Evans wins first Porsche race from pole

Jaxon Evans powered to an impressive pole-to-flag victory today to claim the 2020/2021 season’s first race in the Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East, being held in support of the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix.

Evans captured the chequered flag after completing the 12-lap event in a winning time of 25mins 09.884secs.

Julian Hanses was the runner-up 3.791secs behind, while Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer came away with the last podium place 6.672secs from Evans in third.

Each of the top three were competing in the series’ GT3 class Pro category.

Taking the win amongst the Pro-Am runners was Lucas Groeneveld ahead of Daan Van Kuijk, who were also fourth and fifth overall, respectively.

Finishing first in the Am category was Eddy Waldhier, who was followed by Bahrain’s Shaikh Jaber bin Ali Al Khalifa and Robert Sulma.

The weekend’s second race is scheduled for tomorrow at 2.20pm, also to be held over 12 laps, with Hanses on pole.