For Immediate Distribution June 21, 2009

ET China Asian GT Masters: Double wins for Paul Poon

¡ª¡ª From ET-CHINA ASIASN GT MASTERS co-promoter- ZIC

The ET.China Asian GT Masters came back to Pan Delta Super Racing Festival on 21 st June . After the 10 lap race, Paul Poon (PASA Racing) established his double wins and his teammate Samson Fung was 2 nd . Oliver Lee, who led the race for several laps, settled for 3 rd due to a spin on the track. Rose Tan was again the winner of Class A and Morris Ku (RAM Racing) was the winner of Class B. Ran Zhang, the other female driver, settled for 3 rd of Class B due to some technical problem.

The race begins with a warm-up lap led by the official car Bufori . Car No. 66 Paul Poon got off to a good start and managed to lead the race at beginning. Oliver Lee was following Poon very closely and waiting to take the lead from Poon. Car No.96 Samson Fung did a good start and overtook Rose Tan. He was 3 rd by then.

On lap 2, Paul Poon was leading the race by 0.2 second and Lee definitely made Poon knew that he was there. Knowing that Paul Poon was a very experienced driver, Lee was again driving very patiently and overtook Poon at T2 in lap 3. After lap 4, Lee managed to extend his lead to 0.5 second. Poon on the other hand was following Lee very aggressively and the 2 cars were almost zero-gap in corners.

On lap 6, Paul Poon had a very good speed when entering the big straight and managed to take the lead from Lee when passing T1. Lee was again approaching gradually to Poon's rear while there were only 3 laps left.

Lap 7 , Lee got off to a good speed when entering the straight and he was trying to overtake Poon. Since it was the late stage of the race, Lee's car lost grip and spun off the track on the straight . When he rejoined the race he was already 3 rd with Poon and his teammate Samson Fung leading the race.

On the last lap, Paul Poon won the race with a clear lead. Samsun Fung finished 2 nd and Oliver Lee (IMSS) captured 3 rd . Paul Poon also w on the Red Bull Fastest lap Award by setting a time of 1:42.642.

ET-CHINA Asian GT Masters round 2 results

No.

Class

Driver

Model

Time

66

GT3

Paul Poon

Ferrari 430

17:32.209

96

GT3

Samson Fung

Ferrari 430

+10.935

31

GT3

Oliver Lee

Ferrari 430

+13.891

9

A

Rose Tan

Porsche 997

+16.114

46

A

Matthew Perry

Ginetta G50 Evo

+37.767

13

A

Kenneth Ma

Ferrari 360

+42.530

20

A

Morris Ku

Porsche 996

+1:04.124

181

A

Nigel Farmer

Ginetta G50 Evo

+1:06.503

7

A

Michael H Lai

Porsche 996

+1:13.792

11

B

Ran Zhang

Ferrari 360

+1:14.087