Porsche championship leader opens final round in Barcelona with fastest time

Championship leader Bastian Buus set the fastest time in the Lionspeed GP Porsche during the first practice session of the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup in Barcelona. The Dane completed a lap in 1:40.389 minutes in the car he shares with Ricardo Feller.

Alex Aka set the second-fastest lap time in the Tresor Attempto Racing Audi. The driver from Lower Saxony was 0.219 seconds off the fastest time.

Lucas Auer rounded off the top three in the WINWARD Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3.

After ten minutes, the session was interrupted by a red flag. Simon Reicher spun off the track in the Eastalent Racing Audi and had to be rescued from the gravel trap.

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Barcelona Practice 1 Results (Top 10):

1. Bastian Buus/Ricardo Feller – Lionspeed GP – Porsche 911 GT3 R

2. Dylan Pereira/Alex Aka – Tresor Attempto Racing – Audi R8 LMS GT3

3. Lucas Auer/Maro Engel – WINWARD Racing – Mercedes-AMG GT3

4. Ariel Levi/Andrea Frassineti – Tresor Attempto Racing – Audi R8 LMS GT3

5. Marvin Dienst/Rinat Salikhov – WINWARD Racing – Mercedes-AMG GT3

6. Kobe Pauwels/Nicki Thiim – Comtoyou Racing – Aston Martin Vantage GT3

7. Sven Müller/Dorian Boccolacci – Boutsen VDS – Porsche 911 GT3 R

8. Aurelien Panis/Anthony Bartone – GetSpeed – Mercedes-AMG GT3

9. Dani Juncadella/Chris Lulham – Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing – Mercedes-AMG GT3

10. Valentino Rossi/Max Hesse – WRT – BMW M4 GT3