Porsche Carrera Cup is a number of one-make racing by Porsche premier series competed with, initially Porsche 911 Carrera Cup, then later Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. The cars are specifically built by Porsche for one-make racing, but are visually and mechanically quite similar to road-registrable 911s of the same generation.
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia is an Australian motor racing series open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. First held in 2003, it is administered by Porsche Cars Australia Pty Ltd and is sanctioned by Motorsport Australia as a national championship through to 2015 and as a National Series from 2016-2021. Starting in 2022 the category returned back as a national championship. During its history, Carrera Cup has been a leading support category for the Supercars Championship. New Zealand driver Craig Baird has been the most successful driver, winning the series five times.
Lechner Racing, formerly known as Walter Lechner Racing is an auto racing team based in Austria. It is also known as the Lechner Racing School. Lechner Racing has established the Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East and organizes the series as a subcontractor of Porsche AG.
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.
Ahmad Al Harthy is an Omani racing driver who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMGT3 Class in the #46 BMW M4 GT3 for BMW M Team WRT alongside nine-time MotoGP Champion Valentino Rossi and 2018 24 Hours of Nürburgring winner and 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans GTE Pro winner Belgian Maxime Martin. He won the 2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Pro-Am 1 Championship and in 2017 became the Blancpain Endurance Cup Pro-Am Champion along with British team-mate Jonny Adam.
Kévin Estre is a French professional racing driver. He is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Porsche in the hypercar class.
The 2017 Porsche Império GT3 Cup Challenge Brasil is the first one-make Porsche racing championship in South America for 911 GT3 Cup cars and this was the thirteenth season. It started on March 18 with a Sprint race in Curitiba and finished on December 2 with an Endurance race in São Paulo. It was first held in 2005 and follows the same formula basis used in the Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup championships held around the world.
The 2018 Porsche Império GT3 Cup Challenge Brasil is the first one-make Porsche racing championship in South America for 911 GT3 Cup cars and this was the fourteenth season. It began on March 24 at Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba and finished on November 11 at Autódromo José Carlos Pace. It was first held in 2005 and follows the same formula basis used in the Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup championships held around the world.
Ross Wylie is a Scottish racing driver. He started his motor racing career contesting the 2004 Mini Max Kart Championship, becoming a multiple kart champion in his native Scotland over the next eight years, before moving up to car racing in 2012.
The 2019 Porsche Império GT3 Cup Challenge Brasil is the first one-make Porsche racing championship in South America for 911 GT3 Cup cars and this was the fifteenth season. It began on March 16 at Autódromo José Carlos Pace and finished on November 12 at the same venue. It was first held in 2005 and follows the same formula basis used in the Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup championships held around the world.
The Porsche Sprint Challenge North America by Yokohama is a sports car racing series organized by German car manufacturer Porsche and sanctioned by USAC, with races in the United States and Canada. Porsche Motorsports North America (PMNA) intends this series as the step between club racing and the Carrera Cup North America as part of a hierarchy that includes the global Porsche Supercup.
Rolf Ineichen is a Swiss racing driver who currently competes in the GT World Challenge Europe and the ADAC GT Masters.
Alessio Rovera is an Italian racing driver. He is a Ferrari factory driver and currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship with AF Corse.
Mattia Drudi is an Italian racing driver who currently competes in the GT World Challenge Europe for Attempto Racing.
The 2022 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia is the eighteenth running of the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia motor racing series. It began at Albert Park Circuit on April 7 and it will end at Surfers Paradise Street Circuit on October 30. This series will mark the first since 2015 that Porsche Carrera Cup Australia is to be held as a national championship. This year's series will also mark the introduction of the Porsche 911 (992) GT3 Cup for use by all teams in the category.
The 2022 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain is a multi-event, one-make motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers. It forms part of the extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece.
Leon Köhler is a German racing driver who currently competes in the Porsche Supercup for Huber Racing.
Harrison Edward "Harri" Jones is an Australian racing driver and the reigning Australian Carrera Cup Champion. He is a current driver for twelve-time Porsche Supercup Teams Champion BWT Lechner Racing in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, and Scherer Sport PHX in the Porsche Carerra Cup Germany.
The 2023 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship was the nineteenth running of the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship.
Clemens Schmid is an Austrian racing driver currently competing in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with the GRT Grasser Racing Team.
Ariel Levi
Huber Racing
