Round 6 started at 10am, after a heavy downpour in the morning left the track in full wet conditions for the event.

When the start lights went off, Yuki Shiraishi immediately passed pole sitter Ringbom to take the lead in turn one, with Alexey Karachev closely behind Ringbom in P3. However, during the first lap Alexey and Ringbom made contact in turn 11 and both were unable to continue the race. Yuki moved far in front of the rest of the field by the end of the first lap, with Victor Yung following in second place and Alexandra Asmasoebrata in 3rd. Victor was unable to hold onto 2nd however, and was passed in the 3rd lap by Alexandra and Diana Rosario.

Meanwhile, Tsutomu Achiha, who had started from pit lane after mechanical issues, made a hard charge up the field from last place all the way to take P5 from Victor in lap 3, with Achiha constantly re-setting the fastest race lap. However, Tsutomu pushed a bit too hard and spun in lap 4 to drop to 7th. By the middle of the race, Yuki was leading, followed by Alexandra and Diana Rosario in P3. But apart from Tsutomu, the other hard charging driver of the day making a big impression on AFR fans was Timothy Teo, who had started in the back of the grid for race 2 after his DNF yesterday. Timothy worked his way up to P4 by lap 3, then took 3rd place from Diana Rosario in lap 6, then 2nd place from Alexandra with just two laps to go. In the end, grabbed the champion of both the International Category and the Asian Category, followed by Timothy Teo in 2nd and Alexandra Asmasoebrata in 3rd.

During the interview after the race, Yuki Shiraishi seemed to have got lots of memorable moments of this race weekend. He talked about the driving feeling of Friday and Saturday. Due to the technical problems and some little mistakes, he didn’t think that he preformed very well. And about today grabbing the championship, unexpectedly he thought he was just the lucky dog of that, driving through the sunshine combining with the pouring rain.

And the next AFR event, Rounds 7 & 8 August 19-20 is on site, to be held at the famous Shanghai International F1 Circuit. Talking about the challenging track conditions in today’s race, all the drivers are excited for that as well. With several drivers still with enough points to be in contention for the overall 2011 AFR Series win, the Shanghai races are sure to bring even more thrilling race action to Asia Formula Renault after this weekend’s exciting race.