The best Porsche Supercup driver of the 21st century, Larry ten Voorde (Schumacher CLRT), once again outclassed his rivals in qualifying on Friday. Twice crowned champion, in 2020 and 2021, he will start from pole position on Sunday at midday (17 laps), with his best enemy, Briton Harry King, at his side.

The British driver from Lechner Racing will be looking to repeat last year’s success, when he finally beat ten Voorde who had started from pole! The two great rivals were on another planet on Friday, and nobody was able to dislodge them from the top of the timesheets during 30 minutes of an intense, fierce session, which was briefly interrupted by a red flag, then ended prematurely by another red flag.

Ten Voorde set a time of 1:32.846, better than last year at the same time, in the same conditions, and King came within two tenths, with a time of 1:33.037 at the very end of the session, just before the final red flag. On the second row of the grid, there will be the surprising Keagan Masters (Ombra), a 21-year-old South African, and a Dutch rookie in the person of Kas Haverkort (Uniserver). Two surprises, but they didn’t steal their second place, given the very high standard of these qualifications which turned into a street fight.

On the French side, in addition to the pole position achieved by the Schumacher CLRT structure, originally set up by driver Côme Ledogar, there were other satisfying results, such as the 5th place on the grid achieved by Marvin Klein, ten Voorde’s team-mate in the French team. A product of the French Porsche Carrera Cup, Klein can aim for a podium finish on Sunday, behind the untouchable ten Voorde and King, who will be tough to overtake..