Rookie Guven dominates Supercup field to win from pole position
Silverstone rookie Ayhanchan Guven (Martinet by Almeras) was the class of the Porsche Supercup field, his maiden pole being followed up by a dominant win affected only by light drizzle on the last laps.
From pole, the Turkish ace got the drop on the 32-strong field at the start to head a fast-starting Jaxon Evans (Fach Auto Tech) and Florian Latorre (Fach Auto Tech) to Abbey, while Julien Andlauer (BWT Lechner Racing) began his charge up from sixth on the grid. Latorre, Silverstone victor a year ago, relieved Evans of second at Woodcote on lap four with Andlauer slipping by at Brooklands a lap later, allowing Andlauer to close on his fellow Frenchman. Andlauer slipped by on lap nine and soon hacked way at Guven’s advantage, which was almost three seconds. As Guven’s pace dropped late on as the drizzle fell, Andluaer kept pushing and closed to within half a second at flag fall. One more lap and he may have snatched the lead. Latorrre hung on to third while Larry Ten Voorde (MRS Gt-racing) was fourth having never been able to match the pace of the three ahead. Jaxon Evans lost pace mid-race, falling from second to fifth, while championship leader Michael Ammermuller (BWT Lechner Racing) bagged sixth from ninth on the grid, helped by dramas for some ahead, notably Joey Mawson (Team Australia) who clashed with Evans and spun at The Loop. JTR’S Dan Harper was the best of the Carrera Cup GB Brit pack, taking eighth.
Results
1 Ayhanchan Guven (Martinet by Almeras) 13 laps; 2 Julien Andlauer (BWT Lechner Racing) +0.575s; 3 Florian Latorre (Fach Auto Tech); 4 Larry Ten Voorde (MRS Gt-racing); 5 Jaxon Evans (Fach Auto Tech); 6 Michael Ammermuller (BWT Lechner Racing); 7 Mikkel Pedersen (Dinamic Motorsport); 8 Dan Harper (JTR); 9 Joey Mawson (Team Australia); 10 Jaap van Lagen (Martinet by Almeras).
FL: Andlauer 2m03.001s (107.13mph). P: Guven. S: 32.