en 2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

The 2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain was a multi-event, one make motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. 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 is 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 forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece.

This season was the tenth Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain. The season commenced on 1 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and concluded on 21 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after twenty races to be held at ten meetings, all in support of the 2012 British Touring Car Championship.

Entry list

The official entry list was released on 13 March, including 21 full-season entries.^[2]

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Redline Racing	0	Michael Meadows	All
	00	Glynn Geddie	1–7
	1	James Sutton	8–10
Team Parker Racing	5	Richard Plant	All
	7	Sam Tordoff	All
	18	Andy Meyrick	6–10
	23	Daniel Lloyd	All
Juta Racing	8	Jonas Gelžinis	All
Parr Motorsport	20	Ben Barker	All
Parr Motorsport	49	Chris Dymond	1, 3
Celtic Speed	45	Rory Butcher	All
Pro-Am 1
Celtic Speed	11	George Brewster	1, 3, 5, 7, 9–10
Team Parker Racing	17	Michael Leonard	1–2, 4, 6
Team Parker Racing	24	Derek Pierce	All
Redline Racing	25	Víctor Jiménez	All
	29	Yücel Özbek	1–8
	77	Ahmad Al Harthy	All
	99	Keith Webster	1–3, 6–7, 9–10
Parr Motorsport	36	Karl Leonard	2, 4
GT Marques	70	Oliver Mortimer	All
Pro-Am 2
SIBSport	15	Tania Mann	1–3, 6–7
Juta Racing	19	Tautvydas Barštys	1, 4–5
Speedlover	27	Jean Glorieux	1
GT Marques	47	Fraser O'Brien	6
Parr Motorsport	55	Richard Denny	9–10
Goff Racing	59	Will Goff	1, 4–6, 8–10

Race calendar and results

On 20 September 2011, the British Touring Car Championship announced the race calendar for the 2012 season, for all of the series competing on the TOCA package.^[3] All races were held in the United Kingdom.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	31 March	Michael Meadows	Michael Meadows	Richard Plant	Team Parker Racing
1	R2	Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent	1 April	Michael Meadows	Richard Plant	Michael Meadows	Redline Racing
2	R3	Donington Park (National), Leicestershire	15 April	Michael Meadows	Jonas Gelžinis	Michael Meadows	Redline Racing
2	R4	Donington Park (National), Leicestershire	15 April	Michael Meadows	Jonas Gelžinis	Michael Meadows	Redline Racing
3	R5	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	29 April	Michael Meadows	Ben Barker	Michael Meadows	Redline Racing
3	R6	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	29 April	Michael Meadows	Sam Tordoff	Daniel Lloyd	Team Parker Racing
4	R7	Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire	10 June	Sam Tordoff	Michael Meadows	Sam Tordoff	Team Parker Racing
4	R8	Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire	10 June	Michael Meadows	Jonas Gelžinis	Michael Meadows	Redline Racing
5	R9	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	23 June	Rory Butcher	Rory Butcher	Rory Butcher	Celtic Speed
5	R10	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	24 June	Rory Butcher	Rory Butcher	Rory Butcher	Celtic Speed
6	R11	Snetterton (300) Circuit, Norfolk	12 August	Sam Tordoff	Sam Tordoff	Sam Tordoff	Team Parker Racing
6	R12	Snetterton (300) Circuit, Norfolk	12 August	Sam Tordoff	Ben Barker	Sam Tordoff	Team Parker Racing
7	R13	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	26 August	Ben Barker	Ben Barker	Ben Barker	Parr Motorsport
7	R14	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	26 August	Ben Barker	Ben Barker	Ben Barker	Parr Motorsport
8	R15	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	23 September	Ben Barker	Ben Barker	Ben Barker	Parr Motorsport
8	R16	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	23 September	Ben Barker	Sam Tordoff	Ben Barker	Parr Motorsport
9	R17	Silverstone (National), Northamptonshire	7 October	Ben Barker	Jonas Gelžinis	Ben Barker	Parr Motorsport
9	R18	Silverstone (National), Northamptonshire	7 October	Michael Meadows	Rory Butcher	Michael Meadows	Redline Racing
10	R19	Brands Hatch (GP), Kent	21 October	Jonas Gelžinis	Jonas Gelžinis	Jonas Gelžinis	Juta Racing
10	R20	Brands Hatch (GP), Kent	21 October	Jonas Gelžinis	Daniel Lloyd	Sam Tordoff	Team Parker Racing

Championship standings

A driver's best 19 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.

Pos	Driver	BHI		DON		THR		OUL		CRO		SNE		KNO		ROC		SIL		BHGP		Pen.	Pts
1	Michael Meadows	3	1	1	1	1	4	2	1	Ret	2	2	2	2	6	3	3	4	1	11	7		320
2	Ben Barker	5	5	2	Ret	2	5	6	7	5	7	Ret	3	1	1	1	1	1	4	5	2		282
3	Sam Tordoff	4	4	4	4	10	12	1	3	3	5	1	1	3	Ret	7	4	7	5	2	1		274
4	Jonas Gelžinis	2	3	3	2	8	6	3	2	2	3	DSQ	5	4	11	2	8	8	3	1	10	4	259
5	Rory Butcher	7	13	6	6	3	3	5	4	1	1	5	11	Ret	2	5	2	3	7	3	3	3	254
6	Daniel Lloyd	Ret	2	8	3	5	1	4	5	6	4	4	12	5	3	9	Ret	Ret	9	4	5	9	202
7	Richard Plant	1	7	15	5	4	8	7	6	11	11	7	6	Ret	5	6	6	6	2	7	4		196
8	Ahmad Al Harthy	10	11	5	7	6	7	10	9	7	8	Ret	8	6	4	Ret	7	9	8	10	Ret		143
9	Oliver Mortimer	11	9	12	Ret	11	10	11	8	10	10	9	10	7	8	11	10	12	10	13	11	3	108
10	Glynn Geddie	6	8	9	8	9	2	16	Ret	4	6	6	7	10	Ret							2	105
11	Derek Pierce	8	Ret	7	9	13	14	9	10	8	9	13	13	Ret	7	10	Ret	10	11	8	9		104
12	Víctor Jiménez	DSQ	12	10	10	12	11	8	11	9	16	8	9	8	Ret	12	9	11	Ret	12	8	4	92
13	Andy Meyrick											3	4	DSQ	Ret	4	Ret	5	6	6	Ret	4	72
14	James Sutton															8	5	2	Ret	9	6		55
15	Keith Webster	14	14	13	Ret	14	15					10	14	11	9			Ret	Ret	14	12		36
16	Yücel Özbek	15	18	Ret	Ret	16	16	13	14	12	12	11	16	12	10	Ret	11						34
17	George Brewster	12	10			15	13			15	13			9	Ret			13	13	16	14		33
18	Chris Dymond	13	6			7	9																29
19	Will Goff	16	16					15	13	13	14	14	17			13	12	15	12	15	13		27
20	Karl Leonard			11	11			12	12														18
21	Michael Leonard	9	Ret	14	Ret			14	Ret			Ret	15									2	10
22	Tania Mann	17	Ret	16	12	17	17					15	19	Ret	NC								5
23	Fraser O'Brien											12	18										4
24	Tautvydas Barštys	Ret	15					17	Ret	14	15												4
25	Richard Denny																	14	Ret	17	15		3
26	Jean Glorieux	Ret	17																				0
Pos	Driver	BHI		DON		THR		OUL		CRO		SNE		KNO		ROC		SIL		BHGP		Pen.	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

References

^ "Classification". Porsche GB. Porsche Cars Great Britain Ltd. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
^ Cliffe, Andrew (13 March 2012). "2012 Porsche Carrera Cup GB entry unveiled". racingexposure.com. Racing Exposure. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
^ "BTCC issues 2012 dates". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 20 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 22 January 2012.

[1] "Classification". Porsche GB. Porsche Cars Great Britain Ltd. Retrieved 22 January 2012.

[2] Cliffe, Andrew (13 March 2012). "2012 Porsche Carrera Cup GB entry unveiled". racingexposure.com. Racing Exposure. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2012.

[3] "BTCC issues 2012 dates". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 20 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 22 January 2012.

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