# 2018 Porsche GT3 Cup Brasil

The 2018 Porsche Império GT3 Cup Challenge Brasil is the first one-make Porsche racing championship in South America for 911 GT3 Cup cars and this was the fourteenth season. It began on March 24 at Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba and finished on November 11 at Autódromo José Carlos Pace. It was first held in 2005 and follows the same formula basis used in the Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup championships held around the world.

## Drivers

All cars are overseen by the Dener Motorsport team. From the 2018 season, the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 991), will now have the new Porsche 911 Cup (Type 991.2), making the category to align to the same molds played in other countries, now being called Porsche Imperio Carrera Cup 4.0 and Porsche Imperio Carrera Cup 3.8 (Equivalent to category Cup series) and Porsche Imperio GT3 Cup 4.0 and Porsche Imperio GT3 Cup 3.8 (Equivalent to category Challenge series).
| No. | Driver | Round |
| Carrera Cup 4.0 |||
| 00 | Constantino Jr. | 1–5 |
| 7 | Miguel Paludo | All |
| 8 | Werner Neugebauer | All |
| 10 | Daniel Schneider | 2–3 |
| 13 | Pedro Queirolo | All |
| 22 | Luca Seripieri | 3–5 |
| 27 | Ricardo Baptista | 2–6 |
| 29 | Rodrigo Mello | 4 |
| 63 | Lico Kaesemodel | All |
| 88 | Eduardo Rocha Azevedo | 1 |
| 90 | João Paulo Mauro | All |
| 544 | Marçal Muller | All |
| Carrera Cup 3.8 |||
| 11 | Gaetano di Mauro | All |
| 19 | Tom Filho | 1 |
| 20 | Pedrinho Aguiar | All |
| 21 | Eloi Khouri | All |
| 29 | Rodrigo Mello | 1–3 |
| 31 | William Starostik | 1 |
| 32 | Fernando Fortes | All |
| 44 | Bruno Baptista | All |
| 55 | Marcus Vario | 1–4 |
| 71 | Raulino Kreis Jr. | 1 |
| 73 | Enzo Elias | All |
| 77 | Murilo Coletta | All |
| 120 | Vitor Baptista | All |
| 177 | Marcel Coletta | All |
| 277 | Matheu Coletta | All |
| GT3 Cup 4.0 |||
| 4 | Beto Leite | | 1 |
| 5 | Sylvio de Barros | | 1–4 |
| 10 | Adalbeto Baptista | | 1–4 |
| 11 | Márcio Mauro | | 1–4 |
| 18 | Carlos Ambrósio | | 1–3 |
| 19 | Tom Filho | | 3–4 |
| 30 | Bruno Garfinkel | | 4 |
| 31 | Luca Seripieri | | 1–2 |
| 33 | Dominique Teysseyre | | 1–4 |
| 34 | Maurizio Billi | | 1–4 |
| 37 | Guilherme Reischl | | 1–4 |
| 50 | Ramon Alcaraz | | 3–4 |
| 53 | Rodolfo Toni | | 1–4 |
| 80 | Rouman Ziemkiewicz | | 1–4 |
| 99 | Tom Vale | | 1–4 |
| GT3 Cup 3.8 |||
| 7 | Patrick Choate | | 1–4 |
| 8 | Anderson Faita | | 3 |
| 14 | André Gaidzinski | | 1–4 |
| 40 | Alan Turres | | 2–3 |
| 45 | Paulo Tortaro | | 1–4 |
| 50 | Ramon Alcaraz | | 3 |
| 55 | Alexandre Auler | | 1–3 |
| 71 | Sangho Kim | | 1–3 |
| 77 | Franscisco Horta | | 1–4 |
| 83 | Marco Billi | | 1–4 |
| 87 | Nelson Monteiro | | 1–3 |

## Race Calendar and Results
### Carrera Cup

All races are scheduled to be held in Brazil.
| Race | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning 3.8 |
| 1 | Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, Curitiba | 24 March | Lico Kaesemodel | Lico Kaesemodel | Marçal Muller | Marcus Vario |
| 2 | Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, Curitiba | 24 March | | Lico Kaesemodel | Werner Neugebauer | Vitor Baptista |
| 3 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo | 14 April | Miguel Paludo | Miguel Paludo | Miguel Paludo | Gaetano di Mauro |
| 4 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo | 14 April | | Constantino Jr. | Constantino Jr. | Fernando Fortes |
| 5 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo | 12 May | Werner Neugebauer | Ricardo Baptista | Werner Neugebauer | Gaetano di Mauro |
| 6 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo | 12 May | | Lico Kaesemodel | Lico Kaesemodel | Vitor Baptista |
| 7 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo | 10 June | Lico Kaesemodel | Pedro Queirolo | Lico Kaesemodel | Vitor Baptista |
| 8 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo | 10 June | | Constantino Jr. | Constantino Jr. | Bruno Baptista |
| 9 | Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu | 15 September | Marçal Muller | Werner Neugebauer | Werner Neugebauer | Vitor Baptista |
| 10 | Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu | 15 September | | Werner Neugebauer | Werner Neugebauer | Gaetano di Mauro |
| 11 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo | 10 November | Miguel Paludo | Miguel Paludo | Miguel Paludo | Eloi Khouri |
| 12 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo | 11 November | | Ricardo Baptista | Ricardo Baptista | Bruno Baptista |

### GT3 Cup

All races are scheduled to be held in Brazil.
| Race | Circuit, Location | Date | Pole Position | Fastest lap | Race winner | Winning 3.8 |
| 1 | Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, Curitiba | 24 March | Sylvio de Barros | Tom Valle | Sylvio de Barros | Franscisco Horta |
| 2 | Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, Curitiba | 24 March | | Sylvio de Barros | Sylvio de Barros | Marco Billi |
| 3 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 14 April | Tom Valle | Sylvio de Barros | Sylvio de Barros | Paulo Tortaro |
| 4 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 14 April | | Tom Valle | Tom Valle | Alan Turres |
| 5 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 12 May | Tom Filho | Tom Vale | Tom Filho | Nelson Monteiro |
| 6 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 12 May | | Tom Vale | Tom Vale | Nelson Monteiro |
| 7 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 10 June | Tom Vale | Tom Vale | Adalbeto Baptista | Paulo Tortaro |
| 8 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 10 June | | Rouman Ziemkiewicz | Rouman Ziemkiewicz | Franscisco Horta |
| 9 | Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu | 15 September | Marcel Visconde | Adalbeto Baptista | Adalbeto Baptista | Nelson Monteiro |
| 10 | Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu | 15 September | | Marcel Visconde | Marcel Visconde | Nelson Monteiro |
| 11 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo | 10 November | Sylvio de Barros | Sylvio de Barros | Sylvio de Barros | Carlos Renaux |
| 12 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo | 11 November | | Tom Filho | Tom Filho | Franscisco Horta |

## Drivers' Championship

Points are awarded for each race at an event to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 70% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race. The sprint races has the partially top 6 reserve grid. Only the best 10 results in each series counts for the championship.
| Points format | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position |
| Points format | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
| Feature race | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Reserve grid race | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

### Carrera Cup

| Pos | Driver | CUR | CUR | INT | INT | INT | INT | INT | INT | VEC | VEC | INT | INT | Pts |
| 4.0 |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Werner Neugebauer | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 172 (194) |
| 2 | Miguel Paludo | Ret | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | DSQ | 170 |
| 3 | Lico Kaesemodel | Ret | Ret | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 168 |
| 4 | Marçal Müller | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 154 (162) |
| 5 | Pedro Queirolo | 2 | 3 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 142 (150) |
| 6 | Constantino Jr. | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | 138 |
| 7 | Ricardo Baptista | | | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Ret | DNS | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 129 |
| 8 | João Paulo Mauro | 4 | Ret | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 115 |
| 9 | Daniel Schneider | | | 5 | DNS | 7 | 9 | | | | | | | 33 |
| 10 | Luca Seripieri | | | | | Ret | 10 | 6 | 8 | | | | | 27 |
| 11 | Eduardo Azevedo | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | 9 | 7 | 19 |
| 12 | Rodrigo Mello | | | | | | | 7 | 7 | | | | | 18 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | Pts |
| 1 | Vitor Baptista | 7 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 182 (193) |
| 2 | Gaetano di Mauro | 18 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 20 | Ret | 167 |
| 3 | Bruno Baptista | 15 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 11 | DSQ | 2 | 1 | 141 (148) |
| 4 | Marcel Coletta | Ret | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 17 | Ret | 11 | 3 | Ret | 132 |
| 5 | Murilo Coletta | 8 | 7 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 9 | Ret | 4 | 131 |
| 6 | Fernando Fortes | 9 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 125 |
| 7 | Enzo Elias | Ret | 19 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 7 | Ret | 109 |
| 8 | Eloi Khouri | 13 | 15 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 19 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 108 |
| 9 | Marcus Vario | 6 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 12 | Ret | 19 | | | | | 100 |
| 10 | Matheus Coletta | 17 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 18 | Ret | 17 | Ret | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 90 |
| 11 | Pedrinho Aguiar | 11 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | Ret | 16 | 4 | Ret | 89 |
| 12 | Rodrigo Mello | 12 | 16 | 19 | 18 | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | 27 |
| 13 | Raulino Kreis Jr. | 10 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | 24 |
| 14 | Tom Filho | 14 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | 12 |
| 15 | William Starostik | 16 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| Pos | Driver | CUR | CUR | INT | INT | INT | INT | TRH | TRH | VEC | VEC | INT | INT | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
* ↑ On the last round of the season, Carrera Cup and Carrera Cup 3.8 competed separated.

### GT3 Cup

| Pos | Driver | CUR | CUR | INT | INT | INT | INT | INT | INT | VEC | VEC | INT | INT | Pts |
| 1 | Sylvio de Barros | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | | | | 147 |
| 2 | Adalberto Baptista | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | 121 |
| 3 | Maurizio Billi | 3 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | Ret | Ret | | | | 92 |
| 4 | Rouman Ziemkiewicz | Ret | 12 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | Ret | | | | 75 |
| 5 | Tom Valle | Ret | DNS | Ret | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | Ret | | | | | 68 |
| 6 | Guilherme Reischl | 5 | 8 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | Ret | 7 | | | | 66 |
| 7 | Tom Filho | | | | | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | Ret | | | | 64 |
| 8 | Carlos Ambrósio | 2 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 8 | Ret | | | 4 | | | | 59 |
| 9 | Dominique Teysseyre | Ret | DNS | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 6 | Ret | | | | 58 |
| 10 | Rodolfo Toni | Ret | 6 | Ret | 7 | 20 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 6 | | | | 55 |
| 11 | Márcio Mauro | 6 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 19 | 8 | 8 | DSQ | Ret | | | | 53 |
| 12 | Luca Seripieri | Ret | 5 | 11 | 18 | | | | | | | | | 32 |
| 13 | Ramon Alcaraz | | | | | 21 | DNS | 7 | 12 | | | | | 22 |
| 14 | Bruno Garfinkel | | | | | | | 9 | 8 | | | | | 17 |
| 3.8 |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Paulo Totaro | 7 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 10 | | | | | 146 |
| 2 | Francisco Horta | 6 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 7 | | | | | 129 |
| 3 | Patrick Choate | 8 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 9 | | | | | 128 |
| 4 | Marco Billi | 12 | 9 | Ret | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | | | | | 114 |
| 5 | André Gaidzinski | 11 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 16 | Ret | | | | | 81 |
| 6 | Nelson Monteiro | DNS | DNS | 6 | 10 | 9 | 11 | | | | | | | 78 |
| 7 | Sangho Kim | 10 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 20 | | | | | | | 55 |
| 8 | Alexandre Auler | 9 | 15 | 13 | Ret | 16 | 17 | | | | | | | 54 |
| 9 | Alan Turres | | | 9 | 9 | Ret | 15 | | | | | | | 44 |
| 10 | Anderson Faita | | | | | 17 | 18 | | | | | | | 17 |
| 11 | Ramon Alcaraz | | | | | DNS | 21 | | | | | | | 55 |
| Pos | Driver | CUR | CUR | INT | INT | GOI | GOI | TRH | TRH | VEC | VEC | INT | INT | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
* ↑ On the last round of the season, GT3 cup competed with Carrera Cup and GT3 Cup 3.8 raced with Carrera Cup 3.8.