It’s been an incredible start to the 2024 Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup season for Sebastian Job.
On Saturday, he maintained his points gap over the field after winning his third straight TAG Heuer Pole Award and his fourth straight victory in the Sprint race at the Circuit des 24 Heuers du Mans. He followed that up with a seventh place effort in the Feature as his Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing teammate, Cooper Webster, collected his first career win.
Job scored 63 points in total, which was one less than Diogo Pinto (Team Redline), and three less than Chris Lulham (Verstappen.com Racing) were able to score. Heading into the Mid-Season Tournament in two weeks, Job holds a 50-point lead over Pinto and 79-point lead over Lulham.
SPRINT RACE: After continuing his perfect streak of winning TAG Heuer Pole Awards to start 2024, Job led the field off the line under the customary jets with trailing red, white, and blue smoke. Through the first few corners, the trio of Job, Pinto, and Lulham were able to gap the field and pull away.
With only a three lap Sprint, the leaders all opted to stay in line and work together. The battle for eighth, however, was intense as a half-dozen drivers battled for the right to start on pole position for the Feature. Alejandro Sánchez (Stormforce Racing) and Yohann Harth (Apex Racing Team) were in seventh and eighth, respectively, but Webster was able to get enough of a run to get alongside Harth entering the Indianapolis corner. There was slight contact between the two, and it sent Harth back to 10th.
Webster held off Gustavo Ariel (Team Redline) to take the eighth spot and transfer to the Feature pole. Job, meanwhile, took the checkers ahead of Pinto and Lulham for his fourth straight win, dating back to the Daytona Feature race.
Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup Sprint top 10 results from Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans were as follows:
Sebastian Job
Diogo C. Pinto
Chris Lulham
Moreno Sirica
Alessandro Bico
Jordan Caruso
Alejandro Sánchez
Cooper Webster
Gustavo Ariel
Yohann Harth
FEATURE RACE: The other Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing driver, Webster, led the field off of the line for the Feature finale. Unlike the Sprint, this Feature kept many of the players in the pack early on, despite how hard it seemed to make passes.
Webster stayed fully in control, with Jordan Caruso (Altus Esports) and Sánchez in tow. As the laps went on, the lead pack dwindled down to five that still had a fighting chance. In sixth was Job, just far enough behind to be out of contention.
Up front, as the white flag flew, Sánchez made a move on Caruso with help from Lulham. The two cleared, allowing Sánchez to have a shot at winning. Webster, however, held strong to take his first career win in his 42nd race.
Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup Feature results from Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans were as follows:
Fin.
St.
No.
Driver
Laps
Interval
Led
Best
Pts.
1
1
37
Cooper Webster
6
0.000
6
3:56.335
63
2
2
47
Alejandro Sánchez
6
-0.554
0
3:56.100
59
3
6
20
Chris Lulham
6
-0.789
0
3:56.095
66
4
3
1
Jordan Caruso
6
-1.193
0
3:56.157
54
5
7
44
Diogo C. Pinto
6
-1.650
0
3:55.976
64
6
11
96
Luke McKeown
6
-1.951
0
3:55.673
41
7
8
22
Sebastian Job
6
-2.193
0
3:55.711
63
8
4
77
Alessandro Bico
6
-3.321
0
3:56.227
42
9
12
43
Josh Thompson
6
-3.663
0
3:55.875
33
10
9
12
Gustavo Ariel
6
-6.887
0
3:55.705
34
11
10
90
Yohann Harth
6
-12.655
0
3:56.434
31
12
16
28
Sam Kuitert
6
-13.073
0
3:56.495
23
13
19
40
Julien Soenen
6
-13.364
0
3:57.640
18
14
5
69
Moreno Sirica
6
-13.672
0
3:56.310
36
15
21
54
Oscar Py
6
-14.110
0
3:57.352
12
16
22
5
Oskari Rinne
6
-14.636
0
3:57.052
10
17
18
16
Luca Kita
6
-14.913
0
3:56.631
12
18
13
95
Parker White
6
-15.374
0
3:57.266
16
19
29
57
Mathias Stokbæk Jensen
6
-15.419
0
3:57.290
7
20
15
3
Kevin Nielsen
6
-15.699
0
3:57.338
12
21
17
13
Dino Lombardi
6
-16.310
0
3:56.946
9
22
26
15
Zac Campbell
6
-19.419
0
3:57.314
4
23
27
81
Quentiin Vialatte
6
-20.069
0
3:58.449
3
24
30
27
Simone Maria Marcenò
6
-33.613
0
4:00.100
2
25
14
8
Bryn Collins
4
-2L
0
———
8
26
28
24
Lasse Bak
3
-3L
0
———
0
27
24
92
Michael Janney
2
DNF
0
———
0
28
25
29
Jakub Maciejewski
1
-5L
0
———
0
29
23
11
Matti Sipilä
1
DNF
0
———
0
30
20
4
Salva Talens
0
DNF
0
———
1
*Post-race points penalties have not yet been applied
With nearly half of the season in the rear-view, Job maintains a 50-point advantage over Pinto entering the Mid-Season Tournament in two weeks. More drivers will have a chance at earning more points through the multiple heat races, up to five in total. However, only half the field will make the Main Event, which could be costly points-wise to those who miss.
Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup points through Round 3 are as follows:
Sebastian Job, 230
Diogo C. Pinto, 180
Luke McKeown, 151
Yohann Harth, 137
Chris Lulham, 128
Cooper Webster, 118
Alejandro Sánchez, 117
Jordan Caruso, 112
Gustavo Ariel, 109
Zac Campbell, 89
ALL-STARS: Heading to Le Mans in the All-Stars series, the top two drivers in points (Casey Kirwan and Suellio Almeida) both had other obligations. Drivers such as The Pulpo Lopez and Basic Ollie, who entered third and fourth, respectively, could capitalize on the day and close the huge gap created by the 2022 eNASCAR and 2023 PESC All-Stars champion.
Lopez took the pole position for the Sprint alongside Ollie, and the pair took off from Grizzle and the rest of the field from third on back. A second pack formed with Grizzle, Dan Suzuki, and Emree fighting for the third position behind, while the rest of the pack fought for sixth and beyond. On the final lap of the Sprint, Ollie took a look on Lopez and the two tangled, allowing for Grizzle to scoot by and score his first career win.
Taking the invert to the front for the Feature was Stormalina alongside one of the voices of the Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup, Arjuna Kankipati. Arjuna got the jump on the start and led just up until the Mulsanne, where he gave way to Matt Malone and more in serving a slow down.
Malone, LoveFortySix, and Stradi battled for the top spot while Quirkitized and Tony Kanaan worked to catch them. Stradi and LoveFortySix got together, allowing for Quirk to get on Malone’s bumper. Quirk made quick work and pulled out to an insurmountable lead. Basic Ollie and The Pulpo Lopez rounded out the podium spots.
Porsche TAG Heuer Esports All-Stars Sprint results from Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans were as follows:
Grizzle
Emree
The Pulpo Lopez
Dan Suzuki
Basic Ollie
Porsche TAG Heuer Esports All-Stars Feature results from Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans were as follows:
Quirkitized
Basic Ollie
The Pulpo Lopez
Dan Suzuki
Tony Kanaan
Porsche TAG Heuer Esports All-Stars points through Round 3 are as follows:
Casey Kirwan, 91
The Pulpo Lopez, 89
Basic Ollie, 79
Emree, 72
Dan Suzuki, 67
The Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup series takes an off week before returning for the Mid-Season Tournament at Watkins Glen International on March 2nd. Coverage begins that Saturday at 18:00 GMT (1PM ET) with the Porsche All-Stars kicking off the show, for the first time competing in the Porsche 992 Cup GT3. After the All-Stars, the Supercup begins at 19:00 GMT (2PM ET).
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