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Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain That Remains As the Premier One-Make Championship for Porsche in Great Britain The face of Porsche Motorsport is changing with our debut into the world 3 of all-electric motor racing – Formula E. Not only this but we have recently announced a brand new Porsche Motorsport Great Britain championship for 2020: Porsche Sprint Challenge Great Britain. We are delighted that the introduction of a second one-make championship to our Porsche Motorsport Pyramid generated such a high level of interest from both professional and amateur drivers, as well as new teams, and we look forward to welcoming our first drivers to the inaugural Porsche Sprint Challenge Great Britain championship in 2020. However, it is Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain that remains as the premier one-make championship for Porsche in Great Britain. We have worked hard to evolve this exhilarating championship to its current successful format but, for 2020, we have refined it yet again as we launch the Porsche Young Driver Development Programme to enhance the current Rookie Championship. This innovative new programme will ensure eligible drivers will benefit from much more than just financial rewards. As ever, Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain offers unrivalled prize money, plenty of support and ever-increasing media exposure. We hope you will join us for an adrenaline-fuelled season of racing. Margareta Mahlstedt General Manager, Marketing Porsche Cars Great Britain Why Porsche? 4 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain 8 Porsche Sprint Challenge Great Britain 44 Porsche Motorsport Pyramid Great Britain 6 Fastest one-make car in Great Britain 12 Introducing the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport 48 2020 race calendar 14 Race calendar 2020 50 Young Driver Development Programme 16 Exciting new race package 52 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Junior 2020/2021 18 Championship registration 54 Race formats 20 2020 points structure 21 Weekend prize money allocation 22 Exceptional championship prizes 24 Registration fees 26 First-class driver well-being 28 Extensive team support 30 Team Cayenne 2020 32 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Race Centre 33 Nationwide exposure and awareness 34 Partnerships 40 Highlights from Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain 2019 42 Why Porsche? 6 With over 70 years of racing history and more than 32,000 As a driver in a Porsche Motorsport Great Britain championship, you are 7 victories to date, Porsche is the leading manufacturer in the instantly climbing onto the Porsche Motorsport Pyramid Great Britain. Our world to specialise in high performance cars and the most two championships provide the ideal stepping stone to becoming a potential successful marque in motorsport. We are incredibly passionate Porsche Factory Driver of the future, with the opportunity to race in numerous about this and uphold an entire philosophy underpinning GT championships and, who knows, the FIA Formula E Championship? Porsche Motorsport: Spirit. Principle. Vision. Five Porsche GT3 Cup Trophies, nine Porsche GT3 Cup Challenges and ten Porsche Carrera Cups operate worldwide, culminating with the internationally We are proud of our ability to use past lessons and tradition as a source contested Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. This is the world’s fastest international of inspiration for creating future innovation and constantly breathing life one-make championship, and it tours selected rounds of the Formula 1® into ‘fascination sports car’. We never rest on the winner’s podium but look championship. The Porsche One-Make Cup is one of the most successful ahead to the next challenge, and this year that includes two exciting new international racing programmes and Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain is the ventures: our entry into the world of Formula E plus the launch of the perfect way to further a racing career. Porsche Sprint Challenge Great Britain. Through its direct involvement in British motorsport, Porsche Cars Great With a record number of overall victories, Porsche is the most successful Britain (PCGB) continues to raise customer awareness and interest in Porsche manufacturer in Le Mans history. Our rich heritage and pioneering technologies Motorsport throughout Great Britain to unprecedented levels. No other were pivotal in the three consecutive wins in 2015, 2016 and 2017 with manufacturer makes such a substantial ongoing commitment to the sport. the 919 Hybrid. Similarly, they helped to secure last year’s Le Mans GTE-Pro championship for the outgoing 911 RSR, with its replacement winning its FIA World Endurance Championship debut in 2019. Porsche Motorsport Pyramid Great Britain 8 For 2020 and beyond, the Porsche Motorsport Pyramid Great One driver to have raced to the top of the pyramid is Nick Tandy. The first British 9 Britain now offers even more opportunities than ever before. driver to win Le Mans in a Porsche since Allan McNish in 1998, he made his Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain debut in 2008. After winning Porsche Carrera The Porsche Motorsport Great Britain Team has introduced a completely Cup Deutschland in 2011 and the prestigious Porsche Cup award in 2012 as new level to the Porsche Motorsport Pyramid Great Britain with the launch the best private Porsche driver worldwide in a 911, he went on to become a of the Porsche Sprint Challenge Great Britain. The initiation of both this and Porsche works driver. His impressive achievements earned him a seat in the the Porsche Classic Boxster Cup has created new entry points and even more third entry for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2015 where he went on to win the chances for young drivers to climb the racing pyramid. Starting with Porsche toughest motor race in the world. In 2018 he won the 24 Hours Nürburgring Club racing and the Porsche Classic Boxster Cup, the pyramid moves up for Porsche in the works 911 GT3 R, and throughout 2019 he has continued to through the Porsche Sprint Challenge Great Britain, the Porsche Carrera Cups race the Porsche RSR at the highest level of American Sports Car racing. and Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, all the way to World Championship GT racing and now, to Formula E and beyond. “The biggest thing I learnt in Carrera Cup was to become a winner and ultimately a champion driver. When you compete against so many top level drivers in identical cars it forces all of you to raise your level, otherwise you don’t win! So many world-class drivers have developed that skill in the Porsche Carrera Cup.” Nick Tandy The perfect pathway to climb the racing pyramid. 10 11 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain 12 Entering its eighteenth year in 2020 and with over 300 races to In addition, a large number of previous Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain drivers 13 its name, Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain is still the fastest participated in this year’s Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup at Silverstone, including single marque GT racing championship in the UK and a firm former Porsche Great Britain Scholar and 2014 champion Josh Webster, 2018 fixture in every motorsport enthusiast’s diary. Identical cars put champion Tio Ellinas, 2018 Rookie champion George Gamble, 2018 Pro-Am driver skill firmly in the spotlight and a combination of close, category champion Seb Perez, and the 2018/2019 Porsche Carrera Cup Great thrilling racing and exceptional facilities for teams and drivers is Britain Junior Driver, Dan Harper – the youngest champion in Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain history. a big draw. The championship has proved itself time and time again to be a springboard for drivers seeking different careers and accomplishments within the “After driving single-seaters all the way to Formula motorsport arena. One, I wanted to make the switch to sportscar Many drivers desiring a career as a professional sportscar and GT racer have used racing. Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain offered the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain as a launch pad. Former Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain champions Charlie Eastwood, Richard Westbrook, Michael me a platform that worked for my sponsors and for Meadows and Damien Faulkner have built careers as professional GT racers and my driving, and has led me back to the Formula One 2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain runner-up Ben Barker continues to race a Porsche 911 RSR in the FIA World Endurance Championship. paddock with the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup.” Drivers have progressed from Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain into the British Tio Ellinas, 2018 Champion Touring Car Championship (BTCC), including double champion Dan Cammish, as well as Sam Tordoff, Tom Oliphant, Ollie Jackson, Tony Gilham, Glynn Geddie, Liam Griffin and Daniel Lloyd. All these achievements emphasize the calibre of driver that Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain continues to attract and support. Nicholas Latifi, 2019 test and reserve driver for the Formula 1® championship team ROKiT Williams Racing, competed in Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain We continue to invest heavily in both drivers and teams and the following in 2015. pages provide the highlights for what promises to be another action-packed championship in 2020. Fastest one-make car in Great Britain 14 Our vision is to create the perfect race car and the 911 GT3 15 Cup brings us closer to achieving this. The car continues to prove itself faster, more durable, more efficient and safer than its predecessors. It is quite simply a pure-bred race car and a precision instrument for the race track. Developed from scratch, the engine offers even greater power output than the previous models, achieving peak speeds of approximately 170 mph. The four- litre six-cylinder boxer engine delivers up to 485 hp at 7,500 rpm and 480 Nm at 6,500 rpm. Drive force is transmitted to the rear axle by a racing clutch and a Porsche six-speed sequential dog-type transmission. In addition, a key benefit of this new drive system is that the engine and gearbox run times have been doubled before they require their first rebuild (engine from 50 to 100 hours and gearbox from 30 to 60 hours) thereby significantly reducing operating costs.
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