Andrew Kirkaldy scored a debut victory in round three of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB with a superb performance at Rockingham on Sunday. However, while Kirkaldy used all his GT racing experience to drive a fine race, James Sutton also starred and led for many laps until picking up a front puncture.Sutton (Red Line Racing) took the lead from pole, but had Steven Kane (Motorbase Performance) and Kirkaldy in the Porsche Motorsport entry on his tail over the opening laps as Michael Caine (Team Parker Racing) fended off Tim Harvey (Red Line Racing) for fourth.As Kane chased the leader, a small rear brake problem caused him to run wide over the grass at Brooke and Kirkaldy dived through to second. Caine and Harvey almost pushed Kane further back, but he recovered just in time to hold on to third.Now it was Kirkaldy chasing Sutton, but the leader was driving with maturity beyond his years and fended off his challenger for lap after lap. However, Sutton locked a front wheel several times into Deene Hairpin and Kirkaldy was able to dive through under braking there for the 15th time. Eventually Sutton’s tyre punctured and he was forced into the pits. “I think it sends out a good message,” said Sutton after an impressive drive. “I’ll just put it down to experience.”Once ahead, Kirkaldy was able to reel off the remaining laps for victory after a quality performance. “We weren’t quite quick enough at the start, but I just tried to conserve my tyres like a GT race,” he said.Having recovered from his moment on the grass, Kane came through strongly to take second place and maximum points, despite a late scare when he just brushed the wall at very high speed on the exit of Turn One. “I spent most of my race trying to catch up; the car was very fast,” he said.With Sutton now well down the order, Caine was able to claim third, having steadily eased away from Harvey after a big battle in the early laps. “We all had moments where we detoured a bit. I know what to do with the car for tomorrow,” added Caine. Harvey was fourth, needing to conserve his front tyres over the closing laps to avoid the same problem at Sutton.  “We were all making mistakes, it’s that kind of track,” said Tim.Sam Hancock (Motorbase Performance) took fifth with a strong run, staying clear of Rob Collard (Team Parker Racing), while Nigel Rice took seventh and pro-am victory. “I made a storming start, but got a bit swamped at the first corner. It’s such hard work round here,” said Rice. Initially, Andy Britnell (Motorbase Performance) led the chase of Rice, but a trip over the grass removed his front splitter and left him battling with major understeer. Britnell then came under attack from a charging Pete Osborne (Team O) until Osborne’s gear lever broke and then it was Charles Bateman (Team Parker Racing) who swept ahead to take second in pro-am, his best result so far.Porsche Carrera Cup GB resultsDate: Saturday 21 April 2007

Venue: Rockingham

Event: Results, round 3 - 22 laps

1 Andrew Kirkaldy - Porsche Motorsport 30m16.896s2 Steven Kane Pro Motorbase Performance 30m19.383s3 Michael Caine Pro Team Parker Racing 30m23.314s4 Tim Harvey Pro Red Line Racing 30m31.258s5 Sam Hancock Pro Motorbase Performance 30m33.048s6 Rob Collard Pro Team Parker Racing 30m54.882s7 Nigel Rice Pro-am Red Line Racing 30m56.450s8 Charles Bateman Pro-am Team Parker Racing 31m12.317s9 Andy Britnell Pro-am Motorbase Performance 31m17.786s10 James Sutton Pro Red Line Racing 31m26.072s11 Colin Willmott Pro-am Willmott Racing 21 lapsDNF Pete Osborne Pro-am Team O Gear lever