De Haan completes Porsche Carrera Cup double at WEC weekend

Dutchman Robert De Haan wrapped up a sensational opening round in the 2023/2024 Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East today with a fine victory in race two at Bahrain International Circuit (BIC), held in support of this weekend’s Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain.

De Haan triumphed after starting second on the grid and took the chequered flag ahead of pole-sitter Theo Oeverhaus from Germany with a 1.262-second gap.

The Central Europe Racing driver completed a fantastic double with the result, having won race one on Friday, also ahead of Oeverhaus, competing for DHL Team.

Oeverhaus’s countryman Janne Stiak of JS Racing came third to complete the overall and Pro class podiums 3.767s behind.

Ahmad Al Shehab of Team Kuwait took the win in the ProAm category after finishing fourth overall, with Canadian Bashar Mardini of Team BMR and Saud Al Saud of Saudi Racing classified second and third in class, respectively.

Italian Sebastian Gorga of R1SE Motorsport completed a double this weekend amongst the PCCME’s Am competitors. Bahrain stars Shaikh Jaber bin Ali Al Khalifa of One% team and Shaikh Salman bin Isa Al Khalifa of Team Bahrain joined Gorga on the podium.