Defending Porsche Carrera Cup GB champion Michael Meadows (Reading) is eager to showcase his speed on the international stage when the Carrera Cup GB joins with the Carrera Cup France as a support race to the world-famous 24-hour race at Le Mans on Saturday 14 June.As Porsche returns to compete at the top level of sports car racing, the traditional support race to the 24 Hours will feature the latest version of the iconic, rear-engined 460 hp 911 race car. Competitors from the British and French Carrera Cups will compete on the famous French race track in front of hundreds of thousands of fans gathered for what is arguably the most iconic race in the motor sport calendar.With 16 overall victories, Porsche is the most successful manufacturer in Le Mans history. This year, Porsche returns to Le Mans with the factory-run 919 Hybrid sports prototype race car in the top LMP1 category.Meadows (Samsung UHD TV Racing) says the race as the ideal platform to show his pace as part of a plan to return in 2015 and contest the 24-hour race. “It will be a huge event and if you can do a good job there it can really put you in the shop window for 24-hour teams,” he said. “Ultimately I’d love to race in the 24-hour and if I can do a good job this year in the Carrera Cup race then the aim has got to be to go back in 2015 for the 24-hour. I think once you go to Le Mans, you have to go back.”However, like all his fellow Carrera Cup GB drivers, Michael has never raced on the legendary track. “The only thing I’ve ever done at Le Mans is a couple of 24-hour kart races,” he said. “We drove down the Mulsanne Straight on the way to the hotel!“I can’t wait to go there and I’ve done a couple of sessions on the simulator. That’s been very useful and I’ve been watching on-boards and talking to people who have been fast there in the past: just doing everything I can to get as much knowledge as I can.”While he heads to France leading the 2014 Carrera Cup GB title race, Meadows says his major focus is the overall result as he goes up against a strong field of drivers from the Carrera Cup France. “I’d like to be able to challenge the best of the French drivers and so I’m treating it more as a one-off race rather than a Carrera Cup GB championship round. I want to try and win it overall and not think too much about points.”