Redline Racing

Redline Racing
Founded	1995
Team principal(s)	Simon Leonard
Current series	Porsche Carrera Cup GB
Former series	Michelin Porsche Cup; Porsche Supercup
Current drivers	Kyle Barnes; Victor Jiminez; Yücel Özbek; Dean Stoneman; George Wright; Dan de Zille
Teams'; Championships	2004 Carrera Cup GB; 2007 Carrera Cup GB; 2008 Carrera Cup GB; 2010 Carrera Cup GB; 2011 Carrera Cup GB; 2012 Carrera Cup GB
Drivers'; Championships	2004 Carrera Cup GB (Westbrook); 2007 Carrera Cup GB (Sutton); 2008 Carrera Cup GB (Harvey); 2010 Carrera Cup GB (Harvey); 2011 Carrera Cup GB (Sutton); 2012 Carrera Cup GB (Meadows)

Tim Harvey (centre) and James Sutton (right) on the Podium at Brands Hatch, April 2007

Redline Racing is a British racing team that is currently competing in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain and are defending team and drivers champions. They have previously competed in the Porsche Supercup between 2007 and 2008.^[1]

Early history

Redline Racing, established in 1995, made its first entry in the arena of motorsport racing in April 1997 by competing in the Michelin Porsche Cup. Having a 4-year racing experience Redline Racing entered the British National Porsche Carrera Cup in 2001, racing Porsche GT3s. They finished in second place in the championship that year and they repeated that success in 2003 and also 2005.

Porsche Carrera Cup GB

Redline Racing joined the newly formed Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain in its 2003 début season and has been one of the most successful teams in the championship, winning six teams' titles and six drivers' titles.

Their first championship success came in 2004 when after a long and difficult racing season, they conquered first place and won the team championship for the first time along with driver Richard Westbrook who won the driver's championship.

Their form continued, with the team narrowly missing out on championship spoils in 2005 and 2006 when Redline's driver lineup consisted of Nigel Rice, Jason Young and Faithless lead singer Maxi Jazz along with regular star Richard Westbrook racing in the Team Irwin sponsored car. However, due to Westbrook's Supercup commitments the car was handed over to Danny Watts who, initially, substituted for Redline in the races Westbrook could not attend. Ultimately, Watts finished third in the championship with ten wins out of 16 starts, the most wins of the season.

The 2007 season was another big year for the team after securing the drive of 1992 British Touring Car champion Tim Harvey from rivals Motorbase Performance and Formula Renault UK race-winner James Sutton to join Pro-Am vice champion Nigel Rice and Maxi Jazz, the team managed to secure the double by winning the Teams' championship and Sutton winning the drivers' crown. The Pro-Am championship was dominated by Nigel Rice, who won 14 Pro-Am race wins and 17 podiums out of a possible 20. The feet was repeated in 2008 with Harvey taking the drivers championship after five wins over the season.

A lull in 2009 where Sutton missed out on championship glory by four points after missing the opening round of the championship, spurred the team on to dominate 2010, 2011 and 2012 championships, winning both drivers' and teams' title each time.

For the 2013 campaign, Redline brought in 2010 FIA Formula Two Championship champion Dean Stoneman to lead the team. Stoneman, who is making his racing return after being diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2011,^[2] is currently third in the championship at the half way point of the season with three wins to his name.

Porsche Supercup

During 2007, Redline Racing moved into the Porsche Supercup under the title banner of Team IRWIN SAS (title sponsorship coming from Irwin Industrial Tools and SAS Group). David Saelens and Marc Hynes were the team's driver, finishing in sixth and eleventh place respectively in the overall standings.

The team continued into 2008 season, this time under the Team IRWIN banner. Hynes was replaced with Patrick Huisman who outperformed Saelens to finish fourth in the championship (Saelens only managing 12th place in the final standings).

The team didn't return to contest the 2009 season and since then has only made an annual appearance in 2011^[3] and 2012 at the British leg of the championship, with little success.

Race Results

Partial Porsche Carrera Cup GB

Year	Car	Drivers	Wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	Drivers' Championship	Teams' Championship
2005	Porsche 996	Richard Westbrook	14	8	11	331	2nd	2nd
		Nigel Rice	0	0	0	217	5th
		Stephen Shanly	0	0	0	176	6th
		Jason Young	0	0	0	138	8th
2006	Porsche 997 (1st Gen.) as Team IRWIN	Danny Watts	10	6	6	250	3rd	3rd
	Porsche 997 (1st Gen.) as Team IRWIN	Richard Westbrook	3	0	2	64	14th
	Porsche 997 (1st Gen.) as Redline Racing	Nigel Rice	0	0	0	144	9th
		Jason Young	0	0	0	87	13th
		Maxi Jazz	0	0	0	26	19th
2007	Porsche 997 (1st Gen.)	James Sutton	6	4	5	328	1st	1st
		Tim Harvey	5	2	5	324	2nd
		Nigel Rice	0	0	0	186	6th
		Maxi Jazz	0	0	0	22	15th
2008	Porsche 997 (1st Gen.)	Tim Harvey	4	3	5	340	1st	1st
		Fergus Campbell	0	0	0	27	13th
		Andy Neate	0	0	0	8	24th
		Ray MacDowall	0	0	0	5	25th
2009	Porsche 997 (1st Gen.)	James Sutton	6	3	5	320	2nd	2nd
		Tim Harvey	3	2	2	316	3rd
		Tony Gilham	0	0	0	141	9th
		Lewis Hopkins	0	0	0	92	10th
		Dean Smith	0	0	0	26	19th
2010	Porsche 997 (1st Gen.)	Tim Harvey	11	9	4	370	1st	1st
		Michael Meadows	0	0	0	148	8th
		Ahmad Al Harthy	0	0	0	106	11th
		Archie Hamilton	0	0	0	69	13th
		Glenn McMenamin	0	0	0	28	15th
		Andrew Shelley	0	0	0	22	17th
		James Sutton	0	0	0	0	Guest drivers ineligible for points
		Yucel Ozbek	0	0	0	0	Guest drivers ineligible for points
2011	Porsche 997 (2nd Gen.) as SAS Redline Racing	James Sutton	3	3	4	305	1st	1st
	Porsche 997 (2nd Gen.) as SAS Redline Racing	Michael Meadows	2	5	3	298	2nd
	Porsche 997 (2nd Gen.) as Redline Racing	Benji Hetherington	0	0	0	132	8th
		Yücel Özbek	0	0	0	11	22nd
		Keith Webster	0	0	0	9	24th
		Andrew Shelley	0	0	0	6	26th
	Porsche 997 (2nd Gen.) as Redline Oman Air	Ahmad Al Harthy	0	0	0	95	10th
2012	Porsche 997 (2nd Gen.)	Michael Meadows	6	8	2	320	1st	1st
		Ahmad Al Harthy	0	0	0	143	8th
		Glynn Geddie	0	0	0	105	10th
		Victor Jiminez	0	0	0	92	12th
		James Sutton	0	0	0	55	14th
		Keith Webster	0	0	0	36	15th
		Yücel Özbek	0	0	0	34	16th
2013	Porsche 997 (2nd Gen.)	Dean Stoneman	5	2	4	231	5th	?
		Víctor Jiménez	0	0	0	194	6th
		Dan de Zille	0	0	0	160	7th
		Yücel Özbek	0	0	0	25	14th
		George Wright	0	0	0	20	15th
		Kyle Barnes	0	0	0	14	19th

Porsche Supercup

Year	Car	Drivers	Points	Drivers' Championship
2007	Porsche 997 as Team IRWIN SAS	David Saelens	96	6th
2007	Porsche 997 as Team IRWIN SAS	Marc Hynes	48	11th
2008	Porsche 997 as IRWIN Racing	Patrick Huisman	98	4th
2008	Porsche 997 as IRWIN Racing	David Saelens	73	12th
2011	Porsche 997 as SAS International	James Sutton	N/A	Guest drivers ineligible for points
2011	Porsche 997 as SAS International	Michael Meadows	N/A	Guest drivers ineligible for points
2012	Porsche 997	Glynn Geddie	N/A	Guest drivers ineligible for points
2012	Porsche 997	Ahmad Al Harthy	N/A	Guest drivers ineligible for points

References

^ http://www.irwin.nl/racing/patrickhuisman.html
^ Elizalde, Pablo (22 February 2013). "Dean Stoneman to make racing return in Porsche Carrera Cup". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
^ http://www.sasdirect.co.uk/news/20/team_sas_to_compete_in_the_silverstone_supercup.php

External links

[1] ttp://www.irwin.nl/racing/patrickhuisman.html

[2] Elizalde, Pablo (22 February 2013). "Dean Stoneman to make racing return in Porsche Carrera Cup". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 25 February 2013.

[3] ttp://www.sasdirect.co.uk/news/20/team_sas_to_compete_in_the_silverstone_supercup.php

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