Francisco Mora will start from “pole position” for the first race, this Saturday afternoon (18:40 Lisbon time), of the second round of the Porsche Sprint Challenge Ibérica, at the Spanish circuit of Motorland, in Aragon, after having recorded the best time in qualifying 1, beating Manuel Alves by a margin of 0.227s and Pedro Salvador by 0.479. The Veloso Motorsport driver set the mark of 2.02.241 when only 7 of the 20 minutes reserved for defining the places on the grid had elapsed.

The young Manuel Alves would end up confirming the good indications left in the free sessions and guaranteeing a position in the front line, alongside the renowned Pedro Salvador who, despite all his determination and commitment, was 0.252s behind second place, although highlighted , among the PROAM pilots, by Vasco Barros, who already in the second half of qualifying would lose a place on the grid to Leandro Martins, the first among the AM. The latter, by the way, had a curious dispute with the young José Barros for the primacy in that class, even after the latter had struggled with problems with his car’s engine in the morning free practice. Ricardo Costa was the third fastest in that dispute, beating the British Ian Barrett by a small difference. In absolute terms, in free practice Mora and Alves had already been the two names in the spotlight, as they recorded the best times in both sessions, one in each of them, with a greater difference in the first (1,752s), favorable to Mora, while in the second (1.040s) his rival also managed to reach the “second 2”, while Pedro Salvador ended, in absolute terms, as the third fastest.

In qualifying for the GD class, and similarly to the success in PROAM and AM, lively duels were also recorded, with the final advantage for Aloísio Monteiro, by hundredths, against the British Chris Hillaby, while Rui Mirita was third fastest, in front of Frank Barret.Francisco Mora collected, this Sunday morning, another “pole position” in the second round of the Porsche Sprint Challenge Ibérica, in the Spanish circuit of Motorland, in Aragon, when he surpassed Manuel Alves by a margin of 0.266s, predicting, like the previous day, a second race that was quite lively and with an unpredictable outcome. Pedro Salvador and Vasco Barros start from the second row of the grid, completing the quartet that on Saturday finished the first race in the top positions.

Mora was the first, in the 20-minute session, to place himself in the “second 1”, but after a short time the figure from the previous round, Manuel Alves, confirmed his status as a candidate for a new triumph and followed in the footsteps of his “mentor ”, managing to position himself in the same second and with little difference from the man on the “pole”. Pedro Salvador obtained the third best record and Vasco Barros the fourth, leaving the PROAM class pilots grouped in the first positions. Committed to recovering points on the leaderboard after withdrawing the day before, young José Barros stood out in the AM class against Leandro Martins and Ian Barret, names that should reaffirm themselves as protagonists in the discussion of podium places.

In the GD class, the leader of the leaderboard and winner of Saturday’s race, Aloísio Monteiro, did not leave credit in the hands of others and surpassed the British Chris Hillaby and Frank Barret, his great rivals.

This Sunday, race 2 (14:45 Lisbon time) will be broadcast in live streaming on
Porsche Sprint Challenge Iberica Youtube:
https://youtube.com/@porschesprintchallengeib-uu5or

 

Qualification 2
1st, Francisco Mora (Veloso Motorsport/PROAM), 2.01.691
2nd, Manuel Alves (LOB Motorsport/PROAM), 2.01.957
3rd, Pedro Salvador (PROAM), 02/2/061
4th, Vasco Barros (LOB Motorsport/PROAM), 2.03.883
5th, José Barros (Veloso Motorsport/AM), 2.04.222
6th, Leandro Martins (Racar Motorsport/AM), 2.05.105
7th, Ian Barrett (AM), 5/2/110
8th, Ricardo Costa (Monteiros Competições/AM), 2.06.115
9th, Aloísio Monteiro (GD), 2.06.247
10th, Jorge Ramirez (RGB Racing Team/AM), 2.06.531
11th, Chris Hillaby (RGB Racing Team/GD), 2.07.088
12th, Nuno Inocêncio (AM), 09/2/128
13th, Tiago Gonçalves (AM), 09/2/542
14th, Frank Barrett (GD), 9/2/939
15th, Rui Mirita (Monteiros Competitions/GD), 2.10.897
16th, Manuel Chincilla (Racar Motorsport/GD), 2.11.267
17th, Francisca Queiroz (AM), 2.14.739

PROGRAM IN MOTORLAND*

Sunday (May 28)
15:10/15:45 – Race 2 (28′ + 1 lap)