Craig Baird has taken victory in the final Porsche City Index Carrera Cup Australia race at the season-opening Clipsal 500, with Alex Davison and James Koundouris securing the round victory. Baird’s Adelaide round started in unfortunately circumstances, suffering a punctured tyre in the opening race and ultimately finishing seventh. The New Zealander then fought back […]
READ MORERookies impress as Davison and Koundouris repeat victory
Alex Davison has taken his second race win in succession for the 2012 Porsche City Index Carrera Cup Australia season ahead of Kiwi rivals Craig Baird and Daniel Gaunt, while James Koundouris claimed his second Elite Class race win of the weekend. Davison started the race alongside rookie Nick Foster, who led the race into […]
READ MOREDavison and Koundouris victorious under lights in Adelaide
Alex Davison has emerged from a race-long battle with Craig Baird with victory in the opening twilight race of the 2012 Porsche City Index Carrera Cup Australia championship at the Clipsal 500, with James Koundouris taking Elite Class honours. Pole-sitter Baird, Davison and Steven Richards battled at the front of the field in the opening […]
READ MOREBaird and Davison top times in Adelaide
Alex Davison has returned to the Porsche City Index Carrera Cup Australia championship with immediate impact at the opening day of the Clipsal 500, joining reigning champion Craig Baird at the head of the field. In Davison’s return to the category, the McElrea Racing driver finished just 0.16 seconds behind the fastest time of Baird […]
READ MORECarrera Cup champions set for Adelaide showdown
The 2012 Porsche City Index Carrera Cup Australia season will kick off this weekend, with the fight for the title stronger than ever. Triple Carrera Cup champion Craig Baird returns as one of the favourites to claim his fourth crown, however his mission for successive titles will be made difficult by several rivals, including former […]
READ MORE16 year old school boy enters new class
Kiwi hotshot Andre Heimgartner will this weekend become the youngest driver to ever compete in Porsche City Index Carrera Cup Australia. At 16 years and 8 months, Heimgartner will break the record previously held by Jonathon Webb, who became the youngest driver to race in the championship in 2003, aged 19 years, 4 months. This […]
READ MOREHeinz-Harald Frentzen to race Carrera Cup
Former Formula 1™ ace Heinz-Harald Frentzen will race in the Porsche City Index Carrera Cup Australia championship at the Formula 1™ Qantas Australian Grand Prix. Nine years after last competing at Albert Park, Frentzen will return to the circuit behind the wheel of the championship’s Guest Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car; the first time he […]
READ MORESteven Richards crafts young driver initiative
Porsche City Index Carrera Cup Australia will play an important role in the progression of young drivers with a new motorsport initiative, led by leading Carrera Cup racer Steven Richards. A former V8 Supercars stalwart, Australian Formula Ford ambassador and now Carrera Cup driver, Richards has used his ties with the Australian Formula Ford Championship […]
READ MOREImpressive on-air schedule for Carrera Cup
Porsche City Index Carrera Cup Australia will have its best ever television package in 2012, featuring a strong local and international broadcast schedule. For the new season, Porsche City Index Carrera Cup Australia will be shown locally on the Seven Network, Network Ten and SPEED, while the category will be beamed around the world via […]
READ MORECarrera Cup drivers take to Finnish frozen lakes
Five Porsche City Index Carrera Cup Australia drivers have swapped Australian race tracks for frozen lakes in Finland over the past week. In temperatures falling to minus 32 degrees, Jonny Reid, Daniel Gaunt, Max Twigg, Paul Kelly and Marc Cini have taken to the frozen lakes of Ivalo, Finland, for the three-day intensive Porsche driving […]
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