Shanghai. Reigning Porsche Carrera Cup Asia champion Earl Bamber of LKM Racing and PICC Team StarChase driver Alexandre Imperatori took front row position for Rounds 2 and 3 respectively at the 5.5km Shanghai International Circuit. The eventful single qualifying session, held in wet conditions, was first interrupted and then finished by red flags.
The round 2 race saw LKM Racing’s Earl Bamber take a thunderous victory, as part of the weekend’s Chinese F1 Grand Prix. Bamber charged ahead of the battling field to cross the line more than six seconds ahead of Porsche Holding’s Martin Ragginger who drove a thunderous race from fifth on the grid after a puncture in qualifying.
Third across the line after one of the most eventful and exciting races in the series’ 12-year history was PICC Team StarChase driver Alexandre Imperatori followed by China’s Tung Ho-Pin of Budweiser Team Absolute Racing
Pos | No | Driver/Nationality | Class | Entrant/Nationality | Time |
1 | 1 | Earl BAMBER (NZL) | LKM Racing Team (HKG) | 28:50.273 | |
2 | 86 | Martin RAGGINGER (AUT) | Team Porsche Holding (CHN) | +6.151 | |
3 | 99 | Alexandre IMPERATORI (HKG) | PICC Team StarChase (CHN) | +14.167 | |
4 | 58 | TUNG Ho-Pin (CHN) | Budweiser Team Absolute Racing (CHN) | +23.422 | |
5 | 55 | ZHANG Da Sheng (CHN) | Zheng Tong Auto (CHN) | +29.228 | |
6 | 66 | Jason ZHANG Zhi Qiang (CHN) | Team C&D (CHN) | +32.808 | |
7 | 88 | Egidio PERFETTI (SIN) | Mentos Racing Team (SIN) | +34.736 | |
8 | 18 | ZHANG Zhen Dong (CHN) | Team Basetex (CHN) | +40.057 | |
9 | 20 | Rodolfo AVILA (MAC) | Team Jebsen (HKG) | +43.799 | |
10 | 5 | Yuey TAN (SIN) | B | Dorr Havelock Racing (SIN) | +48.166 |
11 | 12 | MOK Weng Sun (SIN) | B | Clearwater Racing (SIN) | +48.834 |
12 | 72 | Alif HAMDAN (MAS) | B | Nexus Racing (MAS) | +56.721 |
13 | 98 | Henri RICHARD (USA) | B | Silicon Tech Racing LLC (USA) | +59.372 |
14 | 11 | Ringo CHONG (SIN) | Team Kangshun (CHN) | +61.210 | |
15 | 16 | Wayne SHEN (HKG) | B | Modena Motorsports (HKG) | +64.206 |
16 | 21 | Francis TJIA (HKG) | B | OpenRoad Racing Team (HKG) | +64.620 |
17 | 9 | LI Chao (CHN) | Team Betterlife (CHN) | +65.165 | |
18 | 28 | John SHEN (HKG) | B | Modena Motorsports (HKG) | +68.347 |
19 | 33 | Samson CHAN (HKG) | B | Samson CHAN (HKG) | +72.496 |
20 | 51 | Johnson HUANG (TPE) | B | BC Racing Team (TPE) | +79.595 |
21 | 68 | MAK Hing Tak (HKG) | B | Kamlung Racing (HKG) | +94.531 |
22 | 3 | Michael S. (INA) | B | OpenRoad Racing Team | +94.855 |
23 | 2 | Kenneth LAU (HKG) | B | Prince Racing Hong Kong (HKG) | +114.412 |
24 | 22 | SIU Yuk Lung (HKG) | B | LKM Racing Team (HKG) | +118.045 |
25 | 6 | Michael CHOI (HKG) | B | Prince Racing (HKG) | 1 Lap |
– | 78 | Bentley YEUNG (HKG) | B | Tiger Racing Team (HKG) | DNF |
– | 8 | Ro.C. Skyangel (SIN) | Team Yongda Dongfang (CHN) | DNF | |
– | 7 | BAO Jin Long (CHN) | Team Synsanly (CHN) | DNF |