News release, October 19, 2020
Like last year, the drivers of Team Martinet by Alméras dominated in the Belgian Ardennes at the penultimate round of the 2020 Porsche Carrera Cup France.
With its quick and hilly profile, the Spa-Francorchamps circuit requires true finesse, proven yet again in the fourth round of the 2020 PCCF season. Last year’s winners, Martinet by Alméras teammates Marvin Klein and Ayhancan Güven, have triumphed a second time in a row.
Klein took the pole in Race 1. After the safety car was deployed following an error at the top of the Raidillon by Rookie category leader Evan Spenle (Sebastien Loeb Racing), Klein took the opportunity to overtake at the restart. He held the top spot through the checkered flag for his first win of the season. Güven missed a braking maneuver and returned to the track dangerously, resulting in a five-second penalty and losing him a podium finish. The podium was rounded out by Florian Latorre (CLRT) and Jaxon Evans (BWT Lechner Racing), after the French driver managed to overtake his New Zealander rival.
In Race 1 in Pro-Am, Nicolas Misslin (BWT Lechner Racing), despite proving fastest in qualifying, failed to hold off a determined Sylvain Noël (Racing Technology), and Christophe Lapierre (Sébastien Loeb Racing), third in the class, limited the damage to his championship ranking alone. The Am category was won by Emil Caumes (CLRT) closely followed by Maxence Maurice (IMSA Performance) and François Lansard (CLRT), the latter having at one time pointed in the lead, but ended in third place after incurring a five-second penalty.
Race 2 culminated in a second win at Spa this year for Ayhancan Güven after his victory in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. Florian Latorre took the second spot in the wake of yet another duel with Jaxon Evans. Having started in fourth position on the grid, Race 1 winner Marvin Klein lost three places during the start, forcing him to execute several overtakings during the race. In the last laps, he faced off against Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer (BWT Lechner Racing) and finished in fourth place ahead of Adam Eteki (CLRT) and Evan Spenle, rectifying his mistake of the day before by securing his first win of the season in the Rookie category.
The suspense in Race 2 Pro-Am was breathtaking thanks to a new three-way battle between Christophe Lapierre, Nicolas Misslin and Sylvain Noël. Eventually, the first two incurred a five-second penalty each for failure to respect track limits, giving Noël his second win of the weekend. In the Am category, pole-sitter François Lansard once again claimed the top step on the podium, for his fourth victory of the season, ahead of Steve Brooks (CLRT). Maxence Maurice, initially third at the finish line, was downgraded due to technical non-compliance.