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
	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
	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
	R2		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
	R4			Michael Meadows	Jonas Gelžinis	Michael Meadows	Redline Racing
3	R5	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	29 April	Michael Meadows	Ben Barker	Michael Meadows	Redline Racing
	R6			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
	R8			Michael Meadows	Jonas Gelžinis	Michael Meadows	Redline Racing
5	R9	Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire	23 June	Rory Butcher	Rory Butcher	Rory Butcher	Celtic Speed
	R10		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
	R12			Sam Tordoff		Sam Tordoff	Team Parker Racing
7	R13	Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife	26 August				Parr Motorsport
	R14						Parr Motorsport
8	R15	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire	23 September				Parr Motorsport
	R16				Sam Tordoff		Parr Motorsport
9	R17	Silverstone (National), Northamptonshire	7 October		Jonas Gelžinis		Parr Motorsport
	R18			Michael Meadows	Rory Butcher	Michael Meadows	Redline Racing
10	R19	Brands Hatch (GP), Kent	21 October	Jonas Gelžinis	Jonas Gelžinis	Jonas Gelžinis	Juta Racing
	R20			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 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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

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