(Beijing, China ¨C October 29, 2006)2006 CCC season was completed after the Beijing Goldenport race. Continuing the success achieved during the previous Beijing race, Changan Ford Racing drivers Kenneth Ma and Henry Lee scored another one-two finish in excellent style. This fantastic finish propels this first year team to finish second overall in the team standing.
In today¡¯s race, Kenneth Ma and Henry Lee bring us an excellent show again and they were in a class of their own. Utilizing the advantage of pole position, Henry Lee had a good start and started to pull away immediately. Kenneth Ma Hon who qualified 3rd fell behind as far as down to 11th place after hit by other cars. He fought his way back up to 2nd place and start to challenge his teammate Henry Lee at the closing stage of the race. During the last lap, he capitalized on Henry¡¯s shifting problem and overtook his teammate to get First place and Henry finished second. The team completed the season with this picture perfect finish.
¡°Today is to add another exciting moment for our CCC participating in 2006. This result verifies again our team's competitiveness, our determination to win and demonstrates the Focus brand spirit ¡°live exciting¡±. Ford Focus also displays its remarkable handling characteristics again. ¡° said President and CEO of Changan Ford, Phil Spender. ¡±As a young team, Changan Ford Racing has achieved a satisfied result with two one-two finishes. One 2nd place finish, and as the runner-up in the season team championship. Our drivers Kenneth Ma and Henry Lee also achieved 3rd and 7th in the driver championship respectively. In addition, we also achieved 3 pole positions and five fastest laps in 6 round of races. We appreciate very much our partnership with KUMHO, ACS, Champion, Ferodo, BP and Castrol.Their products and support powered the Ford Focus to obtain such a good show and we are expecting an even more wonderful performance in the 2007 season.
After the press conference, Kenneth Ma said ¡°The powerful support from Changan Ford made the racing team more confident. As driver with more than ten years¡¯ experience, this association with Changan Ford could be considered the most satisfactorily. Everybody feels the tremendous technical support from Changan Ford for our continuous improvement process, which makes the Ford Focus better every day, and we believe that this car is a championship car.
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