Al Faisal endures disappointing outing at Porsche Super Cup
SPA: Oman’s Al Faisal Al Zubair endured a disappointing weekend at rounds seven and eight of the Porsche Mobil 1 Super Cup at Belgium’s famous Circuit de SpaFrancorchamps.
The Lechner Racing Middle East driver finished the first of the two races on Saturday evening in 22nd overall, but retired from race two on Sunday after a high-speed spin.
Norwegian driver Dennis Olsen secured a comfortable race one victory from pole position and repeated the feat in the second safety carinterrupted race to seal his second and third victories of the season. Series leader Michael Ammermuller finished third and second in the two races on the renowned Belgian circuit and Dylan Pereira rounded off the podium places in race two.
“The pace was okay, but I got hit on three different laps by different drivers and I kept going back and back,” said FZ Racing’s Al Faisal. “The driving standard was really poor. There were some stupid drivers out there today.”
Al Zubair began the first of the weekend’s two races from 20th position on Saturday evening, with Olsen, Mattia Drudi and Am- mermuller lining up at the front of the 31-car grid. It was a clean start and the leading trio held station through the opening lap, as did Al Zubair in 20th position.
Dan Cammish managed to overtake Nick Yelloly and snatch fourth place on lap four, but Al Zubair slipped a place to 21st. Lukas also managed to find a way past Yelloly on the next lap and Al Zubair retained 21st. There were no changes to the running order inside the top 10 through six and seven laps and Al Zubair remained in 21st heading into the final four laps of what was developing into a processional race.
Nick Yelloly slipped to eighth on lap eight, but all 31 drivers were still running. There were no late dramas for Olsen and the Norwegian held on to claim a second win of the season from Drudi and Ammermuller.
Yelloly climbed back to seventh when Pereira lost time on lap nine, but Al Zubair reached the chequered flag in 22nd after being overtaken by Roar Lindland on the final lap.