Porsche Carrera Cup

Porsche Carrera Cup (sometimes abbreviated PCC) is a number of one-make racing by Porsche premier series competed with, initially Porsche 911 Carrera Cup, then later Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. The cars are specifically built by Porsche for one-make racing, with each vehicle identical to those of its generation.

There are three distinct tiers of racing, the top tier is the Porsche Supercup. Today the Supercup races as part of the support program of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship on most, if not all, of the Grands Prix held in Europe, and occasionally Grands Prix in Asia and North America. Established in 1993, it is the most prestigious one-make series for GT cars.

The second tier are the national Carrera Cups, held in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom as well as International Carrera Cups held across multiple nations in eastern Asia and in the Scandinavian nations of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The longest running is the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, which was also the original series, first held in 1986 using the Porsche 964 Cup racing car. Now in its 36th year it has been one of the world's best known Pro-Am GT series and helped to progress many future World Endurance Champions, Le Mans winners and today is the primary feeder for the Porsche Supercup with many racing teams contesting both series. The Porsche Carrera Cup France began just a year later in 1987. The early 2000s saw a proliferation of Carrera Cups with Great Britain, Australia, Asia and Scandinavia all starting in a four year burst with Italy following in 2007.

The third tier is the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge or Porsche GT3 Cup Trophy, recently renamed in some markets as the Porsche Sprint Challenge. This is a mixture of smaller series in Europe, Switzerland based series, Benelux series held across Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, a Central European series, a Middle East series in the Gulf States, as well as larger series in the Americas; United States, Brazil and Argentina. As well as New Zealand and some which act as a second tier series within Carrera Cup nations. Some GT3 Cup Challenge series will use older Carrera Cup cars from previous generations of the Porsche 911. New Zealand and Australian GT3 Cup Challenges use second hand cars from Carrera Cup Australia series as an example, although largers series, particularly United States and Brazil are effectively Carrera Cups. GT3 Cup Trophies are essentially second tier GT3 Cup Challenges. Superseded Carrera Cup and GT3 Cup Cars have also become popular cars to race in domestic GT series on five continents.

Dutch racer Patrick Huisman is the most successful Carrera Cup racer having won four Supercups consecutively between 1997 and 2000. German driver René Rast won three Supercups (2010-12) and two German Carrera Cups (2008 & 2012). Dominique Dupuy won the French Carrera Cup five times between 1992 and 1999 and New Zealander Craig Baird won the Australian Carrera Cup five times between 2006 and 2013. Christophe Bouchut won the French Carrera Cup four times around Dupuy's five titles, the two dominating the French series for a decade. Dutch driver Larry ten Voorde is currently the defending champion of the Porsche Supercup.

The one-make GT series model has also been used for other Porsche models, usually the entry level Porsche of the time, 924, 944, 968 and Boxster and has proliferated to other manufacturers as well; Ferrari Challenge, Lamborghini Super Trofeo, Trofeo Maserati, Audi R8 LMS Cup, , and a multitude of series based on the Mazda MX-5.

Championships[]

International[]

• Porsche Supercup
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• International Race of Champions USA (IROC I)

National[]

• Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
• Porsche Carrera Cup Brasil
• Porsche Carrera Cup France
• Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
• Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
• Porsche Carrera Cup Italy
• Porsche Carrera Cup Japan
• Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia

Regional[]

• Porsche Sprint Challenge Australia
• Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux
• Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Brasil
• Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada
• Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East
• Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA
• Porsche GT3 Cup Trophy Argentina

Champions[]

Season	Carrera Cup Germany	Carrera Cup France	Mobil 1 Supercup	Carrera Cup Japan	Carrera Cup GB	Carrera Cup Australia	Carrera Cup Asia	Carrera Cup Scandinavia	GT3 Cup Challenge Brasil	Carrera Cup Italia
1986	Joachim Winkelhock	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held	Not Held
1987	Roland Asch	René Metge
1988	Roland Asch
1989	Roland Asch
1990	Olaf Manthey
1991	Roland Asch
1992	Uwe Alzen	Dominique Dupuy
1993		Dominique Dupuy	Altfrid Heger
1994	Bernd Mayländer	Christophe Bouchut	Uwe Alzen
1995	Harald Grohs	Christophe Bouchut
1996	Ralf Kelleners	Christophe Bouchut	Emmanuel Collard
1997		Dominique Dupuy	Patrick Huisman
1998	Dirk Müller	Dominique Dupuy	Patrick Huisman
1999	Lucas Luhr	Dominique Dupuy	Patrick Huisman
2000	Jörg Bergmeister	Christophe Bouchut	Patrick Huisman
2001	Timo Bernhard	Philippe Gache	Jörg Bergmeister
2002	Marc Lieb		Stéphane Ortelli	Takashi Inoue
2003	Frank Stippler		Frank Stippler	Masayuki Yamamoto	Barry Horne	Jim Richards	Charles Kwan
2004	Mike Rockenfeller		Wolf Henzler	Masayuki Yamamoto	Richard Westbrook	Alex Davison	Matthew Marsh	Robin Rudholm
2005	Christian Menzel	Anthony Beltoise	Alessandro Zampedri		Damien Faulkner	Fabian Coulthard	Jonathan Cocker	Fredrik Ros	Beto Posses
2006	Dirk Werner	Anthony Beltoise	Richard Westbrook		Damien Faulkner	Craig Baird	Darryl O'Young	Fredrik Ros	Xandy Negrão
2007	Uwe Alzen	Patrick Pilet	Richard Westbrook	Shinichi Takagi	James Sutton	David Reynolds	Tim Sugden		Ricardo Baptista	Andrea Boldrini
2008	René Rast	Anthony Beltoise	Jeroen Bleekemolen		Tim Harvey	Craig Baird	Darryl O'Young	Jocke Mangs	Miguel Paludo	Luigi Ferrara
2009	Thomas Jäger		Jeroen Bleekemolen	Yasuhiro Shimizu	Tim Bridgman	Not Held	Christian Menzel	Jocke Mangs	Miguel Paludo	Alessandro Balzan
2010	Nicolas Armindo	Frédéric Makowiecki	René Rast	Yasuhiro Shimizu	Tim Harvey		Christian Menzel	Robin Rudholm	Ricardo Rosset	Alessandro Balzan
2011	Nick Tandy	Kévin Estre	René Rast		James Sutton	Craig Baird	Keita Sawa	Robin Rudholm	Constantino Júnior	Alessandro Balzan
2012	René Rast	Jean-Karl Vernay	René Rast	Ryō Hirakawa	Michael Meadows	Craig Baird	Alexandre Imperatori	Johan Kristoffersson	Ricardo Baptista	Vito Postiglione
2013	Kévin Estre		Nicki Thiim		Michael Meadows	Craig Baird	Earl Bamber	Johan Kristoffersson	Ricardo Rosset
2014	Philipp Eng	Côme Ledogar	Earl Bamber		Josh Webster	Steven Richards	Earl Bamber	Oscar Palm	Constantino Júnior	Matteo Cairoli
2015	Philipp Eng	Maxime Jousse	Philipp Eng		Dan Cammish		Chris van der Drift	Johan Kristoffersson	Ricardo Rosset	Riccardo Agostini
2016	Sven Müller	Mathieu Jaminet	Sven Müller		Dan Cammish	Matt Campbell		Fredrik Larsson	Lico Kaesemodel	Côme Ledogar
2017	Dennis Olsen	Julien Andlauer	Michael Ammermüller		Charlie Eastwood	David Wall	Chris van der Drift	Jocke Mangs	Rodrigo Baptista	Alessio Rovera
2018	Thomas Preining	Ayhancan Güven	Michael Ammermüller		Tio Ellinas	Jaxon Evans	Chris van der Drift	Lukas Sundahl	Werner Neugebauer	Gianmarco Quaresmini
2019	Julien Andlauer	Ayhancan Güven	Michael Ammermüller	Ukyo Sasahara	Daniel Harper	Jordan Love
2020	Larry ten Voorde	Jaxon Evans	Larry ten Voorde		Harry King	Not Awarded	Not Held		Miguel Paludo

See also[]

• Audi R8 LMS Cup
• Ferrari Challenge
• Lamborghini Super Trofeo

References[]

External links[]

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