Asian GT Series Race 2¡ª Double Winner Chin Ka Lok in Class A while Francis Hideki Onda and Eric Lo were the winner of Class GT
Date: October 21-23, 2011
Location: Shanghai Audi International Circuit (SIC)
Round£ºRounds 3&4/6
The round 3 & 4 of Asian GT series was held on Oct 21st to 23rd in Shanghai Audi International Circuit. Francis Hideki Onda and Eric Lo won respectively in Class GT; HK movie star Chin Ka Lok double won in Class A.
Qualifying— Two sections of qualifying in two days, Byron Tong and Eric Lo won pole positions
The first qualifying of Asian GT series started at 14:20 on 21st Oct. Although Byron Tong lost grip at the beginning, he still gained the pole position. Francis Hideki Onda made his fastest time also in lap 4, and gained the second place on the grid. Chin Ka Lok made the fastest time in lap 8 put him into the positions of top three in Class A. The second qualifying was at 11:30 on 22nd Oct, Eric Lo gained the pole position in lap 6 and he was the only driver who can break the 1:54 wall on that day. The 2nd position and 3rd position were the same as the first qualifying, respectively Francis Hideki Onda and Zheng Ting.
Round 3—Francis Hideki Onda and Chin Ka Lok stood on the podiums
Round 3 was started at 16:20 on 22nd Oct by using the rolling start. Byron who won the pole position leaded until lap 3. Unfortunately, his racing car lost grid, Francis and Diana Rosario took the chance and passed Byron immediately and Francis maintained the first position until the 13-laps race finished. In lap 6, Byron passed Diana and finished the race as the first runner-up. Diana started on 4th position and passed Zheng Ting after lap 1, she kept the 3rd position successfully before the race finished and passed the finish line as the 2nd runner-up. Chin Ka Lok who was driving the Ferrari 360 started on 7th position, and did a great job on defending the position, so he passed the finish line as the 1st of Class A.
Round 4—Eric Lo won and Chin Ka Lok stood on the podium again as the winner
Round 4 started at 13:50 on 23rd Oct. According to the second qualifying on 22nd Oct, Eric Lo had the pole position; Francis Hideki Onda was on the 2nd position, following by Zheng Ting. By using the rolling start, and combined his driving skill, Eric maintained the first position from the beginning to the end. Francis kept following with Eric until the end of the race. Diana Rosario who started on 6th position passed Shaun Thong and Zheng Ting and gained the 3rd position. However after two laps, young driver Shaun Thong overtook Diana in T1 and got back to 3rd position; but he overtook when the yellow flag showed up, and added 30 seconds into the final time, so Diana won the 3rd place. Chin Ka Lok started on 3rd position in Class A, after one lap, he passed Byron in lap and pass the finish line as the winner for Class A. Byron and Calvin Tse together stood on the podium as 2-3.
Chin Ka Lok Movie star and Driver
I am very happy that I can stand on the podium as the winner of the Asian GT series. The racing car I drove today is very different from the Focus which as the racing car for Celebrity Charity Race. The two qualifying help me finding out the feeling of how to drive this car in the circuit; but standing on the podium was not I expect and I felt so surprised. I hope I can continue the successful and stand on the podium again”
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