The warm up session started early in the morning. All four Changan Ford Racing Team cars were sent out to make the final preparation of the race in the afternoon. Rainey He, Fan Gaoxiang and Jiang Tengyi all came back to the garage after just a few laps declaring the cars were in good shape. Andy continued to stay out on the track trying to find more speed for his overweighted car.

The 16 laps race started on time in the afternoon under perfect but hot weather. Track temperature reached 54C when the race started. Tengyi immediately jumped into the lead with his teammate Rainey following. Rainey experienced mechanical issue with the shifting and had to go into the pit to fix the problem. Fan Gaoxiang had a good start and put himself into the lead group.

Tengyi started pushing and widened the gap with the cars behind consistently and never relinquish the lead. Andy Yan had also a very good start and move himself into 6th but fell back to 8th after only two laps. He continued to fight his way back and finished the race in 6th position gaining valuable points for himself and taking 60 kg off his car for next race. While his two senior teammates were struggling with their own issues, the young driver Fan Gaoxiang drove a respectable race and finished third helping the team to gain the team championship of the CTCC round 4 race.

Jiang Tengyi, remains undefeated in Ordos for this two-year old circuit. If not for his safety car mix-up in the first race and the blown tire in Chengdu, he could have been sitting comfortably on top of the driver championship race.
After this race, the Changan Ford Racing Team has opened up a comfortable 55 points lead from the second place team. The team will go home for the summer break. The next race and the second half of the season is scheduled to run in TianMa circuit in Shanghai in early September. |