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 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 9–11 May FIA World Endurance Championship
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe
2 Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands 7–9 June Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Formula Regional European Championship
ADAC GT Masters
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
3 Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy 5–7 July European Le Mans Series
GT4 Italy Championship
4 Netherlands TT Circuit Assen, Assen, Netherlands 2–4 August BOSS GP Series
Supercar Challenge
5 Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria 13–15 September International GT Open
Formula Regional European Championship
Euroformula Open Championship
Euro 4 Championship
6 Belgium 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
Belgium Speedlover 2 Belgium Maxime Bertho PA 1
Netherlands PG Motorsport 3 Netherlands Ziad Geris[1] PA All
30 Belgium Wouter Boerekamps P 4
98 Netherlands Nick Ho[1] R All
Belgium JW Raceservice 4 Netherlands Jurriaan de Back R All
21 Netherlands Sacha Norden P All
33 Netherlands Larry ten Voorde P 4
Netherlands Team GP Elite 5 Lithuania Domas Raudonis R All
8 Netherlands Niels Troost PA 2
12 Germany Maik Rosenburg[2] PA All
Netherlands Hans Weijs Motorsport 7 Netherlands Paul Meijer[3] P All
36 Netherlands Ralph Poppelaars PA 1–2
37 Netherlands Hans Weijs Jr. PA 4
Belgium Q1-trackracing 10 Netherlands Niels Langeveld P All
34 Netherlands Dirk Schouten[4] P All
121 Latvia Valters Aigars Zviedris R 1–5
Belgium RedAnt Racing 17 Belgium Dréke Janssen[5] R All
69 Finland Kalle Rovanperä[6] P 2–3, 5–6
Belgium D’ieteren Luxury Performance 22 Belgium Kobe Pauwels[7] R All
92 Belgium Benjamin Paque[7] P All
Belgium MM Racing 23 Belgium Steve Meurrens R 6
Belgium NGT Racing 32 Sweden Robin Knutsson[7] P 1–4
Finland 39 Racing 39 Finland Jani Käkelä PA All
Estonia EST1 Racing 47 Estonia Alexander Reimann[8] R All
Estonia Porsche Estonia 48 Estonia Thomas Kangro[9] R All
Netherlands Bas Koeten Racing 55 Germany Colin Bönighausen R 2, 4, 6
Germany CarTech Motorsport 1
Netherlands Team RaceArt 65 Netherlands Sam Jongejan[10] R All
77 Netherlands 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 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Belgium Benjamin Paque Belgium Benjamin Paque Netherlands Sam Jongejan Finland Jani Käkelä
R2 Netherlands Dirk Schouten Belgium Kobe Pauwels Netherlands Jules Grouwels
2 R1 Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort Netherlands Niels Langeveld Netherlands Dirk Schouten Germany Colin Bönighausen Netherlands Jules Grouwels
R2 Belgium Benjamin Paque Belgium Kobe Pauwels Netherlands Niels Troost
3 R1 Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari Finland Kalle Rovanperä Netherlands Paul Meijer Netherlands Sam Jongejan Finland Jani Käkelä
R2 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Belgium Kobe Pauwels Finland Jani Käkelä
4 R1 Netherlands TT Circuit Assen Netherlands Sam Jongejan Netherlands Larry ten Voorde Netherlands Sam Jongejan Netherlands Hans Weijs Jr.
R2 Netherlands Larry ten Voorde Belgium Kobe Pauwels Netherlands Jules Grouwels
5 R1 Austria Red Bull Ring Belgium Benjamin Paque Finland Kalle Rovanperä Belgium Dréke Janssen Finland Jani Käkelä
R2 Netherlands Sacha Norden Belgium Dréke Janssen Finland Jani Käkelä
6 R1 Belgium Circuit Zolder Finland Kalle Rovanperä Netherlands Paul Meijer Netherlands Sam Jongejan Netherlands Jules Grouwels
R2 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Lithuania Domas Raudonis Netherlands 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 Belgium
SPA
Netherlands
ZAN
Italy
IMO
Netherlands
ASS
Austria
RBR
Belgium
ZOL
Points
1 Netherlands Dirk Schouten Belgium Q1-trackracing 10 1 1 2 18 5 4 2 4 2 5 3 186.5
2 Netherlands Paul Meijer Netherlands Hans Weijs Motorsport 9 2 5 3 1 2 6 8 6 7 1 2 183
3 Belgium Benjamin Paque Belgium D’ieteren Luxury Performance 1 Ret 10 1 4 3 8 11 10 3 7 5 145
4 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Belgium RedAnt Racing 4 5 2 1 1 6 3 1 134.5
5 Netherlands Sacha Norden Belgium JW Raceservice 6 4 7 4 6 7 7 16 8 1 2 Ret 128
6 Netherlands Sam Jongejan Netherlands Team RaceArt 2 Ret 9 8 5 9 2 5 5 16 4 9 120.5
7 Netherlands Niels Langeveld Belgium Q1-trackracing 11 5 2 16 8 8 11 3 2 12 8 7 116
8 Belgium Kobe Pauwels Belgium D’ieteren Luxury Performance 5 6 8 6 7 6 9 4 9 5 10 10 112.5
9 Lithuania Domas Raudonis Netherlands Team GP Elite 13 10 Ret 14 10 11 5 9 18 9 6 4 82
10 Sweden Robin Knutsson Belgium NGT Racing 3 3 3 Ret 3 4 16 Ret 81
11 Belgium Dréke Janssen Belgium RedAnt Racing WD WD 12 9 Ret 10 15 22 3 4 13 12 54
12 Estonia Alexander Reimann Estonia EST1 Racing 12 9 14 10 9 13 Ret 20 7 14 12 11 50.5
13 Netherlands Jurriaan de Back Belgium JW Raceservice 16 8 11 11 13 16 12 13 16 8 15 15 50
14 Netherlands Nick Ho Netherlands PG Motorsport 8 11 Ret 18 12 12 Ret 10 12 18 14 8 46
15 Latvia Valters Aigars Zviedris Belgium Q1-trackracing 4 14 13 15 11 15 13 12 11 17 44.5
16 Netherlands Jules Grouwels Netherlands Team RaceArt 15 12 15 13 16 20 Ret 14 17 13 16 14 26
17 Estonia Thomas Kangro Estonia Porsche Estonia 20 13 Ret 19 Ret 14 19 21 13 11 11 13 23.5
18 Finland Jani Käkelä Finland 39 Racing 14 15 16 17 14 17 Ret 15 14 10 17 16 21
19 Germany Maik Rosenburg Netherlands Team GP Elite 17 Ret Ret 20 15 18 18 18 15 Ret 18 18 5.5
20 Netherlands Ziad Geris Netherlands PG Motorsport 18 Ret 18 22 17 19 17 19 19 15 19 17 5
21 Netherlands Ralph Poppelaars Netherlands Hans Weijs Motorsport 19 Ret 17 21 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Netherlands Larry ten Voorde Belgium JW Raceservice 1 1
Belgium Wouter Boerekamps Netherlands PG Motorsport 3 7
Germany Colin Bönighausen Germany CarTech Motorsport 7 7
Netherlands Bas Koeten Racing 6 7 10 6 9 6
Netherlands Niels Troost Netherlands Team GP Elite Ret 12
Netherlands Hans Weijs Jr. Netherlands Hans Weijs Motorsport 14 17
Belgium Maxime Bertho Belgium Speedlover Ret 16
Belgium Steve Meurrens Belgium MM Racing 20 19
Pos. Driver Team Belgium
SPA
Netherlands
ZAN
Italy
IMO
Netherlands
ASS
Austria
RBR
Belgium
ZOL
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
† — Did not finish, but classified

Pro-Am

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

Rookie

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

Teams

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