2018 Porsche Supercup

The 2018 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup was the 26th Porsche Supercup season, a GT3 production stock car racing series sanctioned by Porsche Motorsports GmbH in the world. It began on 13 May at Circuit de Catalunya and ended on 28 October at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, after ten scheduled races, all of which were support events for the 2018 Formula One season.[1][2]

Teams and drivers[edit]

Thomas Preining after his victory at the Red Bull Ring.

Entry list was announced on 3 May 2018:[3]

Team No. Drivers Rounds
Austria BWT Lechner Racing 1 Germany Michael Ammermüller[3] All
2 Austria Thomas Preining[4] All
40 United Kingdom Dino Zamparelli 4
United States Momo Megatron Lechner Racing Team 3 Luxembourg Dylan Pereira[5] All
4 United Kingdom Josh Webster[5] All
30 Germany Philip Hamprecht 3
France Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer 4
Switzerland Fach Auto Tech 5 Netherlands Jaap van Lagen[6] All
6 United Kingdom Nick Yelloly[6] All
7 Germany Christof Langer[6] 1–8
Canada Roman De Angelis 9-10
Bahrain Lechner Racing Middle East 8 Oman Al Faisal Al Zubair[3] 1-8
9 Norway Roar Lindland[3] All
29 Germany Philip Hamprecht[3] 1, 9-10
Sweden Magnus Öhman[7] 2
Oman Khalid Al Wahaibi 3-7
Poland Igor Walilko 8
30 Netherlands Charlie Frijns 7
Italy Dinamic Motorsport 10 Italy Mattia Drudi[3] All
11 Italy Ronnie Valori[3] 1
Italy Gianmarco Quaresmini[7] 2, 4-10
Italy Alessio Rovera 3
12 Italy Alberto Cerqui[3] 1-8
Germany MRS GT-Racing 14 Denmark Mikkel O. Pedersen[3] All
15 Kuwait Zaid Ashkanani[3] All
28 Argentina Pablo Otero[3] 1-2, 7, 9-10
Norway Marius Nakken 3–5, 8
Austria Christopher Zöchling 6
41 Japan Kenji Kobayashi 5
Germany MRS Cup-Racing 16 United States Richard Heistand[3] All
17 Singapore Yuey Tan[3] 1–4
Belgium Glenn Van Parijs 5, 7-10
18 Austria Philipp Sager[3] All
France Martinet by Alméras 19 France Julien Andlauer[4] All
20 France Florian Latorre[3] All
32 France Victor Blugeon 7
France Pierre Martinet by Alméras 21 France Nicolas Misslin[3] All
22 France Stephane Denoual[3] 1, 7
Australia Stephen Grove[7] 2, 5-6
France Hugo Chevalier 3–4
France Roland Berville 8-10
Germany Team Project 1 23 Netherlands Larry ten Voorde[3] All
24 Netherlands Egidio Perfetti[3] 1–2
United States Michael de Quesada 3, 7, 9-10
United States Jake Eidson 4-5, 8
25 Sweden Gustav Malja[8] All
United Kingdom IDL Racing 26 United Kingdom Tom Sharp[3] All
27 United Kingdom Mark Radcliffe[3] All
France RMS 33 Italy Howard Blank[3] 1, 8
34 France Yannick Mallegol[3] 1, 8
47 Monaco Fabrice Notari 8
Austria MSG Huber Racing 36 Austria Luca Rettenbacher 3
37 Poland Igor Walilko 3, 5
44 Sweden Henrik Skoog 5
United Kingdom JTR 38 United Kingdom Lewis Plato 4
39 United Kingdom Tom Wrigley 4
Poland FÖRCH RACING 42 Hungary György Lekeny 6
43 Germany Chris Bauer 6
Netherlands GP Elite 45 Netherlands Jesse Van Kuijk 7
46 Netherlands Ziad Geris 7
Austria Dr. Ing h. c. F. Porsche AG 911 Austria Matthias Walkner 3
United Kingdom Chris Harris 4
Sweden Felix Rosenqvist 7

Race calendar and results[edit]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 Spain Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 13 May Germany Michael Ammermüller Germany Michael Ammermüller Germany Michael Ammermüller Austria BWT Lechner Racing
2 Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo 27 May United Kingdom Nick Yelloly Germany Michael Ammermüller United Kingdom Nick Yelloly Switzerland Fach Auto Tech
3 Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 1 July Austria Thomas Preining Luxembourg Dylan Pereira Austria Thomas Preining Austria BWT Lechner Racing
4 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 8 July France Florian Latorre Germany Michael Ammermüller France Florian Latorre France Pierre Martinet by Alméras
5 Germany Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg 22 July United Kingdom Nick Yelloly United Kingdom Nick Yelloly United Kingdom Nick Yelloly Switzerland Fach Auto Tech
6 Hungary Hungaroring, Budapest 29 July Austria Thomas Preining Austria Thomas Preining Austria Thomas Preining Austria BWT Lechner Racing
7 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 26 August Austria Thomas Preining Austria Thomas Preining Austria Thomas Preining Austria BWT Lechner Racing
8 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 2 September Germany Michael Ammermüller Luxembourg Dylan Pereira Austria Thomas Preining Austria BWT Lechner Racing
9 Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City 27 October Germany Michael Ammermüller United Kingdom Nick Yelloly France Julien Andlauer France Martinet by Alméras
10 28 October Germany Michael Ammermüller Austria Thomas Preining France Julien Andlauer France Martinet by Alméras

Championship standings[edit]

Drivers' Championship[edit]

Pos. Driver CAT
Spain
MON
Monaco
RBR
Austria
SIL
United Kingdom
HOC
Germany
HUN
Hungary
SPA
Belgium
MNZ
Italy
MEX
Mexico
Points
1 Germany Michael Ammermüller 1 2 7 2 3 6 6 2 2 3 153
2 United Kingdom Nick Yelloly 5 1 5 5 1 5 5 4 4 2 146
3 Austria Thomas Preining Ret 14 1 8 4 1 1 1 3 4 135
4 France Julien Andlauer 4 10 2 Ret 7 2 4 8 1 1 127
5 Italy Mattia Drudi 10 7 9 3 2 11 3 3 8 8 109
6 France Florian Latorre 14 11 3 1 12 10 8 7 6 7 90
7 Luxembourg Dylan Pereira 3 3 4 Ret 5 9 Ret 5 10 9 90
8 Netherlands Jaap van Lagen 2 4 16 Ret 13 3 7 6 5 12 89
9 Kuwait Zaid Ashkanani Ret 6 6 6 8 4 2 18 16 5 83
10 Netherlands Larry ten Voorde 6 9 8 4 9 8 10 28† 7 6 80
11 Denmark Mikkel O. Pedersen 12 5 20 16 6 14 15 27† Ret 10 39
12 United Kingdom Josh Webster 9 8 15 9 19 13 12 25† Ret 11 39
13 Italy Alberto Cerqui 8 15 10 12 20 16 13 9 32
14 Sweden Gustav Malja 15 13 13 17 11 15 16 26† 9 18 26
15 Germany Philip Hamprecht 7 28 11 13 17
16 Oman Al Faisal Al Zubair 13 12 18 27 17 12 14 16 15
17 United Kingdom Tom Sharp 11 Ret 24 13 22 17 Ret 29† 18 17 10
18 Belgium Glenn van Parijs 15 17 11 15 16 10
19 United States Michael de Quesada 21 11 13 15 10
20 Austria Christopher Zöchling 7 9
21 Italy Gianmarco Quaresmini 24 Ret 18 21 20 13 12 14 9
22 France Hugo Chevalier 17 11 8
23 Norway Marius Nakken 14 18 16 Ret 7
24 United States Richard Heistand 17 16 22 21 23 18 18 10 19 DSQ 6
25 United States Jake Eidson 24 25 12 4
26 Oman Khalid Al Wahaibi 23 15 24 22 Ret 4
27 Poland Igor Walilko 12 10 14 2
28 Norway Roar Lindland 16 18 Ret 19 21 19 22 15 17 22 1
29 Netherlands Egidio Perfetti 20 17 0
30 United Kingdom Mark Radcliffe 23 23 30 28 28 24 24 17 21 21 0
31 Italy Ronnie Valori 18 0
32 France Nicolas Misslin 19 21 27 22 26 20 21 23 20 20 0
33 Austria Philipp Sager Ret 20 25 25 27 27 Ret 19 22 23 0
34 Germany Christof Langer 21 19 31 Ret 30 25 25 21 0
35 Italy Alessio Rovera 19 0
36 Singapore Yuey Tan 22 25 26 23 0
37 Australia Stephen Grove 22 29 29 23 0
38 France Stephane Denoual Ret 23 0
39 Argentina Pablo Otero Ret DNQ 26 24 24 0
40 Sweden Magnus Öhman 26 0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
- United Kingdom Dino Zamparelli 7 0
- Sweden Felix Rosenqvist 9 0
- United Kingdom Tom Wrigley 10 0
- Austria Luca Rettenbacher 11 0
- United Kingdom Lewis Plato 14 0
- Sweden Henrik Skoog 14 0
- Canada Roman De Angelis 14 19 0
- Netherlands Charlie Frijns 19 0
- France Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer 20 0
- France Roland Berville 20 23 Ret 0
- France Yannick Mallegol 24 22 0
- Italy Howard Blank 25 24 0
- United Kingdom Chris Harris 26 0
- Hungary György Lekeny 26 0
- Netherlands Jesse van Kuijk 27 0
- Austria Matthias Walkner 29 0
- Japan Kenji Kobayashi 31 0
- Netherlands Ziad Geris Ret 0
- France Victor Blugeon Ret 0
- Germany Chris Bauer DNS 0
- Monaco Fabrice Notari DNQ 0
Pos. Driver CAT
Spain
MON
Monaco
RBR
Austria
SIL
United Kingdom
HOC
Germany
HUN
Hungary
SPA
Belgium
MNZ
Italy
MEX
Mexico
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

^ – Drivers took part in the races with different competition numbers

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Supercup venues 2018 – Part 1". racecam GmbH. 14 February 2018. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  2. ^ "The Supercup venues 2018 – Part 2". racecam GmbH. 14 February 2018. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "Provisional Entry list" (PDF). circuitcat.com. Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. 3 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Porsche Juniors have chosen their teams". porsche.com. Porsche Supercup. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  5. ^ a b Pettit, Vince (23 March 2018). "JOSH WEBSTER CONFIRMS PORSCHE SUPERCUP ASSAULT FOR 2018". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  6. ^ a b c Pettit, Vince (23 March 2018). "YELLOLY LEADS FACH AUTO TECH PORSCHE SUPERCUP LINEUP". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  7. ^ a b c "Monaco: the season's highlight in the Principality". racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 23 May 2018. Archived from the original on 27 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  8. ^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (29 March 2018). "One-time Sauber F1 tester in Porsche switch". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 29 March 2018.

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