Press release, October 16, 2022
Arriving with five victories each in Le Castellet for the final meeting of the Porsche Carrera Cup France season, Marvin Klein and Dorian Boccolacci reserved a breathtaking finale. With two more victories in the Var, Marvin Klein has won his second consecutive title at the age of 23.
If it is never easy to win a first title, confirming it is often even more complicated. This is however the superb performance achieved by Marvin Klein at the end of the last meeting of the Porsche Carrera Cup France 2022 held on the Paul Ricard circuit. Having arrived in the lead in the Var, just fourteen points ahead of Dorian Boccolacci (Martinet by Alméras), his great rival of the last two seasons, the CLRT driver reaffirmed his intention to achieve the pass of two by winning the pole positions in each of the two confrontations.
But Boccolacci remained in ambush, finishing each qualifying session as runner-up. It was undoubtedly on Saturday, during the first race of the weekend, held after dark, that Marvin Klein struck the biggest blow. Indeed, he signed an uncontested victory in front of Boccolacci and Alessandro Ghiretti (Martinet by Alméras) to present himself at the start of the last race of the season, with a lead of twenty-two units.
Unless Klein had a surprise counter-performance, it was going to be a difficult mission for Boccolacci in race 2. However, he once again showed his characteristic panache, taking the lead at the end of the race thanks to an excellent start. But he eventually succumbed to the repeated attacks of Klein, who took his seventh victory of the season and thus his second consecutive Porsche Carrera Cup France title. Boccolacci, once again second, actively contributed to the victory of Martinet by Alméras in the Teams category. Third in this last race, Bastian Buus (Allied Racing) failed by 2 units to beat Ghiretti, who was forced to retire, for the third position in the final general classification of the 2022 Cup.
Jérôme Boullery (Racing Technology) and Sébastien Dussolliet (ABM) were also among the winners of the year, in Pro-Am and Am respectively. They arrived at Le Castellet with eight wins each from ten rounds, and confirmed their status as leaders by taking the respective pole positions in their categories for each of the two contests on the programme. Dussolliet achieved a faultless performance, with two new victories, and a title confirmed on Saturday evening. Boullery was also crowned at the end of the first day of racing, thanks to a second position behind Sylvain Noël (Racing Technology), and he finished on Sunday in style by climbing for the ninth time this year on the highest step of the Pro-Am podium.
The Porsche Carrera Cup France was once again a thrilling event, fought out to its conclusion, offering its drivers an exciting field of expression and the same kind of sensations.