Founded | 1995 |
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Team principal(s) | Simon Leonard |
Current series | Porsche Carrera Cup GB |
Former series | Michelin Porsche Cup Porsche Supercup |
Current drivers |
Kyle Barnes Victor Jiminez Yücel Özbek Dean Stoneman George Wright Dan de Zille |
Teams' Championships |
2004 Carrera Cup GB 2007 Carrera Cup GB 2008 Carrera Cup GB 2010 Carrera Cup GB 2011 Carrera Cup GB 2012 Carrera Cup GB |
Drivers' Championships |
2004 Carrera Cup GB (Westbrook) 2007 Carrera Cup GB (Sutton) 2008 Carrera Cup GB (Harvey) 2010 Carrera Cup GB (Harvey) 2011 Carrera Cup GB (Sutton) 2012 Carrera Cup GB (Meadows) |
Redline Racing is a British racing team that is currently competing in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain and are defending team and drivers champions. They have previously competed in the Porsche Supercup between 2007 and 2008.
Redline Racing, established in 1995, made its first entry in the arena of motorsport racing in April 1997 by competing in the Michelin Porsche Cup. Having a 4-year racing experience Redline Racing entered the British National Porsche Carrera Cup in 2001, racing Porsche GT3s. They finished in second place in the championship that year and they repeated that success in 2003 and also 2005.
Redline Racing joined the newly formed Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain in its 2003 début season and has been one of the most successful teams in the championship, winning six teams' titles and six drivers' titles.
Their first championship success came in 2004 when after a long and difficult racing season, they conquered first place and won the team championship for the first time along with driver Richard Westbrook who won the driver's championship.
Their form continued, with the team narrowly missing out on championship spoils in 2005 and 2006 when Redline's driver lineup consisted of Nigel Rice, Jason Young and Faithless lead singer Maxi Jazz along with regular star Richard Westbrook racing in the Team Irwin sponsored car. However, due to Westbrook's Supercup commitments the car was handed over to Danny Watts who, initially, substituted for Redline in the races Westbrook could not attend. Ultimately, Watts finished third in the championship with ten wins out of 16 starts, the most wins of the season.