Ultimate Cup Series – A fast-paced Saturday of races at Magny-Cours

Ultimate Cup Series Magny Cours – single-seater race 1

For this first race in car of the weekend, two words: action and rain. The competitors had to deal with a lot of rain. This did not prevent Konstantin Lachenauer from winning again.

The rain is back on the Magny-Cours circuit! A first in 2020 for the single-seaters and their young driver. The battle rages from the start of the race between Konstantin Lachenauer (Graff) and Pierre-Albert Fussela (Lamau). The lead in the race changed ownership several times, before being definitively sealed by Lachenauer.

Behind, errors and track excursions are frequent among the drivers. Many competitors slip just before the finish line. As a result, the red flag came out after the tenth lap. The race will not restart, and it is Konstantin Lachenauer who wins the race ahead of Pierre-Albert Fussela and Adrien Chila.

Ultimate Cup Series Magny Cours – race 1 Mitjet and race 2 GT Sprint

First morning of racing at Magny-Cours for this second 2020 round of the Ultimate Cup Series! The opportunity to see cars from the Mitjet and GT Sprint categories compete on the track.

For this first Mitjet race, it was Sébastien Seveau who won. The Frenchman is two tenths ahead of his rival Jankavicius Povilas, winner of two of the first four rounds of the season in Dijon.

On the GT Sprint side, Milan Petelet won the race. He is ahead of two other French people: Philippe Colançon and Maxime Mainguy.

The action has already resumed on the track as the cars perform their first qualifying sessions of the day. The Mitjet and GT Sprint categories will return from 14 p.m. for two more races.

Ultimate Cup Series Magny Cours – race 2 Mitjet

Second race for the Mitjets this Saturday. The opportunity for Jankavicius Povilas to take his revenge.

Jankavicius Povilas starts at the head of the race, just ahead of Sébastien Seveau. The race is quickly neutralized following a competitor's exit from the track. She leaves after the fourth round. Sébastien Seveau is overtaken by David Bouet and finds himself third in the race. The battle rages between the two pilots, and Povilas takes the opportunity to escape.

The Lithuanian driver won race 2, ahead of Sébastien Seveau. One everywhere for both opponents.

Ultimate Cup Series Magny Cours – GT challenge Endurance

For the last race of the day, the GT Endurance Challenge is in the spotlight. A four-hour race awaits the drivers.

As soon as the lights went out, car number 25 spun and caused the safety car to exit. She comes back ten minutes later. Thierry Perrier (Ferrari n°1) leads ahead of Philippe Bonnel and Paul Aegerter.

In the 12th minute of the race, Aegerter took second place, but lost it following a spin.

In the 25th minute of the race, Philippe Bonnel stopped on the track. As a result, the yellow flag is out.

The race starts again after 32 minutes. Thybaud Franck (Renault n°45) leads the race ahead of Thierry Perrier.

At the 43rd minute of the race, a full course yellow regime was invoked by the track marshals. At the 52nd minute of the race, Gérard Tremblay is leading the race.

At the end of the first hour of racing, the top 3 are as follows: Franck Thybaud (Renault n°45), Gérard Tremblay (Lamborghini n°71) and Thierry Perrier (Ferrari n°1).

During the 29th lap, Lucien Crapiz (Renault n°45) went off the track and caused the safety car to come out.

At the end of the second hour of racing, the top 3 are as follows: Milan Petelet (Lamborghini n°14), Jean-Paul Pagny (Ferrari n°1) and Pierre Martinet (Porsche #71).

38 minutes from the end of the race, the top 3 are as follows: Jean-Bernard Bouvet (Ferrari no. 1), Simon Escalier (Lamborghini no. 14) and Laurent Mayet (Opel no. 123).

9 minutes from the end, the red flag came out, one competitor being stopped. The race is stopped and will not resume. It was Jean-Bernard Bouvet (Ferrari n°1) who won this challenge.

Ultimate Cup Series Magny Cours – race 3 GT Sprint

The single-seaters in the GT Sprint category are taking off for the third time this weekend. Philippe Colançon occupies the provisional first place and defends it vigorously against an attacking Maxime Mainguy. Mainguy recovers first place and flies away. He won the race ahead of Colançon and Guesdon.

Ultimate Cup Series Magny Cours – single-seater race 2

The afternoon ends with the second single-seater race of the weekend. Konstantin Lachenauer takes the lead.

At the start of the race, Konstantin Lachenauer was overtaken by Pierre-Albert Fussela (Lamo Racing). Adrien Chila (Graff) loses control of his car and crashes into the wall and causes a safety car to come out.

On the 6th lap, the safety car is still present. The top 3 are as follows: Pierre-Albert Fussela (Lamo), Konstantin Lachenauer (Graff) and Christophe Hurni (Sports Promotion).

On the 7th lap, the safety car comes in and the race resumes. There are then seven minutes of racing remaining.

Five minutes from the end, Fussela spun and gave up first place to Lachenauer. Christophe Hurni moves to second and Éric Trouillet moves up to provisional third place.

Konstantin Lachenauer wins for the fifth time since the start of the championship.