Adapted from Porsche Canada
Historic road circuit of Mont-Tremblant provides two days of tough racing; double winner moves out to 18-point lead in the championship.
The Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Michelin made its first trip to the picturesque Circuit Mont-Tremblant for the fourth and fifth rouonds of its nine-race schedule.
Going in to the weekend, Jean-Frederic Laberge held a slim four-point lead in the standings over second-place Etienne Borgeat. The two series leaders lined up side-byside on the front rowfor Race 1 with points leader Laberge on pole.
The two battled it tout until Laberge missed a high-speed corner and slammed his Porsche in the tire barries, forcing him into retirement.
Borgeat led the race until the checkered, finishing first ahead of Carlos de Quesada and Marco Cirone.
Sunday’s Race 2 was an echo of Saturday's feature, with drivers increasing the drama and creating some ‘pushing and shoving’ as the GT3 Cup Canada competitors challenged the blind apexes, elevation changes, and high-speed corners of the circuit.
Not even the first corner was navigated before multi-car contact ended the day of both Carlos de Quesada and Jeff Pabst setting the on-track tone for the day and bringing out the second full-course-caution of the season.
The SpeedMerchants team of Jean-Frederic Laberge was able to perform significant repairs overnight to his heavily damaged car from Race 1.
The trio of Laberge, Cirone, and Borgeat were engaged for most of the race. Cirone chased Laberge looking for any opportunity or chance to tuck a wheel beneath his SpeedMerchants opponent, while Laberge watched his engine temperature continue to rise from what must have been unseen damage from Saturday.
Borgeat first passed Cirone and then moved ahead of Laberge, having to watch the dangerously high water temperature of his engine.
Borgeat won the race from Laberge who made it to the finish and Cirone.
Historic road circuit of Mont-Tremblant provides two days of tough racing; double winner moves out to 18-point lead in the championship.
The Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Michelin made its first trip to the picturesque Circuit Mont-Tremblant for the fourth and fifth rouonds of its nine-race schedule.
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| Gabor Foti (Photo: Paul Fagnan) |
Going in to the weekend, Jean-Frederic Laberge held a slim four-point lead in the standings over second-place Etienne Borgeat. The two series leaders lined up side-byside on the front rowfor Race 1 with points leader Laberge on pole.
The two battled it tout until Laberge missed a high-speed corner and slammed his Porsche in the tire barries, forcing him into retirement.
Borgeat led the race until the checkered, finishing first ahead of Carlos de Quesada and Marco Cirone.
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| Carlos de Quesada's car. (Photo: Paul Fagnan) |
Sunday’s Race 2 was an echo of Saturday's feature, with drivers increasing the drama and creating some ‘pushing and shoving’ as the GT3 Cup Canada competitors challenged the blind apexes, elevation changes, and high-speed corners of the circuit.
Not even the first corner was navigated before multi-car contact ended the day of both Carlos de Quesada and Jeff Pabst setting the on-track tone for the day and bringing out the second full-course-caution of the season.
The SpeedMerchants team of Jean-Frederic Laberge was able to perform significant repairs overnight to his heavily damaged car from Race 1.
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| Photo: Paul Fagnan |
The trio of Laberge, Cirone, and Borgeat were engaged for most of the race. Cirone chased Laberge looking for any opportunity or chance to tuck a wheel beneath his SpeedMerchants opponent, while Laberge watched his engine temperature continue to rise from what must have been unseen damage from Saturday.
Borgeat first passed Cirone and then moved ahead of Laberge, having to watch the dangerously high water temperature of his engine.
Borgeat won the race from Laberge who made it to the finish and Cirone.