2024 Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux

The 2024 SIXT Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux was the 12th season of Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux. It began at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps at 9 May and ended at Circuit Zolder on 13 October.

Calendar

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Round Circuit Date Supporting
1   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 9–11 May FIA World Endurance Championship
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe
2   Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands 7–9 June Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Formula Regional European Championship
ADAC GT Masters
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
3   Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy 5–7 July European Le Mans Series
GT4 Italy Championship
4   TT Circuit Assen, Assen, Netherlands 2–4 August BOSS GP Series
Supercar Challenge
5   Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria 13–15 September International GT Open
Formula Regional European Championship
Euroformula Open Championship
Euro 4 Championship
6   Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium 11–13 October NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
Belcar Endurance Championship

Entry list

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Team No. Driver Class Rounds
  Speedlover 2   Maxime Bertho PA 1
  PG Motorsport 3   Ziad Geris[1] PA All
30   Wouter Boerekamps P 4
98   Nick Ho[1] R All
  JW Raceservice 4   Jurriaan de Back R All
21   Sacha Norden P All
33   Larry ten Voorde P 4
  Team GP Elite 5   Domas Raudonis R All
8   Niels Troost PA 2
12   Maik Rosenburg[2] PA All
  Hans Weijs Motorsport 7   Paul Meijer[3] P All
36   Ralph Poppelaars PA 1–2
37   Hans Weijs Jr. PA 4
  Q1-trackracing 10   Niels Langeveld P All
34   Dirk Schouten[4] P All
121   Valters Aigars Zviedris R 1–5
  RedAnt Racing 17   Dréke Janssen[5] R All
69   Kalle Rovanperä[6] P 2–3, 5–6
  D’ieteren Luxury Performance 22   Kobe Pauwels[7] R All
92   Benjamin Paque[7] P All
  MM Racing 23   Steve Meurrens R 6
  NGT Racing 32   Robin Knutsson[7] P 1–4
  39 Racing 39   Jani Käkelä PA All
  EST1 Racing 47   Alexander Reimann[8] R All
  Porsche Estonia 48   Thomas Kangro[9] R All
  Bas Koeten Racing 55   Colin Bönighausen R 2, 4, 6
  CarTech Motorsport 1
  Team RaceArt 65   Sam Jongejan[10] R All
77   Jules Grouwels[10] PA All
Icon Class
P Pro Cup
R Rookie
PA Pro-Am Cup
Guest Starter

Race results

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Round Circuit Pole position Overall winner Rookie winner Pro-Am Winner
1 R1   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps   Benjamin Paque   Benjamin Paque   Sam Jongejan   Jani Käkelä
R2   Dirk Schouten   Kobe Pauwels   Jules Grouwels
2 R1   Circuit Zandvoort   Niels Langeveld   Dirk Schouten   Colin Bönighausen   Jules Grouwels
R2   Benjamin Paque   Kobe Pauwels   Niels Troost
3 R1   Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari   Kalle Rovanperä   Paul Meijer   Sam Jongejan   Jani Käkelä
R2   Kalle Rovanperä   Kobe Pauwels   Jani Käkelä
4 R1   TT Circuit Assen   Sam Jongejan   Larry ten Voorde   Sam Jongejan   Hans Weijs Jr.
R2   Larry ten Voorde   Kobe Pauwels   Jules Grouwels
5 R1   Red Bull Ring   Benjamin Paque   Kalle Rovanperä   Dréke Janssen   Jani Käkelä
R2   Sacha Norden   Dréke Janssen   Jani Käkelä
6 R1   Circuit Zolder   Kalle Rovanperä   Paul Meijer   Sam Jongejan   Jules Grouwels
R2   Kalle Rovanperä   Domas Raudonis   Jules Grouwels

Championship standings

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Scoring system

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Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Pole
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1

Overall

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Pos. Driver Team  
SPA
 
ZAN
 
IMO
 
ASS
 
RBR
 
ZOL
Points
1   Dirk Schouten   Q1-trackracing 10 1 1 2 18 5 4 2 4 2 5 3 186.5
2   Paul Meijer   Hans Weijs Motorsport 9 2 5 3 1 2 6 8 6 7 1 2 183
3   Benjamin Paque   D’ieteren Luxury Performance 1 Ret 10 1 4 3 8 11 10 3 7 5 145
4   Kalle Rovanperä   RedAnt Racing 4 5 2 1 1 6 3 1 134.5
5   Sacha Norden   JW Raceservice 6 4 7 4 6 7 7 16 8 1 2 Ret 128
6   Sam Jongejan   Team RaceArt 2 Ret 9 8 5 9 2 5 5 16 4 9 120.5
7   Niels Langeveld   Q1-trackracing 11 5 2 16 8 8 11 3 2 12 8 7 116
8   Kobe Pauwels   D’ieteren Luxury Performance 5 6 8 6 7 6 9 4 9 5 10 10 112.5
9   Domas Raudonis   Team GP Elite 13 10 Ret 14 10 11 5 9 18 9 6 4 82
10   Robin Knutsson   NGT Racing 3 3 3 Ret 3 4 16 Ret 81
11   Dréke Janssen   RedAnt Racing WD WD 12 9 Ret 10 15 22 3 4 13 12 54
12   Alexander Reimann   EST1 Racing 12 9 14 10 9 13 Ret 20 7 14 12 11 50.5
13   Jurriaan de Back   JW Raceservice 16 8 11 11 13 16 12 13 16 8 15 15 50
14   Nick Ho   PG Motorsport 8 11 Ret 18 12 12 Ret 10 12 18 14 8 46
15   Valters Aigars Zviedris   Q1-trackracing 4 14 13 15 11 15 13 12 11 17 44.5
16   Jules Grouwels   Team RaceArt 15 12 15 13 16 20 Ret 14 17 13 16 14 26
17   Thomas Kangro   Porsche Estonia 20 13 Ret 19 Ret 14 19 21 13 11 11 13 23.5
18   Jani Käkelä   39 Racing 14 15 16 17 14 17 Ret 15 14 10 17 16 21
19   Maik Rosenburg   Team GP Elite 17 Ret Ret 20 15 18 18 18 15 Ret 18 18 5.5
20   Ziad Geris   PG Motorsport 18 Ret 18 22 17 19 17 19 19 15 19 17 5
21   Ralph Poppelaars   Hans Weijs Motorsport 19 Ret 17 21 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
  Larry ten Voorde   JW Raceservice 1 1
  Wouter Boerekamps   PG Motorsport 3 7
  Colin Bönighausen   CarTech Motorsport 7 7
  Bas Koeten Racing 6 7 10 6 9 6
  Niels Troost   Team GP Elite Ret 12
  Hans Weijs Jr.   Hans Weijs Motorsport 14 17
  Maxime Bertho   Speedlover Ret 16
  Steve Meurrens   MM Racing 20 19
Pos. Driver Team  
SPA
 
ZAN
 
IMO
 
ASS
 
RBR
 
ZOL
Points

Pro-Am

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Pos. Driver Team  
SPA
 
ZAN
 
IMO
 
ASS
 
RBR
 
ZOL
Points
1   Jani Käkelä   39 Racing 1 2 2 3 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 2 2 234.5
2   Jules Grouwels   Team RaceArt 2 1 1 2 3 4 Ret 1 3 2 1 1 231
3   Ziad Geris   PG Motorsport 4 Ret 4 6 4 3 2 5 4 3 4 3 155.5
4   Maik Rosenburg   Team GP Elite 3 Ret Ret 4 2 2 3 4 2 Ret 3 4 147
5   Ralph Poppelaars   Hans Weijs Motorsport 5 Ret 3 5 39
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
  Maxime Bertho   Speedlover Ret 3
  Niels Troost   Team GP Elite Ret[a] 1
  Hans Weijs Jr.   Hans Weijs Motorsport 1[b] 3
Pos. Driver Team  
SPA
 
ZAN
 
IMO
 
ASS
 
RBR
 
ZOL
Points

Rookie

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Pos. Driver Team  
SPA
 
ZAN
 
IMO
 
ASS
 
RBR
 
ZOL
Points
1   Kobe Pauwels   D’ieteren Luxury Performance 3 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 4 2 4 5 232.5
2   Sam Jongejan   Team RaceArt 1 Ret 3 3 1 2 1 2 2 7 1 4 216
3   Domas Raudonis   Team GP Elite 7 5 Ret 7 4 4 2 4 9 4 2 1 158.5
4   Jurriaan de Back   JW Raceservice 8 3 4 6 7 9 5 7 8 3 9 9 131
5   Alexander Reimann   EST1 Racing 6 4 7 5 3 6 Ret 8 3 6 6 6 125
6   Dréke Janssen   RedAnt Racing WD WD 5 4 Ret 3 7 10 1 1 7 7 119.5
7   Valters Aigars Zviedris   Q1-trackracing 2 8 6 8 5 8 6 6 5 8 104.5
8   Nick Ho   PG Motorsport 5 6 Ret 9 6 5 Ret 5 6 9 8 3 104
9   Thomas Kangro   Porsche Estonia 9 7 Ret 10 Ret 7 8 9 7 5 5 8 88.5
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
  Colin Bönighausen   CarTech Motorsport 4 2
  Bas Koeten Racing 1 2 4 3 3 2
  Steve Meurrens   MM Racing 10 10
Pos. Driver Team  
SPA
 
ZAN
 
IMO
 
ASS
 
RBR
 
ZOL
Points

Teams

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Pos. Team Points
1   Q1-trackracing 259.5
2   D’ieteren Luxury Performance 223.5
3   Hans Weijs Motorsport 139
4   JW Raceservice 160.5
5   Team RaceArt 124.5
6   RedAnt Racing 137.5
7   NGT Racing 82
8   Team GP Elite 72
9   PG Motorsport 44.5
10   EST1 Racing 42.5
11   39 Racing 27.5
12   Porsche Estonia 11

Notes

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  1. ^ Even though Troost scored pole position in Pro-Am for Race 1 at Zandvoort, Grouwels got the point for it.
  2. ^ Even though Weijs Jr. scored pole position in Pro-Am for Race 1 at Assen, Grouwels got the point for it.

References

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  1. ^ a b @carreracupbenelux (29 March 2024). "The Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux welcomes back PG Motorsport to the grid! The team will be fighting for the Overall, Pro-Am, Rookie & Team Championship. PG Motorsport: #98 Nick Ho #3 Ziad Geris". Retrieved 30 March 2024 – via Instagram.
  2. ^ @gp_elite1 (2 February 2024). "2024 SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT: The green machine is back! @el_rosi_12 joins the team for another season in the @carreracupbenelux". Retrieved 23 March 2024 – via Instagram.
  3. ^ @paul.meijer.77 (3 April 2024). "Really happy to announce I will be starting a second year in the @carreracupbenelux for @hansweijsmotorsport". Retrieved 5 April 2024 – via Instagram.
  4. ^ @dirk_schouten_ (9 March 2024). "Extremely excited to announce that I will do a full season in @carreracupbenelux with my team @q1trackracing". Retrieved 23 March 2024 – via Instagram.
  5. ^ @drekejanssen (19 January 2024). "‼️ANNOUNCEMENT‼️" (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 March 2024 – via Instagram.
  6. ^ Howard, Tom (6 June 2024). "WRC champion Rovanpera set for circuit racing debut". Autosport.com. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  7. ^ a b c @carreracupbenelux (2 April 2024). "NGT Racing returns to the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux with a young trio, hungry for the championship title. NGT Racing:#22 Kobe Pauwels #32 Robin Knutsson #92 Benjamin Paque". Retrieved 2 April 2024 – via Instagram.
  8. ^ @carreracupbenelux (15 March 2024). "A new team all the way from Estonia will be joining the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux grid in 2024. EST1 Racing: #47 Alex Reimann". Retrieved 23 March 2024 – via Instagram.
  9. ^ @carreracupbenelux (28 March 2024). "Another Estonian driver & team combination joins the upcoming season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux! Porsche Estonia: #48 Thomas Kangro". Retrieved 2 April 2024 – via Instagram.
  10. ^ a b @carreracupbenelux (13 March 2024). "Say hello to the first Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux team to join the grid in 2024! Team RaceArt: #65 Sam Jongejan #77 Jules Grouwels". Retrieved 13 March 2024 – via Instagram.