On May 9, the tcr International Auto Asia Series (hereinafter referred to as tcr asia) opened at the SAIC International Circuit in the opening leg of the second leg of the showdown. In the race of the day, shell Jacquelinek team broke through successfully under the situation that the starting position was not dominant, and with the wonderful overtaking of Zhang Zhiqiang and Ma Qinghua, it was the next city!
Shell Jacquelinek team won a total of 9 trophies this weekend, achieving absolute supremacy!
In the end, Ma Qinghua and Zhang Zhiqiang won the championship and runner-up, and won the model cup and the constructors' championship of this round. Shell's Jacques Lynk & Co team wrote the speed history of the Lynk & Co 03 tcr race car at the Asian race and on the first F1 track in China. Yang Xueliang, vice president of Geely Holding Group, came to the scene of the competition to cheer for the players and applauded the wonderful performance of the players.
Absolute speed Clean overtaking
At 1:28 p.m. on Sunday, tcr Asia officially began its 11-lap final competition. According to the rules of the top ten in reverse order of the first leg, shell Jacques Lynk team Wang Risheng, Zhang Zhiqiang and Ma Qinghua started in seventh, eighth and ninth places respectively. Starting out in midstream group means more challenges for the drivers of the Red Devil JetKai Legion. But the straight-line speed of the Lynk & Co 03 tcr gives drivers full confidence.
Soon after the departure, Zhang Zhiqiang entered the leading group and then engaged in a five-lap or more entanglement with his opponent. With the absolute speed of the Lynk & Co 03 tcr car and the superb driving skills of the driver, Zhang Zhiqiang always follows behind his opponents and looks for accurate overtaking opportunities. At the same time, Ma Qinghua also joined the competition. Two Lynk & Co cars put enormous pressure on the opponents. Under this high pressure, Zhang Zhiqiang quickly saw the opportunity to defeat the enemy with one blow and complete the transcendence! Then Ma Qinghua also arrived on horseback, also surpassing his opponent with very clean and beautiful techniques. In the end, Ma Qinghua went to the next city to win the championship of the whole field and tcr asia, and Zhang Zhiqiang won the runner-up trophy.
Wang Risheng suffered a puncture on the seventh lap and regretted the points zone, but still insisted on returning to the track to complete the race, showing a strong will.
Step by step, Lynk & Co carved the car into the blood
In 2020, the global outbreak of the new crown epidemic has greatly prevented international racing competitions and exchange activities. In difficult times, the Lynk & Co brand still does not give up lightly, and it has blossomed in the domestic and foreign arenas. In terms of wtcr, the Lynk & Co brand won the team and driver double crown, and tcr China won the driver championship of the year. As the domestic epidemic situation tends to stabilize, Shell Jacquelinek Team has responded to the country's requirements to strictly control the epidemic and resume work and production to participate in motorsport, and in 2021, it will move to a higher event platform and upgrade to the battlefield of tcr asia. In the cumulative results of the two final rounds of the first two final rounds of tcr asia in Shanghai, we can see that the Lynk & Co brand is deeply cultivating motorsport and constantly brewing and fermenting the sports genes implanted in the brand's blood!
Ma Qinghua summed up the whole race weekend after the race: "It was a full weekend, but the process was very difficult, and the huge success was inseparable from the strong support of Lynk & Co, Shell Lubricants and Jie Kai Team. The team staff put in the hard work and our car showed the first speed in Asia despite the unfavorable bop. In the future, we will dig deep into the potential of racing, strive to be internationally integrated, and strive to be proud of the Asian arena. ”
Step by step! At the end of the opening match, Shell Jacquelinek Team is about to move south and prepare for the Zhuzhou branch event in mid-June, so stay tuned.