News release, November 02, 2020
For its rookie championship season, Austrian team BWT Lechner Racing achieved an impressive level of success, including an overall win for Jaxon Evans, a Pro-Am win for Nicolas Misslin and the team title. This unpredictable final round in Barcelona also saw Victor Weyrich (Pierre Martinet by Alméras) score the Rookie trophy and François Lansard (CLRT) triumph in Am.
Trailing the provisional leader by 18 points at the finish in Barcelona, Jaxon Evans (BWT Lechner Racing) took the start in the race as the fifth of five contenders for victory. Florian Latorre (CLRT) and Ayhancan Güven (Martinet by Alméras) nabbed the first and second spots on the grid in qualifying, further impeding the New Zealander’s chances. Evans’ poor start in the opening race meant he dropped from third to eighth position in the space of one lap. It was then that the Junior Porsche driver launched into a frenzied comeback! Meanwhile, Marvin Klein (Martinet by Alméras) was forced to retire and Latorre incurred a drive-through penalty for cutting the first corner, putting victory well within Evans’ reach. He overtook Güven just 14 minutes from the checkered flag, earning his first win of the season. In the end, Latorre finished 11th and Güven fell to 19th place after a tyre puncture. Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer (BWT Lechner Racing) claimed the second step on the podium ahead of Victor Blugeon (Pierre Martinet by Alméras) achieving his best result of the season. Nicolas Misslin (BWT Lechner Racing), Victor Weyrich (Pierre Martinet by Alméras) and François Lansard (CLRT) won their respective categories: Pro-Am, Rookie and Am.
The 10th and final race of the season on Sunday’s programme promised to be a nail-biter and did not disappoint. Florian Latorre was pushed back three spots on the grid for having slowed excessively in Race 1, and also fell victim to a crash at the first corner, losing all possibility of winning. Unfortunately, Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer and Christophe Lapierre (Sébastien Loeb Racing) met the same fate, with the latter losing his chance at the Pro-Am title for good. The 2020 Porsche Carrera Cup France would therefore be decided between Jaxon Evans and Ayhancan Güven. At the finish, 24-year-old Evans won the French Cup, his second after winning the Australian version in 2018. The podium of this last race was rounded out by Marvin Klein ahead of Adam Eteki (CLRT) and Hugo Chevalier (CLRT) earning his second consecutive top 5 finish. Victor Weyrich and Nicolas Misslin confirmed their respective titles in Rookie and Pro-Am with confidence, the latter snatching his third category win in three years with as many teams. The top step on the Am podium was claimed by Emil Caumes (CLRT), but his teammate François Lansard took the championship crown. Once again, this extremely competitive final round and the entire season solidified an undeniably high caliber of competition in the Porsche Carrera Cup France.