Matt Campbell has had his hopes at the latest round of the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup at the Hungaroring end on the warm-up lap when he suffered a clutch issue.
Set to start from fifth on the grid, Campbell chose to come through the pitlane and effectively start at the rear of the 30-car field.
He was able to make it up to 19th place by the finish and easily set lap times inside the top-three of the race.
“I could drive without the clutch, but of course it was frustrating to lag behind the rest of the field,” said Campbell.
Up front it was again championship leader Michael Ammermueller (Germany) who took the race win after fighting his way past Lechner team-mate Dan Cammish (UK) before another Lechner car in the hands of Dennis Olsen (Norway) moved up to second.
The victory for Ammermueller was the fourth from the six rounds contested. Campbell (Austria) and Olsen (Great Britain) were the only other race winners so far this season.
Next up on the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup calendar is the double-header event in Belgium’s Spa-Francorchamps. Races seven and eight will be contested from 25-27 August on the 7.004-kilometre-long rollercoaster in the Ardennes.
RESULTS: Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup – Hungaroring
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time | Gap | Best lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Michael Ammermüller | Lechner MSG Racing Team | 14 | 25:37,657 | 1:49.069 | |
| 2 | 4 | Dennis Olsen (R) | Walter Lechner Racing Team | 14 | 25:39,695 | 00:02,038 | 1:49.173 |
| 3 | 2 | Dan Cammish | Lechner MSG Racing Team | 14 | 25:41,101 | 00:03,444 | 1:49.016 |
| 4 | 11 | Robert Lukas | Olimp Racing by Lukas Motorsport | 14 | 25:45,658 | 00:08,001 | 1:49.651 |
| 5 | 28 | Mattia Drudi (R) | Dinamic Motorsport | 14 | 25:47,382 | 00:09,725 | 1:49.820 |
| 6 | 24 | Dylan Pereira | Lechner Racing Middle East | 14 | 25:55,190 | 00:17,533 | 1:49.950 |
| 7 | 19 | Philip Morin (R) | Martinet by Almeras | 14 | 25:55,837 | 00:18,180 | 1:49.689 |
| 8 | 16 | Roar Lindland (B) | MRS Cup-Racing | 14 | 25:57,029 | 00:19,372 | 1:50.111 |
| 9 | 10 | Piotr Parys (R) | Olimp Racing by Lukas Motorsport | 14 | 25:58,871 | 00:21,214 | 1:50.373 |
| 10 | 18 | Steven Palette | Martinet by Almeras | 14 | 25:59,966 | 00:22,309 | 1:50.269 |
| 11 | 41 | Thomas Preining | Konrad Motorsport | 14 | 26:00,987 | 00:23,330 | 1:49.869 |
| 12 | 25 | Al Faisal Al Zubair (R) | Lechner Racing Middle East | 14 | 26:01,872 | 00:24,215 | 1:50.129 |
| 13 | 22 | Nico Rindlisbacher (R) | MOMO-Megatron Team Partrax | 14 | 26:03,527 | 00:25,870 | 1:50.207 |
| 14 | 12 | Igor Walilko (R) | Olimp Racing by Lukas Motorsport | 14 | 26:05,924 | 00:28,267 | 1:50.278 |
| 15 | 29 | Daniele Di Amato | Dinamic Motorsport | 14 | 26:06,304 | 00:28,647 | 1:50.833 |
| 16 | 23 | Egidio Perfetti (B) | MOMO-Megatron Team Partrax | 14 | 26:15,601 | 00:37,944 | 1:50.677 |
| 17 | 21 | Paul Rees | MOMO-Megatron Team Partrax | 14 | 26:16,280 | 00:38,623 | 1:49.903 |
| 18 | 5 | Josh Webster (R) | FACH AUTO TECH | 14 | 26:17,899 | 00:40,242 | 1:49.226 |
| 19 | 7 | Matt Campbell (R) | FACH AUTO TECH | 14 | 26:20,240 | 00:42,583 | 1:51.792 |
| 20 | 6 | Glauco Solieri (B) | FACH AUTO TECH | 14 | 26:35,241 | 00:57,584 | 1:51.646 |
| 21 | 20 | Roland Berville (B) | Martinet by Almeras | 14 | 26:35,589 | 00:57,932 | 1:51.948 |
| 22 | 8 | Santiago Creel | FÖRCH Racing by Lukas Motorsport | 14 | 26:41,505 | 01:03,848 | 1:51.834 |
| 23 | 27 | Mark Radcliffe (B) | IDL Racing | 14 | 26:46,515 | 01:08,858 | 1:52.733 |
| 24 | 17 | Christof Langer (B) | MRS Cup-Racing | 14 | 27:08,964 | 01:31,307 | 1:50.860 |
| 25 | 14 | Mikkel O. Pedersen (R) | MRS GT-Racing | 10 | 19:29,580 | – 4 Laps | 1:50.063 |
| 26 | 15 | Zaid Ashkanani | MRS GT-Racing | 9 | 16:42,759 | DNF | 1:51.739 |
| 27 | 30 | Sean Hudspeth | Lechner MSG Racing Team | 2 | 3:54,077 | DNF | – |
| 28 | 9 | Chris Bauer | FÖRCH Racing by Lukas Motorsport | 0 | 0:00,000 | DNF | – |
| 29 | 26 | Tom Sharp | IDL Racing | 0 | 0:00,000 | DNF | – |
| 30 | 3 | Ryan Cullen | Walter Lechner Racing Team | 0 | 0:00,000 | DNF | – |
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