2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Explained

The 2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain was a multi-event, one-make motor racing championship held across England, Belgium and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, competing in Porsche 911 GT3 cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. It formed part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece. The 2015 season was the thirteenth Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain season, commencing on 4 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and finished on 11 October at the same venue, utilising the Grand Prix circuit, after sixteen races at eight meetings. Fourteen of the races were held in support of the 2015 British Touring Car Championship season, with a round in support of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship.

With eleven victories and five second-place finishes from the sixteen races, Redline Racing driver Dan Cammish was the winner of the overall drivers' championship. Cammish, who at one point won 6 consecutive races, finished nearly 100 points clear of his next closest rival, team-mate Michael Meadows who was running under the Samsung SUHD TV Racing banner. Meadows took ten podium finishes, but only one victory, coming at Oulton Park. The championship top three was completed by defending champion Josh Webster (Team Parker Racing), who like Meadows, took one victory during the season, at Spa-Francorchamps. The only other drivers to win races were IDL Racing's Tom Sharp at Brands Hatch and GT Marques driver Dino Zamparelli, who swept the Silverstone weekend. In the Pro-Am classes, despite taking fewer class wins than Jordan Witt (Redline Racing), Juta Racing driver Ignas Gelžinis won the Pro-Am 1 title by five points. While in Pro-Am 2, six class wins were enough for John McCullagh to complete a championship sweep for Redline Racing.

Entry list

Team Driver Rounds Team Parker Racing 1 Josh Webster All 11 Stephen Jelley All Samsung SUHD TV Racing 3 James Sutton 5–6 17 Daniel Morad 7–8 18 Nicholas Latifi^[1] 1–4 87 Michael Meadows All IDL Racing 10 Tom Sharp All IN2 Racing 25 Víctor Jiménez 1–4 Redline Racing 27 Dan Cammish^[2] All G-Cat Racing 32 Ryan Cullen 1–5 Brookspeed 40 Jayde Kruger All Parr Motorsport 77 Paul Rees 1–4, 6–8 88 Dino Zamparelli^[3] 1–6 GT Marques 7–8 Pro-Am 1 Juta Racing 8 Ignas Gelžinis All Credit4Cars 12 Chris Dockerill 1–7 IN2 Racing 24 Tom Bradshaw 7–8 91 Daniel McKay 6–8 Redline Racing 26 Jordan Witt All 47 Jack Falla^[4] All G-Cat Racing 30 Peter Jennings^[5] 1–2 Parr Motorsport 34 Mark Cole 1–4, 6–8 Team Parker Racing 36 Karl Leonard 1–4 Pro-Am 2 Credit4Cars 4 Peter Parsons All 23 Iain Dockerill All Juta Racing 13 Tautvydas Barštys All 14 Nerijus Dagilis 2–8 Parr Motorsport 22 Peter Kyle-Henney 1–3 G-Cat Racing 30 Peter Jennings 3, 5–8 31 Shamus Jennings 1–2, 4–8 Redline Racing 33 John McCullagh All IN2 Racing 42 Graeme Mundy 2–3 50 Paul McKay 1–2 Team Parker Racing 49 Rupert Martin All GT Marques 57 Francis Galashan All 69 Scott Marshall 1–3

Icon Class PA1 Pro-Am 1 PA2 Pro-Am 2

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 5 November 2014. The championship was reduced from 19 rounds in 2014 to 16 rounds, including two races at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in support of the FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the only round outside the United Kingdom; all other rounds were held in support of the 2015 British Touring Car Championship season.^[6]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	4 April	Stephen Jelley	Stephen Jelley	Dan Cammish	Redline Racing
	R2		5 April	Stephen Jelley	Stephen Jelley	Dan Cammish	Redline Racing
2	R3	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (Stavelot)	1 May	Josh Webster	Dan Cammish	Josh Webster	Team Parker Racing
	R4		2 May	Josh Webster	Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Redline Racing
3	R5	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	6 June	Dan Cammish	Michael Meadows	Dan Cammish	Redline Racing
	R6		7 June	Michael Meadows	Michael Meadows	Michael Meadows	Samsung SUHD TV Racing
4	R7	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	28 June	Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Redline Racing
	R8			Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Redline Racing
5	R9	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	9 August	Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Redline Racing
	R10			Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Redline Racing
6	R11	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	23 August	Josh Webster	Michael Meadows	Dan Cammish	Redline Racing
	R12			Dan Cammish	James Sutton	Dan Cammish	Redline Racing
7	R13	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	26 September	Michael Meadows	Dino Zamparelli	Dino Zamparelli	GT Marques
	R14		27 September	Michael Meadows	Tom Sharp	Dino Zamparelli	GT Marques
8	R15	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	10 October	Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Redline Racing
	R16		11 October	Tom Sharp	Dino Zamparelli	Tom Sharp	IDL Racing

Championship standings

Points system
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Finishers	20	18	16	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	1
Pro-Am	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1						1	1

Drivers' championships

Overall championship

Pos Driver BHI SPA OUL CRO SNE KNO SIL BHGP Pts 1 Dan Cammish 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 324 2 Michael Meadows 3 2 Ret 3 18 1 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 6 5 5 226 3 Josh Webster 14 3 1 2 4 3 2 3 2 4 Ret 2 4 7 Ret 9 203 4 Tom Sharp 5 Ret 5 Ret 6 4 5 5 4 2 6 6 5 3 2 1 192 5 Stephen Jelley 2 4 3 4 3 6 4 4 5 6 4 5 21 13 6 6 191 6 Dino Zamparelli 11 Ret 4 5 5 5 8 6 6 8 7 10 1 1 3 3 180 7 Jayde Kruger 9 6 13 8 Ret 10 10 14 11 7 5 7 13 4 4 4 122 8 Paul Rees 13 5 7 10 10 11 7 7 8 8 8 5 9 8 110 9 Jordan Witt 6 Ret 10 12 8 12 12 11 7 10 9 9 11 8 11 13 87 10 Ignas Gelžinis 7 17 12 11 9 14 13 10 8 11 11 16 9 10 10 12 77 11 Nicholas Latifi 4 7 11 7 2 16 6 9 72 12 Víctor Jiménez 10 9 6 6 7 7 9 8 64 13 James Sutton Ret 5 3 4 43 14 Ryan Cullen Ret 8 8 9 Ret 9 Ret Ret 9 9 40 15 Jack Falla 18 Ret 14 14 11 13 Ret DNS 10 12 12 Ret 12 12 14 14 38 16 Karl Leonard 8 Ret 9 15 13 8 11 12 36 17 Mark Cole 12 Ret 15 13 12 17 14 13 10 12 Ret 11 12 15 35 18 Daniel Morad 6 14 7 10 27 19 Tom Bradshaw 7 Ret 8 7 26 20 Daniel McKay 16 11 10 9 Ret 11 23 21 John McCullagh Ret 10 18 23 15 Ret 15 15 13 14 Ret 17 16 15 16 16 15 22 Shamus Jennings 22 11 DNS Ret 21 16 15 21 14 15 Ret 16 19 Ret 9 23 Nerijus Dagilis 16 18 23 19 19 18 14 16 15 13 14 17 22 18 8 24 Chris Dockerill Ret DNS 24 21 21 Ret 18 Ret 19 13 13 Ret 15 18 7 25 Peter Jennings Ret DNS 22 Ret 19 21 12 17 21 14 17 22 13 19 6 26 Scott Marshall 20 12 23 26 14 Ret 6 27 Francis Galashan 17 13 DNS 24 22 Ret 16 Ret 16 19 18 18 19 19 21 21 3 28 Iain Dockerill 15 15 26 17 16 18 17 20 20 15 22 20 Ret 20 17 Ret 3 29 Paul McKay 16 14 17 Ret 2 30 Graeme Mundy DNS 16 20 15 1 31 Rupert Martin Ret 16 25 25 24 NC Ret Ret 21 Ret 20 21 20 23 20 20 0 32 Peter Parsons 19 Ret 21 22 Ret 20 Ret 19 17 18 19 22 18 Ret 18 Ret 0 33 Peter Kyle-Henney Ret DNS 19 20 Ret DNS 0 34 Tautvydas Barštys 21 Ret 20 19 17 Ret 20 17 18 20 17 19 Ret 21 15 17 −1 Pos Driver BHI SPA OUL CRO SNE KNO SIL BHGP Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Pro-Am championships

Pos Driver BHI SPA OUL CRO SNE KNO SIL BHGP Pts Pro-Am 1 1 Ignas Gelžinis 7 17 12 11 9 14 13 10 8 11 11 16 9 10 10 12 154 2 Jordan Witt 6 Ret 10 12 8 12 12 11 7 10 9 9 11 8 11 13 149 3 Jack Falla 18 Ret 14 14 11 13 Ret DNS 10 12 12 Ret 12 12 14 14 86 4 Mark Cole 12 Ret 15 13 12 17 14 13 10 12 Ret 11 12 15 84 5 Karl Leonard 8 Ret 9 15 13 8 11 12 64 6 Chris Dockerill Ret DNS 24 21 21 Ret 18 Ret 19 13 13 Ret 15 18 52 7 Daniel McKay 16 11 10 9 Ret 11 42 8 Peter Jennings Ret DNS 22 Ret 2 Pro-Am 2 1 John McCullagh Ret 10 18 23 15 Ret 15 15 13 14 Ret 17 16 15 16 16 124 2 Nerijus Dagilis 16 18 23 19 19 18 14 16 15 13 14 17 22 18 108 3 Iain Dockerill 15 15 26 17 16 18 17 20 20 15 22 20 Ret 20 17 Ret 90 4 Peter Jennings 19 21 12 17 21 14 17 22 13 19 83 5 Tautvydas Barštys 21 Ret 20 19 17 Ret 20 17 18 20 17 19 Ret 21 15 17 83 6 Francis Galashan 17 13 DNS 24 22 Ret 16 Ret 16 19 18 18 19 19 21 21 77 7 Shamus Jennings 22 11 DNS Ret 21 16 15 21 14 15 Ret 16 19 Ret 69 8 Peter Parsons 19 Ret 21 22 Ret 20 Ret 19 17 18 19 22 18 Ret 18 Ret 62 9 Rupert Martin Ret 16 25 25 24 NC Ret Ret 21 Ret 20 21 20 23 20 20 39 10 Scott Marshall 20 12 23 26 14 Ret 29 11 Graeme Mundy DNS 16 20 15 26 12 Paul McKay 16 14 17 Ret 24 13 Peter Kyle-Henney Ret DNS 19 20 Ret DNS 15 Pos Driver BHI SPA OUL CRO SNE KNO SIL BHGP Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes and References

1. News: Sharp, Latifi join Carrera Cup GB as champions return. Bonham. Lee. 20 February 2015. The Checkered Flag. 14 March 2015.
2. News: Cammish back for Carrera Cup GB battle. Bonham. Lee. 28 November 2014. The Checkered Flag. 16 February 2015.
3. News: GP3 graduate Zamparelli to race in national Porsche series. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 9 January 2015. Paddock Scout. 14 March 2015.
4. News: Falla the first to sign up for Carrera Cup GB 2015. Bonham. Lee. 28 November 2014. The Checkered Flag. 14 March 2015.
5. News: Four new teams join 2015 Porsche Carrera Cup GB Championship. 10 February 2015. Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain. Porsche Cars Great Britain. 14 March 2015.
6. News: Carrera Cup GB Books 2015 Spa Day. 4 November 2014. The Checkered Flag. 14 March 2015.