A commanding lights-to-flag victory for Harry King in the fifth round of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup: The British BWT Lechner Racing driver won at the Hungaroring ahead of Frenchman Marvin Klein from the Schumacher CLRT squad. Kas Haverkort secured victory in the Rookie classification. The Dutchman, who drives for Uniserver by Team GP Elite, finished third overall and climbed the overall podium of the international one-make championship with the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup for the first time.

Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup races on Hungaroring have been lucky turf for Harry King before. In 2023, the 23-year-old Englishman won from pole position. This time around, he underlined this with another unchallenged start-finish victory on the Grand Prix circuit near Budapest. “I came into the first three laps on full attack mode to build up a lead. Once that was done, I basically won the race on autopilot,” joked King after his first Supercup win of the season. “I had to grab may chance to reduce the gap to Larry ten Voorde in the overall standings.”

Championship leader ten Voorde was unsuccessful in joining the fight for the podium following his previous four consecutive victories: After an unlucky qualifying, he started the race from eleventh on the grid only. However, the Dutchman from the Schumacher CLRT team demonstrated his class further down the field, battling his way up to seventh place in the 16-lap race. Consequently, he retains his position at the top of the drivers’ standings. His lead over Harry King, however, has been reduced to ten points.

Marvin Klein also put in an impressive showing. The Frenchman was fastest in qualifying, only to have a penalty relegate him to the fourth grid spot. In the race, Klein as well as his teammate ten Voorde proved that contrary to popular belief, overtaking is possible at the Hungaroring. By the halfway mark, he had fought his way past Kas Haverkort and Huub van Eijndhoven, who had both started ahead of him. “My car was perfect today. Unfortunately, by the time I reached second place, Harry King was already too far ahead,” summarised Klein, who also set the fastest race lap and remains in third place in the standings. He, too, reduced the gap to championship leader ten Voorde.

Kas Haverkort took the defeat to Klein in his stride. “It didn’t take long to realise that Marvin was much faster than me today,” admitted the Dutchman, who switched from single-seater racing to the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. “Winning the Rookie classification was my priority anyway.” The 20-year-old implemented his game plan perfectly. He won the duel against teammate Huub van Eijndhoven for third place overall. With that, Haverkort climbed onto the Supercup overall podium for the first time.

South African Keagan Masters (Ombra) and Porsche Junior Alessandro Ghiretti (Schumacher CLRT) from France crossed the finish line behind the two Uniserver by Team GP Elite drivers. In addition to Haverkort, Frenchman Mathys Jaubert (Martinet by Alméras) and German Alexander Tauscher (Proton Huber Competition) rounded out the top three rookies.

“Huge congratulations to Harry King on his first win of the season. With three races left on the calendar, only 23 points separate the top three in the overall standings – so the battle for the title remains thrilling. I’m also particularly pleased that with Kas Haverkort, another rookie finished on the podium. The Supercup rookies are delivering really strong performances this year,” commented Oliver Schwab, Project Manager Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup.

The Supercup teams will travel directly from Budapest to Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. The one-make cup will contest round six of the season on the time-honoured Formula 1 circuit in the Ardennes from 26 to 28 July 2024.

Result round 4 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, Budapest (HU)
1. Harry King (UK/BWT Lechner Racing), 16 laps
2. Marvin Klein (F/Schumacher CLRT), +6.176 seconds
3. Kas Haverkort (NL/Uniserver by Team GP Elite), +7.413 seconds
4. Huub van Eijndhoven (NL/Uniserver by Team GP Elite), +8.068 seconds
5. Keagan Masters (I/Ombra), +14.703 seconds
6. Porsche Junior Alessandro Ghiretti (F/Schumacher CLRT), +17.056 seconds

Overall standings Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup (after 5 of 8 races)
1. Larry ten Voorde (NL/Schumacher CLRT), 109 points
2. Harry King (UK/BWT Lechner Racing), 99 points
3. Marvin Klein (F/Schumacher CLRT), 86 points

Full results and championship standings on the Porsche Motorsport Hub:
https://motorsports.porsche.com/international/en/category/mobil1supercup/