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Category | One-make racing by Porsche |
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Country | Brazil |
Inaugural season | 2005 |
Constructors | Porsche |
Tyre suppliers | Michelin |
Drivers' champion | Carrera Cup (Sprint): Marçal Müller Carrera Sport (Sprint): Peter Ferter Carrera Rookie (Sprint): Israel Salmen Sprint Challenge: Miguel Mariotti Sprint Challenge Sport: Célio Brasil Sprint Challenge Rookie: Caio Chaves Sprint Trophy: José Moura Neto Sprint Trophy Sport: Neto Heil Carrera Cup (Endurance): Werner Neugebauer Rubens Barrichello Carrera Sport (Endurance): Rouman Ziemkiewicz Nelson Piquet Jr. Carrera Rookie (Endurance): Bruno Campos Nicolas Costa Challenge (Endurance): Sadak Leite Fábio Carbone Challenge Sport (Endurance): Alceu Feldmann Neto Gabriel Casagrande Challenge Rookie (Endurance): Alceu Feldmann Neto Gabriel Casagrande Carrera Cup (Overall): Marçal Müller Challenge (Overall): Sadak Leite |
Official website | Porsche Cup Brasil |
Current season |
The Porsche Carrera Cup Brasil and Porsche Sprint Challenge Brasil are the first ever one-make championships of Porsche in the continent of South America. It was first contested in 2005 and follows the same formula basis used in the Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup championships held around the world.
The championship organization is supported by the motorsport division of Porsche AG together with their Brazilian representative, Stuttgart Sportcar, and is divided in two classes of competition:
Season | Champion | |||||||||||||||||||
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Cup (2009–2017) Carrera Cup (2018–present) | Light (2009–2010) GT3 Cup Challenge (2011–2021) Sprint Challenge (2022–present) | Sprint Trophy (2024-present) | ||||||||||||||||||
2005 | Beto Posses | Not held | Not held | |||||||||||||||||
2006 | Xandy Negrão | |||||||||||||||||||
2007 | Ricardo Baptista | |||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Miguel Paludo | |||||||||||||||||||
2009 | Miguel Paludo | André Posses | ||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Ricardo Rosset [1] | André Posses | ||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Constantino Júnior | Sylvio de Barros | ||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Ricardo Baptista | Sylvio de Barros | ||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Cup: Ricardo Rosset [2] Cup Master: Maurizio Billi | Challenge: Daniel Schneider Challenge Light: Tom Filho | ||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Cup: Constantino Júnior Cup Sport: Eduardo Azevedo Cup Master: Clemente Lunardi | Challenge: Fábio Alves Challenge Sport: Raulino Kreis Jr. | ||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Cup: Ricardo Rosset [3] Cup Sport: Daniel Schneider Cup Master: Maurizio Billi | Challenge: João Paulo Mauro Challenge Sport: Daniel Corrêa | ||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Cup: Lico Kaesemodel Cup Sport: Carlos Ambrósio Cup Master: Maurizio Billi | Challenge: Cristiano Piquet Challenge Sport: Eloi Khuri | ||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Cup: Rodrigo Baptista Cup Sport: Marcel Visconde Cup Master: Maurizio Billi | Challenge: Marçal Muller Challenge Sport: Pedro Costa | ||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Carrera 4.0: Werner Neugebauer Carrera 3.8: Vitor Baptista Carrera 3.8 Sport: Fernando Fortes | GT3 4.0: Sylvio de Barros GT3 3.8: Francisco Horta | ||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Carrera 4.0: Marçal Müller Carrera 3.8: Enzo Elias | GT3 4.0: Rodrigo Mello GT3 3.8: Fran Lara | ||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Carrera Cup: Miguel Paludo Carrera Sport: Rodrigo Mello | GT3 Cup: Nelson Marcondes GT3 Sport: Nelson Marcondes | ||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Carrera Cup: Miguel Paludo Carrera Sport: Renan Pizii Carrera Trophy: Nelson Marcondes | GT3 Cup: Lucas Salles GT3 Sport: Ricardo Fontanari GT3 Trophy: Edu Guedes | ||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Carrera Cup: Enzo Elias [4] Carrera Sport: Franco Giaffone Carrera Rookie: Lineu Pires | Sprint Challenge: Raijan Mascarrello Sprint Challenge Sport: Guilherme Bottura Sprint Challenge Rookie: Gustavo Zanon | ||||||||||||||||||
2023 | Carrera Cup: Nicolas Costa Carrera Sport: Lucas Salles Carrera Rookie: Edu Guedes | Sprint Challenge: Antonella Bassani Sprint Challenge Sport: Antonio Junqueira Sprint Challenge Rookie: Célio Brasil | ||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Carrera Cup: Marçal Müller Carrera Sport: Peter Ferter Carrera Rookie: Israel Salmen | Sprint Challenge: Miguel Mariotti Sprint Challenge Sport: Célio Brasil Sprint Challenge Rookie: Caio Chaves | Sprint Trophy: José Moura Neto Sprint Trophy Sport: Neto Heil |
Season | Class | |||||
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Cup (2016–2017) 4.0 (2018–2019) Carrera Cup (2020–present) | Challenge (2016–2017) 3.8 (2018–2019) GT3 Cup (2020–2021) Challenge (2022–present) | |||||
2016 | Alan Hellmeister | Rodrigo Mello Tom Filho | ||||
2017 | Miguel Paludo | Alan Hellmeister Luca Seripieri | ||||
2018 | 4.0: Lico Kaesemodel Ricardo Zonta 4.0 Sport: Luca Seripieri | 3.8: Francisco Horta William Freire 3.8 Sport: Maurizio Billi Marco Billi | ||||
2019 | Carrera 4.0: Alan Hellmeister Luca Seripieri Carrera 3.8: Leonardo Sanchez Átila Abreu | GT3 4.0: Alan Hellmeister Luca Seripieri GT3 3.8: Leonardo Sanchez Átila Abreu GT3 3.8 Sport: César Urnhani Nelson Marcondes | ||||
2020 | Carrera Cup: Alceu Feldmann Carrera Sport: Nelson Piquet Jr. | GT3 Cup: Francisco Horta William Freire GT3 Sport: Leonardo Sanchez Átila Abreu GT3 Trophy: Nelson Marcondes Nelson Monteiro | ||||
2021 | Carrera Cup: Enzo Elias Jeff Giassi Carrera Sport: Enzo Elias Jeff Giassi Carrera Trophy: Enzo Elias Jeff Giassi | GT3 Cup: Nelson Monteiro Alan Hellmeister GT3 Sport: Lineu Pires Beto Gresse GT3 Trophy: Paulo Totaro | ||||
2022 | Carrera Cup: Christian Hann Diego Nunes Carrera Sport: Rouman Ziemvkiewicz Gabriel Casagrande Carrera Rookie: Adroaldo Weisheimer Enzo Elias | Challenge: Nelson Marcondes Renan Guerra Challenge Sport: Josimar Junior Sérgio Ramalho Challenge Rookie: Sadak Leite Fábio Carbone | ||||
2023 | Carrera Cup: Miguel Paludo Alan Hellmeister Carrera Sport: Francisco Horta William Freire Carrera Rookie: Edu Guedes Renan Pizii | Challenge: Sadak Leite Fábio Carbone Challenge Sport: Sadak Leite Fábio Carbone Challenge Rookie: Giuliano Bertucelli Pietro Rimbano | ||||
2024 | Carrera Cup: Werner Neugebauer Rubens Barrichello Carrera Sport: Rouman Ziemkiewicz Nelson Piquet Jr. Carrera Rookie: Bruno Campos Nicolas Costa | Challenge: Sadak Leite Fábio Carbone Challenge Sport: Alceu Feldmann Neto Gabriel Casagrande Challenge Rookie: Alceu Feldmann Neto Gabriel Casagrande |
Season | Class | |||||
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Cup (2016–2017) Carrera Cup (2018–present) | GT3 Cup Challenge (2016–2021) Challenge (2022–present) | |||||
2016 | Miguel Paludo | Eloi Khuri | ||||
2017 | Miguel Paludo | Tom Filho | ||||
2018 | Lico Kaesemodel | Francisco Horta | ||||
2019 | Werner Neugebauer | Francisco Horta | ||||
2020 | Pedro Aguiar | Zeca Feffer | ||||
2021 | Enzo Elias | Nelson Monteiro | ||||
2022 | Enzo Elias | Nelson Marcondes | ||||
2023 | Miguel Paludo | Sadak Leite | ||||
2024 | Marçal Müller | Sadak Leite |
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