Rounds 8 & 9: Snetterton 30 July 2017 Porsche Carrera Cup GB: Snetterton – rounds eight and nine report Eastwood retakes championship lead after win apiece with Zamparelli Porsche GB 2016 / 2017 Scholar Charlie Eastwood (Redline Racing) reclaimed the lead of the 2017 Porsche Carrera Cup GB championship after winning round eight and taking second place in round nine. Victorious in the second race was Dino Zamparelli, his first win of 2017 and the first for JTR in Carrera Cup GB. As a result, Dan Cammish drops to third after missing the weekend due to a clashing round of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, in which the double Carrera Cup GB champion is running third. In Pro-Am1, championship leader Justin Sherwood (Team Parker Racing) shared a win and second with Alex Martin (Team Parker Racing), leaving the gap between the pair at a slender three points. Graeme Mundy (Team Parker Racing) claimed another podium to keep in touch in third, while returning category race winner John McCullagh (Redline Racing) kicked off his season with a podium. Pro-Am2 provided some of the closest racing all season. Peter Kyle-Henney (IN2 Racing) had his hopes of taking the championship lead dashed when he failed to finish in round eight, but a win in round nine leaves him second, eight points adrift of Shamus Jennings (G-Cat Racing) who leads. Closing to within one point of Kyle- Henney for third is Iain Dockerill (Asset Advantage Racing), two podium finishes moving him into contention. Round eight Porsche Cars GB 1 of 8 Public Relations and Motorsport Bath Road, Calcot Communications Reading, Berkshire, RG31 7SE Rob Durrant phone +44 (0)7342 084 853 email
[email protected] Rounds 5 & 6: Oulton Park 21 May 2017 As the threat of rainclouds passed, Eastwood led the grid around a patchily damp circuit to form up for the first revised rolling start procedure since rounds five and six at Oulton Park.