14 Sep 2019 Li Zheng-Peng takes fifth victory as Jack Ao Ieong Fu hopes to take class title

On 14 September, 2019 Pan Delta Super Racing Festival – Autumn Race officially begins. Speed Hero Race 5 kicks off in the afternoon. The sun is shining bright and track temperature is high, bringing a big challenge to the riders and bikes. After an exciting race, Yamaha Man Lee Tat Racing #26 Li Zheng-Peng successfully takes overall victory to claim his fifth win of the season.

At 13:23 in the afternoon the 10 laps race officially begins with 28 riders taking part. At the start, Li Zheng-Peng makes a smooth get away and maintains his lead. Yamaha Man Lee Tat Racing #59 Ho Chi-Fung gets up to second place at turn 1, with #99 Jack Ao Ieong Fu in third place. The race officials are investigating the starts of both #68 and #7.

On lap 2, Li Zheng-Peng sets the fastest race lap of 1:35.289. But his Yamaha Man Lee Tat Racing teammate #777 Li Zong has an accident at turn 1 and sadly has to retire from the race.

On lap 3, Ho Chi-Fung suddenly begins to slow and is passed by both #99 Jack Ao Ieong Fu and #71 Dan Kruger. Two laps later Ho Chi-Fung also has to retire from the race. #68 Yu Yao-Long is penalized with a drive-through penalty for jumping the start. On the next lap, #7 Shinjo Masahiro is also penalized a drive-through penalty for exceeding track limits on the main straight at the start.

At half distance, Li Zheng-Peng is already enjoying a 7 seconds advantage over Jack Ao Ieong-Fu and the gap is extending. On lap 8, #76 Wada Ruka overtakes #2 class rival Yuan Ji-Bo and moves up to fifth place overall and first place in CL1 class.

On the penultimate lap, #68 Yu Yao-Long is disqualified for failing to perform his drive-through penalty, while #7 Shinjo Masahiro is penalized 35 seconds because he has insufficient time remaining to carry out his penalty.

At the end of the race, Yamaha Man Lee Tat Racing #26 Li Zheng-Peng wins race 5 with a 8.940 seconds advantage. #99 Jack Ao Ieong-Fu finishes second while #71 Dan Kruger takes third place.

Speed Hero 600cc CL1 class top 3 are #76 Wada Ruka, #2 Yuan Ji-Bo and #79 Li Hai-Bo.

Speed Hero 600cc CL2 class top 3 are #22 Sha Jun-Tong, #17 Lin Zhi-Fei, #19 Chen Hong-Yan.

Speed Hero 1000cc Open A class top 3 are Yamaha Man Lee Tat Racing #26 Li Zheng-Peng, #71 Dan Kruger and #83 Toda Takashi.

Speed Hero 1000cc Open B class top 3 are #99 Jack Ao Ieong-Fu, #62 Simon Kwan and #92 Cheung Wai-On.

After the race, overall winner Li Zheng-Peng said, “I had a small problem at the start of the race, but overall I had a fine race. Thank you to the team for working late last night on my bike and resolved my problem. I will continue to fight hard and try to claim the sixth win.”

Second overall Jack Ao Ieong-Fu said, “The weather is rather hot and the track conditions was quite different from yesterday. It was a big challenge to the riders physically. I will keep fighting tomorrow and hopes to win the Open B class title.”