Porsche Cup Suisse: Two bull's-eyes for a quartet
FOUR DRIVERS CLEARED THE WAY Not only GT3 junior Jasin Ferati, but also Alexandre Mottet, Stefano Monaco and Nicolas Garski won their classifications twice each on the third race weekend of the Porsche Sports Cup Suisse in Franciacorta.
The track at the Autodromo di Franciacorta in Lombardy in northern Italy is part of the Porsche Experience Center there, which started operation in 2021. The circuit, which is only 2519 meters long, was on the PSCS calendar for the first time.
Jasin Ferati does everything right
In the GT3 Cup, Jasin Ferati enjoyed a flawless weekend. The sponsored driver, who is supported by Porsche Motorsport Club Suisse and Porsche Schweiz AG, secured the fastest time in qualifying, set the fastest race lap twice and won both sprint heats virtually unchallenged.
The 18-year-old from Winterthur scored the maximum number of points at the wheel of the 515-hp 911 GT3 Cup of the current 992 model generation. He was helped in this by Porsche works driver Neel Jani, who supported Ferati in word and deed.
Damage limitation for Jürg Aeberhard
Second place in the first race, which lasted 21 laps, was secured by Gregor Burkard. The Sportec boss had to fend off pursuers Jürg Aeberhard (gallery left) and Ernst Keller. Aeberhard, who struggled with traffic in qualifying and couldn't manage a clear lap, had taken over third position on lap 6.
In the second race, the Bernese took over second position from Burkhard after twelve laps and pulled away by 4.3 seconds by the time he crossed the finish line after 20 laps. Burkard remained a clear third, while behind him Ernst Keller successfully defended against Alexander Schwarzer. Aeberhard and Ferati now lead the standings with equal points at the halfway point of the season.
Mottet inherits first GT4 victory
Things could hardly have gone better for Alexandre Mottet either. With the 425-hp 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport (center gallery), he won both sprint races and thus also Class 10 for vehicles with the so-called Manthey Racing Package.
However, the first race win came unexpectedly for him. Since Valerio Presezzi in the new RS Clubsport and Jens Richter in the GT4 CS each received five penalty seconds for an incorrect start procedure, Mottet and Giovanni Naldi moved up. Richter kept his nose in front of Fabio Resico and Remo Stebler in Class 11.
Mottet was also on the podium as class winner in the second race. Second place in class 11 was secured this time by Andreas Greiling ahead of Remo Stebler and André Wagner.
In the Open GT group, Stefano Monaco in a 992 GT3 Cup won both rounds ahead of drivers from Austria.
Garski again a master of uniformity
In the Porsche Drivers Competition Suisse, perennial winner Nicolas Garski showed in Franciacorta that his third place at the season opener in Le Castellet was at best a slip-up. In his 911 GT3 (gallery on the right), he recorded a deviation of just 0.89 seconds from his own average time in the regularity race over eight laps.
In the second heat over 14 laps, Garski was able to beat this figure by one hundredth of a second. Second place in the shorter competition went to Peter Meister ahead of Philipp Aeberli in the new 718 Cayman GT4 RS. Virgil Keller finished the 14-lap race in second place ahead of Peter Gafner.
