Porsche Carrera Cup GB 2009
The Porsche Cup GB starts in April. Richard-Lee Williams introduces what promises to be a scintillating season.
Wiping a few years of dust off the Porsche Motorsport section I would like to declare this area officially open for business again. Love them or just plain worship them, the legendary Porsche 911 will create yet another fantastic spectacle this year during the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain.
It all officially began at the Pistonheads/ Autosport Show at the NEC on January 9th. Those 420bhp 911 GT3s will be back for the seventh year to grace the national circuits with 10 meetings (support to MSA BTCC) and 20 race formats with almost no change to last years rules and regulations - which should ensure another close championship.
The 911 GT3 Cup (Type 997) is tailor-made for customer motorsport with near-standard vehicles. Although because of the raw nature of the GT3 it is already a step towards a thoroughbred racing car. For the 2009 season engine output is 420hp.
The Autosport stand
Younger accomplished drivers often find themselves in this championship, which is a good place to shine. Top teams such as Redline Racing and Team Parker have taken on scholarship winners. Lewis Hopkins is driving for Red Line Racing this season. He said: 'It's good that each of the top teams took a scholar each – I’m looking forward to big things with Red Line Racing.’
Another young driver, Tom Bradshaw, is understandably excited to be taking part in the Carrera Cup. 'I can’t wait,’ he said. ‘It's shot past, it just seems like yesterday when I was trying to win the scholarship. Now the first race is looming ever closer.'
With further teams confirming commitment to the championship and more drivers adding to what promises it promises to be a fast paced season. We look forward to seeing them racing starting April 5th 2009 Brands Hatch.
| Porsche Cup Season 2009 | |
| Date | Circuit |
| 4/5 April | Brands Hatch (Indy) |
| 25/26 April | Thruxton |
| 16/17 May | Donington Park |
| 30/31 May | Oulton Park |
| 13/14 Jun | Croft |
| 1/2 Aug | Snetterton |
| 15/16 Aug | Knockhill |
| 29/30 Aug | Silverstone (National) |
| 19/20 Sep | Rockingham |
| 3/4 Oct | Brands Hatch (GP) |
| (Sat is for practice) |
Regards Nathan
http://www.webheads.co.ukAs for the PCC i think that the costs of competing there are starting to really bite after the initial pain of last year.
It's can't be far off the cost of a possible championship winning British GT3 drive for a season in those. Fair enough if your be all and end all is to be on the same bill as the BTCC and you have an OPC/indy behind you paying the bills but I could think of many other places to spend my money first.
I'm sure I must have met Andy at some stage, and I had a chat with Gary at Silverstone when he was there with Denis Leech's Racesport Sagaris last year.
One of the nice things about the Tuscans is its difficult not to bump into people from the series as you meander your way through motor sport....
...Ahhh, I didn't realise there was more than one V8 Sagaris knocking around! I knew Andy had shared a drive in one at some point last year.
It is amazing how many ex-Tuscan racers are knocking around amongst the various paddocks, particularly the Carrera Cup. Hopefully Andy will be out and about this season again!
The problem is we all know its grossly expensive but frankly there is nothing that comes close to offering similar PR value for the same money in the UK. Even a decent Clio Cup budget is comparible to Pro Am2 Porsche Cup budget these days which is frankly ludicras.
When you consider that you can buy a British GT drive for similar to significantly less money but with god knows what as your team mate and half the PR value not to mention a vague set of rules and its obvious where any serious racing driver with £120K+ needs to go. Next step Touring cars or into Europe for some FIA stuff where you can more than double the budget straight away for pretty much the same or less marketing value.
Like I said its all about what you want out if it and there are still plenty of well funded career orientated drivers trying to make their mark.
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