Under a beautiful Var sun, the 911 GT3 Cup type 992 field put on another high-flying show for the Porsche Carrera Cup France season finale and crowned Dorian Boccolacci for the first time.

Dorian Boccolacci's (Forestier Racing CLRT) perfect weekend at Monza a fortnight ago set the tone for his current form, and this final meeting at the Circuit Paul Ricard confirmed it: at the end of the 2023 Porsche Carrera Cup France season, the man from Cannes was the strongest on the track, and his two pole positions, both of which were turned into successes on the fearsome Var circuit, earned him his first title in the discipline. A distinction he has been chasing for three seasons. It was a deserved triumph, with a total of five wins out of a possible eleven. Marvin Klein (TFT Racing) had a particularly difficult task ahead of him and his fifth place in Race 1 took away his last hopes, so much so that Alessandro Ghiretti (Martinet by Alméras), runner-up to Boccolacci on Saturday, was the only driver still in with a chance of challenging him for the title on Sunday. But contact at the first corner with Benjamin Paque (Forestier Racing CLRT) forced him to make a mad dash from the last positions, which he finished in eighth place.

Second at the chequered flag in the last race of the year, Benjamin Paque was later penalised for his mistake, but that didn't stop the eighteen year-old Belgian, who finished a fine third on the first day, from taking the Rookie title by a whisker ahead of Mathys Jaubert (TFT Racing). The Junior Porsche Carrera Cup France, meanwhile, grew in strength as the meetings progressed, to the point where he ended his campaign with a fine second place overall in the Var! And while Sébastien Poisson's (ABM) stranglehold on the Am category was such that he was declared champion in Race 1, the Pro-Am title was decided right down to the final few metres of the season's races.

Coming neck and neck at Le Castellet, outgoing champion Jérôme Boullery (Racing Technology) and challenger Marc Guillot (Herrero Racing) continued their tussle on the famous Mistral and Signes bends. Guillot was the first to win, but was demoted to third in class for a false start, just ahead of Boullery, who was also penalised for failing to respect the track limits, so the suspense was palpable at the start of race 2. But Jérôme Boullery didn't waver, putting all his experience to good use to claim another victory, a second consecutive Pro-Am title for the Racing Technology driver. It's a fitting end to another Porsche Carrera Cup France season that's been full of spectacle, emotion and superb on-track battles.