024). "Another Estonian driver & team combination joins the upcoming season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux! Porsche Estonia: #48 Thomas Kangro". Retrieved 2 April 2024 – via Instagram.
  10. ^ a b @carreracupbenelux; (13 March 2024). "Say hello to the first Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux team to join the grid in 2024! Team RaceArt: #65 Sam Jongejan #77 Jules Grouwels". Retrieved 13 March 2024 – via Instagram.