Motorsport: Oman's Al Faisal satisfied with Porsche Super Cup qualifying performance in Hungary

Ammermuller was the pacesetter in Friday’s free practice session, the German carding a fastest lap of 1:48.051, but the revelation of the stint was Al Zubair.

The Omani rookie mixed it with the leading group and set the sixth quickest lap of 1:48.700 during his 19 laps on the circuit – a mere 0.649 seconds off his teammate’s fastest time. Thirty cars had taken to the circuit during that session as well.

“It was a good practice session for me,” enthused Al Zubair. “But, to be honest, I have to say that I was away on fresh tyres and that helped a lot. I had only one reasonable lap and I was held up on another try.”

The 14-lap sixth round of the Porsche Mobil 1 Super Cup takes centre stage on the Hungaroring from 1130hrs on Sunday.