Porsche Cup Suisse: Clear the way for the newcomer
INGRESSION OF THE 992 GT3 The drivers from the Porsche Sports Cup Suisse are starting the 2022 racing season this weekend in Austria with more than just fresh vigor. In the premier GT3 class, they are all competing with new, more powerful customer sports cars from Weissach.
This much is already certain: The successor to Alexander Fach, who is moving abroad and finished his first Supercup race in Imola last Sunday in a respectable sixteenth place, will come from Class 1 and drive a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup of the latest 992 generation.
So far, the now 510-hp one-make cup car has been used in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup and in selected national championships. Class 2 remains reserved for the predecessor model 991.2, while Class 40 is now available for the 911 GT3 Cup built between 2013 and 2016 (991.1).
Good value retention of the GT3 Cup models
The purchase of up to eight new sports cars, as Fach Auto Tech did, represented a considerable investment. However, the team boss from Schwyz emphasizes how much demand there is for the used cars.
In some cases, the Type 992 911 GT3 Cup cars that will be used as early as 2021 are trading above the price of a new car, which is proof of their quality and value retention.
Chance for Jürg Aeberhard
During the pre-season tests of the Porsche Sports Cup Suisse a month ago in spring-like Le Castellet, all owners and the customers hired by the various racing teams were able to get used to the new model.
Last year's third-placed Gregor Burkard, 2018 champion Ernst Keller (both Team Sportec), Alexander Schwarzer, who joins Fach from the Porsche Race Academy, and newcomers Jürg Aeberhard (ANT) and Jasin Ferati (Fach) are considered the title favorites.
Jürg Aeberhard (gallery left in conversation) is an old hand. For budget reasons, however, the Bernese has never been able to contest a full season and is now being given an affordable chance as the new spearhead of ANTperformance.
And Jasin Ferati, as already reported, is the new official Porsche Junior (gallery on the right). The 20-year-old from Winterthur is making his racing debut behind the wheel of a Porsche this weekend.
Also for newcomers with sporting ambitions
Other champions will be determined in the field of Cayman GT4 models, which are divided into three classes, and in Open GT for all other Porsche types.
The Porsche Drivers Competition Suisse is ideal for newcomers or simply sporty drivers. Here, it's not primarily about fast lap times, but about uniformity. For this purpose, every street-legal Porsche model is eligible to start.
Six race weekends in four countries
The racing season begins this weekend at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg (A) with two half-hour sprints for all fields. These will take place on Saturday, April 30.
After that, the schedule includes Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet (May 26-28, sprint and 100 -mile endurance), the Autodromo di Franciacorta near Brescia (July 8-10) and Circuit de Dijon-Prenois (F, August 18-20, two sprints each), Mugello (September 22-24, sprint and endurance) and Misano (October 27-29, double sprint and night race without points).
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