China Circuit Championship (CCC) was rescheduled to be held on Wednesday and Thursday in the newly established circuit¡ªChengdu International Circuit (CDIC). Only several races like A1 and AFOS had come to CDIC and it is the first time that CCC comes to the circuit. Most of the drivers are new to the track and how to get to know the track better is the first task for the drivers. Rainey He from Changan Ford Racing Team captured 2 nd in qualifying, Henry Lee and Ben Zuo finished 4 th and 8 th . Lu Gan (Team LF) captured pole position.
CDIC is 3.331km and it has 21 turns. There are many ¡°S¡± turns and it is certainly a test to the car set-up & drivers' driving skills. Many drivers indicated that the track is a big challenge to them.
Huang Chuhan (Team SRT) did a remarkable job during test and he attracted much attention. In the afternoon, Huang Chuhan started very smoothly and his lap time looked good. Rainey He (Changan Ford Racing Team) started with many slow cars on track and finished 2 nd . Lu Gan won pole position and his best lap is 1'38¡±932, Huang Chuhan finished 3 rd .
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Rainey indicated after the race that he has been racing only in three major circuits (ZIC, SIC and BJIC) these years and he learnt from many experienced drivers such as his teammate Henry Lee and Lu Gan (Team LF);¡±I went through the track by bike yesterday and the team, on the other hand, established an effective strategy for qualifying which leaded to a 0.9 second progress comparing to test.¡± Rainey also indicated that the track is quite challenging and there are certain tough turns which are true tests to the cars. Henry Lee also ran into problems during qualifying and finishing 4 th is quite convincing. Let's count on a good performance from Changan Ford Racing Team drivers.
Race Result
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