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Patrick Huisman takes pole position
12.05.2007 |
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Stuttgart. In qualifying for the third round of the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup in Barcelona the 32 competitors provided an extra portion of suspense. The first six pilots were separated by just just two-tenths of a second. Quadruple Supercup champion Patrick Huisman (Netherlands) secured his twentieth pole position in the world's fastest international one-make race series. The 40-year-old professional racer claimed his top time in 1:50.476 minutes.
Trailing the Dutchman by a mere 0.062 seconds was Christian Menzel (35) from Germany, who brought his 400 hp Porsche GT3 Cup home in a time of 1:50.538 minutes to clinch a front row position, narrowly ahead of Alessandro Zampedri (31) from Italy. In fourth, reigning champion Richard Westbrook (31) from Great Britain also secured an excellent starting position for the 14-lap race which gets underway on Sunday at 11.25am.
Former DTM pilot Jeroen Bleekemolen (25) put in a particularly good qualifying performance. The Dutchman takes turns in the cockpit of the Supercup Porsche with his father Michael, who contested the first two rounds in Bahrain.
The two UPS Porsche Junior team pilots, Lance David Arnold and Martin Ragginger also joined the action for the first time in the 2007 Supercup season. Arnold planted his Porsche on seventh position, trailed by Nicolas Armindo in eighth. Arnold's Austrian team mate Ragginger turned the ninth quickest time in only his third qualifying ever at the wheel of a Porsche.
Spain's sportscar pilot Pilot Miguel Angel de Castro (37) piloted the Porsche Design guest car with starting number 88. He takes up his debut race in the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup from eleventh on the grid.
Points leader Uwe Alzen faces a particularly tough challenge for Sunday's race. Hampered by technical problems in qualifying, the German takes up the race from position 30.
Patrick Huisman (pole-sitter): ”It was clear to me right at the start that I had to do my flying lap with new tyres straight off. The longer the qualifying session goes, the slower the Circuit de Catalunya becomes. It's always been like that here.”
Christian Menzel (second in qualifying): ”It's a great feeling to start from the first row again. I'm really looking forward to the duel at the start against Huisman.”
Alessandro Zampedri (third in qualifying): ”Okay, it wasn't the best lap but I'm happy with position three. It's good that I can start from the better side.”
Richard Westbrook (fourth in qualifying): ”Unfortunately I didn't get a clear lap in and so I'm disappointed with fourth.”
Lance David Arnold (seventh in qualifying): “Seventh on the grid is okay, especially considering I'm only four-tenths of a second behind the pole-setter.”
Martin Ragginger (ninth in qualifying): “I'm lacking a bit of experience. I made a slight error in my quickest lap so I'm hoping that I can make up for it in the race.”
Miguel Angel de Castro (11th in qualifying): “Actually, I had hoped for a better result than eleventh here on my home circuit. But I can now see how good these Supercup guys are. I can't blame it on the car either – the GT3 has great power, great brakes, and first-class gear-shifting.”
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