Vermeulen, Schuring set pace in Porsche Sprint Challenge practices

TDT | Manama

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Thierry Vermeulen and Morris Schuring took turns atop the timesheet in yesterday’s two practice sessions in the final round of the 2021/2022 Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East, which took place as part of the F1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 weekend.

Vermeulen posted the fastest time of the second practice while Schuring was quickest in the first. Vermeulen, from the Netherlands, had a fastest lap of two minutes 01.487 seconds in the day’s evening session with 17 laps completed.

German Richard Wagner followed on the timesheet just 0.119 seconds off the pace with a best lap of 2:01.606, while Schuring, also from the Netherlands, followed up his top time from the first practice by going third with a best mark of 2:01.720.

Fahad Algosaibi of Saudi Arabia finished fourth, Dutch driver Daan Van Kuijk came fifth, Bandar Alesayi of Saudi was sixth, James Dorlin from Great Britain seventh and Ghislain Cordeel from Belgium was eighth.

The Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East will now hold its qualifying session at 11.35pm today, which will set the grid for the weekend’s first of two races later this afternoon at 4.30pm.

Schuring kicked off the weekend’s on-track action at BIC by setting the pace in practice one. Schuring had a fastest lap time of 2:02.173. Alesayi with a best time of 2:02.312 came second, while Algosaibi, was third with a lap of 2:02.499.

Completing the top eight in the 45-minute session were Dorlin, Van Kuijk, Wagner, Dutchman Lucas Groeneveld and Vermeulen. Twenty drivers took part in the sessions.