26 Oct 2020 White Hot Competition - 2020 Circuit Hero Time Attack Round 3 successfully completed
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On 25 October, the round 3 of Circuit Hero Time Attack in 2020 is successfully completed at Zhuhai International Circuit. More than 100 drivers divided into 9 different classes fought for positions in the points table. The podium positions in the second points race is also determined.
The weather was good for the weekend, track temperature was fine. In the morning practice, all the drivers demonstrated good form, improving their times all through the sessions, in order to warm up for timed sessions in the afternoon.
Timed sessions officially begin
In the afternoon, timed sessions for the various classes officially begins. First up are the CH1, CH2 and CH3 classes. After just one lap, Liu Yao-Qin sets the ball rolling with his Honda Civic with a 1:53.649. Zhong Bin is running second. On lap 2, #28 goes sideways at T7, the race officials show the red flag to stop the session. 10 minutes later the session is resumed. Xie Bin takes his Civic around in 1:55.322 to be third overall. In the last 2 minutes, #20 goes off in the gravel at T9. The race officials show the red flag again and the session is over. In the end, CH1 top 3 are Zeng Han-Sheng, Li Jia-Qiang, Zhong Yuan-Qiang; CH2 top 3 are Deng Jing-Liang, Yang Fu-Shen and Hu Cun; CH3 class top 3 are Liu Yao-Qin, Zhong Bin and Xie Bin.
Next up are CH6 ad CH7 timed session. Right at the start, Mai Hai-Dong goes all out and sets a 1:48.850 to top the timing screen in his Evo. The gap between Luo Rui and Mai Hao-Yuan is just 0.127 second and are second and third respectively. At half distance, Liang Ji-Tong overtakes Chen Xin to go second in CH6 class his 330. At the same time, #10 stops by the track side at T10, the race officials show the red flag to stop the session. 5 minutes later the session is resumed, Dong Jian-Cheng then goes around in his RS3 in 1:50.930 for second place overall. Chen Xin Lai and Ke Rui-Feng also make their moves to get into the top 3 of CH6 class. After that the order remains unchanged. In the end, CH6 class top 3 are He Jian-Hao, Chen Xin and Ke Rui-Feng; CH7 top 3 are Mai Hai-Dong, Dong Jian-Cheng and Luo Rui.
Then it is time for CH-A timed session. 2 laps into the session, Yao Gui-Ping takes the lead with 1:46.118. Huang Hao-Ran lies second, 0.449 second behind. On lap 3, #123 goes into the gravel at T1, causing the race officials to show the red flag. 5 minutes later the session is resumed. Xiao Zhen-Ning closed up his gap to Huang Hao-Ran to 0.250 second, but is unable to overtake him. Near the end of the session, #107 goes into the gravel and the race officials show the red flag to end the session. In the end, CH-A class top 3 are Yao Gui-Ping, Huang Hao-Ran and Xiao Zhen-Ning.
Afterwards, it is the turn of CHB and CHC classes. Ma Yue driving a M2c starts things off with a 1:48.182 lap. The gap between Zhou Jie, Yang Hao-Yu and Liang Tong-Yi is very small as they fight to be in the top 3. In the last 5 minutes, Yang Hao-Yu drives his 718 around in 1:47.832 to go top. But on the next lap Ma Yue takes the place back. After this the order remains the same. CH-B top 3 are Yang Hao-Yu, Huang Xi-Xun, Deng Jie-Yin; CH-C top 3 are Ma Yue, Zhou Jie and Liang Tong-Yi.
The rookies class CH-D is the last to come on track, Cheng Yao-Feng sets a 1:54.416 lap to go top provisionally with a 2 second gap to the next driver. At mid-session, Luo Zhen-Jie manages a 1:54.871 lap to go second overall. In the last 5 minutes, all the rookies are performing better and better. 7 of them make it below the 2 minutes mark. Then #81 goes off into the gravel at T11 and the race officials finished the session with a red flag. The top 3 are Cheng Yao-Feng, Lou Zhen-Jie and Peng Yi-Wen
At the end of the final session, this year's Circuit Hero Time Attack round 3 is officially over. After two points scoring rounds the points table is still very close, with the final Circuit Hero Time Attack set for December, it will be all to play for. We will find out who will come out on top then. See you there! |