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Silverstone next for Porsche Carrera Cup GB title race
Michael Meadows heads Jonas Gelzinis by just four points
Rory Butcher leads the chase in third
Victor Jimenez close to clinching Pro-Am1 title
Two drivers, four races and four points: those are the numbers for the 2013 Porsche Carrera Cup GB title race as the series heads to Silverstone (28/29 September) for rounds 17 and 18 of the 20-race schedule.
By any measure, it has been a roller-coaster season for defending champion Michael Meadows, who joined the Samsung Smart Motorsport team for 2013. After round eight at Oulton Park, he led the championship by a handy 23 points, but two races later, after a disastrous weekend at Croft, his lead was down to six points.
It was then all level with Jonas Gelzinis after Snetterton, but Meadows rebuilt his lead to 23 points again at Knockhill only to suffer a nightmare time at Rockingham that has left him just four points ahead of Gelzinis as they head into the final four races.
The fact that Meadows has scored seven wins and 12 poles in 16 races shows that his speed is not in doubt. But he has sometimes suffered at the hands of others and the non-finish in the first Rockingham race came after a rare error on a damp track. Gelzinis, meanwhile, has been consistently strong for the Lithuanian-based Juta Racing and is right in contention for the title.
However, this is far from a two-way contest and double Rockingham winner Rory Butcher (Celtic Speed) is now third in the points, while Carrera Cup Scholarship racer Dan Lloyd (Team Parker Racing) and Dean Stoneman (Redline Racing) are chasing hard. Stoneman will be back on the grid at Silverstone after serving a two-race ban at Rockingham and will be keen to regain the spectacular winning form he demonstrated earlier in the season.
There is a good chance that Spanish racer Victor Jimenez could be confirmed as Pro-Am1 champion after the Silverstone races as he needs to have a 45-point margin over team mate and rival Dan De Zille to be unbeatable in the final weekend of the season at Brands Hatch. Jimenez starts the weekend 60 points clear after a tremendous campaign to date, however the return to the Pro-Am1 entry of Karl Leonard (Team Parker Racing) adds another dimension to the category contest. Adding further to the Pro-Am1 entry will be championship debutant Steven Brewster, who will race the Celtic Speed car regularly raced by his father George.
Michael Meadows heads Jonas Gelzinis by just four points
Rory Butcher leads the chase in third
Victor Jimenez close to clinching Pro-Am1 title
Two drivers, four races and four points: those are the numbers for the 2013 Porsche Carrera Cup GB title race as the series heads to Silverstone (28/29 September) for rounds 17 and 18 of the 20-race schedule.
By any measure, it has been a roller-coaster season for defending champion Michael Meadows, who joined the Samsung Smart Motorsport team for 2013. After round eight at Oulton Park, he led the championship by a handy 23 points, but two races later, after a disastrous weekend at Croft, his lead was down to six points.
It was then all level with Jonas Gelzinis after Snetterton, but Meadows rebuilt his lead to 23 points again at Knockhill only to suffer a nightmare time at Rockingham that has left him just four points ahead of Gelzinis as they head into the final four races.
The fact that Meadows has scored seven wins and 12 poles in 16 races shows that his speed is not in doubt. But he has sometimes suffered at the hands of others and the non-finish in the first Rockingham race came after a rare error on a damp track. Gelzinis, meanwhile, has been consistently strong for the Lithuanian-based Juta Racing and is right in contention for the title.
However, this is far from a two-way contest and double Rockingham winner Rory Butcher (Celtic Speed) is now third in the points, while Carrera Cup Scholarship racer Dan Lloyd (Team Parker Racing) and Dean Stoneman (Redline Racing) are chasing hard. Stoneman will be back on the grid at Silverstone after serving a two-race ban at Rockingham and will be keen to regain the spectacular winning form he demonstrated earlier in the season.
There is a good chance that Spanish racer Victor Jimenez could be confirmed as Pro-Am1 champion after the Silverstone races as he needs to have a 45-point margin over team mate and rival Dan De Zille to be unbeatable in the final weekend of the season at Brands Hatch. Jimenez starts the weekend 60 points clear after a tremendous campaign to date, however the return to the Pro-Am1 entry of Karl Leonard (Team Parker Racing) adds another dimension to the category contest. Adding further to the Pro-Am1 entry will be championship debutant Steven Brewster, who will race the Celtic Speed car regularly raced by his father George.