Larry ten Voorde (Team GP Elite) has won round six of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup in Barcelona.
With his second win of the season, the Dutchman replaces Dylan Pereira (Luxembourg/BWT Lechner Racing) at the top of the leader board. Pereira scored third on the Circuit de Catalunya Formula 1 racetrack behind Porsche Junior Jaxon Evans (BWT Lechner Racing).
With two remaining races, the New Zealander maintains fourth overall behind the second Porsche Junior Ayhancan Güven (Turkey/Martinet by Alméras).
Initially, it looked as if Evans would wrest victory from polesitter Ten Voorde: He got the better start and overtook the Dutchman in the first corner. A collision, however, halted the race after a few seconds after a driver stalled at the start.
The evasive moves of the drivers starting further behind led to a chain reaction with four vehicles becoming entangled in the collision. Actor Michael Fassbender was also caught up in this accident. The German-Irish Hollywood star contested the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup as a guest driver and was one of the drivers to be thrown out of the race after just a few metres.
When the race went green again, Ten Voorde turned the tables: He overtook the now-leading Evans and eked out a small advantage over the remaining laps. “Jaxon simply got off the line better at the first start,” admitted Ten Voorde.
“But I couldn’t resist the chance of correcting that at the restart.” For Evans, the two starts were the complete opposite. “My first was perfect, the second I misjudged my tyre temperature and fluffed the clutch – that opened the door for Larry to overtake me.”
Pereira took his loss of the championship lead matter-of-factly: “After taking up the race from P5 I improved by two positions. More wasn’t possible today.”
Behind Florian Latorre (France/CLRT), Max van Splunteren (Team GP Elite) finished fifth and thus won the Rookie Classification. The Dutchman defended his position over the entire race distance from his rookie rivals Leon Köhler (Germany/Lechner Racing Middle East) and Jaap van Lagen (Netherlands/FACH AUTO TECH). “The three-way fight was tough but great fun,” concluded Van Splunteren, who now moves to the top of the table in the rookie category.
Porsche Junior Ayhancan Güven took the flag in eighth place, with rookie Marvin Klein (France/Martinet by Alméras) and Marius Nakken (Norway/Dinamic Motorsport) rounding off the top ten.
The ProAm Classification went to Roar Lindland (Norway/Pierre Martinet by Alméras) ahead of his teammate Clément Mateu (France) and Philipp Sager (Austria/Dinamic Motorsport). With this result, Lindland extends his lead in the ProAm category.
Next stop for the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup is the Formula One racetrack in Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium), where the seventh round is held as part of the Belgian Grand Prix in two weeks’ time (30 August 2020).
Results round 6 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, Barcelona (E), 13 laps
- Larry ten Voorde (Netherlands/Team GP Elite), 41:33.214 minutes
- Jaxon Evans (New Zealand/BWT Lechner Racing), + 0.524 seconds
- Dylan Pereira (Luxembourg/BWT Lechner Racing), + 3.854 seconds
- Florian Latorre (France/CLRT), + 4.421 seconds
- Max van Splunteren (Netherlands/Team GP Elite), + 8.733 seconds
- Leon Köhler (Germany/Lechner Racing Middle East), + 8.997 seconds
Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup 2020, standings after 6 of 8 races
- Larry ten Voorde (Netherlands/Team GP Elite), 118 points
- Dylan Pereira (Luxembourg/BWT Lechner Racing), 114 points
- Ayhancan Güven (Turkey/Martinet by Alméras), 88 points
- Jaxon Evans (New Zealand/BWT Lechner Racing), 82 point
- Florian Latorre (France/CLRT), 68 points
- Max van Splunteren (Netherlands/Team GP Elite), 63 points
