Ten-tenths ten Voorde thanks to Fassbender startline shunt
Larry ten Voorde earned his second win of the Porsche Supercup season at Barcelona, despite losing out from pole into Turn 1 to the fast-starting Jaxon Evans. But at a circuit where, as the Formula 1 grand prix emphatically showed, passing opportunities come at a premium, he was dealt a fortunate hand by a multi-car startline collision.
Eighth-starting Jean-baptiste
Simmenauer stalled on the grid, which forced Lucas Groeneveld on the row behind to swerve across the track. He then collected and fired Jesse van Kuijk up in the air and onto the grass, but both would continue.
But as the cars split to avoid Simmenauer’s stricken car, guest driver and twice Oscar-nominated actor Michael Fassbender was left with nowhere to go and ploughed into the stationary 911. That forced Roland Berville, taking to the grid in 25th and last, to jam on the brakes and spin to avoid adding to the debris strewn across the circuit. Fassbender would soon pull up and retire with a puncture.
Once the mess had been cleaned up, a standing start was issued with Evans now on pole. But in a reversal of fortunes, he was beaten off the line by ten Voorde. From there, the Team GP Elite driver sailed to a 0.5s victory and into the championship lead over Evans’s Lechner Racing team-mate Dylan Pereira, who finished third.