Lionspeed Porsche Tops Zandvoort Practice

Photo: JEP/SRO

Lionspeed GP driver Ricardo Feller set the fastest time in the Free Practice session for the GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Sprint Cup round at Zandvoort.

The Bronze-Cup entered No. 80 Porsche 911 GT3 R, which Feller shares with Gabriel Rindone, posted a 1:33.622 to kick off official track running for the second round of the Sprint Cup season.

Alex Aka topped Silver Cup and was second overall aboard the No. 99 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II, ahead of the No. 9 Boutsen VDS Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo that led the Pro field in the hands of Luca Stolz.

Dennis Marschall and Dylan Pereira rounded out the outright top five in the No. 74 Kessel Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 and No. 66 Tresor Attempto Audi, respectively.

Loris Spinelli slotted into sixth in the No. 85 Imperiale Racing Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2, just ahead of the No. 1 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini in the hands of the returning Christian Engelhart.

The Lamborghini factory driver was sidelined for a significant chunk of last year, recovering from knee surgery.

Augusto Farfus was eighth aboard the No. 991 Paradine Competition BMW M4 GT3 EVO, with the Brazilian coming in as a replacement for Dan Harper to team up with Darren Leung this weekend.

Farfus and Leung were previously co-drivers in the FIA World Endurance Championship last year, most notably winning the 6 Hours of Imola in the LMGT3 class.

Henrique Chaves and Al Faisal Al Zubair rounded out the overall top ten for Walkenhorst Motorsport and Al Manar Racing by WRT, respectively.

There were no red flags during the opening, 100-minute session of the weekend.

On-track running at Zandvoort continues with Pre-Qualifying at 3:10 p.m. CEST (9:10 a.m. EST)