Verstappen Racing Mercedes to start Portimão GT finale 15th

Verstappen Racing’s #3 Mercedes will start Saturday’s GT World Challenge Europe finale at Portimão from 15th, with Max Verstappen, Ben Barnicoat and Chris Lulham sharing the car. Verstappen set the listed Q3 time of 1:42.624 after Barnicoat ran Q1 and Lulham Q2.

RacingNews365 reports that the Mercedes was bouncing along the straight during Barnicoat’s Q1 run, while Lulham faced similar handling trouble in Q2. Dorian Boccolacci took pole in the #2 Porsche with a 1:42.071; the #17 Mercedes and #80 Porsche completed the top three.