Euan Hankey burst back into the Porsche Carrera Cup GB to win the opening race of the season at Brands Hatch on Saturday (2 April). With a last minute deal to race this year, the 24-year old scored his first Carrera Cup win and the first race win for a Carrera Cup Scholarship driver.

"It is awesome to be back," said Hankey after securing a very late deal to rejoin Team Parker Racing for the season. Hankey made his Carrera Cup debut in 2010 as one of the Carrera Cup GB Scholarship drivers and had worked all winter to secure a budget for a second season in the championship.

"It was extremely last minute," said the Somerset racer. "I've been working on this since last October and massive thanks are due to the team for pulling it together." Key backing comes from the Ecko clothing brand.

"This is a real championship charge," said team boss Stuart Parker. "We can build on last year's experience and he's going to be a serious title contender. This weekend has been a great start to his season. I've got to thank Marion Barnaby and Rob Boakes at Porsche for turning the car around in record time. We did the deal on Monday lunchtime, we picked the car up from Reading at 3pm and Euan shook it down at Brands Hatch on Tuesday," explained Parker. "The lads in the team did a great job to get it all sorted out in time."