By Johan Laubscher
Zhuhai in China played host to the penultimate GT Asia round this weekend. Absolute Racing fielded a trio of Audi R8 LMS ultra cars.
The three regular Absolute Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra cars took part in round five of the 2013 GT Asia season at Zhuhai, the only three Audi cars in the field this weekend. All three cars are entered under the team/entrant name of Team R8 LMS ultra, which represents Absolute Racing’s three customer teams: J-Fly Racing (Audi #7), Team Hong Kong Racing (Audi #98) and Tunewear Racing (Audi #888).
Absolute Racing’s regular driver line-ups were again behind the wheel of the
three cars this weekend. Jeffrey Lee and Marchy Lee were driving the #7 J-Fly
machine, Philip Ma and Cong Fu Cheng in the #98 and Francis Hideki Onda and
Alex Yoong in the #888.
Qualifying for the first race saw the #888 as the highest Audi in fifth
place, followed by the #7 in ninth and the #98 in tenth. The grid for race two
yielded Audi #7 in sixth followed by the #98 in ninth and #888 rounding out the
top ten in tenth.
The second and final race was held on Sunday. Francis Hideki Onda and Alex Yoong brought the #888 R8 LMS ultra home as the top placed Audi, taking fifth place by the finish. They were followed by their teammates in the #98 Audi, who finished eighth. The #7 Audi R8 LMS ultra unfortunately retired from the second race, which was won by Li Zhi Cong in the Asia Racing Team Porsche 911 GT3 R.
Absolute Racing, with the team name of Team R8 LMS ultra, are still leading the GT Asia team's championship points standings.
The finale of the 2013 GT Asia season will be taking place at the prestigious
Macau Grand Prix, being run together with the Macau GT Cup on November 17.
Photo credit: Absolute Racing
