Three-strong competition Lu Wei, Rio, Bao Jinlong scrambled
Cao Qi won the first game in Shanghai
Yao Liangbo achieved three consecutive wins
Lee Dong-fai continues to dominate gt4
Li Qiang won his sixth win of the season
SHANGHAI, CHINA (November 6, 2021) - The gt super sprint challenge (gtssc) staged the first leg of the annual finale at the Shanghai International Circuit. In the gt3 group, team 777 by climaxracing Lu Wei won the championship; project racing by champ motorsport Cao Qi achieved a three-game win in the gt3 am group; phantom pro racing Yao Liangbo won the gt3 am masters group championship; team 777 by climaxracing Lee Donghui reached the top in the gt4 group; trt racing Li Qiang scored super Trofeo group wins.
GT3: Rio reversed the tide on the last lap
On Saturday, Shanghai received a drizzle of rain, the first leg was played under the wetlands, and the final day of the gtssc finale kicked off with a rain battle.
After the race officially began, Lu Wei, who started from pole position, successfully held the top spot and began to lead, followed by Bao Jinlong, who was rong garden by climax racing, and the two formed the first camp to advance forward. Team x works driver Rio, who started in fourth place, overtook to third place in the field and pursued forward, but was some distance from the first camp ahead.
Lü Wei continued to maintain the lead, and the gap between Bao Jinlong and him behind him was within 1 second, but he could not catch up further for the time being. The third-place rio has also been keeping up with the top two. Behind them, the standings leader uno racing team Pan Junlin made a mistake, the ranking fell, and the annual championship situation was even more confusing.
Just as the balance of victory was gradually tilting towards Lü Wei, Bao Jinlong approached Lü Wei in the second half of the journey and launched a charge, and Rio, who was waiting for the opportunity, also aimed the target of the attack at Bao Jinlong at this time. The top three cars went head-to-tail on the track, even side-by-side scrambling to get into corners.
However, Lü Wei still stubbornly defused the opponent's attack, and Rio made contact with Bao Jinlong in the scramble, causing the latter to fall out of the championship battle. Rio climbed to second place and approached Lu Wei, and after several rounds of confrontation, he successfully overtook Lu Wei to the first place in the last lap and pulled away.
In the end, rio waved the checkered flag as the first greeter. Lu Wei finished the tournament in second place, and also won the initiative for the final round of the annual championship. Bao Jinlong occupied the last seat of the first three podiums.
Rio was given a 5-second penalty after the match for causing the collision, so Lu Wei finally won the round.
In the am group, Cao Qi continued the record of consecutive wins since Zhuhai Station, with Xi Xiuping, who came from afar, winning the second place, and Jiang Jiawei, the absolute racing team, winning the third place.
Am masters group, Phantom Pro Racing's Yao Liangbo won the championship, yc racing Wu Ruihua won the runner-up.
Driver's Quotes:
#87 吕威（team 777 by climaxracing）
Champion of the gt3 group
In fact, the first few laps feel very good, probably because of my driving style problems, my front tire wear is more severe, so the second half of the opponent overtaken, go back I need to reflect on it, for the game my attitude in my heart or go with the flow, I hope I enjoy the game.
#27曹琦（project racing by champmotorsport）
Gt3 am Group Champion
This is my first time in the last race, today is a rain race, although there have been rainy days of practice before, but the race is still very challenging, today's departure also had some accidents, the back section is relatively smooth, encountered the opponent's mistakes, I seized the opportunity to surpass, and finally can be the champion back very happy!
gt4: Lee Dong-fai won straight
Group pole winner Lee Dong-fai held first after the start and led the way in the group, rising from team 777 by climaxracing lee to second place and absolute racing team's Huber third. Lee Dong-fai has been guarding the first place, and Hu Bo returned to second place in the second half of the game.
In the end, Lee Dong-fai successfully turned pole position into victory, Hu Bo won the runner-up, and Lee Dong-sheng made his GTSSC debut with third place.
#74 Lee Dong Fai (team 777 by climaxracing)
Champion of the gt4th group
This time it was a rain war, the track was half dry and half wet, I had never encountered this situation before, I was still scared at first, but the race was still relatively smooth!
gtc: Li Qiang overtook the super trofeo group
Pole winner trt racing's Kang Zhilong held the top spot after the start, and Li Qiang of the same team started from the third place and successfully came to the second place after starting. Another member of TRT Racing, Engel Markus, was in third place.
Li Qiang was promoted to the first place in the following competition, winning the sixth win of the season and bringing back the Super Trofeo Cup Gold Cup. Kang Zhilong finished runner-up in the super trofeo cup and engel markus won the GTC group.
Awards:
Top three
team 777 by climaxracing #87 Lu Wei (gt3 am+ category champion)
rong garden by climax racing #63包金龙 (runner-up in the gt3 am+ category)
team x works #71 rio (gt3 am+3rd in group)
Gt4 group top three
team 777 by climaxracing #74 Lee Dong Fai
Absolute racing #16 Hu bo
team 777 by climaxracing #7 Lee Dong-sheng
Super trofeo cup top two
trt racing #11 Lee Qiang
Trt racing #818康志龙