Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup at Le Castellet (France).print

The 19-year-old Bastian Buus contested only his fifth Supercup race in Le Castellet. The youngster from the BWT Lechner Racing team also started from pole position for the first time. But Buus defended this position in the first few meters in the style of a veteran against his hard-attacking team-mate Harry King. Even at the restart after a safety car phase that was triggered during the course of the first lap, he didn't let himself be taken by surprise. Buus kept the lead again and then drove an unchallenged victory in the 375 kW (510 hp) Porsche 911 GT3 Cup.

Harry King paid a lot of respect to his young teammate. "Bastian didn't make a mistake that I could have exploited. I saved my tires to attack him again at the end – that almost worked. But I'm also extremely happy with second place," summarized the BWT Lechner Racing driver from England. Great relief also for Larry ten Voorde: The defending champion from the GP Elite team recorded a clear lap in the previous race in Austria due to a collision through no fault of his own. With third place on the Circuit Paul Ricard, he was able to close the gap to the top of the table again. Porsche Junior Laurin Heinrich finished fourth. However, the 20-year-old lost this position due to a subsequent time penalty of three seconds: The stewards blamed the German from the SSR Huber Racing team for having overtaken outside the boundary of the track right after the start. Heinrich therefore had to hand over fourth place to Dylan Pereira. The Luxembourger from Team BWT Lechner Racing thus defended his lead in the standings.