2017 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
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The 2017 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain was a multi-event, one-make motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Porsche 911 GT3 cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. It formed part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece. The 2017 season was the fifteenth Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain season, commencing on 2 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and finished on 1 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after fifteen races at eight meetings. Fourteen of the races were held in support of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship, with a round in support of the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Entry list
| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro | ||||
| Redline Racing[1] | 1 |  Dan Cammish[1]
|
1–4, 6–8 | |
| 12 | Scott Malvern[2]
|
5 | ||
| 15 | Tom Oliphant[3]
|
All | ||
| 28 |  Charlie Eastwood[1]
|
All | ||
| 71 | Jamie Orton[1]
|
1–3 | ||
| 81 | Euan McKay[1]
|
All | ||
| 91 | Daniel McKay[1]
|
All | ||
| JTR[1] | 8 | Dino Zamparelli[4]
|
All | |
| 11 |  Tio Ellinas[5]
|
All | ||
| 77 | Lewis Plato[1]
|
All | ||
| IN2 Racing[6] | 19 | Tom Wrigley[7]
|
All | |
| 71 | Jamie Orton
|
6–7 | ||
| Slidesports | 59 | Ross Wylie[8]
|
All | |
| Pro-Am 1 | ||||
| Team Parker Racing[9] | 2 | Alex Martin[9]
|
All | |
| 7 | Justin Sherwood
|
All | ||
| 36 | Karl Leonard
|
7–8 | ||
| 42 | Graeme Mundy
|
1–5, 7–8 | ||
| Redline Racing | 3 | John McCullagh
|
5–8 | |
| G-Cat Racing[1] | 30 | Peter Jennings[1]
|
2–3 | |
| 76 | Greg Caton
|
1, 4 | ||
| Pro-Am 2 | ||||
| Race Car Centre[1] | 4 | Peter Parsons[1]
|
1–2, 4 | |
| Slidesports | 9 | David Fairbrother
|
1–3, 5–8 | |
| IN2 Racing | 22 | Peter Kyle-Henney
|
All | |
| Asset Advantage Racing[1] | 23 | Iain Dockerill[1]
|
All | |
| G-Cat Racing[1] | 31 | Shamus Jennings[1]
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All | |
| Welch Motorsport[9] | 33 |  Matt Telling[9]
|
1–4, 6–8 | |
| Team Parker Racing[9] | 49 | Rupert Martin[9]
|
All | |
Race calendar and results
All races will held in the United Kingdom, excepting round at Circuit de la Sarthe in France.
Championship standings
| Points system | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | PP | FL | |||
| Finishers | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pro-Am | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
A driver's best 14 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.
Drivers' championships
Overall championship
| Pos | Driver | BHI | DON | OUL | LMS | SNE | KNO | SILN | BHGP | Total | Pen | Drop | Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie Eastwood
|
2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 239 | -3 | 8 | 228 |
| 2 | Dino Zamparelli
|
5 | 3 | DSQ | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 242 | -2 | 12 | 228 |
| 3 | Dan Cammish
|
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 210 | ||
| 4 | Tom Oliphant
|
4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 191 | 0 | 9 | 182 |
| 5 | Lewis Plato
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3 | Ret | DSQ | 2 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 161 |
| 6 | Tio Ellinas
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9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 158 | -2 | 0 | 156 |
| 7 | Euan McKay
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6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 140 |
| 8 | Daniel McKay
|
7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 124 | 0 | 1 | 123 |
| 9 | Tom Wrigley
|
Ret | 11 | 3 | 8 | Ret | DNS | 7 | 11 | 12 | Ret | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 92 |
| 10 | Ross Wylie
|
Ret | DNS | 11 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 13 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
| 11 | Alex Martin
|
10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
| 12 | Jamie Orton
|
Ret | 9 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 9 | WD | 10 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 57 | -2 | 0 | 55 | ||||
| 13 | Justin Sherwood
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11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 20 | Ret | 12 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| 14 | Peter Kyle-Henney
|
Ret | DNS | 12 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 10 | Ret | 15 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 15 | Shamus Jennings
|
14 | 14 | Ret | 17 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 16 | Karl Leonard
|
12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |||||||||||
| 17 | Scott Malvern
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7 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |||||||||||||
| 18 | Iain Dockerill
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13 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 11 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 19 | Graeme Mundy
|
12 | 13 | Ret | 16 | 12 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 16 | 14 | Ret | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| 20 | John McCullagh
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13 | 14 | 13 | Ret | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 21 | Greg Caton
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8 | 10 | Ret | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Peter Jennings
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9 | 12 | Ret | DNS | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |||||||||||
| 23 | David Fairbrother
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17 | 18 | 14 | 19 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 17 | Ret | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 24 | Peter Parsons
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15 | 15 | 15 | Ret | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Matt Telling
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Ret | 17 | 17 | 20 | Ret | 16 | 13 | Ret | 17 | DNS | DNS | 17 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 26 | Rupert Martin
|
16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 16 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | BHI | DON | OUL | LMS | SNE | KNO | SILN | BHGP | Total | Pen | Drop | Pts | |||||||
References
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{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "MALVERN TO DEPUTISE FOR CAMMISH AT SNETTERTON". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "OLIPHANT CONFIRMS REDLINE CARRERA CUP GB RETURN". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ "ZAMPARELLI TO LAUNCH PORSCHE CHAMPIONSHIP BID WITH JTR". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ "ELLINAS SWITCHES CODES TO JOIN JTR CARRERA CUP GB EFFORT". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ "WRIGLEY MOVES TO IN2RACING AND CARRERA CUP GB". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- ^ "WRIGLEY MOVES TO IN2RACING AND CARRERA CUP GB". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ "GT CHAMP WYLIE TO CARRERA CUP GB WITH SLIDESPORTS". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "Confirmations and announcements for the 15th season of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB". Retrieved 9 March 2017.
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