News release, April 09, 2021
The Porsche Carrera Cup France has returned to the track for its traditional pre-season tests and the drivers have discovered the qualities of the new 911 GT3 Cup type 992 with great enthusiasm.
The last two days on the Magny-Cours circuit were like the start of a new school year. The drivers and teams of the Porsche Carrera Cup France had a meeting for the pre-season tests and they were all eager to rack up the kilometres with their new Porsche 911 GT3 Cup type 992. For two days, they took to the track to discover the car’s range of settings and came away enthusiastic about the driving experience and the increased performance.
The first real qualifying session of the season will undoubtedly deliver a more representative verdict of the forces at work, nevertheless a semblance of a hierarchy was outlined on this occasion. With the youth taking power! Alessandro Ghiretti (Martinet by Alméras), the 2021 Junior Porsche Carrera Cup France, topped the timesheets on Thursday’s test day, after having already been in the top five in the two Wednesday sessions. This confirms that the 19-year-old driver from Montauban will succeed Victor Weyrich (Pierre Martinet by Alméras) as the winner of the Porsche France detection operation.
Dorian Boccolacci (Martinet by Alméras) also took the opportunity to remind us that he will be a force to be reckoned with this season, both for the general classification and for supremacy in the Rookies’ field. Best time in the first session on Wednesday, he never left the podium. Another rider who was omnipresent at the front was the transalpine Enrico Fulgenzi (EF Racing) but Florian Latorre (CLRT), Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer (BWT Lechner Racing) or Marvin Klein (CLRT), and many others, will certainly not be outdone when the hostilities really begin.
In the Pro-Am category, Jérôme Boullery (Ydeo Compétition), who was twice faster, and François Lansard (MRT by CLRT), who ended the last session in the lead, confirmed their desire to shake up the existing hierarchy, but there is no doubt that Nicolas Misslin (BWT Lechner Racing) and Christophe Lapierre (Pierre Martinet by Alméras) will be on the lookout. In the Am category, Maxence Maurice (Imsa Performance) has been the most regular at the top of the ranking, but the small gaps observed suggest that there will be some good battles in this category too. First elements of answer at the occasion of the launching of the season, on this same circuit of Magny-Cours from May 7 to 9, for a new year full of promises.