Hot on the heels of last weekend's Croft races, the battle for the 2005 Porsche Carrera Cup GB continues at Mondello Park in Ireland over the weekend of 23/24 July.Heading to Ireland, Richard Westbrook (Red Line Racing) has a nine-point championship lead over Damien Faulkner (Team Parker Racing), but the Irish weekend represents Faulkner's best chance yet to take the lead in the title race. In reality, Faulkner has an advantage over Westbrook as the postponed round eight from Oulton Park will be run on Saturday afternoon at Mondello Park. As Westbrook missed the Oulton weekend whilst competing in the Porsche Supercup at Indianapolis, he cannot contest the replacement race and so Faulkner has a race in hand.The format for the Mondello Park weekend has qualifying on Saturday morning, followed by the postponed round eight on Saturday afternoon. On Sunday will be rounds 11 and 12. However, only the drivers that qualified at Oulton Park can contest Saturday's race, so Westbrook will be forced to watch his rivals take the glory.“It’ll be interesting watching the postponed race at Mondello," says Westbrook. "Damien’s got a chance to pull back some points in that race," he added. If Faulkner wins round eight with fastest lap, he will turn a nine-point deficit into a 12-point lead going into Sunday's pair of races."It's going to be a busy weekend and it's the closest race to home so I'm expecting a lot of friends and family to come to Mondello," says Faulkner. "I'm already on pole for round eight, so there's nothing more I can do now. It is a critical race. Also, this is the first time since 1999 that a championship I'm contesting has had a round at Mondello, so people that have been following my career want to come."However, this is not just about Westbrook and Faulkner. Tim Harvey (Team RPM) has suffered plenty of bad luck this season, but has the pace to win and would like nothing more than a hat-trick of wins at the Irish track. Meanwhile, Jason Templeman (Team Parker Racing) is the other member of the gang of four at the head of the pack and is overdue a victory. Lining up in the pursuit of the four leaders are Red Line Racing team mates Nigel Rice and Stephen Shanly, both potential podium finishers although Mondello will be a new challenge to Shanly. Rice was on the podium at Mondello last June when Harvey and Westbrook shared the race wins. Sadly missing from the Mondello grid will be Jason Young following his accident at Croft. Jason is nursing a badly bruised arm and plans to rejoin the championship at the following round at Snetterton.Aiming to build on his excellent form at Croft will be Steve Clark (Team RPM). Like Croft, Mondello is another new track to Steve, but he took a major step forward at Croft and earned the driver of the day award for his performances. That excellent progress should continue at Mondello, while Michael Corridan (Team Parker Racing) will be aiming for a good weekend in his native country.Finally, making his Porsche debut and racing for the first time in 2005 will be Paul Rivett in the Porsche Cars with Team Autosport entry. The car and the track are both new to the former double Clio champion, but he is buzzing about getting the opportunity to race in the Carrera Cup.