Round seven of the Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup in Belgium’s Spa-Francorchamps produced a clear victor and that was championship leader Jordan Caruso.
Caruso extended his advantage over his rivals after scoring seventh place in the sprint race and taking the victory in the feature race. Title defender and previous second-place holder Diogo C. Pinto lost ground, as did Charlie Collins who had to relinquish third place overall. Zac Campbell is now second overall.
Driving for the Oracle Red Bull Racing Esports team, Sebastian Job started the feature race from pole position.
In a seemingly deliberate move, however, Job handed the lead to Caruso from the Altus Esports squad in the first corner at Spa-Francorchamps. But Job had a plan. For the virtual Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, overtaking on the 7.004-kilometer Formula 1 circuit is only really possible from the slipstream. Thus, leading the field is more of a disadvantage.
In the last of 12 laps, Job then launched his attack on the leading Caruso at the end of the Kemmel straight. However, he missed the braking point for the following chicane and took a shortcut across the grass. The resulting penalty threw the 2020 champion back to sixth place.
Still, Job managed to advance to third place in the overall rankings.
Over the final kilometers, Caruso defended his lead.
Finland’s Oskari Rinne from BS+Competition celebrated his first podium result in the Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup with a second-place finish. Third place in the feature race went to Campbell from the VRS Coanda team. The American had previously also clinched third in the six-lap sprint behind the first-time winner Alessandro Bico and Lasse Bak.
Bad luck, however, plagued defending champion Diogo C. Pinto.
Runner-up in the overall standings before round seven, the Redline team driver tackled the sprint race from the last grid row. In the feature race, the Portuguese driver became entangled in two collisions.
Thus, Pinto went home with only twelve points.