Porsche Carrera Cup Gb

The 2010 Championship

Welcome to Carrera Cup Great Britain

The Porsche Carrera Cup GB is at the very pinnacle of British motor racing. Stunning cars, top teams and drivers and unrivalled back up from Porsche Cars GB makes the Carrera Cup the obvious choice for teams and drivers seeking a su-perb racing platform for 2010. The new season will be the eighth year of Carrera Cup in Britain, mod-elled on Porsche's long-established world-wide Carrera Cup concept. Equal cars, close and exciting rac-ing and first-class facilities for

teams and drivers all add to the strength of the championship. The Carrera Cup GB continues to be a prime support race to the British Touring Car Championship, which guarantees bumper race day crowds and first-class TV coverage. The successful Professional-Amateur 1 category ensures that the less-experienced and non-professional racers can compete for their own points, prize money and podiums within the overall championship.

What is the Carrera Cup GB?

The 2010 format will again offer the Professional-Amateur 2 cate-gory for pre-2008 GT3 Cup Cars. This category offers new drivers the chance to join the Carrera Cup GB for selected events and com-

pete for separate points and awards. After a superb Carrera Cup GB sea-

son in 2009, the stage is set for an

even better year in 2010.


The Porsche Carrera Cup GB is a major support race to the MSA Brit-ish Touring Car Championship, run-ning across double-headers at all 10 BTCC meetings. Over the last seven years, the Car-rera Cup GB has consistently deliv-ered superb racing and has spot-lighted talented drivers battling to make their mark in the sport at in-ternational level. Barry Horne, Rich-ard Westbrook, Damien Faulkner, James Sutton and Tim Harvey have all been crowned as champions af-ter fine campaigns. Westbrook and Faulkner went on to achieve great success in the Por-sche Supercup and their success at the highest level demonstrated

the strength and quality of the Car-rera Cup GB. Through its direct involvement in British motorsport, Porsche Cars GB has built customer awareness and interest in Porsche motorsport in the UK. The level of commitment to the Carrera Cup GB underlines the importance of motorsport as a platform for promoting the brand. The Carrera Cup GB is a winning combination of unrivalled manufac-turer support, longer races, some of the biggest crowds in British mo-torsport, a great atmosphere and one of the best media and TV pack-ages available in the UK.

Championship Profile


In 2009, an estimated 300,000 fans watched Carrera Cup GB races live at the circuits during the 10-weekend schedule. The events offered an excellent geo-graphic spread, from Brands Hatch in Kent to Knockhill in Scotland. Meanwhile, over 5 million people

saw television coverage of the championship, live on race day

via ITV4. The Carrera Cup GB fea-tured extensive live coverage, with more than an hour of live transmis-sion on some race days and at least half an hour of live coverage on each of the 10 Sundays as part of the overall BTCC package.

Then, the Carrera Cup GB features dedicated hour-long highlights

programmes in the Motorsport UK series, which is broadcast on ITV1 and then shown twice on ITV4. This highlights programme takes the total TV audience to more than 10 million UK viewers. In addition the full coverage is

available online via www.ITV.com/ITV4 for 28 days af-ter it has been broadcasted, ensur-ing that it is simply un-missable! In 2010, the Carrera Cup GB will again enjoy a superb TV package.

The 2009 Audience


(tba)

12.5 million circulation

10.8 million listeners

325,000 people over 10 weekends

10 million viewers

5 million viewers

Media Circulation

Motorsport UK 25 minute programme shared with 4 supports ITV4 live feed

TV Terrestrial

— Foot Fall

Hits from www.porsche.com/uk on the motorsport pages

Internet

— Print

12 hours 15 minutes Radio

Airtime Category

10% Adults 65+

22% Adults 55-64

13% Adults 25-34

31% Adults 45-54

20% Adults 35-44

4% Adults 16-24

15% DE

38% C2

19% C1

28% AB Social class

36% 64% Gender

Female Male

2009 in Numbers


911 GT3 Cup Car Specification

All competitors in the Carrera Cup GB Professional (Pro) and Pros-sional Amateur 1 (Pro-Am1) catego-ries race technically identical 997-model 911 GT3 Cup cars, produc-ing 420 bhp and weighing 1.150 kg. Few changes are possible to the car, which ensures that results are based on driver skill. All Pro-Am2 category divers will run pre MY2008 cars producing 400 bhp and weighing 1.140 kg. The 911 GT3 Cup (Type 997) is tailor-made for customers seeking high-profile motorsport with near-standard race vehicles. A major difference from the Type 996 predecessor is the removal of ABS.

This model marks a clear step to-wards a thoroughbred racing car. Equipped with a six-speed sequen-tial gearbox, changing gears under full throttle saves precious split seconds. All tyres used in the Carrera Cup GB are provided by series partner Michelin. Each competitor is al-lowed to use two sets of slick rac-ing tyres per race weekend, al-though the number of rain tyres is unlimited. Pre-heating and any type of chemical and mechanical treat-ment of the tyres is not allowed.


911 GT3 Cup Car Specification

Vehicle Price:

• £87,500.00 excluding tax ex-works.

Specification

• 997 (911) basis

• 420 bhp at 8400rpm

• Six-speed sequential dog-type gearbox

• Carbon fibre doors with window frame and plastic rear view mirrors

• Carbon fibre rear lid with adjustable rear wing

• Brake system with adjustable bias bar

• Internally ventilated brake discs – front 380mm – rear 350mm

• Motec instrument display with integrated data recording

• 90 litre fuel tank

• Rear wheel drive

• Weight: approx 1150 kgs


Categories of Driver

Professional and Professional Amateur 1 (Pro and Pro-Am1) For individual rounds, points will be awarded as 20-18-16-14-12-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 to the first 15 drivers in each race, with an additional point for pole position and a point for fastest lap in each race. Professional Amateur 2 (Pro-Am2) Points will be awarded per round as 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Pro-Am2 has been designed to encourage new drivers and those on re-stricted budgets to compete in the most prestigious one-make series in Britain. A series of cost-cutting measures will be applied to this title and to win the Pro-Am2 category, each driver will nominate which 8 race week-ends they choose to score championship points. Alternatively drivers are able to dip in and out of the championship to suit individual budgets and schedules

In each race, drivers will score points according to the following scale:

End of season awards

Trophies will be awarded to the drivers who finish in 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each race in all the Pro and both Pro-Am categories. Pro-Am2 drivers points count towards both the Pro and Pro-Am1 catego-ries.


2010 Race Calendar

Round Venue Date

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tsuguA 8 - 7 notrettenS 21 & 11

tsuguA 22 - 12 enotsrevliS 41 & 31

rebmetpeS 5 - 4 llihkconK 61 & 51

rebmetpeS 91 - 81 notgninoD 81 & 71

rebotcO 01 - 9 )ydnI( hctaH sdnarB 02 & 91

20 Races, spread over 10 weekends, at 9 different venues:


Livery Guide

Final livery guide and championship sponsors are still to be confirmed. This is based on 2009’s for reference. Grey block areas are typically reserved by Carrera Cup GB for championship sponsors


Supercup Opportunities


Technical stability, equal car performance, superb TV coverage and huge race day crowds are the key elements of the 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup GB, which is being unveiled at Snetterton this weekend (1/2 August). Building on the success of the 2009 sea-son, the Carrera Cup GB will offer teams and drivers high-profile GT racing with sta-ble technical regulations and perfect equal-ity across all the cars on the grid. The existing 2008 and 2009 model 911GT3 Cup cars will remain at the forefront of the championship, with absolutely no changes to the technical regulations. Similarly, the championship's sporting regulations will remain unchanged. The pro category will be for the professional and most experienced drivers, while pro-am1 will offer great competition for the less experienced drivers. Pro-am2 will again cater for drivers in pre '08 997-model 911GT3 Cup cars. Competitors in pro-

am1 and pro-am2 will compete for dedi-cated points, prize money and podiums. Meanwhile, the position of the Carrera Cup GB as a prime support race to the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship ensures an unrivalled programme of both live TV and highlights programmes as well as race weekend crowds in excess of 20,000 per event. Over the season, more than a quarter of a million spectators will see live action in the Carrera Cup GB, while the total annual TV audience is more than 10 million. For 2010, a total prize fund of £166,000 will be made available for the Carrera Cup GB, with significant amounts for the pro, pro-am1 and pro-am2 categories as well as the teams' championship. The overall champion could take away a total of £25,000 in prize money, including the £15,000 award at season's end, as well as a road-going Porsche 911 to use for a year.

"It is very important to give our teams and drivers a clear indication of stability in the regulations for 2010," said championship manager Marion Barnaby. "By making an early announcement about 2010 we are also giving as much support as possible to the teams and drivers that are considering joining the Carrera Cup. The prospects for next year already look very good indeed." The 2010 season will again feature 20 races at 10 events, with up to an hour of racing at each meeting. Exclusive testing will normally be on the Friday of the race weekend, giving a total of up to three and a half hours of track time for each meet-ing. As usual, the superb Carrera Cup race centre will be operational throughout race weekends for teams, drivers and their guests. To kick off the planning for 2010, an ex-clusive sampler session will be held at Silverstone in October when teams will be able to offer test runs to prospective com-petitors. July 31st, 2009

Press Release:

2010 Porsche Carrera Cup GB unveiled


Team managers in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB have reacted with universal ap-proval of the plans for the 2010 champion-ship, which were unveiled at Snetterton over the weekend (1/2 August). The 2010 Carrera Cup GB will build on the success of 2009, with continuity of techni-cal regulations, a prime place on the BTCC support programme, firs t class television and the standard setting race centre. “The grids are very good and Porsche is doing the right thing to stay with the exist-ing cars,” said Simon Leonard of Red Line Racing. “It gives us continuity and stability for the future. We’ve already got interest from drivers new to the championship about 2010.” Stuart Parker of Team Parker Racing ech-oed Leonard’s comments. “We’re all in a very testing economic environment so to stay with the same cars makes a lot of sense,” said Parker. “It’s a very logical

decision and I’m very pleased. We plan to be back next year with a full complement of cars.” David Bartrum of Motorbase Performance said that business stability was very impor-tant for the teams. “The continuity is excel-lent for the business,” said Bartrum. “We can maintain and build on what we’ve got and we have already had a lot of interest for 2010. The Carrera Cup GB is now one of the best race series in the country.” Managers of other key teams confirmed their intention to continue with the Carrera Cup GB in 2010. “This year is putting us on the map in the Carrera Cup and we’d like to expand the team to three cars next year,” said Paul Leach of JHR. Celtic Mo-torsport also plans to continue with a ma-jor presence. “We’re very happy with the early announcement about next season,” said Celtic’s Alan Keith. “I’m already 99% sure we’ll have two cars and probably three.”

Meanwhile, two teams that are mounting limited programmes in 2009 intend to increase their commitment for 2010. “We’re going to come back to the Carrera Cup fulltime in 2010; probably with two cars,” said Nick Dudfield of IN2Racing. The same applies to Team JMH. “We’re looking to be more regularly involved next year,” said team boss Jason Hughes. “As a team we’d like to run two cars in 2010.”

August 3rd, 2009

Press Release:

Team managers give thumbs up to 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup GB

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