Herberth Motorsport to start from second after titanic fight for the top spot
After a titanic fight for the top spot in the 24h Series at the Hankook 24H of Portimao , the HTP Winward Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 secured its first outright pole position just beating the Porsche 911 GT3 RS of Herberth Motorsport in 1m 43.848s, obliterating last year’s pole time in the process.
The first of two Herberth Motorsport Porsche 991 GT3 Rs (#92, Tim Müller / Taki Konstantinou / Jürgen Häring / Michael Joos / Marco Seefried) secured a front row starting spot by just half a second ahead of its sister model (#91, Daniel Allemann / Ralf Bohn / Robert Renauer / Alfred Renauer). The Bavarian team is the reigning A6-Am class 24H SERIES Europe champion, and took a class win at last year’s event.
Further back, three-time Hankook 24H DUBAI winner Jeroen Bleekemolen secured 991 class pole position in the Mühlner Motorsport Porsche 991-II Cup (#921, Moritz Kranz / Carlos Vieira / Tom Cloet / Jeroen Bleekemolen), just ahead of the Speed Lover Porsche 991-II Cup (#978, Dominique Bastien / Gavin Pickering / Olivier Dons / Eric Mouez). Both Cup cars will start 4th and 5th on the overall grid.
Impressively, Mühlner Motorsport also secured pole position in CREVENTIC’s new CAYMAN class, the sister Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 CS (#421, Axel Sartingen / Daniel Schwerfeld / Thorsten Jung / Daniel Bohr / Moritz Kranz) posting the eighth fastest time of the session ahead of class rival, Veloso Motorsport (#408, Pedro Marreiros / Paulo Pinheiro / José Costa / Jean-Roch Piat / Mariano Pires).
On-track action at this year’s Hankook 24H PORTIMAO continues with a 90-minute Night Practice session tonight from 21.00 hrs local time. The race proper will begin tomorrow at 12.00 hrs local time and will run uninterrupted until 12.00 hrs on Sunday 14th June. Live streaming of the race in HD quality will be available on the official website and the 24H SERIES YouTube channel, along with commentary from radiolemans.com. Regular updates will be published on Twitter (@24HSeries), Facebook (24H Series) and Instagram (24H Series). Further information can be found at "http://www.24hseries.com" www.24hseries.com.