2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Explained

The 2016 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 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 2016 season was the fourteenth Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain season, commencing on 3 April at Brands Hatch – on the circuit's Indy configuration – and finished on 2 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 2016 British Touring Car Championship season, with a round in support of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship season.

Entry list

Team		Driver	Rounds
Pro
Redline Racing	1	Dan Cammish^[1]	All
	15	Tom Oliphant^[2]	All
	28	Charlie Eastwood^[3]	All
	77	Lewis Plato^[4]	All
Team Parker Racing	5	Stephen Jelley	All
	45	Bradley Ellis	4
Juta Racing	8	Jonas Gelžinis	All
IDL Racing	10	Tom Sharp^[5]	All
GT Marques	19	Alessandro Latif^[6]	All
	88	Dino Zamparelli	All
IN2 Racing	32	Daniel Lloyd	7-8
Pro-Am 1
Team Parker Racing	7	Justin Sherwood	All
Parr Motorsport	29	Sean Hudspeth	All
G-Cat Racing	30	Peter Jennings	1–4, 8
	76	Greg Caton	5
Redline Racing	33	John McCullagh	All
IN2 Racing	81	Euan McKay	All
	91	Daniel McKay	All
Pro-Am 2
IN2 Racing	2	Mark Cowne	5
	34	Salih Yoluc	2
The Car Loan Centre	4	Peter Parsons	1–5, 8
Juta Racing	13	Tautvydas Barštys	All
Intersport Racing	17	Mark Radcliffe	All
Parr Motorsport	22	Peter Kyle-Henney	All
Asset Advantage Race Team	23	Iain Dockerill	1–5, 7-8
G-Cat Racing	31	Shamus Jennings	All
Redline Racing	44	Barrie Baxter	All
Team Parker Racing	46	Adrian Barwick	2–3, 5
	49	Rupert Martin	1–7
Guest
Team Parker Racing	36	Karl Leonard	8
Privateer	40	Graeme Mundy	2

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 30 November 2015.^[7]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit, Kent)	3 April	Dan Cammish	Dino Zamparelli	Dino Zamparelli	GT Marques
	R2			Dan Cammish	Dino Zamparelli	Dan Cammish	Redline Racing
2	R3	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)	16 April	Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Redline Racing
	R4		17 April	Dan Cammish	Dino Zamparelli	Dan Cammish	Redline Racing
3	R5	Oulton Park (Island Circuit, Cheshire)	4 June	Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Redline Racing
	R6		5 June	Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Redline Racing
4	R7	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	19 June	Dino Zamparelli	Dino Zamparelli	Dino Zamparelli	GT Marques
	R8			Dino Zamparelli	Dino Zamparelli	Dino Zamparelli	GT Marques
5	R9	Snetterton Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	31 July	Dan Cammish	Charlie Eastwood	Dan Cammish	Redline Racing
	R10			Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Redline Racing
6	R11	Knockhill Racing Circuit (Fife)	14 August	Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Redline Racing
	R12			Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Redline Racing
7	R13	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	18 September	Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Redline Racing
	R14			Dan Cammish	Stephen Jelley	Dan Cammish	Redline Racing
8	R15	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)	2 October	Charlie Eastwood	Dan Cammish	Charlie Eastwood	Redline Racing
	R16			Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Dan Cammish	Redline 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 SILGP OUL CRO SNE KNO SILN BHGP Pts 1 Dan Cammish 2 1 1 1 1 1 7 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 1 313 2 Dino Zamparelli 1 2 2 2 5 3 1 1 6 3 6 6 5 3 3 2 257 3 Charlie Eastwood 4 6 3 3 3 5 4 8 2 2 2 2 3 4 1 3 246 4 Tom Oliphant 5 4 5 4 4 6 5 5 5 4 7 4 2 6 4 6 199 5 Stephen Jelley 6 3 8 6 2 2 3 4 Ret DNS 4 8 4 2 9 8 180 6 Tom Sharp 3 5 7 5 23 8 8 3 3 5 3 3 16 5 6 7 174 7 Jonas Gelžinis 7 8 4 8 6 7 2 7 7 9 9 10 8 9 7 4 150 8 Lewis Plato 8 5 6 7 7 4 8 6 4 7 5 7 Ret 10 Ret 9 133 9 Euan McKay 10 13 9 Ret 9 9 11 11 9 8 8 9 10 12 10 12 92 10 Alessandro Latif Ret 12 15 9 8 22 10 23 8 13 12 5 6 8 5 Ret 83 11 Daniel McKay Ret 11 10 Ret 10 11 Ret DNS 11 6 10 11 9 11 12 10 71 12 Sean Hudspeth Ret 9 11 11 11 10 12 19 13 10 11 Ret 12 14 13 13 60 13 Justin Sherwood 11 7 12 Ret 13 13 13 11 Ret 12 13 12 11 13 14 14 54 14 Daniel Lloyd 7 7 2 5 48 15 John McCullagh 9 15 14 10 12 12 17 12 12 18 14 13 14 15 15 16 43 16 Bradley Ellis 6 9 17 17 Tautvydas Barštys 12 18 13 Ret 18 14 15 15 17 14 17 15 17 19 18 21 14 18 Peter Kyle-Henney 13 19 22 19 16 19 14 14 14 15 15 17 13 Ret 19 20 14 19 Peter Jennings 14 14 16 13 14 17 23 16 16 15 13 20 Greg Caton 10 11 11 21 Mark Radcliffe 19 16 19 14 15 20 16 13 18 16 Ret 14 15 Ret 17 17 10 22 Iain Dockerill 15 17 23 15 20 16 20 18 15 17 20 17 20 Ret 4 23 Shamus Jennings 18 Ret 20 16 19 15 22 21 16 21 16 16 19 16 21 18 2 24 Peter Parsons 16 20 25 Ret Ret DNS 18 17 Ret 19 23 19 0 25 Barrie Baxter 17 Ret 17 18 21 Ret 19 20 19 23 18 19 18 18 22 22 0 26 Adrian Barwick 21 17 17 18 Ret 22 0 27 Rupert Martin 20 21 24 20 22 21 21 22 20 20 19 18 21 20 0 28 Salih Yoluc Ret 21 0 29 Mark Cowne 21 24 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Karl Leonard 11 11 0 Graeme Mundy 18 12 0 Pos Driver BHI SILGP OUL CRO SNE KNO SILN BHGP Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Pro-Am championships

Pos Driver BHI SILGP OUL CRO SNE KNO SILN BHGP Pts Pro-Am 1 1 Euan McKay 10 13 9 Ret 9 9 11 10 9 8 8 9 10 12 10 12 161 2 Daniel McKay Ret 11 10 Ret 10 11 Ret DNS 11 6 10 11 9 11 12 10 117 3 Sean Hudspeth Ret 9 11 11 11 10 12 19 13 10 11 Ret 12 14 13 13 113 4 John McCullagh 9 15 14 10 12 12 17 12 12 18 14 13 14 15 15 16 111 5 Justin Sherwood 11 7 12 Ret 13 13 13 11 Ret 12 13 12 11 13 14 14 105 6 Peter Jennings 18 14 16 13 14 17 23 16 16 15 60 7 Greg Caton 10 11 16 Pro-Am 2 1 Tautvydas Barštys 12 18 13 Ret 18 14 15 15 17 14 17 15 17 19 18 21 138 2 Peter Kyle-Henney 13 19 22 19 13 20 14 14 14 15 15 17 13 Ret 19 20 130 3 Mark Radcliffe 19 16 19 14 15 20 16 13 18 16 DSQ 14 15 Ret 17 17 123 4 Shamus Jennings 18 Ret 20 16 19 15 22 21 16 21 16 16 19 16 21 18 102 5 Iain Dockerill 15 17 23 15 23 16 20 18 15 17 20 17 20 Ret 91 6 Barrie Baxter 17 Ret 17 18 21 Ret 19 20 19 23 18 19 18 18 22 22 80 7 Rupert Martin 20 21 20 24 22 21 21 22 20 20 19 18 21 20 60 8 Peter Parsons 16 20 25 Ret Ret DNS 18 17 Ret 19 23 19 47 9 Adrian Barwick 21 17 17 18 Ret 22 31 10 Salih Yoluc Ret 21 4 11 Adrian Barwick 21 24 4 12 John McCullagh QO QO 2 Pos Driver BHI SILGP OUL CRO SNE KNO SILN BHGP Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes and References

1. News: CAMMISH RETURNS FOR CARRERA CUP GB TITLE DEFENCE. Bonham. Lee. 17 February 2016. The Checkered Flag. 17 February 2016.
2. News: GINETTA CHAMPION OLIPHANT SWITCHES TO PORSCHE. Bonham. Lee. 16 November 2015. The Checkered Flag. 8 February 2016.
3. News: PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB 2016: CHARLIE EASTWOOD – THE NEW SCHOLAR. Bonham. Lee. 27 January 2016. The Checkered Flag. 8 February 2016.
4. News: PLATO SWITCHES TO REDLINE CARRERA CUP ASSAULT. Bonham. Lee. 24 February 2016. The Checkered Flag. 26 February 2016.
5. News: PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB 2016: THE SUPER SEVENTEEN READY TO GO. Bonham. Lee. 8 February 2016. The Checkered Flag. 8 February 2016.
6. News: LATIF TO CARRERA CUP: GT MARQUES SEAT FOR BRITISH TEENAGER. Bonham. Lee. 13 January 2016. The Checkered Flag. 8 February 2016.
7. News: SPA OUT, SILVERSTONE AT THE DOUBLE FOR PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB 2016. 30 November 2015. The Checkered Flag. 8 February 2016.