Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux

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Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux
Category One-make racing by Porsche
Country Benelux: Belgium and Netherlands
Inaugural season2013
Constructors Porsche
Tyre suppliers Continental
Drivers' champion Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dirk Schouten
Teams' champion Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Q1-trackracing
Official website Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux Official Website
Motorsport current event.svg Current season

The Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux is the Belgian & Netherlands-based Porsche 911 Carrera Cup series for Porsche 911 GT3 Carrera Cup races, launched in 2013. The series is supported by Porsche Motorsport, Porsche Belgium, and Porsche Netherlands. In 2013 the Benelux series kicked off as the 20th Porsche one make series worldwide. Right from the start, the Cup had numerous fans and lots of interest from racing drivers and teams from all over Europe. [1]

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Circuits

Champions

SeasonChampionTeam ChampionCar Model
2013 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jeffrey van Hooydonk Flag of Belgium (civil).svg DVB Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997
2014 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Xavier Maassen Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Allure Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997
2015 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Peter Hoevenaars Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Racing Team Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991
2016 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dylan Derdaele Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Racing Team Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991
2017 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Xavier Maassen Flag of Belgium (civil).svg DVB Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991
2018 Flag of Turkey.svg Ayhancan Güven Flag of Germany.svg Attempto Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991.II
2019 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max van Splunteren Flag of Germany.svg Attempto Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991.II
2020 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Loek Hartog Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bas Koeten Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991.II
2021 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dylan Derdaele Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 992
2022 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry King Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Parker Revs Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 992
2023 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robert de Haan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richardson Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 992
2024 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dirk Schouten Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Q1-trackracing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 992

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