PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB|PORSCHE MOBIL 1 SUPERCUP|DRIVER PROFILES
 
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PROFILES



 
CARRERA CUP DRIVERS
 
Tim Harvey  
DOB: 20.11.61
   Nigel Rice
DOB: 21.06.57
Tim Harvey has raced extensively, nationally and internationally since the mid-1980s, winning the BRDC Sports Car Championship and then the BTCC in 1992. Remains one of Britain’s top racers; a versatile all-rounder who can be competitive in just about any car. Still has ambitions to return to Le Mans as well as tackle some of the other great races in the world. Has finished runner-up three times in the last four seasons of Carrera Cup GB.   Carrera Cup Record
2007
Finished 2nd
2006
Finished 2nd
2005
Finished 4th
2004
Finished 2nd With 8 wins
2003
Won at Donington in the VIP car		   Raced in the Porsche Cup in 1989 and 1990, then stopped racing. Returned to finish fourth in the Porsche Cup in 2000, second in 2001 and fourth in 2002. Missed the 2003 racing season due to a motorbike accident, but has raced in the Carrera Cup since 2004, taking the pro-am title in 2007.   Carrera Cup Record
2007
Finished 6th
PRO-AM champion
2006
Finished 3rd in PRO-AM
2005
Finished 5th
2004
Finished 5th with 2 podiums
           
 
MOBIL 1 SUPER CUP DRIVERS
 
David Salens  
DOB: 02.07.75
   Patrick Huisman
DOB: 23.08.66
David Saelens was a standout go karting champion in his native Belgium, winning five national championships and several major international kart events from 1988 to 94.
He graduated from karts to cars in 1995 with instant success, winning the Formula Renault Benelux Championship and made further progress in 1996 by taking the runner-up spot in the European Formula Renault Championship. Saelens also contested the fabled Spa 24 Hours event - finishing 3rd aboard a BMW.
The success continued in Formula 3 with third place in the 1997 French title. 1998 was a brilliant year for Saelens, taking the French title by winning 14 out of 18 races and claiming victory at the prestigious Marlboro Formula 3 Masters at Zandvoort in Holland - beating the best Formula 3 drivers from throughout the world.
Saelens earned the Rookie of the Year award in the International Formula 3000 Championship in 1999, taking one podium finish at Magny-Cours in France. He also made his sports car debut that year - teaming up with fellow Belgian Eric van de Poole at the 12 Hours of Sebring.
His success continued in 2000 in Formula 3000 with Team Super Nova. Saelens took three pole positions including Monaco and also clinched three podium finishes.
He was an official works driver in the German DTM touring car series in 2001 for AMG Mercedes as well as contesting the Formula 3000 for Minardi. He graduated to become the Minardi F1 test driver in 2002.		   No matter which statistics of the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup is looked at: The name of one man always stands right on top of the list - Patrick Huisman. The 41-year-old Netherlander controls the championship since the middle of the nineties. Four championship titles, 24 race victories and 20 pole positions are piece of evidence for the outstanding class of the Porsche brands cup driver. He was runner-up in 2005, in the following two years he had to be content with only one race victory each.
For the 2008 season the two metre giant from the Dutch Hengelo is looking for new tasks and challenges to tie in with the successful years. Along side of David Saelens he starts for IRWIN Racing. His lure is the fifth championship title.
           
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