20 Dec 2022 Cold wave no barrier for the enthusiastic racing fans, as the 2022 Circuit Hero Time Attack has come to a successful conclusion
It is the end of another year, and the 2022 Circuit Hero • Time Attack also ushered in the final battle of the year. Affected by various external factors, this year's Circuit Hero • Time Attack has only held two events. However, this did not affect the enthusiasm of the fans at all. There were still many newcomers and veterans signing up to exercise and improve their own driving standards, so as to advance to the next year's higher-level Pan Delta and Club Race events. In this year's competition, there were already many drivers who have emerged from Circuit Hero • Time Attack. It is believed that next year, we will see more such faces. This is exactly the reason for Circuit Hero • Time Attack, which allows drivers to have the opportunity to continuously improve, break through and advance to a bigger stage.
The time attack begins
At 14:30 on December 18th, each class of Circuit Hero • Time Attack started to take to the track. The first is the three-classes time trial of CH1, CH2 and CH3. At the beginning of the session, Luo Hao-Xuan drove his Civic around quickly and took the lead with a time of 2:03.136, followed by Li Sheng-Duan driving another Civic and Cheng Jian driving a BRZ. On the third lap, Li Sheng-Duan took his Civic to the top with a fastest lap of 1:58.328, making a breakthrough and taking the first place in the session. In the middle of the race, Cheng Jian in his BRZ overtook and rose to second place in the whole session, and extended his lead in CH2 class to 2 seconds. In the last five minutes, Luo Hao-Xuan got his Civic back up to second position in the field. In the last three minutes, the No. 9 car stopped on the grass at the T1 corner, the red flag was shown, and the session ended. The overall ranking has not changed. In the end, the top three in the CH1 class were Luo Hao-Xuan and Lin Zhuo-Cheng; the top three in the CH2 class were Cheng Jian, Huang Cheng-Jie, and Xiong Shuang-Qi; the top three in the CH3 class were Li Sheng-Duan and Dai Jie.
What followed was the CH5 and CH6 two-class time attack session. After three laps, Mai Hai-Dong took his EVO around in 1:48.316, ranking first in the session with an advantage of 3.532 seconds. Halfway through the session, in the other class, Liu Kai-Bin in his GTI managed a time of 1:57.825 in the CH5 class, occupying first place with a slight advantage, while Mai Hai-Dong still maintained the first place in the CH6 class. In the end, the top three in CH5 class were Liu Kai-Bin, Li Jian-Wu, and Li Zi-Li; the top three in CH6 class were Mai Hai-Dong, Liang Bin, and Zeng Xiang-Jie.
What followed was the two-class time attack session of CH-A and CH-D. Li Jia-Fa took the lead in the 992 and achieved a 1:42.332, ranking first in the session with a relatively big advantage, and the first place in the CH-D class. Zhang Bang-Gui in his 992TS and managed a 1:46.481, ranking second overall and first in CH-A class. From then on, the overall ranking has not changed. The top three in CH-A class are Zhang Bang-Gui; the top three in CH-D class are Li Jia-Fa, Liu Qin-Yi, and Zhu Jun-Ting.
The last is the CH-B and CH-C class time attack session. In the fifth minute after the start, the No. 80 car slid into the sand at the T7 corner, the race officials showed a red flag, and the session was suspended. Twelve minutes later, the session resumed. Zhao Jie drove his M4 around in a 1:44.842 to take first place. Liu Zheng-Long drove his M4 and Wang Kun-Lun drove his 718. But the overall ranking has remained unchanged. The top three in CH-B class were Wang Kun-Lun and Zhu Zhi-Min; the top three in CH-C class were Zhao Jie, Liu Zheng-Long, and Chen Zhen-Lin. Based on the results of the two events, the annual champions of each class are: Luo Hao-Xuan of CH1 class, Cheng Jian of CH2 class, Li Sheng-Duan of CH3 class, Li Jian-Wu of CH5 class, Liang Bin of CH6 class, Zhang Bang-Gui of CH-A class, Wang Kun-Lun of CH-B class, and CH-C class Liu Zheng-Long, CH-D class Li Jia-Fa.
The 2022 Circuit Hero • Time Attack event has officially come to an end. With the gradual opening of all parts of the country, it is believed that next year's Circuit Hero • Time Attack will be livelier. Let us look forward to meeting again at Zhuhai International Circuit next year!