Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2011

Nick Tandy won the Brands Championship in 2011 (photo from 2014)

The 2011 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany was the 22nd season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany . The first run of the brand championship took place on May 1st, 2011 at the Hockenheimring . The season finale was also held there on October 23.

A total of nine races were held in Germany, the Netherlands and Austria this season. The races took place as part of the DTM supporting program . Only the fifth race of the season on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife was held together with the Porsche Carrera World Cup during the 24-hour race .

After achieving the runner-up title last year, Brit Nick Tandy won the championship title this season with 138 points. The ZF Sachs team award was won by the Deutsche Post by tolimit team .

Regulations

vehicle

The racing cars of the type Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (type 997) came from the 2010 and 2011 generation. They were powered by a 3.8-liter six-cylinder boxer engine with 450 hp (331 kW) and had a sequential six-speed manual transmission. The weight was set at at least 1,200 kilograms . The standard tire supplier was the French manufacturer Michelin . All slick and rain tires were identical and were not allowed to be preheated or chemically treated. Two fresh slicks were allowed to be used for the front and rear axles on each race weekend. Rain tires were not limited in quantity. The tires were drawn and marked.

Course of a racing weekend

In 2011, nine races were run as circuit races . The distance of a race was around 80 kilometers (≈ 30 minutes). A race weekend consisted of practice on Friday, qualifying on Saturday and the race, the actual race, on Sunday. The qualifying was held in two sections within 40 minutes. The 10 fastest in the first section qualified for section two and thus drove for pole position . The races were started standing.

Rating

There were two ratings: on the one hand the drivers' ranking and on the other hand the ZF Sachs team ranking. For the championship ranking of the drivers, all points collected during the season were added together. There were no deleted results. Guest starters were not eligible to score points. The driver with the most points at the end of the season received the title: "Champion Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2011" . For the ZF Sachs team ranking, the results of both drivers of a team were added. The first 15 drivers received points in the key 20-18-16-14-12-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. No points were awarded to the teams at the Porsche World Cup on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife .

Starting field

Uwe Alzen competed with his own team

Martin Ragginger (center) after his second place in Zandvoort

The following drivers and guest drivers started the season:

No.	driver	team	Race weekend
2	Nick Tandy	Konrad Motorsport	all
3	Uwe Alzen	PZ Aschaffenburg Uwe Alzen Automotive	1-5, 7, 9
4th	David Jahn		3, 4, 7, 9
5	Jaap van Lagen	Country Motorsport	all
7th	Damian Sawicki	Aust Motorsport	1, 2
	Norbert Siedler		3-7, 9
	Philipp Wlazik		8th
9	Robert Lukas	Foerch Racing	1-4, 6-9
10	René Rast		1, 3-9
11	Jan Seyffarth	SMS Seyffarth Motorsport	all
12	Kris Heidorn		all
15th	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Team Deutsche Post by tolimit	1-6, 9
	Christopher Mies		7th
	Robert Renauer		8th
16	Sean Edwards		all
17th	Florian Scholze	Foerch Racing	3, 4, 6-9
18th	Damian Sawicki		4, 6, 7
18th	Philipp Wlazik		9
19th	Clemens Schmid	Herberth Motorsport	all
20th	Robert Renauer		1, 4, 9
20th	Christoph Schrezenmeier		3
22nd	Klaus Abbelen	Konrad Motorsport	7th
22nd	Christian Engelhart		8, 9
23	Martin Ragginger	Schnabel engineering	2-7, 9
	Hannes Plesse		8th
27	Johann Ledermair	Konrad Motorsport	1-4, 6
30th	Christopher Gerhard	Pistenclub eV	7th
	Johan Kristoffersson	Kristofferson Motorsport	9
31	Mats Karlsson	Mats Karlsson	9
32	Kévin Estre	SPS automotive performance	9
33	Philipp Eng	MRS Racing PZ Aschaffenburg	9
34	Tomáš Pivoda	Aust Motorsport	9
40	Andreas Iburg	Country Motorsport	9
41	Raffi Bader	MRS Racing PZ Aschaffenburg	9
42	Heinz-Bert Wolters	Konrad Motorsport	9
43	Bill Barazetti	SPS automotive performance	9
66	Stefan Wendt	Hermes ATTEMPTO Racing	all
77	Philipp Frommenwiler		all
88	Nicki Thiim		all
99	Nicolas Armindo		1-5, 7-9
	Kévin Estre		6th
200	Craig Baird	Porsche AG	5
204	Mark Bullitt	PZ Aschaffenburg Uwe Alzen Automotive	5
207	Jan-Erik Slooten	Aust Motorsport	5
801	Jochen Krumbach	HARIBO Racing Team	5
802	Jürgen Gerlach	Herberth Motorsport	5
803	Darryl O'Young	Schnabel engineering	5
804	Greg Ross	SPS automotive performance	5
805	Peter Scharmach	Country Motorsport	5
806	Perry Bortolotti		5
888	Hans-Guido Riegel	HARIBO Racing Team	5

     Guest starters

Race calendar and results

round	Racetrack	date	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	Second	Third
1	Hockenheimring	1st of May	Robert Renauer	Nicolas Armindo	Nick Tandy	René Rast	Sean Edwards
2	Zandvoort	May 15	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Martin Ragginger	Nick Tandy
3	Red Bull Ring	June 5th	Jaap van Lagen	Jaap van Lagen	Jaap van Lagen	Nick Tandy	Sean Edwards
4th	Lausitzring	June 19th	Nicki Thiim	Robert Renauer	Nicki Thiim	Sean Edwards	Nick Tandy
5	Nürburgring Nordschleife	25th June	Norbert Siedler	René Rast	René Rast	Norbert Siedler	Sean Edwards
6th	Norisring	3rd of July	Nick Tandy	Nicki Thiim	Sean Edwards	Nicki Thiim	René Rast
7th	Nürburgring	August 7th	Sean Edwards	Jaap van Lagen	Nick Tandy	Jaap van Lagen	Norbert Siedler
8th	Oschersleben	September 18	Nicki Thiim	Nicki Thiim	Nick Tandy	René Rast	Nicki Thiim
9	Hockenheimring	23rd October	Nick Tandy	Uwe Alzen	Sean Edwards	René Rast	Nick Tandy

Championship results

Point system

The following number of points was awarded to the first 15 classified drivers. The points from the guest starters were deleted at the end of the season, so the same positions can have different point evaluations:

space	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.	11.	12.	13.	14th	15th
Points	20th	18th	16	14th	12	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

Driver ranking

A total of 26 drivers made it into the points classification.

space	team	HOC1	ZAN	RBR	LAU	ONLY1	NOR	ONLY2	OSC	HOC2	Points
1	Nick Tandy	1	3	2	3	DNF	5	1	1	3	138
2	Sean Edwards	3	5	3	2	3	1	18th	5	1	130
3	Jeroen Bleekemolen	4th	1	4th	4th	5	6th			5	96
4th	Nicki Thiim	14th	8th	8th	1	DNF	2	6th	3	7th	94
5	René Rast	2		DNF	DNF	1	3	14th	2	2	93
6th	Jaap van Lagen	7th	6th	1	DNF	7th	8th	2	9	11	86
7th	Martin Ragginger		2	5	5	6th	9	8th		8th	75
8th	Jan Seyffarth	6th	9	9	8th	DNF	4th	21st	4th	10	68
9	Uwe Alzen	5	7th	6th	DNF	DNF		4th		9	58
10	Norbert Siedler			7th	DNF	2	7th	3		DNF	52
11	Nicolas Armindo	17th	14th	17th	DNF	4th		5	6th	4th	52
12	Robert Lukas	8th	10	11	DNF		15th	7th	7th	12	42
13	Stefan Wendt	15th	4th	DNF	7th	10	DNF	10	11	19th	41
14th	Philipp Frommenwiler	9	12	DNF	9	8th	11	17th	12	16	37
15th	David Jahn			10	6th			9		27	23
16	Kris Heidorn	13	15th	13	DNF	12	12	11	15th	18th	23
17th	Johann Ledermair	10	11	12	13		14th				21st
18th	Clemens Schmid	16	13	14th	DNF	9	13	16	16	14th	19th
19th	Robert Renauer	12			12				8th	DNF	17th
20th	Christian Engelhart								13	6th	13
21st	Florian Scholze			15th	11		17th	12	14th	22nd	13
22nd	Kévin Estre						10			13	6th
23	Hannes Plesse								10		6th
24	Damian Sawicki	11	DNF		10		16	13			5
25th	Mark Bullitt					15th					4th
26th	Christopher Mies							15th			2
Guest drivers without championship points evaluation
	Christoph Schrezenmeier			16							0
	Peter Scharmach					11					0
	Craig Baird					13					0
	Darryl O'Young					14th					0
	Hans-Guido Riegel					16					0
	Greg Ross					17th					0
	Jürgen Gerlach					18th					0
	Jochen Krumbach					DNF					0
	Perry Bortolotti					DNF					0
	Jan-Erik Slooten					DNF					0
	Klaus Abbelen							19th			0
	Christopher Gerhard							20th			0
	Philipp Wlazik								DNF	26th	0
	Johan Kristoffersson									15th	0
	Tomáš Pivoda									17th	0
	Raffi Bader									20th	0
	Bill Barazetti									21st	0
	Heinz-Bert Wolters									23	0
	Mats Karlsson									24	0
	Andreas Iburg									25th	0
	Philipp Eng									DNF	0
space	team	HOC1	ZAN	RBR	LAU	ONLY1	NOR	ONLY2	OSC	HOC2	Points

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

ZF Sachs team classification

There were 11 teams in the point evaluation.

space	team	HOC1	ZAN	RBR	LAU	ONLY1	NOR	ONLY2	OSC	HOC2	Points
1	Team Deutsche Post by tolimit	30th	32	30th	32	0	30th	3	20th	32	209
2	Konrad Motorsport	26th	21st	22nd	21st	0	14th	20th	23	26th	173
3	Hermes ATTEMPTO Racing	2	10	8th	20th	0	24	22nd	26th	23	135
4th	Foerch Racing	26th	6th	5	0	0	17th	13	27	22nd	116
5	SMS Seyffarth Motorsport	13	8th	10	8th	0	18th	5	16	7th	85
6th	Country Motorsport	9	10	20th	0	0	8th	18th	7th	5	77
7th	PZ Aschaffenburg Uwe Alzen Automotive	12	9	16	10	0	0	21st	0	7th	75
8th	Schnabl engineering	0	18th	12	12	0	7th	8th	6th	8th	71
9	ATTEMPTO Racing	8th	18th	0	16	0	5	7th	9	2	65
10	Aust Motorsport	5	0	9	0	0	9	16	0	0	39
11	Herberth Motorsport	4th	3	2	6th	0	3	2	1	3	24

annotation

1. ↑ No points were awarded to the teams in the Porsche Carrera World Cup race.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Racecam - Internet site: PCC Meister 2011. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on August 24, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Porsche.com: Technical information on the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 997) ( Memento from January 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Porsche website: tires. (No longer available online.) At: www.porsche.com , formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 17, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
4. ^ Porsche website: The races. (No longer available online.) At: www.porsche.com , formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 17, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
5. ↑ Porsche - website: evaluation. (No longer available online.) At: www.porsche.com , formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 17, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
6. ↑ Racecam website: An overview of all drivers for the 2011 season. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on August 24, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Racecam website: An overview of all guest starters for the 2011 season. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on August 24, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Racecam - website: All teams of the 2011 season at a glance. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on August 24, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Racecam - website: drivers' ranking Porsche Carrera Cup 2011. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on August 24, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Racecam - website: Team scoring Porsche Carrera Cup 2011. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on August 24, 2019 .