20 Sep 2020 Yang Bai-Jie takes ZMA Touring Car Class A Race Victory after hard fought battle
Zhuhai Motorsports Association welcomes the powerful race cars of the ZMA Touring Car Class A Race. The drivers enjoyed a fantastic battle on the completely dry track, in the end, after 15 laps, STS Motorsport Crew #28 Yang Bai-Jie wins the ZMA Touring Car Class A Race overall.
Main Race
Class A main race begins at 13:23 in the afternoon. The race distrance is 15 laps with 12 drivers taking part. All race cars are equipped with the same Pirelli tyres. The race uses a rolling start. Third place starter #86 Chen Yi-Nian makes a great start and move up to first place at T1.
On lap 3, #86 Chen Yi-Nian gradually extends his advantage, at the same time, #11 Li Qiang-Xin and #28 Yang Bai-Jie are fighting over second place. #28 Yang Bai-Jie finally overtakes his rival at T1 and move into second place. #94 stops in the gravel trap at T11 due to car trouble. The safety car is deployed.
Two laps later, the safety car returns to the pit lane. The race resumes. The leading group continues to extend their advantage. The second group begins to fight among themselves. #18 Cheng Chun-Hua holds a slight advantage. Then at T11 #11 Ye Guang-Wen and #29 Huang Zi-Jun has a coming together, the race marshals show the yellow flag.
At half distance, #86 Chen Yi-Nian and #28 Yang Bai-Jie begin to fight for the race lead. The gap between them is just 0.7 second. #28 Yang Bai-Jie tries multiple times to overtake at various corners, but to no avail. #18 Cheng Chun-Hua continues to lead the second group with a comfortable margin.
3 laps to go, the top 2 are still fighting fiercely and nose to tail. They overtake each other through the T9 - T10 sequence, then at T11 #28 Yang Bai-Jie successfully overtakes and makes it stick. On the last lap, there are no order changes, #86 Chen Yi-Nian is unable to counter attack. Finally, overall victory is claimed by STS Motorsport Crew #28 Yang Bai-Jie, with his teammate Chen Yi-Nian finishing second.
In the various classes, A2 class winner is Team KRC #11 Li Qiang-Xin; A3 class top 3 are STS Motorsport Crew #28 Yang Bai-Jie, his teammate #86 Chen Yi-Nian finishes second and Landsail Motorsport #5 Chen Shao-Hang is third; A6 class top 2 are Foshan Xiongji Racing #18 Cheng Chun-Hua and Sinsoku Racing #2 Li Wei-Cong.
After the race, overall winner #28 Yang Bai-Jie said, "I made a little mistake at the start, but I recovered quickly and got back second place. Then in the battle with my teammate for the overall lead, he gave me space while defending, that allowed me to take my opportunity and overtake. This was a hard fought victory. For next year's Circuit Hero races, I really hope I can achieve good results."