James Sutton was the top finisher of the seven drivers from the Porsche Carrera Cup GB to contest the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup race supporting the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on Sunday (10 July).Team SAS/Redline racers Sutton and Michael Meadows used their previous experience of the race to finish 11th and 13th in the 26-strong field, with Sutton racing with former Supercup champion Patrick Huisman and 2011 title contender Sean Edwards in a bid for a place in the top 10. Meadows, meanwhile, was one of the stars of the race as he battled back to 13th after being boxed in at the start.The other drivers from the Carrera Cup GB all enjoyed an incredible experience, with Sam Tordoff finishing 15th and Ben Hetherington 16th. Ahmad Al Harthy was unfortunately sidelined by a mechanical problem on the opening lap, while Carrera Cup Pro-Am2 racers Keith Webster and Andrew Shelley finished 23rd and 24th.The weekend started in challenging style for the Carrera Cup racers when free practice on Friday ran in very wet conditions. “That put us on the back foot,” said SAS/Redline team boss Simon Leonard. “Qualifying was more like testing as the drivers got used to the Formula 1 rubber on the track.” Despite the challenge, Sutton qualified an excellent ninth, just seven-tenths of a second away from the pole position time for the two-minute lap around the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit. Meadows was only a tenth of a second slower in 11th place as the SAS cars sandwiched Edwards.Unfortunately, Sutton and Meadows didn’t get good starts and Meadows in particular lost out as he got boxed in on the run to the first corner. While Sutton shadowed Huisman and Edwards, Meadows battled back up to 13th after passing four cars during the race. “Michael had a fantastic race,” said Leonard. “Both the SAS boys did well; they were in with the best in the world.”In such tough company, both Tordoff and Hetherington drove excellent races on their first experience of the Porsche Supercup, finishing ahead of established Supercup racers Alessandro Zampedri and Mathias Lauda. Having started 20th on the grid, Tordoff drove very well to work through to 15th in a race largely devoid of retirements.The drivers will now return to the domestic championship for the start of the second half of the Carrera Cup GB at Snetterton over the weekend of 6/7 August.