The Porsche Sprint Challenge France stops in Dijon

From the qualifying trials, two men stood out, Jérémie Lesoudier (Porsche 992 Cup TFT racing) and Marc Boithiot (997-2 Cup Berto Engines) who each took the two pole positions in their category, the first in Cup, the second in Sport Cup. In Sport Cup, Lucas Glinche (Glinche Racing) was the fastest of the 718 GT4 RS CS in race 1 while it was Rodolphe Gabrion (Rempp Racing) who was the best in this category for race 2. In category 996, Mickaël Drougard (2M Competition) achieved the best time twice.

In the Cup Series, the best in category R was twice Arnaud Pierre (IMSA LS Group Performance) just like in category 991-1 which twice went to Pierre Vassallo (IMSA LS Group Performance). Finally, in 991-2, if Vincent Isavard (Berto Matériaux) achieved the best time in Q1, it was Marco Gerarduzzi (DBG Motorsport) who won in Q2.

At the start of the first race of Cup SeriesEdit, Jérémie Lesoudier started in the lead, but after three laps, he was overtaken by Sébastien Lajoux (Lajoux Racing Team) who would win the general classification followed by Cyril Caillo (Racing Technology) and Emil Caumes (CLRT), all three on Porsche 992 Cup. At the same time, a first safety car was deployed following a spin by Jean-Philippe Gambaro (CLRT), which brought the peloton together for the restart which took place two laps later. On the eleventh lap, a second safety car was necessary to clear the car of Jérémy Lesoudier who had also gone to visit the gravel traps, but this had no influence on the lead classification. In category 991-2, the leaders made a group shot from seventh place with, in order, Yves Godard (Team 52), Michaël Ziegler (RSR) and Pierre Murer (RSR), author of the most beautiful comeback of the weekend since he started twenty-eighth to finish ninth. Marc Vanwysberghe (911 Impact) won the 991-1 group while Olivier Rabot (911 Impact) won in category R.

The second Cup Series race did not go beyond the first corner since Jérémy Lesoudier spun alone in Villeroy's double right, which sowed chaos in the peloton and forced the race direction to bring out the red flag on time to clean the track. After the restart under safety car, we witnessed a clear race dominated by Sylvain Noël (Racing Technology), Sébastien Lajoux and Marco Gerarduzzi who won group 991-2 while climbing onto the podium in the general classification. Fifth, Arnaud Pierre won the R category and sixteenth, Marc Vanwysberghe achieved the double in 992-1.

The Sports Cup Series got the ball rolling with the first race of the day led for three laps by Emmanuel Bilz (Berto Matériaux), but on the fourth lap, a spin caused him to fall back to fourteenth position from where he began a sumptuous comeback which would go take him up to fourth place in the general classification. Marc Boithiot then took the lead of the race and never left it and won the 997-2 group ahead of Jean-Christophe Dos Santos (JC Garage) and Rodolphe Gabrion who won the 718 category. In the 996 group, Olivier Ornielli (MCG Propulsion ) had managed to get the better of Mickaël Drougard to win his category and rank eleventh overall.

At the start of the second Sport Cup Series race, taking advantage of his pole position, Marc Boithiot took the lead, but he was followed like his shadow by Jean-Christophe Dos Santos who ended up winning, not without the two men exchanged positions several times. It will unfortunately be downgraded after arrival for technical non-compliance. In category 718, Rodolphe Gabrion achieved a double by finishing second and we had to go down to twelfth position to find the first Porsche 996, that of Mickaël Drougard.

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