17 Mar 2018 Circuit Hero-One Race 1 Supercars join the competition and new entries show potential

With the adjustment of the various classes. Some of the turbo charged race cars have been promoted to Circuit Hero-One. For example our familiar Foshan Xiongji Racing. At the same time, with the growing reputation of Circuit Hero race series, Go Kart Racing, Shaanxi Tianshi Racing brought in Audi R8 and Lamborghini supercars. This change makes Circuit Hero-One even more exciting.

At 1:20 p.m. Circuit Hero-One race 1 officially began. The race used rolling start. Julio Acosta, driving Lamborghini Huracan for Henghui Capital Racing maintains his pole position advantage and lead into the first corner. Go Kart Racing driver Cai Hui-Bang, driving an Audi R8 LMS, follows closely. After 2 laps, the class C drivers began to push and they overtook the other cars in the smaller classes and got up to the front. The order is Julio Acosta, Cai Hui-Bang, Shannxi Tianshi Racing's Liu Peng (Audi R8 LMS) and 13 Racing-Gaoge Racing's Wang Guo-Yu (Lamborghini Super Trofeo).

The race ran at a fierce pace and some cars just could not cope. With 9 laps remaining the race control sent out the safety car. The order of the top 4 remained the same, while fifth place is occupied by Li Bing-Hui, followed by Lin Yi-Ming, driving a Lamborghini Super Trofeo for Go Kart Racing in class D. In B1 class, Chen Bing-Xiong of Foshan Xiongji Racing once again leads his class. He is running in seventh place overall. In B2 class, Foshan April Racing Lu Qi-Feng is also performing very well, running in ninth position overall and second in class. Yuan Er-Bin, representing CER Ducati HK and driving a Porsche 991 is also competitive, leading E class and was 10th overall.

With 6 laps to go, the safety car retreated to the pits. The race re-started. All the drivers hoped to make a final push in the last few laps and the competition heated up again.  Another car ran off the track in a close battle, fortunately the hit was not bad and the car was able to return. As the cars began to pull away from each other, the race entered the last 2 laps. 

The chequered flag is shown and the race is over. There was no change in the order of class C. Fifth was class A driver Li Bing-Hui and Lin Yi-Ming was still seventh. Class E driver Yuan Er-Bin had a strong finish, overtaking 4 cars to finish sixth overall. #7 Shen Zhao-Qi overtook under safety car and was penalized 35 seconds, he was classified 18th overall.

After the race, Henghui Capital Racing's Julio Acosta said it was the first time he took part in a Circuit Hero race, it felt very good and the race was fun. The crowd created a very passionate atmosphere. The Lamborghini race car was not easy to control in the corners but the main thing was to adapt to the tyres. He was looking forward to tomorrow's race 2.

Go Kart Racing's Cai Hui-Bang finished second in class C. He said the high speed corners was a little slippery and he would have to pay more attention tomorrow. In class D, Go Kart Racing's Lin Yi-Ming took part in Pan Delta for the first time and he was very excited to win the class the first time out. He said he would join the full season. B1 class winner Chen Bing-Xiong said if the car in front of him did not have trouble and blocked him, he could have gone even faster.

The drivers are just beginning to get into form in race 1. In tomorrow's race 2 they will surely display all of their abilities and perform even better.