STUTTGART, Germany — Forty-two drivers from 14 countries over the season, 16 races, five different winners and three records — At the championship ceremony in Berlin, everyone involved in the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland looked back on the season with pride.
The championship crown of the one-make cup contested with the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup went to Larry ten Voorde from the Netherlands. His GP Elite squad secured the teams’ title.
Theo Oeverhaus from Germany won the rookie classification, with his fellow countryman Sören Spreng claiming Pro-Am honors.
“2023 was a very special year for us,” said Alexander Pollich, CEO Porsche Deutschland GmbH. “We celebrated 75 years of Porsche sports cars, the Le Mans 24 Hour centenary and 60 years of the Porsche 911.
“The Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland season was also packed with thrills and spills. The grid lineup was almost always filled to capacity with 32 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars – which once again underlines the attractiveness of our one-make cup. My heartfelt congratulations to the champions. I’m already looking forward to next year.”
A Look Back
Ten Voorde set the first of several records for the season. The 27-year-old clinched his third Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland title after 2020 and 2021 – no other driver has achieved such a success. As Europe’s most successful driver in Porsche’s one-make cups and as the newly crowned champion of the Porsche Carrera Cup Italia, the Dutchman demonstrated outstanding consistency — in the 16 races of the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland he finished on the podium 15 times, seven of them as the winner.
Ten Voorde spearheaded a five-strong group that left their mark on the season. He shared the victory haul with his Dutch GP Elite teammate Loek Hartog (4) and Porsche Junior Bastian Buus (3) from Denmark as well as Englishman Harry King and Dutchman Morris Schuring, who clinched one win each. This quintet also scooped the pool with all pole positions and fastest race laps.
Schuring also set a new record — at the Sachsenring, he became the youngest winner in the history of the 1990-inaugurated Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland at the age of 18 years and seven months. However, the distinction of being the youngest-ever driver to contest the German Carrera Cup went to Janne Stiak. At just 16 years old, he contested the season for the ID Racing team.
The youngster from Lower Saxony in Germany was one of seven drivers to receive special support as part of the talent pool. Theo Oeverhaus was another talented young gun from this squad. The 18-year-old German won the rookie category nine times, which earned him the title among the series’ newcomers and seventh in the overall ranking.
Alexander Tauscher from Bavaria achieved the best overall race result for a talent pool member. The Huber Racing driver finished third overall at the season finale in Hockenheim.
In the ProAm classification, Sören Spreng was nearly as successful as Oeverhaus was among the rookies, thanks to seven victories in this class, which is reserved for amateurs without professional racing driver background, the 37-year-old entrepreneur from Germany claimed the title.
Right from the start of the season, the fight for the teams’ title unfolded into a duel between the Dutch crew GP Elite – with drivers ten Voorde, Loek Hartog and Huub van Eijndhoven – and the Allied-Racing squad based in Bavaria, with its driver lineup of Porsche Junior Buus, King and rookie Vincent Andronaco from Germany.
GP Elite ultimately prevailed and took home the team title in the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland for the second time.
“Drivers and teams have once again raised the bar in the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland and treated us all to an extremely exciting season,” stated Hurui Issak, Project Manager Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland. “Congratulations to the champions. I’m particularly proud of the drivers from the Talent Pool, who have fully justified our support with their strong results and professionalism.”
Next year’s calendar again includes eight rounds. The 35th season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland takes off in mid-April in Imola, Italy.