After two consecutive weekends in Austria, Clément Mateu headed to Hungary to compete in the third round of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup.
With a podium finish last week, Clément Mateu as well as the HEXIS and Martinet by Almeras teams are calmly approaching the Hungarian weekend. Hostilities kick off on Friday with a rainy free practice session. The driver of the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup N. 21 quickly found his marks on the Hungarian turnstile and set the 3rd fastest time in the Pro-Am class.
Qualifying takes place the next day on a dry track. The first part of the session is not optimal, but the boss of the HEXIS group does not let himself be defeated and improves his first two partials on his second set of tires, but the time lost in the third sector costs him the 2nd Pro- time. Am and he had to settle for the 4th fastest time in 1: 49.786.
The weather conditions were very uncertain on Sunday but the race was still contested on a dry track. From 4th Pro-Am place on the grid, Clément Mateu has his competitors in sight. A few laps later, his direct competitor, Philipp Sager, gets trapped on the wet astroturf and hits the wall at the exit of the last corner. The race is then neutralized. On the restart, Clément Mateu managed to keep pace with his teammate at Martinet by Alméras, Stéphane Denoual, and finished on the third step of the Pro-Am podium.
This second podium in a row allows the HEXIS driver to make a good accounting operation in the championship. It will return to the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup paddock from July 31 to August 2, on the Silverstone circuit.
Results and times
Free practice: # 21 – P19 (2: 05.886)
Qualifying: # 21 – P22 (1: 49.786)
Race: # 21 – P18 (29: 10.063)
Pro-Am Ranking: 1. Roar LINDLAND – 70 pts; 2. Clément MATEU – 48 pts; 3. Philipp SAGER – 45 pts; 4. Philippe HAEZEBROUCK – 38 pts: 5. Stéphane DENOUAL – 37 pts; 6. Roland BERVILLE – 14 pts…
Clément Mateu, manager of HEXIS and driver of the # 21 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup: “It’s a good weekend overall. I am not yet very satisfied with the pure performance but the race went well with this new podium. The first third of the season is completed, there are positive points and our roadmap is being respected. We will take advantage of these elements to be competitive at Silverstone and try to get closer to Roar Lindland. The team’s results are very positive both in Pro and in the Rookies. ”
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