Red Line Racing has won the team award in the 2009 Porsche Carrera Cup GB, having amassed an unbeatable score ahead of the final weekend of the season. The runner-up position will be settled at Brands Hatch (3/4 October) between Team Parker Racing and Motorbase Performance.

Cleveland-based Red Line, headed by Simon Leonard, has a superb record in the Carrera Cup GB and scored points through the 2009 season with lead drivers Tim Harvey and James Sutton. This marks the third team title for Red Line Racing, following previous titles in 2004 and 2007.

Leonard says that winning the team title is the perfect launch pad into the 2010 season, when the team will expand into running parallel teams in the Porsche Supercup and the Carrera Cup GB. The Supercup squad will run under the Team SAS banner, while the team will also continue to field a multi-car squad in the Carrera Cup GB.

As part of a major expansion programme, for both its road and race car business, the team will shortly move into extensive new premises in the Middlesborough area.

"This is a great platform for us for next season," said Leonard. "It has been a first class team performance this season and winning the team award means a lot to all the guys who work so hard for our drivers. We'll be announcing our Supercup drivers during October and we're also getting a great deal of interest in the Carrera Cup GB."

The team is now focused on winning the Carrera Cup drivers' title again and Harvey and Sutton will both go into the final two races firmly in contention for the title.