Larry ten Voorde secured his third Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland title with two races left on the 2023 calendar. Finishing Sunday’s race at the Red Bull Ring in fifth place, the 26-year-old Dutchman extended his lead in the overall standings uncatchable. Thanks to his win on the Austrian Formula 1 racetrack, Porsche Junior Bastian Buus consolidated his runner-up position in the standings. The Hockenheimring hosts the season finale of the one-make cup with the 375 kW (510 PS) Porsche 911 GT3 Cup from 20-22 October 2023.

Larry ten Voorde looked relieved. “It was a tough race with more fighting for positions and more contacts than I would have liked, but it was great fun,” said the Dutchman from the GP Elite team, after finishing Sunday’s race at the Red Bull Ring in fifth place. “When I first contested the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland in 2017, I would never have dared to dream that I would set a new record with three titles. It’s been an incredible journey so far and I hope it continues for a long time to come.”

In the race, the dominant championship leader could have taken the pressure off himself: To claim the title, he only needed to score two points at round 14 of the 16-race calendar. However, heading into the race from the fifth grid spot, ten Voorde was determined to fight for a podium finish. He and Harry King (Allied Racing) went head-to-head for third place over many laps – at times swapping paint as well as a spectacular detour through a gravel bed for the GP Elite car. “After that, my car didn’t handle so well,” ten Voorde reported later. He let King and, a little later, Morris Schuring (Auto Tech) go and concentrated on making it across the finish line unscathed. Ultimately, fifth place was enough to clinch an early title.

At the head of the field, Porsche Junior Bastian Buus drove a commanding race to bring home his third win of the season. On lap three, the 20-year-old Dane and his Allied-Racing teammate Harry King initially swept past polesitter Loek Hartog (Team GP Elite) from the Netherlands. However, the stewards decided that King’s overtaking manoeuvre was a little too ambitious. When the Englishman was instructed to fall back behind Hartog again, the door opened for Buus. His lead after 21 laps was 4.1 seconds – a huge margin by Carrera Cup standards. “I won, that’s all I could do today. Congratulations to Larry on winning the title,” said Buus showing true sportsmanship.

After failing to turn his pole position into a victory on Saturday, Loek Hartog was also less than thrilled on Sunday. “I’m not happy, that I lost the lead in the race. At least I still have the points for second place,” he concluded. Third-placed Harry King would also have preferred to finish further up the field. “I could’ve won, but the penalty cost me two positions. At least I had a great duel with Larry ten Voorde,” he concluded.

Behind Morris Schuring and Larry ten Voorde, Germany’s Leon Köhler (Proton Competition) crossed the finish line in sixth place. Scoring seventh place, his fellow countryman Alexander Tauscher (Huber Racing) was the best-placed driver from the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland Talent Pool.

Repeating the success from the previous day, Theo Oeverhaus (CarTech Motorsport Bonk) won the Rookie classification. “After just a few laps I managed to take the lead of the Rookies and held on to it to the flag. The points are valuable,” stated the 18-year-old from Germany, thrilled with his seventh win of the season and his extended lead in the standings. Joining him on the Rookie podium were Vincent Andronaco (Allied-Racing) from Germany in second place and Jasin Ferati (Fach Auto Tech) from Switzerland in third.

Ahmad Alshehab (CarTech Motorsport Bonk) claimed the top step of the ProAm podium for the fourth time this season. “My engineer told me to push, push, push – so that’s what I did,” beamed the Kuwaiti racer. The current ProAm leader Sören Spreng (GP Elite) from Germany finished second ahead of Bulgarian Georgi Donchev (ProfilDoors by Huber Racing).

“My sincere congratulations to Larry ten Voorde on winning the title. He clearly dominated the 2023 Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland season and takes home the well-deserved championship crown for the third time. Now I’m looking forward to the season finale in Hockenheim and the title decisions in the ProAm, Rookie and Team classes. There’s still a lot of suspense in all three classifications,” said Issak Hurui, Project Manager for the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland after the weekend in Styria.

Larry ten Voorde: first triple champion in Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland
Larry ten Voorde is Europe’s most successful driver in Porsche’s one-make cups. To date, the 26-year-old has celebrated 29 victories and climbed the podium 99 times in the international Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup as well as national series in Germany, Italy and the Benelux countries. He won the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup in 2020 and 2021. In the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland, which began in 1990, he is the only champion from the Netherlands and has now set a new record with his third title after 2020 and 2021.

The lean Dutchman has also made his mark in international endurance racing. He celebrated a class victory in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at the wheel of a Porsche 911 RSR and also delivered a strong performance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Results race 14, Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland, Red Bull Ring (A)
1. Porsche Junior Bastian Buus (DK/Allied-Racing), 32:18.355 minutes
2. Loek Hartog (NL/Team GP Elite), +4.119 seconds
3. Harry King (UK/Allied-Racing), +6,016 seconds
4. Morris Schuring (NL/Fach Auto Tech), +7.726 seconds
5. Larry ten Voorde (NL/Team GP Elite), +9.066 seconds
6. Leon Köhler (D/Proton Competition), +9.388 seconds

Standings Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland / Drivers (after 14 races)
1. Larry ten Voorde (NL/Team GP Elite), 289 points
2. Porsche Junior Bastian Buus (DK/Allied-Racing), 230 points
3. Harry King (UK/Allied-Racing), 209 points
4. Loek Hartog (NL/Team GP Elite), 206 points
5. Morris Schuring (NL/FACH AUTO TECH), 155 points

Standings Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland / Rookies (after 14 races)
1. Theo Oeverhaus (D/CarTech Motorsport Bonk), 241 points
2. Vincent Andronaco (D/Allied-Racing), 200 points
3. Harri Jones (AUS/Scherer Sport PHX), 199 points

Standings Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland / ProAm (after 14 races)
1. Sören Spreng (D/GP Elite), 254 points
2. Georgi Donchev (BG/ProfilDoors by Huber Racing), 242 points
3. Ahmad Alshehab (KWT/CarTech Motorsport Bonk), 242 points

Standings Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland / Teams (after 14 races)
1. Team GP Elite (NL), 510 points
2. Allied-Racing (D), 457 points
3. FACH AUTO TECH (CH), 251 points