Porsche Carrera Cup GB Scholarship drivers Euan Hankey and Michael Meadows showed strongly in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup race supporting the British Grand Prix yesterday (11 July). Hankey qualified a superb eighth fastest but had an incident packed race while Meadows drove a strong race to take 14th in a superbly competitive field. The step up to the Formula 1 support race at Silverstone came as an additional reward for their success in the 2010 Scholarship and represented a fantastic opportunity to race in front of a huge crowd at their home Grand Prix. Victory in the race went British racer Nick Tandy, who made his Porsche debut in the Carrera Cup GB VIP car at Silverstone in August 2008.In qualifying on Saturday, Hankey claimed eighth place on the grid and just a tenth of second improvement would have left him fifth as he out-qualified a number of established Supercup aces. Meadows was 18th fastest, one place behind Supercup race winner Alessandro Zampedri."I was pretty chuffed with P8 in qualifying," said Hankey. "The Formula 1 rubber gives you grip I've never experienced before. It felt like driving a single-seater, but with the power of the Porsche.""The frustrating thing in qualifying is that I didn't get my lap on the first lap on the Formula 1 rubber," said Meadows. "Euan did, and he showed where we could be. It was just great to be out there and feel that amount of grip. You push 100% on every lap and it really tests you as a driver. I qualified around Zampedri, Bridgman and Maassen."In Sunday's race, run in front of a crowd in excess of 100,000, Hankey attacked from the start but was forced off the track on the opening lap and eventually dropped to 18th place at the finish with an ill-handling car. Meadows, meanwhile, moved up the order to take 14th place. "I had a great start and got into seventh," said Hankey. "Then someone launched up the inside of me and I got pushed way off the track. The handing was terrible after that.""It's been hard work, but so good to do," said Meadows. "You get to compare yourself to the best Porsche drivers around. The pace was quite good and I learnt a lot. It was so aggressive in the first couple of laps and I just sat at the back of it. It was great to be on the back of people like Zampedri and Maassen."The experience has left both Carrera Cup Scholarship drivers keen to graduate into the Porsche Supercup in the future. "It's been a big learning curve and the whole Supercup experience is absolutely brilliant," said Hankey. "The atmosphere is fantastic and it is awesome. I could do this for the rest of my life!""This is where I want to be next," said Meadows. "It could be possible to do Supercup and Carrera Cup GB, like the German guys do with Supercup and Carrera Cup Germany."