The first season of the Porsche Sprint Challenge France by Porsche Club Motorsport France started in March with a shakedown week end in Magny Cours, the perfect venue to get acquainted with the new race format. In addition to ample track time to set up the cars, guidelines, tips and information were an essential part of the week end, enhanced by the support of Porsche Motorsport One-make series representatives.

The real showdown started in Dijon on May 21 and 22, after the disappointing cancellation of the scheduled opening round in Lédenon due to pandemic restrictions. Sprint Challenge France will cover only 991 and 997 for the 2021 season. GT4s will come on line in 2022 after a last Porsche Motorsport series year which allows entrants with GT4 MR, GT4, 718 and others.

37 cars were lined up for two 30 minute heats.

Saturday qualifying for race 1 saw Charles Miles take pole position ahead of Arnaud Pierre by 4/10th of a second, both in GT3 R. Third, Louis Perrot was 1.5 seconds behind at the wheel of his 991 phase II. It should be noted that this was his very first race "in real life", but that he is among the very first in the world in Simracing, which explains that ... He preceded Alexandre Lacour, also in 991 phase II. We had to go down to tenth position to find the first 991 phase I with Sébastien Lajoux and in twenty-third place for the leader of the 997, Pierre Bellinger, relegated to 5.2 seconds.

For the qualification of the second race, we found Charles Miles again ahead of Arnaud Pierre, but it was Olivier Baharian, also in a GT3 R, who completed the podium. Sylvain Noël, in fourth position, was the fastest of the 991-2 at 2.7 seconds from pole while the first 991-1 was eleventh with Yves Godard and the fastest of the 997, still driven by Pierre Bellinger, was seventeenth at 4.2 seconds.

In race 1, pole sitter Charles Milesi (non scoring Silver driver) could not take part in his GT3 R due a last minute mechanical issue (transmission). Arnaud Pierre in his 991 GT3 R took off but at the first corner was challenged by 991–2 driver Louis Perrot, in his first ever race. 20 year old Louis showed poise and to be a real gentleman driver but the leader at the end of the first lap was Yann Didry who started fourth. A pit stop on lap 4 to replace rain tires by slicks brought him back to 14th where he finished the race. Louis Perrot took back the lead and resisted during the whole race, signing his first victory for his first race. Behind him, David Sarny was back from place 20 on qualification and Jean-Luc Deblangey who started 16th. All three were driving 991 phase 2 Cup cars. In fourth, fifth and sixth places, three 991 phase I Cup cars were driven by Sébastien Lajoux, Vincent Isavard and Hugues Pointet. The first GT3 R driven by Arnaud Pierre finished 14th after changing tires too and the best 997 has been classified 25th driven by Jean-Marc Lesage.

The start of race 2 was disturbed by a major rain shower 15 minutes before the green flag. Choosing the right tires was thus again a dilemma and many drivers hesitated up until the pre-grid. At the first corner, Anne-Sophie Nourriy (997 GT3 R) lost control of her car and leaned on Franck Racinet who finished in the gravel trap. The safety car went into action for two laps, time to allow Franck Racinet’s number 50 to get back on the track. At the restart, Olivier Baharian (997 GT3 R) tried to escape, but was caught by Arnaud Pierre who imposed himself on the eighth lap to win the race. On the podium, he preceded Olivier Baharian and Anne-Sophie Nourry, well recovered after his crash in the first lap. They were followed by three 991-2 driven by David Sarny, Sylvain Noël who left the pits after changing tires after the formation lap, and Thomas Lacour. First of the 991 phase I, Sébastien Lajoux finished seventh while the winner in 997, Pierre Bellinger, finished fourteenth.