2003 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

The 2003 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain was the inaugural year for a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across England and Ireland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Porsche 911 GT3 cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. It forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece.

This season was the inaugural Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain. The season began on 21 April at Mondello Park and concluded on 21 September at Oulton Park, after ten races, all in support of the 2003 British Touring Car Championship.

Barry Horne became the first drivers' champion with Team BCR winning the Teams' Championship.

Race calendar and winners

All races were held in the United Kingdom (excepting Mondello Park round that held in Ireland).

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Winning Driver
R1	Mondello Park	21 April	Damien Faulkner	Barry Horne
R2	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	5 May	Richard Westbrook	Richard Westbrook
R3	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	26 May	David Pinkney	David Pinkney Barry Horne
R4	Silverstone Circuit (International), Northamptonshire	8 June	Richard Westbrook	Richard Westbrook Barry Horne
R5	Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Long), Northamptonshire	22 June	Barry Horne	Barry Horne
R6	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	13 July	Mike Rockenfeller	Richard Westbrook
R7	Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk	9 August	Jason Templeman	Patrick Long
R8	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	25 August	Richard Westbrook	Richard Westbrook
R9	Donington Park (National), Leicestershire	7 September	Richard Westbrook	Barry Horne Tim Harvey
R10	Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire	21 September	Richard Westbrook	Jason Templeman

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Points were awarded on a 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 15 finishers in each race, with 1 point for the fastest lap in each race and 1 point for pole position in the first race of each meeting.

Pos Driver MON BHI THR SIL ROC CRO SNE BHI DON OUL Pts 1 Barry Horne 2 2 3 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 Ret Ret 2 Ret 2 3 1 3 2 2 333 2 Richard Westbrook 1 1 DSQ Ret 1 3 2 2 1 1 3 8 1 1 2 2 3 1 306 3 Jason Templeman 3 3 2 2 3 Ret 3 2 NC 5 2 3 4 Ret 3 2 4 4 1 Ret 277 4 Jonathan Cocker 6 5 4 2 10 9 3 3 5 6 7 4 5 5 5 7 10 8 228 5 David Pinkney 6 5 5 6 1 4 NC 10 6 7 3 4 11 Ret 6 5 4 Ret 199 6 Andy Britnell 7 7 8 8 6 6 6 7 5 9 10 10 Ret Ret Ret 7 9 8 8 10 169 7 David Cuff 9 4 7 5 7 5 4 4 8 3 4 4 157 8 Jeremy Smith 4 6 11 10 Ret Ret 5 6 7 6 5 Ret 8 6 12 6 145 9 Gary Britnell 8 8 10 9 8 7 8 8 8 11 8 8 Ret 7 8 Ret 12 10 Ret Ret 141 10 Jonathan Rowland Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 11 Ret 12 6 7 9 5 10 6 Ret 13 15 Ret 86 11 Jason Young 9 9 10 6 7 9 11 12 13 12 79 12 Colin Broster 7 11 11 9 33 13 Mark Cole Ret Ret 6 3 29 14 Paul Mace 6 8 10 Ret 26 15 Phil Hindley 9 7 21 16 Simon Moulton Ret 11 14 11 18 17 Nigel Kelly 13 14 9 Richard Marsh DNS DNS 0 Nigel Rice WD WD 0 guest drivers ineligible for points Patrick Long 1 1 0 Damien Faulkner 1 1 0 Tim Harvey 4 Ret 3 1 0 Richard Meadon 6 2 0 Mike Rockenfeller DNS 2 0 Aaron Slight 5 3 0 Piers Maserati 4 4 0 Ian Flux 5 4 0 Jurgen van den Goorbergh 4 5 0 Gavin Pyper 5 4 0 Jonny Kane 7 5 0 Steve Sutcliffe 7 7 0 Chris Harris 7 9 0 Gareth Howell Ret 8 0 James Mills 9 10 0 Vicki Butler-Henderson 9 10 0 Stuart Gallagher 9 12 0 Tiff Needell Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver MON BHI THR SIL ROC CRO SNE BHI DON OUL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (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 Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship

References