17 Sep 2016 Circuit Hero-Three: Gary Sham takes pole position

At 16:45 on Saturday 17 September 2016, Circuit Hero-Three qualifying begins. The small capacity cars like Honda Fit, Suzuki Swift, Toyota Yaris, Toyota Vitz complete their 20 minutes session under a setting sun. The results of this session will affect tomorrow’s starting positions of the race, therefore the drivers all try very hard to set good times.

After a lap of tyre warming, many drivers go for a quick lap time on their second lap. Peugeot RCZ driver Gary Sham manages a 1:56.546 lap, setting the bar high for other competitors. In A3 class, Huang Zhi-Cong’s Toyota Vitz set the ball rolling with 2:00.043 while in A5 class Lin Zhe leads with 2:04.380 in a Honda Fit.

After the early rush, the drivers take a break to examine their lap times. Then on lap 5 Luo Wei-Qi and Huang Zhi-Cong sets new personal bests, both getting into the 2 minute barrier, setting times of 1:58.444 and 1:59.937 respectively. Other drivers sense that the track conditions improved and rush on to the track as well, although a few drivers return to the pits soon, probably reserving the car for the race tomorrow.

The 20 minutes qualifying session soon comes to a close. Gary Sham successfully takes pole position, with Luo Wei-Qi and Li De-Rong behind him. Circuit Hero-Three will take place at 10:20 on Sunday morning, let’s see if they will have anymore breakthrough achievements.

Class	Pos	No.	Driver	Fastest lap
A2	1	16	Gary Sham	1:56.546
	2	66	Luo Wei-Qi	1:58.444
	3	87	Li De-Rong	2:00.342
A3	1	11	He Wei-Bin	2:00.470
	2	23	Liu Qi	2:03.002
	3	8	Li Ye-Long	2:04.119
A5	1	18	Deng Qi-Yan	2:03.828
	2	15	Lin Zhe	2:04.380
	3	26	Chen Bin	2:04.682

Time	Content
16:51	#12 has no safety net at T7.
16:53	#26 spins at T14 and re-joins.
17:04	#5 spins at T14 and re-joins.
17:04	#15 spins at F2 and re-joins.

No.	Content
Stewards decision No. 24	#5 is disqualified from the session.