The 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain was the eighth season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain series. The series again featured on the same package as the British Touring Car Championship, and as such benefited from live coverage at each round on ITV4 in the United Kingdom. [1]
Reigning champion Tim Bridgman will not be back to defend his title in 2010 as he will be taking part in the Porsche Supercup. [2] 2008 Champion Tim Harvey has announced his intention to return to the series for another year after losing out on the championship in 2009. [3]
On 17 March 2010, the championship was officially launched at Silverstone, with the organisers unveiling a capacity entry list of 28 cars. [4]
Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
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Redline Racing | 3 | Tim Harvey | All |
9 | Michael Meadows | All | |
Team Parker Racing | 7 | Glynn Geddie | All |
16 | Euan Hankey | All | |
70 | Stephen Jelley | All | |
GT Marques | 30 | Robbie Kerr | 7 |
JHR | 43 | Tom Bradshaw | 1–5, 9–10 |
Motorbase Performance | 44 | Michael Caine | All |
77 | Charles Bateman | All | |
Pro-Am 1 | |||
Redline Racing | 6 | Andrew Shelley | 1–7, 9–10 |
18 | Archie Hamilton | 1–7 | |
23 | Ahmad Al Harthy | All | |
Juta Racing | 8 | Jonas Gelžinis | All |
19 | Tautvydas Barštys | 1–8, 10 | |
Team Parker Racing | 10 | Michael Leonard | 3, 6–7 |
87 | Alex Martin | 6–8, 10 | |
JHR | 11 | Martin Ohlin | 7 |
36 | Karl Leonard | 8 | |
Re-Design Racing | 34 | Tony Gilham | All |
Motorbase Performance | 48 | Ollie Jackson | All |
66 | Liam Griffin | All | |
Celtic Speed | 68 | Tommy Dreelan | All |
Pro-Am 2 | |||
Motorbase Performance | 4 | Steve Parish | 1–4, 9–10 |
28 | George Richardson | All | |
JHR | 5 | Mark Hazell | 1–5, 7–10 |
Redline Racing | 13 | Glenn McMenamin | All |
Parr Motorsport | 15 | Richard Denny | 1–8 |
GT Marques | 40 | Paul Mace | 1, 3–7, 10 |
87 | Alex Martin | 1–5 | |
IN2Racing | 50 | Paul Hogarth | 2 |
Celtic Speed | 79 | Bob Lyons | 2–5, 7–10 |
99 | George Brewster | All | |
Kinfaun Racing | 81 | John Gaw | 4 |
Guest | |||
Redline Racing | 20 | Yucel Ozbek | 9 |
60 | James Sutton | 7 | |
Celtic Speed | 45 | Rory Butcher | 8 |
Team Parker Racing | 61 | Mike Johnson | 2 |
62 | Jeremy Clark | 5 | |
On 7 October 2009, the British Touring Car Championship announced the race calendar for the 2010 season for all of the series competing on the TOCA package. [5] Each meeting will take place over a weekend. The Porsche Carrera Cup will feature Saturday races at the second meeting at Rockingham and the season finale at Brands Hatch. All other meetings will see the series race twice on Sunday. All races were held in the United Kingdom.
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