After Alessandro Ghiretti’s (Martinet by Alméras) one-two finish in Barcelona, Dorian Boccolacci (Forestier Racing CLRT) and Marvin Klein (TFT Racing) shared the success at the second meeting of the season in Magny-Cours.
The reaction was expected and it was not long in coming. Deprived of victories by Alessandro Ghiretti at the opening of the debates in Catalonia, Dorian Boccolacci and Marvin Klein, the duettists of the two previous seasons, were expected to win in the Nièvre. Boccolacci was the first to take the two pole positions and converted the first one into success under a beautiful sun. He had every intention of repeating the feat on Sunday in the rain, when he was prematurely caught by his teammate Benjamin Paque (Forestier Racing CLRT), who had been a brilliant third and first Rookie on Saturday, forcing him to climb from the depths of the standings to sixth place.
Penalized for not respecting the race limits on the first day, Marvin Klein took advantage of this to win his first laurels of the year in race 2. TFT Racing’s first in the discipline too, after a great battle with Alessandro Ghiretti. Twice runner-up this weekend, the latter nevertheless made an excellent operation and scored precious points. After Benjamin Paque on Saturday, it was Mathys Jaubert (TFT Racing), the Junior Porsche Carrera Cup France 2023, who took his first podium, synonymous with victory in the Rookies category, ahead of Louis Perrot (IMSA LS Group Performance), who also climbed one place from the previous day, and Jérémy Sarhy (Racing Technology), who made a superb comeback in these precarious grip conditions from seventeenth place on the grid.
In the Pro-Am class, Marc Guillot (Herrero Racing) confirmed the performance achieved in qualifying by winning race 1 ahead of Jérôme Boullery (Racing Technology), the outgoing champion, and Maxence Maurice (IMSA LS Group Performance). On the other hand, he was more feverish under the rain on Sunday, and it was Christophe Lapierre (Martinet by Alméras), the former five-time champion in the category, who used his experience to win ahead of Frédéric Ancel (Porsche Lorient Racing) and Sébastien Dussolliet (ABM). The Am classification went first to Sébastien Poisson (ABM) and then to Ludovic Loeul (Porsche Lorient Racing). The Porsche Carrera Cup France will now take a month’s break before what promises to be the highlight of the year, the 24 Hours of Le Mans (June 8-10), the centenary of the event and the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Porsche brand. Thanks to a good start to the season and with 92 points in the general classification, Alessandro Ghiretti will arrive in the Sarthe at the head of the Championship and will be more than ever the man to beat!