Porsche Carrera Cup, Benelux and Deutschland, Spa Francorchamps, April 2023

Close action in Friday afternoon's Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland race. Lucas Ertl and Sebastien Freymuth take Radillion side by side.

There were a couple of excellent races for each of the two Porsche Carrera Cup championships, both Benelux and Deutschland, acting as support events for the WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps at the end of April 2023.    I don't normally appreciate one make series but at Spa these races proved the exception.

Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland

This was the first round of the 2023 championship.

The first lap of Friday's race and Harry King has the lead that he would keep to take victory.  He has moved up to the German series this year after winning the Benelux series in 2022.  At only 22 years old he should be one to watch in the future.

 

Dutch driver Larry ten Voorde who has twice won the German championship (2020 and 2021).  Very much a favourite for title victory again this year.  However, at Spa he didn't take a win but as usual was close to the front in both races.

Georgi Donchev won the ProAm category in both races at Spa.

Battle for the lead between Harry King and Larry ten Voorde,

Australian driver Harri Jones was the best of the rookies in Friday's race.

The leaders early in Saturday's race.   Loek Hartog leads and he went on to take victory.

Loek Hartog (left) shows how happy he is on the victory podium whilst Larry ten Voorde gets soaked with Cjampagne.

The ProAm podium for Saturday's race with Georgi Donchev the winning driver.

Serious young rookies on Saturday's podium as the national anthem plays.  Theo Overhaus won this category on Saturday.  Harri Jones is to his left.

Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux

This was the first two round of the 2023 season for this series based in Belgium and the Netherlands which runs Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 992 cars.

First Lap into La Source on Saturday for the one of the biggest fields seen in this series.

As they finish the first lap, the leaders get through the last corner OK but the fifth placed guy gets it all wrong.

Two cars in the mess at the last corner.

Close racing at the front as they exit Blanchimont.  Friday's winner, Belgian Glenn Van Parijs starts to move up the field.

Still close as they comer up to the chicane.

The winner of Saturday's race, young Dutchman Robert de Haan. 

A few pictures from Friday.

Cars exiting La Source.

British ProAm driver Aaron Mason.  He was the leading ProAm driver in Saturday's race.

Luo Vanderfeesten

No.36 Ralph Poppelaars was the leading Am driver at Spa.

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Typical Spa weather.