Larry ten Voorde has the chance to secure the 2024 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup title as early as tomorrow, Sunday. The Dutchman from the Schumacher CLRT squad will tackle the penultimate race of the season from pole position. The race gets underway at 11:55 am CEST. His rival Harry King only managed the ninth-fastest time in qualifying. From his point of view, the Briton from the BWT Lechner Racing team ideally needs to finish ahead of Larry ten Voorde to delay the title decision until the finale in Monza next weekend.

Rain until shortly before the start of the session, two red flags and a dry racing line only in the final few minutes: Qualifying for the penultimate race of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season was not for the faint-hearted. Larry ten Voorde coped the best with the trying conditions at the Circuit Zandvoort. The Dutchman from the Schumacher CLRT team set the fastest lap shortly before the end to secure pole position.

“I’m at a loss for words, the qualifying was so intense and the way the fans cheered me on afterwards,” commented an unusually emotional Larry ten Voorde. “To be honest, I really enjoyed the final practice session in these difficult conditions. We had to improvise a lot. But my team made exactly the right calls and sent me out onto the track with fresh tyres at precisely the right time.”

The two-time Supercup champion will be joined on the first grid row by his compatriot Huub van Eijndhoven. Jaap van Lagen, another Dutchman, secured the third grid position for the home race. “That was seriously nerve-wracking. I knew I only had one attempt, and it had to be flawless,” said van Eijndhoven, who drives for Uniserver by Team GP Elite. Dinamic Motorsport driver van Lagen added: “These are typical Zandvoort conditions. We Dutch drivers played to our home advantage today.”

The strong performance from guest driver Wouter Boerekamps, who secured the sixth grid spot in GP Elite’s Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, also supports this theory. A total of ten Dutch drivers will compete in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup’s round on the North Sea coast.

Could the title be decided this weekend?
If the race sees the same result as qualifying, Larry ten Voorde could celebrate his third Supercup title ahead of schedule. The 27-year-old will start the seventh round of the season with a seven-point lead over Harry King. The Englishman, who drives for BWT Lechner Racing, made a mistake on his decisive qualifying lap and ultimately only achieved the ninth-best time. Even a second-place finish would suffice for ten Voorde to win the title if King leaves Zandvoort with less than two points – equivalent to 14th place. Conversely, if Larry ten Voorde were to win, the Briton would have to finish at least eighth to be still able to turn the tide in Monza.

Marvin Klein, who is twelve points behind his teammate Larry ten Voorde, also still has a theoretical chance of securing the title. The Frenchman qualified fourth on the grid. Realistically, however, he needs his second win of the season to keep his championship hopes alive until the finale in Monza next weekend (31 August to 2 September 2024).

In the duel for the title in the Rookie classification between Kas Haverkort (Unisever by Team GP Elite) and Robert de Haan (BWT Lechner Racing), the starting positions are closer together. Championship leader Haverkort qualified fifth fastest, with De Haan starting only two positions behind him. Ten points currently separate the two Dutchmen. A similar race result would postpone the title decision for the Supercup newcomers until the finale.

Schumacher CLRT’s lead in the team standings is more clear-cut. The team consists of Larry ten Voorde, Marvin Klein and Porsche Junior Alessandro Ghiretti, who have already built up a 48-point lead over BWT Lechner Racing. Harry King, Robert de Haan and German Theo Oeverhaus take the wheel for the Austrian outfit. The teams can score a maximum of 45 points per weekend.

Result Qualifying, Round 7 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, Zandvoort (NL)
1. Larry ten Voorde (NL/Schumacher CLRT), +1:37.156 minutes
2. Huub van Eijndhoven (NL/Uniserver by Team GP Elite), +0.152 seconds
3. Jaap van Lagen (NL/Dinamic Motorsport), +0.219 seconds
4 Marvin Klein (F/Schumacher CLRT), +0.335 seconds
5. Kas Haverkort (NL/Uniserver by Team GP Elite), +0.386 seconds
6. Wouter Boerekamps (NL/Team GP Elite), +0.462 seconds

Complete qualifying results on the Porsche Motorsport Hub:
https://motorsports.porsche.com/international/en/category/mobil1supercup