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The 2023 Porsche Sprint Challenge Great Britain (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2023 Cayman Islands Porsche Sprint Challenge 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 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport cars. The 2023 season was the 4th Porsche Sprint Challenge GB season, the season began on 22 April 2023 at Donington Park and ended on 8 October at Brands Hatch. This was the first season of being under the TOCA support package that supports the British Touring Car Championship.[1][2]

The car used in the championship, the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport.

Teams and drivers

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The following teams and drivers are currently signed to run the 2023 season. All teams are run under a British license.

Team No. Driver Rounds
Pro Class
Redline Racing 11 United Kingdom Toby Trice[3] All
56 United Kingdom Steve Roberts[3] All
Team Parker Racing 19 United Kingdom Matthew Armstrong[3] All
95 United Kingdom Joe Warhurst[4] All
Parker Classic Works 26 Republic of Ireland Robert Cronin[5] All
Graves Motorsport 32 United Kingdom Ethan Hammerton[6] All
71 United Kingdom Max Coates[6] All
Century Motorsport 30 United Kingdom Will Jenkins[3] All
Am Class
LDF Motorsport 2 United Kingdom Dimitris Melas[3] 1
Raceway Motorsport 5 United Kingdom Rupert Laslett[3] All
27 United Kingdom Marc Warren[3] All
Redline Racing 7 United Kingdom Neil Tofts[3] All
Toro Verde GT 8 United Kingdom Edward Stanton[7] All
42 United Kingdom Graeme Mundy[7] 1–5
80 United Kingdom Ian Duggan 5–6
CCK Motorsport 12 United Kingdom Callum Davis[3] All
Team Parker Racing 17 United Kingdom John White[5] 1, 3–4
Xentek Motorsport 23 Republic of Ireland Danny Dwyer[8] All
SW Engineering 25 United Kingdom Matthew Kyle-Henney[9] All
JWB Motorsport 28 United Kingdom George Jaxon[10] 4–6
Breakell Racing 33 United Kingdom Reece Somerfield[3] All

Race Calendar

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Pro Winning Team Winning Am
1 Donington Park 22 April United Kingdom Toby Trice United Kingdom Toby Trice United Kingdom Toby Trice Redline Racing United Kingdom Callum Davis
23 April United Kingdom Joe Warhurst United Kingdom Steve Roberts United Kingdom Steve Roberts Redline Racing United Kingdom Callum Davis
United Kingdom Steve Roberts United Kingdom Steve Roberts Redline Racing United Kingdom Callum Davis
2 Snetterton Circuit 20 May United Kingdom Toby Trice United Kingdom Steve Roberts United Kingdom Toby Trice Redline Racing United Kingdom Marc Warren
21 May United Kingdom Marc Warren United Kingdom Max Coates United Kingdom Matthew Armstrong Team Parker Racing United Kingdom Marc Warren
United Kingdom Toby Trice United Kingdom Matthew Armstrong Team Parker Racing United Kingdom Marc Warren
3 Croft Circuit 29 July United Kingdom Joe Warhurst United Kingdom Steve Roberts United Kingdom Matthew Armstrong Team Parker Racing United Kingdom Marc Warren
30 July United Kingdom Matthew Armstrong United Kingdom Joe Warhurst United Kingdom Matthew Armstrong Team Parker Racing United Kingdom Callum Davis
United Kingdom Matthew Armstrong United Kingdom Max Coates Graves Motorsport United Kingdom Marc Warren
4 Donington Park 26–27 August United Kingdom Will Jenkins United Kingdom Will Jenkins United Kingdom Will Jenkins Century Motorsport United Kingdom Marc Warren
United Kingdom Joe Warhurst United Kingdom Neil Tofts United Kingdom Steve Roberts Redline Racing United Kingdom Marc Warren
United Kingdom Steve Roberts United Kingdom Steve Roberts Redline Racing United Kingdom Marc Warren
5 Silverstone Circuit 23–24 September United Kingdom Joe Warhurst
United Kingdom Joe Warhurst
6 Brands Hatch 7–8 October

Championship standings

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Points system
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th  PP FL
10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1

Drivers' championships

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Pos Driver DON SNE CRO DONGP SIL BHGP Pts
Pro Class
1 United Kingdom Joe Warhurst 2 2 3 8 4 4 4 5 2 2 8 5 1 1 1 1 1 2 130
2 United Kingdom Steve Roberts 3 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 Ret Ret 2 2 9 10 7 4 2 1 119
3 United Kingdom Max Coates 11 3 2 4 9 7 2 2 1 3 5 4 6 2 5 8 4 4 101
4 United Kingdom Matthew Armstrong 5 Ret 10 6 2 2 1 1 11 Ret 4 Ret 2 3 3 2 Ret 5 92
5 United Kingdom Will Jenkins 4 6 9 3 8 8 8 3 Ret 1 3 12 12 9 9 7 3 3 77
6 United Kingdom Toby Trice 1 4 4 1 5 5 5 7 3 8 6 7 8 Ret DNS WD WD WD 71
7 United Kingdom Ethan Hammerton 6 5 5 5 6 11 9 11 Ret 5 7 3 5 4 2 9 7 8 65
8 Republic of Ireland Robert Cronin 14 9 11 7 7 6 12 6 4 13 11 8 7 7 8 5 5 6 53
Am Class
1 United Kingdom Marc Warren 8 8 7 9 1 1 6 14 5 4 1 1 4 5 4 3 6 7 180
2 United Kingdom Callum Davis 7 7 6 16 10 9 11 8 DSQ 9 9 6 3 6 6 6 Ret 9 132
3 United Kingdom Matthew Kyle-Henney 9 10 8 12 12 15 7 9 6 10 10 11 13 12 10 10 9 11 100
4 Republic of Ireland Danny Dwyer 10 12 12 11 11 10 13 Ret 9 7 13 Ret 14 8 13 11 Ret Ret 68
5 United Kingdom Edward Stanton 17 DSQ 15 13 14 13 14 12 7 6 Ret Ret 16 14 12 12 8 10 62
6 United Kingdom Reece Somerfield 13 14 13 10 13 12 10 10 Ret DSQ 12 Ret 10 13 16 13 Ret DNS 56
7 United Kingdom Rupert Laslett 12 11 14 14 15 Ret 15 16 8 12 15 13 11 11 15 16 11 12 54
8 United Kingdom Neil Tofts 16 13 Ret 15 16 14 16 15 10 14 18 10 17 17 14 15 12 14 37
9 United Kingdom Graeme Mundy 15 Ret 16 DNS Ret DNS WD WD WD 11 14 9 WD WD WD 10
10 United Kingdom John White 19 15 Ret 17 13 Ret DSQ 17 14 2
11 United Kingdom Dimitris Melas 18 16 17 0
United Kingdom Ian Duggan* 15 15 11 14 10 13
United Kingdom George Jaxon* 15 16 15 Ret 16 Ret 17 13 15
Pos Driver DON SNE CRO DONGP SIL BHGP Pts

* Guest entry - not eligible for points

Sources:[11]

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Porsche Sprint Challenge GB to race exclusively with TOCA in 2023".
  2. ^ "Porsche extend TOCA deal until at least 2026".
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j sportscarracingnews (13 April 2023). "PORSCHE SPRINT CHALLENGE GB EVOLVES FOR BLOCKBUSTER SEASON". Sportscar Racing News. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  4. ^ sportscarracingnews (14 February 2023). "JOE WARHURST JOINS TEAM PARKER RACING FOR PORSCHE SPRINT CHALLENGE GB TITLE RUN". Sportscar Racing News. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  5. ^ a b sportscarracingnews (3 April 2023). "CRONIN AND WHITE ROUND OUT TEAMS PARKER RACING'S PORSCHE SPRINT CHALLENGE GB LINEUP". Sportscar Racing News. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  6. ^ a b Coates, Max (23 February 2023). "Coates continues Graves Motorsport partnership for Porsche Sprint Challenge campaign". Max Coates. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  7. ^ a b sportscarracingnews (18 April 2023). "TORO VERDE GT EXPANDS PORSCHE PROGRAMME WITH TWO CAR SPRINT CHALLENGE GB ENTRY". Sportscar Racing News. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  8. ^ FSM_Press (21 March 2023). "DANNY DWYER MAKES PORSCHE SPRINT CHALLENGE GB SWITCH FOR 2023 SEASON". Fewkes Sports Management. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  9. ^ https://www.pressreader.com/uk/motorsport-news/20230420/282660396720703. Retrieved 24 April 2023 – via PressReader. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ^ "BARC BTCC Weekend Round 8 Entry List" (PDF).
  11. ^ https://www.tsl-timing.com/file/?f=TOCA/2023/233003ptspos.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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