2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

The 2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain was a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across England, France 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 was a multi class championship, with drivers grouped based on their ability and experience into three classes: Professional, Professional-Amateur 1 (Pro-Am 1) and Professional-Amateur 2 (Pro-Am 2).^[1] It formed part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece. The 2014 season was the twelfth Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain season, commencing on 30 March at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 12 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after 19 races at 10 meetings. 18 of the races were held in support of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season, with the other race in support of the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans.

For the majority of the season, the championship battle revolved around Redline Racing team-mates Josh Webster and Michael Meadows, running under the Samsung UHD TV Racing banner. Meadows won more races than Webster – Meadows with nine overall wins plus a further two class wins, while Webster took five overall wins with a further class win – but Webster's greater consistency allowed him to take the overall championship by nine points, ahead of the two-time defending champion Meadows. Webster finished each race as one of the best three finishers in class, including the overseas round at Le Mans, where he was seventh overall. Third place in the championship went to Paul Rees, who took a race victory at Rockingham, and three further podium finishes. The only other drivers to take race victories were Ben Barker, who achieved an overall victory at Le Mans – as well as two victories in the guest car in the opening Brands Hatch round – and Daniel Cammish, who took a win in the guest car at the final round. Redline Racing were comfortable winners of the teams' championship, finishing almost 200 points clear of In2Racing, the next best team.

In the Pro-Am championships, Justin Sherwood won the Pro-Am 1 title by 41 points, largely due to him competing in more rounds of the series than any other driver in the class. Only twice did a Pro-Am 1 driver reach the overall podium, as Karl Leonard achieved a second-place finish at Donington Park, while Pepe Massot took a third-place finish at Croft. Massot was later regraded as a professional driver after his strong performances at Croft, and in qualifying at Snetterton. In Pro-Am 2, although Peter Kyle-Henney scored more championship points in total, the best seven rounds scoring system allowed Steven Liquorish to claim the championship title by a single point. Liquorish took six race wins over the course of the season, while Kyle-Henney took four wins. Third place went to three-time winner Will Goff, with two wins each for Carol Brown at Knockhill, Paul Donkin at Croft, and Emmerdale actor Kelvin Fletcher, who achieved his double at Silverstone.

Entry list

For the 2014 season, a new car was utilised with the introduction of the seventh generation Porsche 911 – the Porsche 991 – to replace the Porsche 997 model.

Team No. Driver Class Rounds Redline Racing 0 Ollie Millroy G 5 Richard Muscat G 6 1 Michael Meadows[2] 1–3, 5–10 101 4 9 Josh Webster[3] 1–3, 5–10 109 4 13 Jordan Witt PA1 6–10 15 Paul Donkin PA2 5 17 Kelvin Fletcher PA2 1, 9 18 Nicholas Latifi 8 25 Víctor Jiménez 1–3, 5–10 125 4 99 Rob Smith PA1 2, 6–7, 10 199 4 100 Chris Harris G 4 116 Guy Riall G 4 Team Parker Racing 0 Dan Cammish G 10 7 Justin Sherwood PA1 1–3, 5–10 17 Kelvin Fletcher PA2 3 36 Karl Leonard[4] PA1 1–2 136 4 66 Steven Liquorish[5] PA2 1–3, 5–10 166 4 123 Bill Cameron PA2 4 Parr Motorsport 0 Ben Barker G 1 Max Coates G 2 Oscar King G 3 14 Pepe Massot PA1 5 6–10 22 Peter Kyle-Henney PA2 1–3, 5–10 122 4 23 Kieran Gallagher PA1 1 130 Ben Barker 4 195 Pete Smallwood G 4 In2Racing 0 William Plant G 7 David Walley G 8 Josh Files G 9 24 Jake Hill 1, 10 42 Graeme Mundy PA1 2–3 142 4 49 Michael Donovan PA1 9 50 Paul McKay PA2 5–6 59 Will Goff PA2 1–2, 8, 10 77 Paul Rees[6] 1–3, 5–10 177 4 91 Daniel McKay PA2 8 92 Carol Brown PA2 7 Welch Motorsport 44 George Brewster PA1 10 55 James Fletcher 9 70 Mark Cole 3 111 Scott Marshall PA2 4 ASK Racing 117 Tom Hallissey G 4

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

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 23 September 2013. The championship reduced from 20 rounds in 2013 to 19 rounds, after the inclusion of a single joint race, with the Porsche Carrera Cup France, in support of the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans, replacing the races at Oulton Park.^[7] The French round was only the second time the championship has held an international round, after the 2011 race in Germany. All other rounds were held in support of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season and featured two races at each meeting.^[8]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	30 March	Michael Meadows	Ben Barker	Ben Barker	Parr Motorsport
	R2			Michael Meadows	Michael Meadows	Ben Barker	Parr Motorsport
2	R3	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	19 April	Michael Meadows	Josh Webster	Michael Meadows	Samsung UHD TV Racing
	R4		20 April	Michael Meadows	Michael Meadows	Josh Webster	Redline Racing
3	R5	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	4 May	Michael Meadows	Michael Meadows	Michael Meadows	Samsung UHD TV Racing
	R6			Michael Meadows	Michael Meadows	Michael Meadows	Samsung UHD TV Racing
4	R7	Circuit de la Sarthe (Le Mans)	13 June	Kévin Estre	Kévin Estre	Ben Barker	Parr Motorsport
5	R8	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	28 June	Paul Rees	Josh Webster	Josh Webster	Redline Racing
	R9		29 June	Josh Webster	Michael Meadows	Josh Webster	Redline Racing
6	R10	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	3 August	Josh Webster	Josh Webster	Josh Webster	Redline Racing
	R11			Josh Webster	Michael Meadows	Josh Webster	Redline Racing
7	R12	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	24 August	Michael Meadows	Michael Meadows	Michael Meadows	Samsung UHD TV Racing
	R13			Michael Meadows	Michael Meadows	Michael Meadows	Samsung UHD TV Racing
8	R14	Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	6 September	Michael Meadows	Michael Meadows	Michael Meadows	Samsung UHD TV Racing
	R15		7 September	Michael Meadows	Michael Meadows	Paul Rees	In2Racing
9	R16	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	27 September	Michael Meadows	Michael Meadows	Michael Meadows	Samsung UHD TV Racing
	R17		28 September	Michael Meadows	Michael Meadows	Michael Meadows	Samsung UHD TV Racing
10	R18	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	12 October	Dan Cammish	Josh Webster	Dan Cammish	Team Parker Racing
	R19			Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Michael Meadows	Samsung UHD TV Racing

Notes

Championship standings

Drivers' championships

Overall championship

Pos Driver BHI DON THR SAR CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Pts 1 Josh Webster 3 4 3 1 2 2 7 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 357 2 Michael Meadows 2 2 1 6 1 1 8 DNS 2 2 2 1 1 1 11 1 1 4 1 348 3 Paul Rees 7 6 5 3 5 5 14 2 4 5 6 6 7 8 1 4 2 6 10 250 4 Víctor Jiménez 5 5 4 2 4 3 51† 3 Ret 4 4 3 6 3 Ret 3 10 3 4 242 5 Pepe Massot 4 3 6 5 4 3 4 3 Ret Ret 5 9 135 6 Justin Sherwood 8 7 7 10 DNS DNS Ret 5 11 8 12 9 5 9 9 8 11 8 128 7 Peter Kyle-Henney 10 10 9 9 8 9 Ret 7 8 8 11 10 11 9 10 11 11 13 12 127 8 Steven Liquorish 9 9 11 8 9 8 27 Ret 7 9 10 11 12 10 8 Ret 9 14 11 121 9 Rob Smith 8 7 22 7 7 7 5 9 7 88 10 Jordan Witt Ret 9 5 4 6 Ret 7 7 7 Ret 65 11 Jake Hill 4 3 8 3 59 12 Karl Leonard 6 Ret 2 4 15 56 13 Kelvin Fletcher 12 11 10 10 8 6 46 14 Will Goff 13 8 Ret 12 11 6 12 13 45 15 Graeme Mundy 10 11 7 7 24 42 16 James Fletcher 6 5 26 17 Mark Cole 6 6 24 18 Paul McKay 8 9 10 Ret 23 19 Ben Barker 1 1 1 22 20 Paul Donkin 6 6 22 21 George Brewster 10 6 20 22 Daniel McKay 12 7 15 23 Carol Brown 9 10 15 24 Nicholas Latifi Ret 4 14 25 Michael Donovan 10 12 12 26 Kieran Gallagher 11 12 11 27 Scott Marshall 31 7 28 Bill Cameron 46 6 Guest drivers ineligible for points Dan Cammish 1 5 0 Richard Muscat 3 3 0 Oscar King 3 4 0 Josh Files 5 4 0 Max Coates 6 5 0 David Walley 7 5 0 Ollie Millroy 5 Ret 0 William Plant 8 8 0 Pete Smallwood 40 0 Guy Riall 41 0 Tom Hallissey 49 0 Chris Harris Ret 0 Pos Driver BHI DON THR SAR CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP 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)

Notes

† — At Le Mans, Víctor Jiménez did not finish the race but was classified for completing over 90% of the race distance.

Pro-Am championships

Pos Driver BHI DON THR SAR CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP Pts Pro-Am 1 1 Justin Sherwood 8 7 7 10 DNS DNS Ret 5 11 8 12 9 5 9 9 8 11 8 132 2 Rob Smith 8 7 22 7 7 7 5 9 7 91 3 Jordan Witt Ret 9 5 4 6 Ret 7 7 7 Ret 76 4 Karl Leonard 6 Ret 2 4 15 65 5 Graeme Mundy 10 11 7 7 24 46 6 Pepe Massot 4 3 P1 P1 33 7 George Brewster 10 6 20 8 Michael Donovan 10 12 12 9 Kieran Gallagher 11 12 11 Pro-Am 2 1 Steven Liquorish 9 9 11 8 9 8 27 Ret 7 9 10 11 12 10 8 Ret 9 14 11 132 2 Peter Kyle-Henney 10 10 9 9 8 9 Ret 7 8 8 11 10 11 9 10 11 11 13 12 131 3 Will Goff 13 8 Ret 12 11 6 12 13 68 4 Kelvin Fletcher 12 11 10 10 8 6 54 5 Paul Donkin 6 6 24 6 Carol Brown 9 10 24 7 Paul McKay 8 9 10 Ret 23 8 Daniel McKay 12 7 18 9 Scott Marshall 31 9 10 Bill Cameron 46 8 Pos Driver BHI DON THR SAR CRO SNE KNO ROC SIL BHGP 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)

Notes

¹ — Pepe Massot scored pole position points towards the Pro-Am 1 championship standings at Snetterton, before being regraded as a professional driver for the races.

References

External links

• Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain website