King on the throne in Austria

Reigning Porsche Carrera Cup GB champion Harry King warmed up for his rookie Supercup campaign with a double win in the Carrera Cup Benelux at the

Red Bull Ring last weekend.

King, driving for Parker Revs Motorsport, was fifth fastest in qualifying, but started fourth for race one, and was in the lead by Turn 2 on the opening lap. He led all the way to beat Glenn van Parijs by more than four seconds.

King started fourth again for race two, but uncharacteristically took his time in this one, in which he had to wait an entire lap and a bit before taking the lead. This time he beat van Parijs by over 6s.

“I didn’t expect to be on the pace so quickly as there were only the two free practice sessions to dial into the track and we lacked a little bit in qualifying,” said King. “However, when it came to the two races, our pace was really strong and, when I got into the lead, I was able to stretch my legs and build a gap.

“I’ve been able to learn a lot about the 992-spec car in race trim this weekend ahead of my first start in the Supercup, and now I feel ready to hit the streets of Monaco next weekend.”

Elsewhere in Europe, Nick Yelloly made a fine start to his ADAC GT Masters campaign at Oschersleben, sharing a Schubert Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 with Jesse Krohn. They were fourth in the opener, then fitted slicks mid-race in the follow-up to charge to second from 13th on the grid. SSR Porsche pair Michael Ammermuller and Mathieu Jaminet, winners of race two, lead the points.

In International GT Open at Paul Ricard, Joe Osborne and Nick Moss headed the sister Inception Racing Mclaren of Ollie Millroy and Brendan Iribe in a 2-3 in the opener. There were no Brits on the podium in the sequel, but Adam Carroll qualified the Balfe Motorsport Audi on pole.