Berkay Besler Crowned PSCD Endurance Champion
Another international success was added to Turkish motorsport's record last weekend....
After the sixth and final round of the Porsche Sports Cup Deutschland series, held at Germany's Hockenheimring on 20-21 October, 19-year-old national driver Berkay Besler finished the season as champion of the series' endurance category.
After the weekend, Berkay said: "We have left behind the final race weekend of the Porsche Sports Cup Germany series at Hockenheimring, where we were racing for the second time. We won three of the four races held over the weekend and became champions in the series' endurance category. I would like to thank my family, who supported me, and my team Toksport WRT."
Five drivers from Turkey took part in the final weekend, which featured four separate races, both sprint and endurance. Competing in Porsche 911 GT3s, Berkay Besler, Ümit Ülkü, Bilal Saygılı, Çağlayan Çelik and Yıldıray Demircioğlu achieved the following results in the Porsche Sports Cup sprint races, which featured 46 drivers:
Sprint Race 1
Berkay Besler: Overall 1 – Class 5f: 1
Ümit Ülkü: Overall 16 – Class 5f: 11
Çağlayan Çelik: Overall 26 – Class 5e: 5
Bilal Saygılı: Overall 28 – Class 5f: 19
Sprint Race 2
Berkay Besler: Overall 1 – Class 5f: 1
Ümit Ülkü: Overall 13 – Class 5f: 10
Yıldıray Demircioglu: Overall 21 – Class 5e: 2
Bilal Saygılı: Overall 29 – Class 5f: 19
In the endurance series, which featured a total of 40 cars, the results were as follows:
Porsche Sports Cup Endurance Race 1
Berkay Besler: Overall 2 – Class 5f: 2
Ümit Ülkü: Overall 9 – Class 5f: 8
Çağlayan Çelik/Yıldıray Demircioglu: Overall 20 – Class 5e: 5
Bilal Saygılı: Overall 24 – Class 5f: 16
Porsche Sports Cup Endurance Race 2
Berkay Besler: Overall 1 – Class 5f: 1
Ümit Ülkü: Overall 5 – Class 5f: 5
Çağlayan Çelik/Yıldıray Demircioglu: DNF
Bilal Saygılı: DNF
We congratulate young driver Berkay Besler, who has crowned his first season in the Porsche series with a championship title, and wish continued success.
