April 25, 1993: A warm spring day at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, and the first ever Porsche Supercup race. Thirty years later, the anniversary season starts here, on the same track, almost on the very same day. Perfect timing!

This year, the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup kicks off on a circuit last visited in 2006. This means that most of the teams have very little race data on this track in the new Porsche 911 GT3 Cup – only what they collected at the official Season Test and other test events. It’s part of what is making the start to the season here particularly exciting.

The Porsche Supercup has a long history with the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari – not only because the first race of the international Porsche one-make cup was held here in 1993. It was in Imola, for example, that the current F1® Safetycar driver Bernd Mayländer won his first Porsche Supercup race in 1999. Incidentally, the first race winner in the new series was Uwe Alzen – one year later, he was crowned Supercup champion. The first champion's title of the series in 1993 went to Altfrid Heger.

As usual, the line-up for the first race of the 2022 season is top-class. In addition to defending champion #25 Larry ten Voorde (GP Elite, NLD), three-time Supercup champion #4 Michael Ammermüller (SSR Huber Racing, GER) will also be on the grid. The new Porsche Junior #3 Laurin Heinrich (SSR Huber Racing, GER) is now driving in the Porsche AG racing suit.

The VIP car #911 has a new hand on the wheel: the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, in special anniversary livery, will be driven by three-time Moto GP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo, completing the field of 33 starters.

Provisional Entry List* Round 1 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, Imola

1 Huber Racing (AUT) Morris Schuring⁴ (NLD)

2 Huber Racing (AUT) Rudy van Buren (NLD)

3 SSR Huber Racing (DE) Laurin Heinrich (DE)

4 SSR Huber Racing (DE) Michael Ammermüller (DE)

5 BWT Lechner Racing (AUT) Dylan Pereira (LUX)

6 BWT Lechner Racing (AUT) Harry King (GBR)

7 BWT Lechner Racing (AUT) Bastian Buus⁴ (DNK)

8 FACH AUTO TECH (CHE) Alexander Fach⁴ (CHE)

9 FACH AUTO TECH (CHE) Lorcan Hanafin⁴ (GBR)

10 FACH AUTO TECH (CHE) Jukka Honkavuori (FIN)

11 CLRT (BEL) Clément Mateu⁵ (FRA)

12CLRT (BEL)Marvin Klein (FRA)

13 CLRT (BEL) Evan Spenle⁴ (FRA)

14 Dinamic Motorsport SRL (ITA) Daniele Cazzaniga (ITA)

15 Dinamic Motorsport SRL (ITA) Philipp Sager⁵ (AUT)

16 Dinamic Motorsport SRL (ITA) Simone Iaquinta (ITA)

17 Ombra S.R.L. (ITA) Loek Hartog⁴ (NLD)

18 Ombra S.R.L. (ITA) Gianmarco Quaresmini (ITA)

19 Martinet by Alméras (FRA) Dorian Boccolacci (FRA)

20 Martinet by Alméras (FRA) Jaap van Lagen (NLD)

21 Pierre Martinet by Alméras (FRA) Roar Lindland⁵ (NOR)

22 Pierre Martinet by Alméras (FRA) Stéphane Denoual⁵ (FRA)

23 Pierre Martinet by Alméras (FRA) Aaron Mason⁵ (GBR)

24 Team GP Elite (NLD) Max van Splunteren (NLD)

25 Team GP Elite (NLD)Larry ten Voorde (NLD)

26Team GP Elite (NLD) Jesse van Kuijk (NLD)

27 GP Elite (NLD) Daan van Kuijk (NLD)

28 GP Elite (NLD) Lucas Groeneveld (NLD)

29 Ombra S.R.L. (ITA) Leonardo Caglioni³ (ITA)

30 Fragus Motorsport (SWE) Pontus Fredriksson³(SWE)

31 Fragus Motorsport (SWE) Hampus Eriksson³(SWE)

32 Fragus Motorsport (SWE) Edvin Hellsten³(SWE)

911 Porsche Motorsport (GER) Jorge Lorenzo⁶ (ITA)

All sessions live on TV.

Free practice begins on Friday evening at 6:30 pm (CEST). On Saturday afternoon, the qualifying session follows at 2:00 pm (CEST) and on Sunday at 12:05 pm (CEST) the first round of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup is underway. Watch the individual sessions live on TV, depending on your location.

We say "Benvenuti a Imola" and look forward to an exciting race weekend in Emilia-Romagna, together with all the teams, drivers and fans. And after that, it's only one month until the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2022 – a highlight that all Supercup fans should have marked in their calendars!