Will Jenkins is early championship leader in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB after scoring a brilliant pole position and class victory across the opening round of the 2026 season at Donington Park this past weekend (11-12 April). 

Jenkins got his second season in the Carrera Cup GB off to a superb start at his ‘home’ circuit of Donington Park, with electrifying pace in qualifying netting him his first overall pole position, before he fought through to a breakthrough PRO class victory in race two.

Returning to the scene of his Carrera Cup GB debut last year, the Wera Alliance Race Academy driver got the season opener off to a great start in free practice on Thursday. Setting the pace in the opening session, he eventually ended the day second quickest to set himself up for qualifying.

The Staffordshire-based talent went on to excel on Saturday, charging to the top of the timesheets in his Team Parker Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car. His best effort of 1m 04.801s around the National layout secured him pole position for the first of the two races on Sunday, with his lap impressively being two tenths of a second faster than anyone else.

Jenkins produced a great start to convert pole into the race lead heading into an early safety car period. Perfectly executing the race restart to maintain his advantage, he led a large portion of the race in front of the live ITV4 television cameras before unfortunately slipping back to second late on.

Comfortably holding second place to the chequered flag to start his season on the podium, the 21-year-old would therefore start fourth on the partially-reverse grid for race two. A great start saw him immediately grab a place into Redgate for the first time, moving him up to third.

Jenkins’ forward momentum continued at the same corner next time round, with a great switchback move securing him second overall and crucially the PRO class lead. With the overall leader not making any mistakes, he maintained a clear gap to those behind to earn his maiden PRO victory.

That result means that Jenkins holds a one-point advantage heading into the next round at Brands Hatch in three weeks’ time (09-10 May). He does so thanks to the crucial support of his loyal personal partners Asset Alliance Group, The Reefer Trailer Centre, Hopkins Race Transporters, Barkers Finance, SAF Holland, The Green Group and WS Transportation.

Will Jenkins: “What a way to start the season! Saturday was perfect getting my first overall pole position, and while it was a shame to miss out on the win in race one, I honestly couldn’t have asked for anything more from the opening round and I’m delighted with how it’s gone.

“Team Parker Racing gave me a fantastic car from the off and I was so happy I could make the most of it in qualifying. To lead from the front of the field in race one was a great feeling and I gave it everything I could to hold on to the win, but it just slipped away from me.

“Starting fourth on the reverse grid for race two, I knew I needed to try and move forward quickly. I really enjoyed the couple of moves I made, and once I was into the class lead, my job was to hold that and the maximum points. Thank you to everyone involved in making this possible, to be Porsche Carrera Cup GB championship leader is incredible and I can’t wait for Brands Hatch next.”