PMSC: Andlauer Beats Ammermuller to Hungary Pole

Julien Andlauer left it late to beat title rival Michael Ammermuller to pole position in a close, absorbing qualifying session at the Hungaroring. The Frenchman set a best time of 1:47.847s, with just four minutes of the session remaining to edge his more experienced team mate by 0.151s and claim his third pole position of the season.

“I actually encountered traffic over the whole session, so it certainly wasn’t easy. Position one is a particularly great result here, because overtaking on this racetrack is pretty tricky,” he said.

Ammermuller was left frustrated as the session was slightly curtailed due to a car stranded in the run off zone of the final corner.

“I was on course for pole when the yellow flag appeared and the race [sic] was stopped. That’s so annoying, because I definitely could have done better today,” he said.

Dutchman Larry ten Voorde was third fastest, less than two tenths away from Andlauer’s benchmark.

Fourth fastest was Tio Ellinas, last year’s Porsche Carrera Cup GB champion. The Cypriot thought he had claimed his first Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup pole position having set the fastest lap of the session, however he had set the time under yellow flags and consequently had the lap deleted.

Hockenheim victor Dylan Pereira was fifth ahead of Al Faisal Al Zubair, meaning five of Walter Lechner’s cars will occupy the first six places on the grid tomorrow.

Ayhancan Guven was seventh fastest and the best rookie, with Florian Latorre eighth. Gianmarco Quaresmini and Kantadhee Kusiri rounded out the top ten.

In Pro-Am, Roar Lindland once again claimed pole position, ahead of Stephen Grove and Philipp Sager.

The race takes place tomorrow at 12:40 CEST.

Qualifying Classification (top ten):

1. Julien Andlauer (BWT Lechner Racing), 1:47.847 minutes

2. Michael Ammermüller (BWT Lechner Racing), 1:47.998 minutes

3. Larry ten Voorde (MRS GT-Racing), 1:48.017 minutes

4. Tio Ellinas (Momo Megatron Lechner Racing), 1:48.200 minutes

5. Dylan Pereira (Momo Megatron Lechner Racing), 1:48.234 minutes

6. Al Faisal Al Zubair (Lechner Racing Middle East), 1:48.241 minutes

7. Ayhancan Güven (martinet by ALMÉRAS), 1:48.333 minutes

8. Florian Latorre (Fach Auto Tech), 1:48.716 minutes

9. Gianmarco Quaresmini (Dinamic Motorsport), 1:48.747 minutes

10. Kantadhee Kusiri (Fach Auto Tech), 1:48.880 minutes

Andlauer (foreground) pipped Ammermuller (background) to pole.

Tio Ellinas had set the fastest time but lost pole due to an infringement under yellow flags.

Photo Credit (both): Porsche Motorsport