Porsche Carrera Cup championship rounds 1 and 2 took place at Brands Hatch last weekend, in the best weather that springtime has to offer.
Tim Bridgman took victory in Saturday’s Race 1 followed closely by Tim Harvey and Michael Caine. Race 2 on Sunday followed a similar pattern when Bridgman led Harvey and Caine to his second victory of the weekend.
With two pole positions, two race wins, two fastest race laps and being named Driver of the Weekend, it's no surprise Bridgeman described it as a ‘Perfect start’.
Race 1 saw Tom Bradshaw take fourth, justifying his Porsche scholarship, while a big off involving Anthony Reid and Jake Roszenweig at Paddock hill bend gave us the first safety car of the weekend. Close racing in the middle of the pack continued on the restart Michael Leonard eventually took victory from Tony Gilham and Glynn Geddie in the Pro-Am1 category.
A red flag signalled the end of Race 1 when a late tangle at McLaren eliminated Robert Lawson, Karl Leonard and Lewis Hopkins. With Leonard out, Richardson moved ahead to claim Pro-Am2 spoils on a good Carrera Cup debut.
In Race 2 a midfield battle suffered an early hiccup when Tom Bradshaw put himself so deep in the gravel it took about 8 laps of the safety car to dig him out. In Pro-Am Michael Leonard took second to a brilliant Pro-Am 1st place drive by Glynn Geddie who can also be noted as a threat to the Pro’s. Karl Leonard took his well deserved Pro Am 2 victory to round off the standings. The race was ended prematurely by an awesome battle in Pro Am 1, which at one point saw four cars door-to-door. This was always going to end in tears and the tissues were handed to Tony Gilham when he was ‘nudged’ into the wall at top speed along the straight, his car came to rest looking less than perfect and concluded the days racing on a red flag. Gilham himself survived unscathed.
All in all, it was a great weekend of racing with the PCC showing classy driving - and a bit of the 'wacky racers' thrown in!
Next round Thruxton April 25 -26
1 |
Pro |
Tim Brigdman |
Team Parker Racing |
2 |
Pro |
Tim Harvey |
Red Line Racing |
3 |
Pro |
Michael Caine |
Motorbase Performance |
4 |
Pro |
Tom Bradshaw |
Red Line Racing |
5 |
Pro |
Dean Smith |
Red Line Racing |
6 |
A1 |
Michael Leonard |
Team Parker Racing |
7 |
A1 |
Tony Gilham |
Red Line Racing |
8 |
A1 |
Glynn Geddie |
Team Parker Racing |
9 |
A1 |
Derek Pierce |
JHR |
10 |
A1 |
Oliver Jackson |
Motorbase Performance |
11 |
A1 |
John Quartermaine |
RSS Performance |
12 |
A2 |
Robin Clark |
Parr Motorsport |
1 |
Pro |
Tim Bridgman |
Team Parker Racing |
2 |
Pro |
Tim Harvey |
Red Line Racing |
3 |
Pro |
Michael Caine |
Motorbase Performance |
4 |
Pro |
Dean Smith |
Red Line Racing |
5 |
A! |
Glynn Geddie |
Team Parker Racing |
6 |
Pro |
Jake Roszenweig |
Team Parker Racing |
7 |
A1 |
Michael Leonard |
Team Parker Racing |
8 |
A1 |
Oliver Jackson |
Motorbase Performance |
9 |
A1 |
Robert Lawson |
JHR |
10 |
A1 |
Derek Pierce |
JHR |
11 |
Pro |
Lewis Hopkins |
Red Line Racing |
12 |
A2 |
Karl Leonard |
RSS Performance |
13 |
A2 |
George Richardson |
Motorbase Performance |
14 |
A1 |
John Quartermaine |
RSS Performance |
15 |
A2 |
Robin Clark |
Parr Motorsport |