Second row for Ferrari after Q1 at Portimão

The battle against the stopwatch on the Portimão track was a thriller, as evidenced by 28 drivers huddled within just a 1″3 timeframe. In the twenty-minute official practice, Felipe Fraga at the wheel of the no. 74 Red Bull Ferrari was constantly among the frontrunners, narrowly missing out on the pole position – which went to Bortolotti in a Lamborghini – by just 60 milliseconds. The Brazilian will start from fourth position, while team-mate Sébastien Loeb, making his series debut, will set off from the eleventh row. The Frenchman is finding the feeling with the car and continues to make notable progress in terms of times, session after session. However, the starting position might look somewhat deceiving as the nine-time World Rally Champion actually finished just seven tenths-of-a-second off pole.