Dylan bringing it all back home
PORSCHE SUPERCUP IMOLA (ITA) 24 APRIL ROUND 1/8
Lechner Racing driver Dylan Pereira took a lights-to-flag win as the Porsche Supercup got under way at Imola.
The 2020 series runner-up beat GP Elite’s two-time and reigning champion Larry ten Voorde to pole by 0.249 seconds, with impressive Carrera Cup Germany graduate Bastian Buus lining up third for his Supercup debut in a Lechner car.
Rain delayed the race start and caused the first three laps to be run behind the safety car. Pereira then aced the rolling start, while ten Voorde came under pressure from Buus. Behind, 2020 Carrera Cup GB champion Harry King (Lechner) took advantage of Marvin Klein and Dorian Boccolacci delaying each other at Piratella to nab fifth.
King, returning for a second year of Supercup after racing for Team Parker in 2021, then ambushed Laurin Heinrich for fourth at Rivazza, and inherited third when Buus ran wide at Acque Minerali and dropped behind Heinrich to fifth.
A safety car robbed Pereira of his 1.557s lead, but the Portuguese-luxembourger was unfazed and cruised to victory by 2.014s over ten Voorde and King, while Heinrich just held off a determined Buus to the flag. King’s fellow Briton, the 2021 PCCGB runner-up Lorcan Hanafin, finished eighth on his Supercup debut with Fach Auto Tech.
Heinrich’s SSR Huber team-mate, three-time Supercup champion Michael Ammermuller, had a disappointing return after two years away. The 2017-18-19 dominator qualified 18th and only advanced to 12th in the race. Motogp legend Jorge Lorenzo was a steady 30th in the guest car.