The 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain was the sixth season of the one-make championship. It consisted of 20 rounds, beginning on 29 March at Brands Hatch and finishing on 21 September at the same venue. The series supported the British Touring Car Championship throughout the season. Tim Harvey claimed his first title, having finished as runner-up to Richard Westbrook in 2004, Damien Faulkner in 2006 and James Sutton in 2007, Michael Caine finished the season as runner-up. Other front runners throughout the season were Sam Hancock, Tim Bridgman and Phil Quaife. Guest drivers Stefan Hodgetts, son of former British Touring Car champion Chris, and Nick Tandy were also victorious. Former BTCC race winner Paul O'Neill was another notable guest driver.
Team | No | Driver | Rounds |
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Redline Racing | 2 | Tim Harvey | All |
Team Jota | 5 | Sam Hancock | All |
6 | Phil Quaife | All | |
Team Parker Racing | 7 | Charles Bateman | All |
8 | Tim Bridgman | All | |
44 | Michael Caine | All | |
46 | Sean Paul Breslin | 9 | |
Team Eurotech | 10 | Pippa Mann | 7–8, 10 |
Team RPM | 12 | Alex Mortimer | 7 |
Pro-Am 1 | |||
Redline Racing | 15 | Nigel Rice | All |
31 | Fergus Campbell | 1–2 | |
Andy Neate | 6 | ||
Ray MacDowall | 10 | ||
Team RPM | 18 | Nick Whale | 3 |
ReDesign Racing | 34 | Tony Gilham | All |
Pro-Am 2 | |||
Apex Tubulars | 10 | Bob Lyons | 5 |
79 | 8 | ||
RSS Performance | 13 | George Mackintosh | 6 |
40 | Karl Leonard | 7 | |
41 | Michael Leonard | 10 | |
42 | Graeme Mundy | 6–10 | |
Parr Motorsport | 23 | Robin Clark | 6, 9–10 |
24 | Steve Rance | 6, 9 | |
78 | Glynn Geddie | 6–10 | |
Ken Bolger Motorsport | 41 | Michael Leonard | 7 |
In2Racing | 50 | Paul Hogarth | 9–10 |
Qserv | 56 | Tommy Dreelan | 5–6, 8–10 |
79 | Alasdair McCaig | 9 | |
Guest | |||
Geek Squad | 43 | Jake Rosenzweig | 6–7 |
Team Parker Racing | 10 | ||
Porsche Motorsport | 45 | Steve Rance | 1 |
John Stack | 2 | ||
John Quartermaine | 3 | ||
Matt Blyth | 4 | ||
Glynn Geddie | 5 | ||
Sarah Franklin | 6 | ||
Ed Pead | 7 | ||
Rory Butcher | 8 | ||
Mark McAleer | 9 | ||
Ollie Jackson | 10 | ||
60 | Andy Britnell | 1 | |
Dean Smith | 2 | ||
Callum MacLeod | 3 | ||
Duncan Tappy | 4 | ||
Stefan Hodgetts | 5 | ||
Jack Clarke | 6 | ||
Paul O'Neill | 7 | ||
Ben Anderson | 8 | ||
Nick Tandy | 9 | ||
All races were held in the United Kingdom.
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Bold – Pole |
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