Over the weekend of 17-19 December, Porsche and iRacing hosted open qualification sessions for the Porsche Esports Carrera Cup GB Series, to be held starting in January 2023. A change to the series for 2023 is instead of the fastest 26 lap times qualifying, the drivers were split into Pro and Am divisions. The Pro division took the fastest 16 lap times, and the Am division accepted the fastest 10 lap times, for a total of 26 drivers from the UK, racing in the Porsche Cup 992 car.

Thomas Cope, who raced in the series last season as an alternate, was able to race his way into the field this year, qualifying 14th in the Pro division. New Olympus driver Scott Moakes qualified tied for 8th in the Am division. The lap time difference between qualifier 1 and 26 is 1.07 seconds on the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit, with the fastest lap being 2:00.109.

Good luck to Thomas and Scott during this very intense racing season!