2024 Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux Explained

The 2024 SIXT Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux was the 12th season of Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux. It began at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps at 9 May and ended at Circuit Zolder on 13 October.

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Supporting
1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium	9–11 May	FIA World Endurance Championship Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe
2	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands	7–9 June	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Formula Regional European Championship ADAC GT Masters Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
3	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy	5–7 July	European Le Mans Series GT4 Italy Championship
4	TT Circuit Assen, Assen, Netherlands	2–4 August	BOSS GP Series Supercar Challenge
5	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria	13–15 September	International GT Open Formula Regional European Championship Euroformula Open Championship Euro 4 Championship
6	Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium	11–13 October	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Belcar Endurance Championship

Entry list

Team		Driver	Class	Rounds
Speedlover	2	Maxime Bertho	PA	1
PG Motorsport	3	Ziad Geris^[1]	PA	All
	30	Wouter Boerekamps	P	4
	98	Nick Ho		All
JW Raceservice	4	Jurriaan de Back		All
	21	Sacha Norden	P	All
	33	Larry ten Voorde	P	4
Team GP Elite	5	Domas Raudonis		All
	8	Niels Troost	PA	2
	12	Maik Rosenburg^[2]	PA	All
Hans Weijs Motorsport	7	Paul Meijer^[3]	P	All
	36	Ralph Poppelaars	PA	1–2
	37	Hans Weijs Jr.	PA	4
Q1-trackracing	10	Niels Langeveld	P	All
	34	Dirk Schouten^[4]	P	All
	121	nowrap	Valters Aigars Zviedris		1–5
RedAnt Racing	17	Dréke Janssen^[5]		All
RedAnt Racing	69	Kalle Rovanperä^[6]	P	2–3, 5–6
D’ieteren Luxury Performance	22	Kobe Pauwels^[7]		All
D’ieteren Luxury Performance	92	Benjamin Paque	P	All
MM Racing	23	Steve Meurrens		6
NGT Racing	32	Robin Knutsson	P	1–4
39 Racing	39	Jani Käkelä	PA	All
EST1 Racing	47	Alexander Reimann^[8]		All
Porsche Estonia	48	Thomas Kangro^[9]		All
Bas Koeten Racing	55	Colin Bönighausen		2, 4, 6
CarTech Motorsport	55	Colin Bönighausen		1
Team RaceArt	65	Sam Jongejan^[10]		All
Team RaceArt	77	Jules Grouwels	PA	All

Icon	Class
P	Pro Cup
	Rookie
PA	Pro-Am Cup
	Guest Starter

Race results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Overall winner	Rookie winner	Pro-Am Winner
1	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Benjamin Paque	Benjamin Paque	Sam Jongejan	Jani Käkelä
1	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps		Dirk Schouten	Kobe Pauwels	Jules Grouwels
2	R1	Circuit Zandvoort	Niels Langeveld	Dirk Schouten	Colin Bönighausen	Jules Grouwels
2	R2	Circuit Zandvoort		Benjamin Paque	Kobe Pauwels	Niels Troost
3	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Kalle Rovanperä	Paul Meijer	Sam Jongejan	Jani Käkelä
3	R2	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari		Kalle Rovanperä	Kobe Pauwels	Jani Käkelä
4	R1	TT Circuit Assen	Sam Jongejan	Larry ten Voorde	Sam Jongejan	Hans Weijs Jr.
4	R2	TT Circuit Assen		Larry ten Voorde	Kobe Pauwels	Jules Grouwels
5	R1	Red Bull Ring	Benjamin Paque	Kalle Rovanperä	Dréke Janssen	Jani Käkelä
5	R2	Red Bull Ring		Sacha Norden	Dréke Janssen	Jani Käkelä
6	R1	Circuit Zolder	Kalle Rovanperä	Paul Meijer	Sam Jongejan	Jules Grouwels
6	R2	Circuit Zolder		Kalle Rovanperä	Domas Raudonis	Jules Grouwels

Championship standings

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	Pole
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Overall

	Driver	Team	SPA		ZAN		IMO		ASS		RBR		ZOL		Points
1	Dirk Schouten	Q1-trackracing	10	1	1	2	18	5	4	2	4	2	5	3	186.5
2	Paul Meijer	Hans Weijs Motorsport	9	2	5	3	1	2	6	8	6	7	1	2	183
3	Benjamin Paque	D’ieteren Luxury Performance	1	Ret	10	1	4	3	8	11	10	3	7	5	145
4	Kalle Rovanperä	RedAnt Racing			4	5	2	1			1	6	3	1	134.5
5	Sacha Norden	JW Raceservice	6	4	7	4	6	7	7	16	8	1	2	Ret	128
6	Sam Jongejan	Team RaceArt	2	Ret	9	8	5	9	2	5	5	16	4	9	120.5
7	Niels Langeveld	Q1-trackracing	11	5	2	16	8	8	11	3	2	12	8	7	116
8	Kobe Pauwels	D’ieteren Luxury Performance	5	6	8	6	7	6	9	4	9	5	10	10	112.5
9	Domas Raudonis	Team GP Elite	13	10	Ret	14	10	11	5	9	18	9	6	4	82
10	Robin Knutsson	NGT Racing	3	3	3	Ret	3	4	16	Ret					81
11	Dréke Janssen	RedAnt Racing	WD	WD	12	9	Ret	10	15	22	3	4	13	12	54
12	Alexander Reimann	EST1 Racing	12	9	14	10	9	13	Ret	20	7	14	12	11	50.5
13	Jurriaan de Back	JW Raceservice	16	8	11	11	13	16	12	13	16	8	15	15	50
14	Nick Ho	PG Motorsport	8	11	Ret	18	12	12	Ret	10	12	18	14	8	46
15	Valters Aigars Zviedris	Q1-trackracing	4	14	13	15	11	15	13	12	11	17			44.5
16	Jules Grouwels	Team RaceArt	15	12	15	13	16	20	Ret	14	17	13	16	14	26
17	Thomas Kangro	Porsche Estonia	20	13	Ret	19	Ret	14	19	21	13	11	11	13	23.5
18	Jani Käkelä	39 Racing	14	15	16	17	14	17	Ret	15	14	10	17	16	21
19	Maik Rosenburg	Team GP Elite	17	Ret	Ret	20	15	18	18	18	15	Ret	18	18	5.5
20	Ziad Geris	PG Motorsport	18	Ret	18	22	17	19	17	19	19	15	19	17	5
21	Ralph Poppelaars	Hans Weijs Motorsport	19	Ret	17	21									0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
–	Larry ten Voorde	JW Raceservice							1	1					–
–	Wouter Boerekamps	PG Motorsport							3	7					–
–	Colin Bönighausen	CarTech Motorsport	7	7											–
–	Colin Bönighausen	Bas Koeten Racing			6	7			10	6			9	6	–
–	Niels Troost	Team GP Elite			Ret	12									–
–	Hans Weijs Jr.	Hans Weijs Motorsport							14	17					–
–	Maxime Bertho	Speedlover	Ret	16											–
–	Steve Meurrens	MM Racing											20	19	–
	Driver	Team	SPA		ZAN		IMO		ASS		RBR		ZOL		Points

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

Pro-Am

	Driver	Team	SPA		ZAN		IMO		ASS		RBR		ZOL		Points
1	Jani Käkelä	39 Racing	1	2	2	3	1	1	Ret	2	1	1	2	2	234.5
2	Jules Grouwels	Team RaceArt	2	1	1	2	3	4	Ret	1	3	2	1	1	231
3	Ziad Geris	PG Motorsport	4	Ret	4	6	4	3	2	5	4	3	4	3	155.5
4	Maik Rosenburg	Team GP Elite	3	Ret	Ret	4	2	2	3	4	2	Ret	3	4	147
5	Ralph Poppelaars	Hans Weijs Motorsport	5	Ret	3	5									39
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
–	Maxime Bertho	Speedlover	Ret	3											–
–	Niels Troost	Team GP Elite			Ret	1									–
–	Hans Weijs Jr.	Hans Weijs Motorsport							1	3					–
	Driver	Team	SPA		ZAN		IMO		ASS		RBR		ZOL		Points

Rookie

	Driver	Team	SPA		ZAN		IMO		ASS		RBR		ZOL		Points
1	Kobe Pauwels	D’ieteren Luxury Performance	3	1	2	1	2	1	3	1	4	2	4	5	232.5
2	Sam Jongejan	Team RaceArt	1	Ret	3	3	1	2	1	2	2	7	1	4	216
3	Domas Raudonis	Team GP Elite	7	5	Ret	7	4	4	2	4	9	4	2	1	158.5
4	Jurriaan de Back	JW Raceservice	8	3	4	6	7	9	5	7	8	3	9	9	131
5	Alexander Reimann	EST1 Racing	6	4	7	5	3	6	Ret	8	3	6	6	6	125
6	Dréke Janssen	RedAnt Racing	WD	WD	5	4	Ret	3	7	10	1	1	7	7	119.5
7	Valters Aigars Zviedris	Q1-trackracing	2	8	6	8	5	8	6	6	5	8			104.5
8	Nick Ho	PG Motorsport	5	6	Ret	9	6	5	Ret	5	6	9	8	3	104
9	Thomas Kangro	Porsche Estonia	9	7	Ret	10	Ret	7	8	9	7	5	5	8	88.5
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
–	Colin Bönighausen	CarTech Motorsport	4	2											–
–	Colin Bönighausen	Bas Koeten Racing			1	2			4	3			3	2	–
–	Steve Meurrens	MM Racing											10	10	–
	Driver	Team	SPA		ZAN		IMO		ASS		RBR		ZOL		Points

Teams

	Team	Points
1	Q1-trackracing	259.5
2	D’ieteren Luxury Performance	223.5
3	Hans Weijs Motorsport	139
4	JW Raceservice	160.5
5	Team RaceArt	124.5
6	RedAnt Racing	137.5
7	NGT Racing	82
8	Team GP Elite	72
9	PG Motorsport	44.5
10	EST1 Racing	42.5
11	39 Racing	27.5
12	Porsche Estonia	11

Notes and References

C5GIRc9tNOp . carreracupbenelux . The Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux welcomes back PG Motorsport to the grid! The team will be fighting for the Overall, Pro-Am, Rookie & Team Championship. PG Motorsport: #98 Nick Ho #3 Ziad Geris . 29 March 2024 . 30 March 2024.
C22Qz6otdwV . gp_elite1 . 2024 SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT: The green machine is back! @el_rosi_12 joins the team for another season in the @carreracupbenelux. . 2 February 2024 . 23 March 2024.
C5SzlLNtivt . paul.meijer.77 . Really happy to announce I will be starting a second year in the @carreracupbenelux for @hansweijsmotorsport . 3 April 2024 . 5 April 2024.
C4TDoqctzLN . dirk_schouten_ . Extremely excited to announce that I will do a full season in @carreracupbenelux with my team @q1trackracing. . 9 March 2024 . 23 March 2024.
C2R4birsXAw . drekejanssen . ‼️ANNOUNCEMENT‼️ . 19 January 2024 . 23 March 2024 . nl.
Web site: Howard . Tom . 6 June 2024 . WRC champion Rovanpera set for circuit racing debut . 6 June 2024 . Autosport.com.
C5Q9lSXNjON . carreracupbenelux . NGT Racing returns to the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux with a young trio, hungry for the championship title. NGT Racing:#22 Kobe Pauwels #32 Robin Knutsson #92 Benjamin Paque . 2 April 2024 . 2 April 2024.
C4iGJr7t46a . carreracupbenelux . A new team all the way from Estonia will be joining the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux grid in 2024. EST1 Racing: #47 Alex Reimann . 15 March 2024 . 23 March 2024.
C5DyggQtKsq . carreracupbenelux . Another Estonian driver & team combination joins the upcoming season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux! Porsche Estonia: #48 Thomas Kangro . 28 March 2024 . 2 April 2024.
C4c7FIHNIPf . carreracupbenelux . Say hello to the first Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux team to join the grid in 2024! Team RaceArt: #65 Sam Jongejan #77 Jules Grouwels . 13 March 2024 . 13 March 2024.