21 Dec 2013 2013 AFR Finale: Acosta and Shimono’s showdown at Zhuhai

After a long season, 2013 AFR Series is going to come to an end this weekend at Zhuhai as Champ’s Julio Acosta and Buzz Racing’s Shigetomo Shimono will have a final showdown for the Championship as the 3 Classes will have their battle settled.

Acosta is having a comfortable points’ lead over Japan’s Shimono as he has a much consistent campaign so far. If he can score a 1st runner up finish, he will be assured of the Championship. Shimono, despite winning more races than any other drivers, is trailing behind and will hope for mishap from Acosta in order to create miracle. He needs to take both victories in International Class in order to keep his championship hope alive. Meanwhile for the final podium spot, Sideway Driving Club/ChildFund driver Pete Olson of PS Racing will try to score points to beat the others for that position.

Meanwhile in Asian Class, Jason Kang form KRC is leading the Championship with 135 points as 2 drivers will try to hunt him down. Champ’s Bob Yuan will return to the series and PS Racing’s Neric Wei is still having a slim chance on taking the title. Yet, they will have to watch out for youngster Leo Ye during the race, as he won in the Class in the last 2 rounds.

Masters Class title is unsettled as well as Leo Wong and ART teammate Thomas Luedi will battle it out for the title.

Apart from the main championship, there will be several series returnee. One of them is former Champion Jim Ka To. The 2008 AFR Champion will join Champ Motorsport for the season finale. Also returning to the series is Eitan Zidkilov. He will join rookies Karl Yip and Guillaume Cunnington in a 5-car line-up at ART.

Among the 15-car grid, there are also a host of new drivers. Ray Chen will join Champ; Wang Yang will race with KRC.

The last round of 2013 AFR Series will commence on Friday (20/12) with 2 practice sessions. Qualifying will be on Saturday morning and R9 will be held in the afternoon. The final race of the season will be held on Sunday afternoon.