Alessandro Ghiretti edges closer to his big goal – the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup 2025 title. In qualifying for the season finale, the Porsche Junior from France set the second-fastest lap. On the 5.793-kilometre Grand Prix circuit at Monza, only his compatriot Marvin Klein outpaced him. The Spielberg race winner stormed to pole position for BWT Lechner Racing with a best time of 1:47.697 minutes – shattering the previous pole record of his teammate Robert de Haan from last year by almost nine-tenths of a second.
‟I can’t put into words how delighted I am about this pole,” said Klein. ‟It means a lot to me to finish this challenging season on a high. At the same time, I want to support my teammate Robert de Haan and the BWT Lechner Racing squad in the fight for the drivers’ and teams’ championships. Given the situation, the best way I can help is by winning tomorrow’s race, so it’s a fantastic feeling to start from the front.”
For Ghiretti, the qualifying result is especially significant: his title rivals de Haan and Flynt Schuring (Schumacher CLRT) will only line up from the fifth and eighth rows of the grid. That puts the three-time race winner, who sits nine points ahead of de Haan in the standings, in an excellent position for the showdown. ‟Unfortunately, it wasn’t quite enough for pole, but P2 is a strong foundation,” commented Ghiretti, who won at Monza last year. ‟I don’t want to waste time on calculations, my focus is on trying to win. As always, I’ll give it everything.”
Regardless of how his two title rivals perform, the 23-year-old from Montauban will be crowned Supercup champion if he finishes on the podium at the ‟Temple of Speed” just outside Milan.
Ghiretti’s main rivals expressed their disappointment after qualifying. ‟We had a car capable of pole, as my teammate demonstrated,” emphasised de Haan. ‟Unfortunately, I experienced bad luck again. On my fastest lap with the first set of tyres, yellow flags came out in the final sector and I was forced to lift. Then, on the second set, I was on pace for the fastest time when the red flags appeared.” The session was interrupted when Luciano Facundo Martinez crashed his Ombra Racing Porsche into the tyre barriers at the Parabolica.
After the restart, the drivers had just three minutes left to attempt a flying lap. ‟And by then my tyres already had four laps on them,” complained de Haan. To make matters worse, the Monaco winner was handed a two-place grid penalty for not slowing sufficiently under yellow.
Schuring, who had already secured the rookie title at the previous round in Zandvoort and trails Ghiretti by 14 points in the drivers’ standings, was also disappointed with 16th on the grid. The Dutchman expressed frustration with his performance: ‟I failed to put together a clean lap, and on my final attempt, the red flags came out. My goal for tomorrow: overtaking. Lots of overtaking…”
Third place in qualifying went to Wouter Boerekamps in the Team GP Elite Porsche, ahead of Hungarian race winner Mathys Jaubert (Martinet by Alméras). ‟That was a good qualifying, even though pole would’ve been possible,” said the Dutchman. ‟On my fastest lap, I locked a wheel braking for the first chicane and lost about three tenths. The rest of the lap was flawless and could have been enough.” In fact, Boerekamps missed Klein’s best time by just over a tenth of a second.
Another standout performance came from 20-year-old Frenchman Paul Cauhaupé, who posted the fifth-fastest time in his second Supercup guest outing this season with Martinet by Alméras. Porsche Junior Theo Oeverhaus also turned heads: the Imola season-opener winner was just 0.15 seconds off pole and will start from seventh. Once again, the level of competition in the 28-strong Porsche 911 GT3 Cup field was extraordinary, with 22 of the ca. 375 kW (510 PS) cars separated by less than a second.
Fans at Europe’s oldest active racetrack (built in 1922), as well as motorsport enthusiasts watching on TV, can look forward to a thrilling finale. This race will also mark the final appearance of the 992.1 generation Porsche 911 GT3 Cup in the Supercup. The eighth and final round of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup will get underway on Sunday at 11:45 am CEST, with 15 laps covering a distance of 86.895 kilometres or a maximum race duration of 30 minutes plus one lap.
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Qualifying result, round 8, Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, Monza (Italy)
1. Marvin Klein (FRA/BWT Lechner Racing), 1:47.697 minutes
2. Alessandro Ghiretti (FRA/Schumacher CLRT), 0.100 seconds behind
3. Wouter Boerekamps (NLD/Team GP Elite), 0.107 seconds behind
4. Mathys Jaubert (FRA/Martinet by Alméras), 0.119 seconds behind
5. Paul Cauhaupé (FRA/Martinet by Alméras), 0.151 seconds behind
6. Huub van Eijndhoven (NLD/Team GP Elite), 0.152 seconds behind
Full qualifying result on the Porsche Motorsport Hub:
https://racing.porsche.com/mobil-1-supercup/results-season-2025
