Guven grabs pole for first race in Porsche Sprint Challenge ME

Ayhancan Guven clinched pole position today for the first race in the final round of the 2020/2021 Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East, being held in support of the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2021 at Bahrain International Circuit.

Guven clocked a best time of 2mins 03.947secs in Qualifying to gain his leading grid position for the weekend’s opening 11-lap sprint.

He beat championship leader JB Simmenauer to first place by 0.111secs, while Jesse Van Kuijk will start from third after going 0.891secs behind.

Team Bahrain drivers Shaikh Ali bin Mohamemd Al Khalifa and Shaikh Jaber bin Ali Al Khalifa qualified eighth and 12th overall, respectively.

Set to lead the Pro-Am challengers is Lucas Groeneveld, while at the front of the Am class is Maximilan Werndl.

To start in first amongst the Central Europe category participants is Markus Sattler, while leading the Middle East competitors will be BIC Chief Executive Shaikh Salman bin Isa Al Khalifa.