Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia

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Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia
CategoryOne-make racing by Porsche
CountryScandinavia
Inaugural season2004
ConstructorsPorsche
Engine suppliersPorsche
Tyre suppliersMichelin
Drivers' championSweden Lukas Sundahl
Teams' championSweden Sundahl Racing
Official websiteCarrera Cup Scandinavia
Current season

Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia is a one make racing championship held in Scandinavian countries with the majority of the races being in Sweden. The cars are currently Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 991.2) with 4.0 liters, flat-6 naturally aspirated engines that produce 485 bhp (362 kW) and 480 N·m.[1]

Inspired by the success of the Porsche Carrera Cup in France and Germany, the first race in the Scandinavian edition was held on 1 May 2004.[2] Since then it has been one of the support series for the Swedish Touring Car Championship.

Among the competitors are former Speedway World Champion Tony Rickardsson and Prince Carl Philip of Sweden.[3] There has also been a number of famous guest drivers, like Mika Häkkinen, Kenny Bräck and Dennis Hauger.[2]

The series is organised and maintained by Swedish racing team Flash Engineering that took over running of the series in 2005 when the series was close to bankruptcy. In 2009 the series became the biggest Carrera Cup-series in the world with 35 entries.[4] The series is currently shown live on Viasat Motor.

Circuits[edit]

Champions[edit]

Season Champion Team Champion
2004 Sweden Robin Rudholm Sweden Podium Racing
2005 Sweden Fredrik Ros Sweden Podium Racing
2006 Sweden Fredrik Ros Sweden Flash Engineering
2007 Sweden Edward Sandström Sweden Kristoffersson Motorsport
2008 Sweden Jocke Mangs Sweden Xlander Racing
2009 Sweden Jocke Mangs Sweden Xlander Racing
2010 Sweden Robin Rudholm Sweden IPS Motorsport
2011 Sweden Robin Rudholm Sweden Xlander Racing
2012 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Sweden Kristoffersson Motorsport
2013 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Sweden Kristoffersson Motorsport
2014 Sweden Oscar Palm Sweden Xlander Racing
2015 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Sweden Kristoffersson Motorsport
2016 Sweden Fredrik Larsson Sweden Team Bennys
2017 Sweden Jocke Mangs Sweden Team Bennys
2018 Sweden Lukas Sundahl Sweden Sundahl Racing
2019 Sweden Lukas Sundahl Sweden Sundahl Racing
2020 Sweden Lukas Sundahl Sweden Sundahl Racing
2021 Sweden Lukas Sundahl Sweden Sundahl-Pampas Racing
2022 Sweden Lukas Sundahl Sweden Micke Kågered Racing
2023 Sweden Ola Nilsson Sweden Mtech Competition

References[edit]

  1. ^ Carrera Cup Archived 5 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine Bilarna (in Swedish)
  2. ^ a b Carrera Cup Archived 5 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine Tävlingen (in Swedish)
  3. ^ The Local Archived 17 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine Prince Carl Philip to launch motor racing career
  4. ^ Åhman, Michael (4 April 2009). "Carrera Cup Scandinavia – störst i världen!". Auto Motor & Sport. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2009.

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