2011 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

2011 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain season
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The 2011 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain will be the ninth season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain series. The series will again feature on the same package as the British Touring Car Championship, and as such will benefit from live coverage at each round on ITV4 in the United Kingdom.^[1]

2011 will see the introduction of a new 911 GT3 Cup car, featuring more power, downforce and other technological changes.^[2]

Entry List

Porsche had announced a capacity entry list for 2011 with several new teams expected to join the championship,^[3] but a grid of 25 cars appeared at the first meeting.

• All drivers will race in Porsche 911 GT3s. Guest drivers in italics.

Team No. Driver Class Rounds Nationwide Motorbase Motorbase Performance[4] 1 Kieran Vernon[5] 4, 6–10 Tim Harvey[6] 1–3 301 5 2 Michael Caine[7] 1–4, 6 3 Daniele Perfetti[8] PA1 1–4, 6–10 4 Steve Parish[9] PA2 1, 3–4, 6–10 27 Nick Tandy[10] 9–10 28 George Richardson[11] PA1 1–4, 6–10 Team Parker Racing Parker with Juta Dextra by Team Parker 5 Richard Plant[12] 1–4, 6–10 305 5 17 Michael Leonard[13] PA1 9–10 18 Euan Hankey[14] 1–4, 6–10 318 5 24 Derek Pierce[15] PA1 1–4, 6–10 324 5 42 John Taylor[14] PA2 1–4, 6–7, 10 44 Sam Tordoff[16] 1–4, 6–10 344 5 70 Stephen Jelley[17] 1–4, 6–10 370 5 87 Alex Martin[15] PA1 1–4, 6, 8–10 387 5 360 Chris Harris PA1 5 366 Stephen Liquorish PA2 5 Redline Racing SAS Redline Racing[18] Redline Oman Air 6 Andrew Shelley[15] PA2 1–4 7 Ahmad Al Harthy[19] PA1 1–4, 6–10 307 5 9 Michael Meadows[18] 1–4, 6–10 309 5 10 James Sutton[18] 1–4, 6–10 310 5 16 Benji Hetherington[20] 1–4, 6–10 316 5 20 Yücel Özbek PA2 6–10 99 Keith Webster[21] PA2 1–4, 6, 8–10 399 5 Juta Racing 8 Jonas Gelžinis[22] PA1 1–4, 6–10 308 5 12 Rytis Garbaravičius[23] PA2 7 19 Tautvydas Barštys[22] PA2 1–2, 10 319 5 Celtic Speed 11 George Brewster[24] PA2 1–4, 6–10 311 5 45 Rory Butcher[25] PA1 1–4, 6–10 345 5 56 Tommy Dreelan[25] PA2 1–4, 6–10 356 5 Parr Motorsport[26] 14 Ben Barker[27] 6–7 15 Richard Denny[28] PA2 1–4, 6–10 315 5 17 Michael Leonard[14] PA1 1 21 Karl Leonard[13] PA1 9–10 39 Chris Dyer PA2 8 GT Marques 22 Freddy Nordström[27] PA1 6, 10 Rennsport Racing 395 Peter Smallwood PA2 5

Icon Class PA1 Pro-Am 1 PA2 Pro-Am 2

Race calendar and results

On 8 September 2010, the British Touring Car Championship announced the race calendar for the 2011 season for all of the series competing on the TOCA package.^[29] On 14 January 2011, Porsche released an amended calendar with the meeting at Croft being replaced by a single race in Germany at the Nürburgring Nordschleife as part of the Porsche Carrera World Cup.^[30] As such, the championship will be contested over 19 races.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	2 April	Stephen Jelley	Stephen Jelley	Euan Hankey	Parker with Juta
	R2		3 April	Stephen Jelley	Stephen Jelley	Stephen Jelley	Parker with Juta
2	R3	Donington Park, Leicestershire	17 April	Jonas Gelžinis	Sam Tordoff	Euan Hankey	Parker with Juta
	R4			Michael Meadows	Michael Meadows	Michael Meadows	SAS Redline Racing
3	R5	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	1 May	James Sutton	James Sutton	James Sutton	SAS Redline Racing
	R6			James Sutton	James Sutton	James Sutton	SAS Redline Racing
4	R7	Oulton Park, Cheshire	4 June	Michael Meadows	Stephen Jelley	James Sutton	SAS Redline Racing
	R8		5 June	Michael Meadows	Stephen Jelley	Stephen Jelley	Parker with Juta
5	R9	Nürburgring Nordschleife, Nürburg	25 June	James Sutton	Rory Butcher	Tim Harvey	Nationwide Motorbase
6	R10	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	7 August	Michael Meadows	Ben Barker	Stephen Jelley	Parker with Juta
	R11			Stephen Jelley	Stephen Jelley	Stephen Jelley	Parker with Juta
7	R12	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	4 September	Michael Meadows	James Sutton	Michael Meadows	SAS Redline Racing
	R13			Euan Hankey	Michael Meadows	Euan Hankey	Parker with Juta
8	R14	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	18 September	Euan Hankey	Michael Meadows	Euan Hankey	Parker with Juta
	R15			Euan Hankey	James Sutton	Euan Hankey	Parker with Juta
9	R16	Brands Hatch (GP), Kent	1 October	Nick Tandy	Nick Tandy	Nick Tandy	Nationwide Motorbase
	R17		2 October	Nick Tandy	Nick Tandy	Stephen Jelley	Parker with Juta
10	R18	Silverstone (National), Northamptonshire	16 October	Nick Tandy	Nick Tandy	Nick Tandy	Nationwide Motorbase
	R19			Nick Tandy	Nick Tandy	Nick Tandy	Nationwide Motorbase

Championship standings

Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL NÜR SNE KNO ROC BHGP SIL Pen Pts 1 James Sutton 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 3 Ret 7 4 3 4 3 2 2 5 2 2 305 2 Michael Meadows 4 5 2 1 4 4 3 2 6 2 2 1 2 2 4 4 2 3 17 298 3 Stephen Jelley 3 1 Ret 5 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 6 5 5 3 3 1 Ret 6 282 4 Euan Hankey 1 11 1 3 2 3 9 6 Ret 5 6 2 1 1 1 Ret 3 6 Ret 241 5 Richard Plant 7 6 4 7 10 8 6 7 8 4 3 8 9 4 6 16 8 7 4 183 6 Jonas Gelžinis 10 8 7 4 5 5 5 12 7 6 7 12 11 7 5 6 Ret 5 5 3 167 7 Sam Tordoff 5 4 8 Ret 9 9 Ret 10 3 10 9 5 8 11 Ret 14 4 4 10 145 8 Benji Hetherington 12 10 5 10 8 10 8 13 Ret 11 8 4 6 8 7 Ret 7 18 3 132 9 Rory Butcher 8 Ret 9 11 7 11 10 5 4 13 12 13 7 20 14 8 10 8 Ret 9 101 10 Ahmad Al Harthy 9 20 6 9 12 12 7 8 Ret 18 18 11 12 Ret 9 7 9 10 8 95 11 Michael Caine 6 7 10 8 Ret 7 4 4 8 10 84 12 Derek Pierce 13 9 13 Ret 11 13 12 15 5 15 13 9 13 10 8 Ret 12 11 12 79 13 Kieran Vernon 11 11 9 11 7 10 6 16 5 6 Ret Ret 69 14 Nick Tandy 1 Ret 1 1 68 15 George Richardson 17 13 Ret 13 14 14 13 9 19 16 10 14 9 10 10 11 9 7 68 16 Tim Harvey 23 3 17 6 6 6 1 66 17 Ben Barker 3 5 Ret 3 45 18 Daniele Perfetti 18 Ret 11 12 15 15 17 Ret 14 Ret 16 Ret 18 11 9 14 13 13 33 19 Alex Martin 11 Ret 16 14 13 21 14 14 9 12 14 Ret Ret Ret 21 12 14 6 27 20 Michael Leonard 14 12 Ret Ret 22 9 13 21 George Brewster 15 14 15 15 Ret 16 Ret 18 Ret 17 23 14 15 19 20 11 17 14 20 2 13 22 Yücel Özbek 22 19 Ret 16 12 12 13 16 17 Ret 11 23 Richard Denny 19 Ret 18 21 17 18 19 21 10 20 Ret 15 17 16 19 15 15 19 19 10 24 Keith Webster 21 17 14 17 DSQ 17 18 16 Ret 16 17 14 15 12 18 15 15 2 9 25 Karl Leonard Ret 13 DSQ 11 8 26 Andrew Shelley 20 15 12 16 16 19 15 19 6 27 Steve Parish 16 Ret Ret 20 16 17 21 20 18 Ret 13 13 Ret 19 16 18 6 28 Freddy Nordström 25 15 24 16 1 29 Tautvydas Barštys 22 16 19 18 DNS 20 Ret 0 30 Tommy Dreelan 25 18 21 19 18 22 20 20 Ret 23 21 17 18 17 18 17 20 21 22 0 31 John Taylor 24 19 20 20 19 23 21 22 24 22 19 20 23 21 0 32 Rytis Garbaravičius 20 19 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Chris Harris 11 0 Chris Dyer 15 17 0 Stephen Liquorish Ret 0 Peter Smallwood Ret 0 Pos Driver BHI DON THR OUL NÜR SNE KNO ROC BHGP SIL Pen 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)

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	Pole	F. Lap
Points	20	18	16	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	1

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