All three of Porsche Club Motorsports track racing series combined for two races on the Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit on Saturday August 2nd, with a big field of 49-cars qualifying to line up on the separate grids for each championship. It was a day of drama and incident, Jake McAleer and Simon Clark taking a Porsche Club Motorsport Championship with Pirelli win each, while Oliver Chatham took both Porsche Club Motorsport AM Championship with Pirelli wins and Max Watt did the double the Porsche Club Motorsport Boxster Cup.
Porsche Club Motorsport Championship with Pirelli &
Porsche Club Motorsport AM Championship with Pirelli
Race One
There was drama before the start as Porsche Club Motorsport Championship with Pirelli front-runner Simon Clark had his 997 fail to fire up in the collecting area, leaving Jake McAleer alone on the front row of the massive grid. With the early part of the race run behind the safety car after a first corner incident, it was only after three laps the field was released to race again, Jake McAleer leading from Father Mark, Pete Morris making it a trio of 997s at the front with Chris Dyer next up in his Cayman S.
Jake McAleer was able to stay consistently a second clear at the front and reeled off the remaining laps to claim his fifth win of 2025, Mark McAleer in turn with time in hand over Morris to finish second. Morris looked to have third sown up but had a slide on lap eight which saw Dyer go by to take his second podium finish of the season, Morris having to settle for fourth.
Pete Evans ran fifth but retired after five laps, Jim Bryan claiming that position ahead of series returnee Steve Cheetham.
“It was a strange race, shame Simon couldn’t make the start as you want to beat the best out there,” said Jake McAleer. “We just had to make the best of the opportunity, and it seemed we spent so much time behind the safety car – which has saved the tyres for race two!”
Patience in qualifying saw Oliver Chatham finally find some clear track and put in the quickest lap by over a second to claim Porsche Club Motorsport AM Championship with Pirelli pole, and he then dodged the first corner chaos to lead the field from Shiraz Khan and Wayne Gregory behind the safety car. Chatham used that pace to pull clear of Khan once racing resumed, Khan in turn with a small gap back to Gregory.
Chatham stayed clear to take his first win of 2025 and take ninth overall, Khan slipping down the order to come across the line fifth as Gregory added to his podium tally with second. Darren Labbett claimed third but had Tom Andrew less than half a second behind as they crossed the line.
“I finally managed to win a race this season!” said Chatham. “So pleased to win, I seemed to have everything happening in front or around me, then there was some oil down, and I was trying so hard not to lose it through no fault of my own. Really happy – over the moon!”
Race Two
Clark was able to line his car up on pole for race two and duly took the lead, coming round at the end of lap one with Jake McAleer just over half a second back, Mark McAleer and Pete Morris next up. Once more the safety car was scrambled in response to an incident, the field completing the next three laps under its control before racing resumed as they headed into lap five.
Sadly, the racing proved to be short-lived and once more the safety car was needed, and the rest of the race was to be behind the safety car, Clark leading the field over the line as the 25-minute race time was over for the win, Jake McAleer second from Mark McAleer and Pete Morris.
“I got a fair start but so did Jake, I went wide at Maggots and to be fair to Jake, he gave me the space to gather it up,” said Clark. “I felt I had the legs on him in some areas and he had the advantage in others, but we got the result we wanted.”
Chatham again led the AM Championship field away from pole, Khan running second and Andrew Porter in third. Porter slipped down the order during the brief spell of racing after the first safety car, Labbett running third and taking that place at the end, Andrew fourth from Gregory.
“The first win was better, just because we had more racing!” said Chatham. “I had a front row seat to a great battle going on in front of me with the Championship class cars, I’d build a gap and then it would go – a weird race and I was hoping for maybe one racing lap at the end.”
Porsche Club Motorsport Championship with Pirelli
Race One:
1 Jake McAleer (997 C2S) 9 Laps
2 Mark McAleer (997 C2S +1.030s
3 Chris Dyer (Cayman S)
4 Pete Morris (997 C2S).
Fastest Lap: Mark McAleer 2m19.708s (94.32mph).
Race Two:
1 Simon Clark (997 C2S) 9 Laps
2 Jake McAleer (997 C2S) +1.505s
3 Mark McAleer (997 C2S)
4 Pete Morris (997 C2S)
Fastest Lap: Jake McAleer 2m21.209s (93.32mph).
Porsche Club Motorsport AM Championship with Pirelli
Race One:
1 Oliver Chatham (Boxster S) 9 Laps
2 Wayne Gregory (Boxster S) +17.547s
3 Darren Labbett (Boxster S)
4 Tom Andrew (Boxster S)
Fastest Lap: Oliver Chatham 2m25.597s (90.50ph).
Race Two:
1 Chatham 9 Laps
2 Shiraz Khan (Boxster S) +0.886s
3 Darren Labbett (Boxster S)
4 Tom Andrew (Boxster Cup)
Fastest Lap: Oliver Chatham 2m26.013s (90.25mph).
Porsche Club Motorsport Boxster Cup
Race One
Max Watt was on pole for the opening Porsche Club Motorsport Boxster Cup race and got away cleanly so led the field though the first safety car period before racing resumed heading into lap four. Vince Brewer had run second but was passed by Mike Thompson on that first full lap of racing, Perry Darling slotting into third as Watt put an AM category car between himself and his series rivals.
Watt built himself a buffer of time and other cars to stay clear and take his fourth win of the season, Thompson taking second just clear of Bertie Bream who had passed Drawing on lap eight. Brendan Haffner claimed fourth with Carrington Darcy rounding out the top five.
“That wasn’t bad, it was a bit quiet for a while, but the safety car restart was hectic!” said Watt. “I had a gap and was worried about the calls two cars slowing me up, so I pushed to get past them.”
Race Two
Due to a number of incidents race two was run mostly under the safety car, Watt leading at the end of lap one from Bream and Stuart Warner only to be greeted by the safety car which led the field round for three laps. Released for one lap pf racing before again the safety car came out and stayed on track until the end of the race, it was Watt from Bream and Warner, the latter taking his first podium finish.
Porsche Club Motorsport Boxster Cup
Race One:
1 Max Watt (Boxster S) 9 Laps
2 Mike Thompson (Boxster S) +11.199s
3 Bertie Bream (Boxster S)
4 Brenden Haffner (Boxster S)
Fastest Lap: Max Watt 2m27.909s (89.09mph)
Race Two:
1 Max Watt (Boxster S) 9 Laps
2 Bertie Bream (Boxster S)
3 Stuart Warner (Boxster S)
4 Barrington Darcy (Boxster S)
Fastest Lap: Bertie Bream 2m31.520s (86.97mph).
Next Races: Donington Park, East Midlands, 20th September 2025.
By Paul Jurd