2023–24 Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East

The 2023–24 Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East was the inaugural season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East. The season began on 2 November at Bahrain International Circuit and finished on 9 March at Jeddah Corniche Circuit.

Theo Oeverhaus claimed the first Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East Drivers' Championship in Bahrain with two races in the season to spare.[1]

Calendar

Round Circuit Date Supporting Map of circuit locations
1 Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain 2–4 November 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship
2 Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain 15–16 December 2023 F4 Saudi Arabian Championship
3 Dubai Autodrome, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 20–21 January 2024
4 Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 27–28 January 2024
5 Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain 29 February–2 March 2024 Formula One World Championship
Formula 2 Championship
FIA Formula 3 Championship
6 Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 7–9 March 2024 Formula One World Championship
Formula 2 Championship
F1 Academy
Source:[2][3][4]

Entry list

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
BWT Junior Racing 1 Harry King P 5–6
Saudi Racing 3 Saud Al Saud PA R All
23 Khaled Alahmadi PA All
Team GP Elite 5 Sören Spreng PA All
14 Huub van Eijndhoven P R 5
22 Timo Recker PA 1
27 Stanislav Minskiy Am 5–6
42 Cédric Chassang PA All
Central Europe Racing 7 Charlie Wurz P R 2
16 Flynt Schuring P R 1–2, 5–6
46 Robert de Haan[5] P R 1, 5–6
Rabdan Motorsport 7 Saif Al Ameri Am 5–6
JW Racing 11 Jackson Walls[6] P R 2–6
Jones Motorsport 12 Harri Jones P 5
The Bend Motorsport 13 Sam Shahin PA 4
M3L Team 17 Mark J. Thomas Am 1
Z.Speed 18 Xuanyu Liu PA 4
Team Bahrain 20 Jaber Al-Khalifa Am 5
66 Salman bin Isa Al-Khalifa Am 1
Porsche Junior GB 26 James Wallis P R 4
DHL Team 34 Theo Oeverhaus P R All
JS Racing 40 Janne Stiak P R All
FIRE Racing 55 Colin Boenighausen P R All
Baederprofis.de 56 Klaus Boenighausen Am 2
Heizer Monkeys Racing 63 Leo Willert Am 2–4
FA 1 Racing 69 Franz Dziwok Am 5
Team Kuwait 84 Ahmad Al-Shehab PA 1–3, 5–6
R1SE Motorsport 88 Sebastian Gorga Am 1–3, 5–6
Team BMR 89 Bashar Mardini PA All
One% 99 Jaber Al-Khalifa Am 1
Source:[7]
Icon Class
P Pro
PA Pro-Am
Am Am
R Rookie

Race results

Round Circuit Pole position Overall winner Pro-Am Winner Am Winner
1 R1 Bahrain International Circuit Robert de Haan Theo Oeverhaus Bashar Mardini Sebastian Gorga
R2 Theo Oeverhaus Robert de Haan Ahmad Al-Shehab Jaber Al-Khalifa
2 R1 Bahrain International Circuit Theo Oeverhaus Theo Oeverhaus Ahmad Al-Shehab Sebastian Gorga
R2 Theo Oeverhaus Theo Oeverhaus Ahmad Al-Shehab Sebastian Gorga
3 R1 Dubai Autodrome Theo Oeverhaus Theo Oeverhaus Ahmad Al-Shehab None
R2 Theo Oeverhaus Theo Oeverhaus Bashar Mardini Sebastian Gorga
4 R1 Yas Marina Circuit Theo Oeverhaus Theo Oeverhaus Saud Al Saud Leo Willert
R2 Theo Oeverhaus Theo Oeverhaus Saud Al Saud Leo Willert
5 R1 Bahrain International Circuit Theo Oeverhaus Harry King Khaled Alahmadi Jaber Al-Khalifa
R2 Robert de Haan Robert de Haan Sören Spreng Saif Al Ameri
6 R1 Jeddah Corniche Circuit Harry King Harry King Bashar Mardini Sebastian Gorga
R2 Harry King Harry King Khaled Alahmadi Saif Al Ameri

Standings

Scoring system

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
Points 25 20 17 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Overall

Pos. Driver Team
BHR1

BHR2

DUB

ABU

BHR3

JED
Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Theo Oeverhaus DHL Team 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 5 7 6 243
2 Janne Stiak JS Racing 4 3 2 2 5 4 2 3 6 3 4 3 192
3 Colin Boenighausen FIRE Racing 2 12 4 4 3 3 4 2 5 9 3 4 170
4 Robert de Haan Central Europe Racing 3 1 2 1 2 2 127
5 Jackson Walls JW Racing 7 5 2 2 3 5 9 7 5 7 127
6 Flynt Schuring Central Europe Racing 5 5 3 3 4 8 6 5 102
7 Harry King BWT Junior Racing 1 2 1 1 95
8 Sören Spreng Team GP Elite 7 7 9 8 6 12 9 9 11 10 10 10 85
9 Saud Al Saud Saudi Racing 12 6 11 10 8 7 6 4 12 12 9 11 83
10 Bashar Mardini Team BMR 6 13 8 9 7 5 7 8 Ret 18 8 9 81
11 Ahmad Al-Shehab Team Kuwait 8 4 5 7 4 6 Ret 20 Ret WD 67
12 Khaled Alahmadi Saudi Racing 9 14 10 15 10 11 8 6 10 11 Ret 8 63
13 Cédric Chassang Team GP Elite 11 10 12 11 9 10 10 11 16 15 11 12 55
14 Sebastian Gorga R1SE Motorsport 10 15 13 12 Ret 8 14 14 12 14 32
15 Harri Jones Jones Motorsport 8 4 22
16 James Wallis Porsche Junior GB 5 7 21
17 Charlie Wurz Central Europe Racing 6 6 20
18 Huub van Eijndhoven Team GP Elite 7 6 19
19 Leo Willert Heizer Monkeys Racing 14 13 Ret 9 13 13 19
20 Jaber Al-Khalifa One% 14 8 13
Team Bahrain 13 16
21 Sam Shahin The Bend Motorsport 11 10 11
22 Salman bin Isa Al-Khalifa Team Bahrain 13 9 10
23 Saif Al Ameri Rabdan Motorsport 15 13 13 13 10
24 Xuanyu Liu Z-speed 12 12 8
25 Mark J. Thomas M3L Team 16 11 5
26 Stanislav Minskiy Team GP Elite 18 19 14 15 3
27 Klaus Boenighausen Baederprofis.de 15 14 3
28 Timo Recker Team GP Elite 15 Ret 1
29 Franz Dziwok FA 1 Racing 17 17 0
Source:[8]

Pro-Am

Pos. Driver Team
BHR1

BHR2

DUB

ABU

BHR3

JED
Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Sören Spreng Team GP Elite 2 3 3 2 2 6 4 4 2 1 3 3 213
2 Bashar Mardini Team BMR 1 5 2 3 3 1 2 3 Ret 5 1 2 210
3 Saud Al Saud Saudi Racing 6 2 5 4 4 3 1 1 3 3 2 4 202
4 Khaled Alahmadi Saudi Racing 4 6 4 6 6 5 3 2 1 2 Ret 1 175
5 Cédric Chassang Team GP Elite 5 4 6 5 5 4 5 6 4 4 4 5 153
6 Ahmad Al-Shehab Team Kuwait 3 1 1 1 1 2 Ret 6 Ret WD 147
7 Sam Shahin The Bend Motorsport 6 5 22
8 Xuanyu Liu Z-speed 7 7 18
9 Timo Recker Team GP Elite 7 Ret 9

Am

Pos. Driver Team
BHR1

BHR2

DUB

ABU

BHR3

JED
Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Sebastian Gorga R1SE Motorsport 1 4 1 1 Ret 1 2 2 1 2 199
2 Leo Willert Heizer Monkeys Racing 2 2 Ret 2 1 1 110
3 Saif Al Ameri Rabdan Motorsport 3 1 2 1 87
4 Jaber Al-Khalifa One% 3 1 84
Team Bahrain 1 3
5 Stanislav Minskiy Team GP Elite 5 5 3 3 58
6 Salman bin Isa Al-Khalifa Team Bahrain 2 2 40
7 Klaus Boenighausen Baederprofis.de 3 3 34
8 Mark J. Thomas M3L Team 4 3 31
9 Franz Dziwok FA 1 Racing 4 4 28

Rookie

Pos. Driver Team
BHR1

BHR2

DUB

ABU

BHR3

JED
Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Theo Oeverhaus DHL Team 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 5 7 6 243
2 Janne Stiak JS Racing 4 3 2 2 5 4 2 3 6 3 4 3 192
3 Colin Boenighausen FIRE Racing 2 12 4 4 3 3 4 2 5 9 3 4 170
4 Robert de Haan Central Europe Racing 3 1 2 1 2 2 127
5 Jackson Walls JW Racing 6 5 2 2 3 5 9 7 5 7 127
6 Flynt Schuring Central Europe Racing 5 4 3 3 4 8 6 5 102
7 Saud Al Saud Saudi Racing 6 5 7 7 8 7 6 4 12 12 9 11 83
8 James Wallis Porsche Junior GB 5 7 21
9 Charlie Wurz Central Europe Racing 5 6 20
10 Huub van Eijndhoven Team GP Elite 7 6 19

Teams

Pos. Team Points
1 Team GP Elite 158
2 Saudi Racing 146

References

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