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Nick Tandy wins 2012 Porsche Cup

Tandy was awarded a new Porsche 911 Carrera S. Second-placed Raymond Narac is the recipient of 30,000 Euro, Paolo Ruberti’s third place comes with a purse of 25,000 Euro.

Nick Tandy wins the Porsche Cup, with Dr. Wolfgang Porsche

Nick Tandy wins the Porsche Cup, with Dr. Wolfgang Porsche

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Stuttgart. After his first full season in international GT racing, Nick Tandy (28) from Great Britain can celebrate winning the Porsche Cup as the best private driver in the world. On the occasion of the Night of Champions on 8 December in the R&D Centre at Weissach, Nick Tandy received the Porsche Cup from Dr. Wolfgang Porsche, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Porsche AG. Additionally, Tandy was awarded a new Porsche 911 Carrera S. During the past season the Briton scored a total of 7,510 points. Second-placed Raymond Narac is the recipient of 30,000 Euro, Paolo Ruberti’s third place comes with a purse of 25,000 Euro. The Porsche Cup is endowed with a total value of 253,000 Euro. In the competition initiated by Ferry Porsche, drivers earned points in 18 Grand Touring and prototype race series worldwide as well as at selected long distance races.

Nick Tandy at Daytona 24 with #26 NGT Motorsport Porsche GT3 team
Nick Tandy at Daytona 24 with #26 NGT Motorsport Porsche GT3 team

Photo by: Eric Gilbert

Professional race driver and part-time farmer Nick Tandy headed into 2012 as the reigning champion of the Carrera Cup Deutschland driving a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR run by the experienced Manthey Racing team in the International GT Open. Sharing the cockpit with works driver Marco Holzer, Tandy won five races.

In the ADAC GT Masters, Tandy competed for the Geyer & Weinig EDV – Schütz Motorsport squad at the wheel of a 911 GT3 R. Here, Tandy and his teammate Christian Engelhart scored four victories. For the Brit, the season concluded with seventh place in the drivers’ classification. Tandy earned further points towards the Porsche Cup competing for Flying Lizard Motorsports and TRG in the ALMS. In the British GT Championship, he manned the cockpit of a Team Motorbase fielded 911 GT3 R at selected rounds. After John Fitzpatrick (1972, 1974, 1980) and Tim Sugden (2005), Nick Tandy is the third Briton to be honoured with the Porsche Cup, which has been awarded by Porsche since 1970.

Nick Tandy at Petit Le Mans with the #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
Nick Tandy at Petit Le Mans with the #44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 RSR

Photo by: Jackie Buys

With a margin of just 170 points, Frenchman Raymond Narac (45) finished the race for the Porsche Cup in second place. The founder and owner of the successful IMSA Performance Matmut team contested three major championships as team principal and driver. In the European Le Mans Series, Narac defended the championship title in the GTE Am class driving a 911 GT3 RSR in last year’s spec. Joining forces with Porsche works driver Patrick Pilet, Narac periodically held the lead in the International GT Open driver’s standings and concluded the season in the hotly-contested championship in sixth. In the World Endurance Championship, Narac scored a class win and second place in Le Mans.

After securing second in last year’s Porsche Cup, Paolo Ruberti again climbs the “podium” in third. The 37-year-old Italian secured this success predominantly in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Driving Felbermayr-Proton’s Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, Ruberti won the GT Am class at the Sebring 12 Hours and the 6 hour race in Bahrain. Ruberti secured additional points thanks to a victory and a second place in the Italian GT Championship.

Here were the top ten 2012 Porsche Cup drivers:

Driver Points
1 TANDY, Nick (GBR) 7.510
2 NARAC, Raymond (FRA) 7.340
3 RUBERTI, Paolo (ITA) 5.380
4 ARMINDO, Nicolas (FRA) 5.090
5 RIED, Christian (GER) 4.680
5 RODA, Gianluca (ITA) 4.680
7 LALLY, Andy (USA) 4.040
8 MAPELLI, Marco (ITA) 3.580
9 BELTOISE, Anthony (FRA) 3.520
10 POTTER, John (USA) 3.440

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