Nick Tandy scored his first-ever Porsche Supercup win in front of his home fans at Silverstone during last weekend’s British GP support race.
After taking pole position in qualifying on Saturday, the Supercup rookie, driving for Konrad Motorsport, nailed his start and led throughout the race, finishing 5.572 second clear of championship leader Rene Rast (Al Faisal Lechner Racing) at the chequered flag.
Rast couldn’t match the pace of Tandy in the early stages of the race and was more concerned with fighting off a sustained attack from Norbert Siedler (Veltins MRS Racing). He eventually got the better of the Austrian to secure second.
Siedler’s hopes of a podium finish ended on the penultimate lap when former champion Patrick Huisman (Konrad Motorsport) found a way past and then held third to the line.
Two days after his 20th birthday, Kuba Giermaziak produced his best performance of the season to net fifth for Verva Racing ahead of Jaap van Lagen (Bleekemolen Harders Plaza) and Stefan Rosina (Lechner Racing).
Matt Halliday (Sanitec / Giltrap Racing), Jan Seyffarth (Veltins MRS Racing) and series returnee Damien Faulkner (Al Faisal Lechner Racing) completed the top ten.
“What a race,” said a delighted Tandy. “The opening phase was tough but became easier towards the end. The start was quite tight and I had to pull out all stops to keep René behind me.
“Over the first two laps he kept up the pressure, but afterwards I was able to pull away somewhat and in the last laps I saw on the huge screens lining the circuit how my teammate Patrick secured third place. What a day for Konrad Motorsport!”
Porsche Supercup results – Round 6, Silverstone
1 Nick Tandy, Konrad Motorsport, 12 laps 25:36.352
2 Rene Rast, Al Faisal Lechner Racing, +5.572
3 Patrick Huisman, Konrad Motorsport, +8.648
4 Norbert Siedler, Veltins MRS Racing, +9.332
5 Kuba Giermaziak, Verva Racing, +11.700
6 Jaap van Lagen, Bleekemolen Harders Plaza, +12.016
7 Stefan Rosina, Lechner Racing, +12.645
8 Matt Halliday, Sanitec / Giltrap Racing, +19.415
9 Jan Seyffarth, Veltins MRS Racing, +19.597
10 Damien Faulkner, Al Faisal Lechner Racing, +21.575
11 Robert Lukas, Verva Racing, +23.116
12 Sean Edwards, Team Abu Dhabi by tolimit, +23.933
13 Sascha Maassen, Team Abu Dhabi by tolimit, +26.243
14 Michael Meadows, Porsche AG, +30.481
15 Francesco Castellacci, Sanitec / Giltrap Racing, +38.863
16 William Langhorne, Sanitec / Giltrap Racing, +39.315
17 Euan Hankey, Porsche AG, +46.867
18 Thomas Messer, Schnabl Engineering Parker Racing, +1:00.647
19 Khaled Al Qubaisi, Team Abu Dhabi by tolimit, +1:40.303
Not classified
Alessandro Zampedri , Lechner Racing, 11 laps
Tim Bridgman, Schnabl Engineering Parker Racing, 9 laps
Sebastiaan Bleekemolen, Bleekemole Harders Plaza, 9 laps
Robert van den Berg, Bleekemolen Harders Plaza, 7 laps
Championship Standings (after 6 rounds)
1 Rene Rast, 106pts
2 Nick Tandy, 90
3 Jeroen Bleekemolen, 74
4 Stefan Rosina, 73
5 Norbert Siedler, 68
6 Patrick Huisman, 56
7 Jaap van Lagen, 54
8 Jan Seyffarth, 43
9 Sean Edwards, 37
10 Sascha Maassen, 32
Next round: 25 July, Hockenheim
Watch Porsche Supercup highlights from Silverstone on Saturday 7 July at 7:05pm (BST) on Motors TV.
Andy Wilkinson
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