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Draft:2023 Porsche Sprint Challenge Great Britain

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The 2023 Porsche Sprint Challenge Great Britain (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2023 Cayman Islands Porsche Sprint Challenge 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 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport cars. The 2023 season was the 4th Porsche Sprint Challenge GB season, the season began on 22 April 2023 at Donington Park and ended on 8 October at Brands Hatch. This was the first season of being under the TOCA support package that supports the British Touring Car Championship.[1][2]

The car used in the championship, the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport.

Teams and drivers edit

The following teams and drivers are currently signed to run the 2023 season. All teams are run under a British license.

Team No. Driver Rounds
Pro Class
Redline Racing 11   Toby Trice[3] All
56   Steve Roberts[3] All
Team Parker Racing 19   Matthew Armstrong[3] All
95   Joe Warhurst[4] All
Parker Classic Works 26   Robert Cronin[5] All
Graves Motorsport 32   Ethan Hammerton[6] All
71   Max Coates[6] All
Century Motorsport 30   Will Jenkins[3] All
Am Class
LDF Motorsport 2   Dimitris Melas[3] 1
Raceway Motorsport 5   Rupert Laslett[3] All
27   Marc Warren[3] All
Redline Racing 7   Neil Tofts[3] All
Toro Verde GT 8   Edward Stanton[7] All
42   Graeme Mundy[7] 1–5
80   Ian Duggan 5–6
CCK Motorsport 12   Callum Davis[3] All
Team Parker Racing 17   John White[5] 1, 3–4
Xentek Motorsport 23   Danny Dwyer[8] All
SW Engineering 25   Matthew Kyle-Henney[9] All
JWB Motorsport 28   George Jaxon[10] 4–6
Breakell Racing 33   Reece Somerfield[3] All

Race Calendar edit

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Pro Winning Team Winning Am
1 Donington Park 22 April   Toby Trice   Toby Trice   Toby Trice Redline Racing   Callum Davis
23 April   Joe Warhurst   Steve Roberts   Steve Roberts Redline Racing   Callum Davis
  Steve Roberts   Steve Roberts Redline Racing   Callum Davis
2 Snetterton Circuit 20 May   Toby Trice   Steve Roberts   Toby Trice Redline Racing   Marc Warren
21 May   Marc Warren   Max Coates   Matthew Armstrong Team Parker Racing   Marc Warren
  Toby Trice   Matthew Armstrong Team Parker Racing   Marc Warren
3 Croft Circuit 29 July   Joe Warhurst   Steve Roberts   Matthew Armstrong Team Parker Racing   Marc Warren
30 July   Matthew Armstrong   Joe Warhurst   Matthew Armstrong Team Parker Racing   Callum Davis
  Matthew Armstrong   Max Coates Graves Motorsport   Marc Warren
4 Donington Park 26–27 August   Will Jenkins   Will Jenkins   Will Jenkins Century Motorsport   Marc Warren
  Joe Warhurst   Neil Tofts   Steve Roberts Redline Racing   Marc Warren
  Steve Roberts   Steve Roberts Redline Racing   Marc Warren
5 Silverstone Circuit 23–24 September   Joe Warhurst
  Joe Warhurst
6 Brands Hatch 7–8 October

Championship standings edit

Points system
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th  PP FL
10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1

Drivers' championships edit

Pos Driver DON SNE CRO DONGP SIL BHGP Pts
Pro Class
1   Joe Warhurst 2 2 3 8 4 4 4 5 2 2 8 5 1 1 1 1 1 2 130
2   Steve Roberts 3 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 Ret Ret 2 2 9 10 7 4 2 1 119
3   Max Coates 11 3 2 4 9 7 2 2 1 3 5 4 6 2 5 8 4 4 101
4   Matthew Armstrong 5 Ret 10 6 2 2 1 1 11 Ret 4 Ret 2 3 3 2 Ret 5 92
5   Will Jenkins 4 6 9 3 8 8 8 3 Ret 1 3 12 12 9 9 7 3 3 77
6   Toby Trice 1 4 4 1 5 5 5 7 3 8 6 7 8 Ret DNS WD WD WD 71
7   Ethan Hammerton 6 5 5 5 6 11 9 11 Ret 5 7 3 5 4 2 9 7 8 65
8   Robert Cronin 14 9 11 7 7 6 12 6 4 13 11 8 7 7 8 5 5 6 53
Am Class
1   Marc Warren 8 8 7 9 1 1 6 14 5 4 1 1 4 5 4 3 6 7 180
2   Callum Davis 7 7 6 16 10 9 11 8 DSQ 9 9 6 3 6 6 6 Ret 9 132
3   Matthew Kyle-Henney 9 10 8 12 12 15 7 9 6 10 10 11 13 12 10 10 9 11 100
4   Danny Dwyer 10 12 12 11 11 10 13 Ret 9 7 13 Ret 14 8 13 11 Ret Ret 68
5   Edward Stanton 17 DSQ 15 13 14 13 14 12 7 6 Ret Ret 16 14 12 12 8 10 62
6   Reece Somerfield 13 14 13 10 13 12 10 10 Ret DSQ 12 Ret 10 13 16 13 Ret DNS 56
7   Rupert Laslett 12 11 14 14 15 Ret 15 16 8 12 15 13 11 11 15 16 11 12 54
8   Neil Tofts 16 13 Ret 15 16 14 16 15 10 14 18 10 17 17 14 15 12 14 37
9   Graeme Mundy 15 Ret 16 DNS Ret DNS WD WD WD 11 14 9 WD WD WD 10
10   John White 19 15 Ret 17 13 Ret DSQ 17 14 2
11   Dimitris Melas 18 16 17 0
  Ian Duggan* 15 15 11 14 10 13
  George Jaxon* 15 16 15 Ret 16 Ret 17 13 15
Pos Driver DON SNE CRO DONGP SIL BHGP Pts

* Guest entry - not eligible for points

Sources:[11]

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Porsche Sprint Challenge GB to race exclusively with TOCA in 2023".
  2. ^ "Porsche extend TOCA deal until at least 2026".
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j sportscarracingnews (13 April 2023). "PORSCHE SPRINT CHALLENGE GB EVOLVES FOR BLOCKBUSTER SEASON". Sportscar Racing News. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  4. ^ sportscarracingnews (14 February 2023). "JOE WARHURST JOINS TEAM PARKER RACING FOR PORSCHE SPRINT CHALLENGE GB TITLE RUN". Sportscar Racing News. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  5. ^ a b sportscarracingnews (3 April 2023). "CRONIN AND WHITE ROUND OUT TEAMS PARKER RACING'S PORSCHE SPRINT CHALLENGE GB LINEUP". Sportscar Racing News. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  6. ^ a b Coates, Max (23 February 2023). "Coates continues Graves Motorsport partnership for Porsche Sprint Challenge campaign". Max Coates. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  7. ^ a b sportscarracingnews (18 April 2023). "TORO VERDE GT EXPANDS PORSCHE PROGRAMME WITH TWO CAR SPRINT CHALLENGE GB ENTRY". Sportscar Racing News. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  8. ^ FSM_Press (21 March 2023). "DANNY DWYER MAKES PORSCHE SPRINT CHALLENGE GB SWITCH FOR 2023 SEASON". Fewkes Sports Management. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  9. ^ https://www.pressreader.com/uk/motorsport-news/20230420/282660396720703. Retrieved 24 April 2023 – via PressReader. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ^ "BARC BTCC Weekend Round 8 Entry List" (PDF).
  11. ^ https://www.tsl-timing.com/file/?f=TOCA/2023/233003ptspos.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links edit

Porsche Sprint Challenge GB Porsche Sprint Challenge GB

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