On May 26th Andy Yan completed his domination for the weekend and extended his unbeaten record in SIC to three years. He pasted the fastest time on all sessions and won the race under overcasting sky.

Pole sitter Andy Yan from Chang’an Ford Racing Team didn’t have a perfect start but still managed to take the inside line and lead the pack into T1 . By lap 3, he already opened up a gap of 7 seconds. Andy was not challenged throughout the race and the experienced driver pace the race perfectly and took home the win.

His teammate, Martin Xie, still trying to adjust to the higher torque of the turbo engine, snapped his drive shaft on the grid and had to be pushed back to the pit. The crew changed his drive shaft and he rejoined the race later but already a few laps behind.

After resolving the boost issue that has been bordering him throughout the weekend, Rainey made a great charge and moved himself up to fifth position from eleventh then what the team had been worrying about the tire happened. Rainey started to complain over the radio about the imbalance of the steering. He struggled for couple more laps and had to come in to have a check. The crew could not find anything wrong with the steering and he was sent out again. He eventually had to stop as a result of a damaged tire which was the true reason of affecting his steering.

Tengyi Jiang, although only starting from the fifth position, rose to third by lap seven but had to slow down when he was suffering from the same issue as Rainey. He did collect two valuable points for the team.

Next race will be in Shanghai TianMa Circuit on June 9th. Stay tune.