The Shanghai International Circuit hosted the opening round of the BOSS GP during the last weekend of September.
This event, which did not receive much news coverage, saw Absolute Racing out in force entering a total of five Audi R8 LMS and ultra cars.
The Chinese Audi Sport customer racing team fielded one Audi R8 LMS ultra driven by Sun Jing Zu (#13). They also entered four older Audi R8 LMS cars driven by Z.Ting (#6), Jeffrey Lee (#58), F.Sean (#96) and J.Kane (#99).
Qualifying was highlighted by pole position for J.Kane in the #99 Audi R8 LMS. Jeffrey Lee secured third place on the grid, followed by Sun Jing Zu and Z.Ting in positions four and five respectively. F.Sean lined up seventh on the grid.
The first race of the weekend saw three of the Audi drivers finishing within the top four. Jeffrey Lee finished second in his #58 R8 LMS, a mere 0.492 seconds behind the race winner. He finished ahead of Z.Ting and Sun Jing Zu. F.Sean finished sixth and J.Kane rounded out the top ten in tenth.
Race two concluded with a quartet of Audis finishing behind the race winning Porsche. Jeffrey Lee once again took second position, leading home J.Kane, Z.Ting and Sun Jing Zu. F.Sean finished thirteenth.
Both races were won by the #91 Team JR / Asia Racing Team Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R of Li Chao.
The next round of the BOSS GP will be held as a support event alongside the FIA WEC 6 Hours of Shanghai from 1-2 November.
Special thanks to Sergio Fonseca (@SergioFonseca8) who kindly assisted us with sourcing the results from this event.
Jacky Yeung and Matt Solomon take double victory in GTM Class
Wins see Jacky Yeung top of GTM class rankings
Unlucky weekend in GT3 for Jeffrey Lee and Christopher Mies
China, October 13, 2014 – The Hong Kong pairing of Jacky Yeung and Matt Solomon scored back-to-back victories in the GTM class of Rounds 11 and 12 of the GT Asia series at the Shanghai International Circuit on October 11-12. After youngster Solomon clocked the fastest time in qualifying, the pair held onto pole position throughout the two races to pick up maximum points.
In Round 11, Matt Solomon, one of Asian motorsport’s most talented young drivers, got off to a flying start, pulling away from the rivals in the GTM class. This blistering pace gave Jacky Yeung a massive 16-second lead, who then drove even faster during his stint, recording a lap time a full second quicker than their qualifying time on the way to victory for the Audi R8 LMS #77.
Starting from pole-position for Round 12, Solomon and Yeung once again flew around the Shanghai International Circuit for their second start-to-finish victory of the weekend. Having secured maximum points for the weekend, Yeung moves to the top of the GTM class leaderboard heading into the finale in Macau next month. A good result in the final race will see Yeung crowned GT Asia GTM class champion for a second time.
In the GT3 class, the pairing of Jeffrey Lee and Audi factory driver Christopher Mies, endured a tumultuous weekend. In the first race, their Audi R8 LMS ultra #7 was hit by another driver, before suffering a puncture, which forced an extra visit to the pits. However, strong driving from the pair reduced the earlier delay and they finished in eighth. Unfortunately, there was more bad luck in store, as Lee was nudged in the opening laps of the second race, causing him to crash into the barriers, ending the race prematurely for the pair.
Elsewhere, the Chinese pairing of Sun Jingzu and Wang Jianwei put in two very good performances in front of their home crowd, finishing in ninth in both races. Johnson Huang of Taiwan, scoring two fourth-place finishes in the GTM class.
“This weekend saw our strongest performances so far this season, with two excellent wins for Jacky and Matt,” commented Fabien Fior, Technical Director of Absolute Racing. “But unfortunately, we had some difficulties with other cars making contact with ours, ruining the races for Jeffrey and Christopher and affecting their results. We were very unlucky in that case, but that’s how racing goes. We are all now looking forward to the season finale in Macau next month, and we will push even harder for the best results.”
The Audi entries head to Macau on November 14-16 for the GT Asia series finale at the Guia Circuit.
Race two of the GT Asia Series at Shanghai concluded with another class victory for Absolute Racing.
Jacky Yeung and Matt Solomon made it a double for the weekend by winning the GTM class in race two. Yeung handed over the car to Solomon in third place and Solomon was then able to pass both cars to take class victory with the #77 Absolute Racing prepared Tiger Racing Team R8 LMS. The pairing finished tenth overall. Jacky Yeung now has a twelve point lead in the GTM championship standings and the title will be decided at Macau.
Jian Wei Wang and Sun Jing Zu piloted the #17 Absolute Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra to ninth place overall, the highest Audi in the overall results. Johnson Huang repeated his race one result by finishing thirteenth overall, taking fourth in the GTM class with the #26 Absolute Racing R8 LMS.
Jeffrey Lee and Christopher Mies unfortunately retired from race two on lap seven, after having started from third position on the grid.
The finale of the 2014 GT Asia Series will be taking place at Macau with the Macau GT Cup from 13-16 November.
Four Audi entries in Rounds 11 and 12 of the GT Asia series
Team Absolute Racing aims for GT3 podium with the driver pairing of Jeffrey Lee and Christopher Mies
Jacky Yeung and Matt Solomon to challenge for GTM class
China, October 10, 2014 – Four Audi entries will compete at the Shanghai International Circuit in China for Rounds 11 and 12 of the GT Asia series from October 10-12. Team Absolute Racing aims for a podium finish at the first visit of the GT Asia series to Shanghai since 2009.
In the GT3 class, Jeffrey Lee will once again partner Audi factory driver Christopher Mies in the number 7 Audi R8 LMS ultra. The pair claimed fourth place in the last race at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia and will look to add to their points tally this time round.
“Jeffrey Lee and Christopher Mies are clearly aiming for a podium finish. I wouldn’t be surprised if they finish in the top spot, especially if it is a wet race, as the Audi R8 LMS ultra performs strongly in the rain,” commented Fabien Fior, Technical Director of Absolute Racing. Fior added, “We are definitely expecting another good weekend from all our drivers.”
Jacky Yeung will drive his number 77 Audi R8 LMS Cup car with youngster Matt Solomon, who recently finished on the podium in the Sepang 12h race. The Hong Kong driver pairing’s goal is to win in the GTM class and keep Yeung in line for a shot at the championship. Going into Shanghai, Yeung sits in third place in the GTM class, and a good result could see him climb back to first. In the previous Rounds 9 and 10 at Sepang, Yeung won the first race to move top of the leaderboard, before an early retirement in race two made it a mixed weekend for him.
Local Chinese drivers, Sun Jingzu and Wang Jianwei will compete in front of their home crowd in car number 17. Sun also competes in the amateur category of the Audi R8 LMS Cup and is familiar with both the track in Shanghai, and the GT3 race car. Sun showed a big improvement in his performance in last week’s Boss GP.
Completing the line-up for Absolute Racing and Audi is Johnson Huang from Taiwan in car number 26.
The qualifying sessions will be held on Friday October 10, with Rounds 11 and 12 taking place on Saturday October 11 and Sunday October 12 respectively.
The Audi teams faced a very unlucky GT Asia Series race 1 today at Sepang International Circuit. None of the Audi R8 LMS ultra cars finished the 1-hour race.
The first race today is maybe the hardest ever for the Audi brand and team Absolute Racing in GT Asia Series.
It all started very well with a brilliant pole position and even a 1-2 Audi in Qualifying 1. Alex Yoong was the fastest ahead of Audi works driver Christopher Mies. Then all changed in race 1 with an unbelievable bad luck hitting the two ultras. The #7 Audi driven by Christopher Mies and Jeffrey Lee was forced to retire after 23 laps into the race. The sister #98 machine in the hands of Alex Yoong and Philip Ma faced the same fate earlier on lap 15.
Best ranked Audi car, was the #77 R8 LMS Cup from Tiger Racing Team in tenth place overall, however the car was competing in the lower GTM class.
Overall race victory went to the #97 Aston Martin V12 Vantage from Bamboo Craft Racing. Second place for #37 Ferrari 458 GT3 from team BBT. The #32 McLaren MP4-12C from Clearwater Racing was third.
Race 2 is set for tomorrow. The #7 R8 LMS ultra of Christopher Mies and Jeffrey Lee will start from position eight, the #98 Audi in the hands of Alex Yoong and Philip Ma will start from position nineteen.
The GT Asia Series is heading to Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia this weekend. The Audi Sport customer racing squad will be represented by five Audi R8 LMS and ultra cars.
The Audi teams performed very well last time out at the Fuji Speedway. Audi works driver Christopher Mied along with team-mate Jeffrey Lee were victorious driving an Audi R8 LMS ultra from Absolute Racing.
In Malaysia, three Audi R8 LMS ultra will try to give the Audi brand additional wins and strong results. The Audi drivers including the returning Christopher Mies will have to fight against strong teams representing Ferrari, McLaren, Aston Martin, Porsche and Nissan.
#7 Absolute Racing - Jeffrey Lee / Christopher Mies #17 Absolute Racing - Sun Jing Zhu / Wang Jian Wei #98 Absolute Racing - Alex Yoong / Phillip Ma
In addition to the three Audi R8 LMS ultra who will target the outright victories, two Audi R8 LMS cars will compete in the lower GTM class.
#23 Taiwan Top Speed Racing - Sasha Chu #77 Tiger Racing Team - Jacky Yeung / Ashraff Dewal
The two qualifying sessions and race 1 art set for Saturday, the second race will be held on Sunday.
Jeffrey Lee and Christopher Mies win Round 6 of the GT Asia series
Jacky Yeung takes fourth podium of the season
Adverse weather conditions added an extra level of difficulty
Japan, July 15, 2014 – The Audi entries achieved great results at the Fuji International Speedway in Japan in Rounds 5 and 6 of the GT Asia series. After good pace was set in qualifying, the pairing of Jeffrey Lee and Christopher Mies finished fourth in Round 5 and then took first in Round 6. Jacky Yeung also maintained form to claim another podium in the GTM class.
“Shortly before the races got underway, rain started to fall very hard and very fast. It was very difficult for all the teams to react in time and make adjustments to the cars to suit the conditions,” commented Fabien Fior, Director of Absolute Racing.
In the wet conditions, winner at last year’s stop at the Fuji International Speedway, Jeffrey Lee, and his partner Christopher Mies, braved the severe weather to put in a great performance in their Audi R8 LMS ultra car number 7 to finish first in Sunday’s race.
Lee started the race several cars behind pole position but held on well to gain position. After the driver swap, Mies drove positively to make steady progress. He achieved some of the fastest lap times and managed to overtake the cars in front one by one, before taking the lead with two laps to go.
Similarly, Alex Yoong and Hong Kong racing driver, Philip Ma, did well to come from the middle of the pack to finish fifth, improving upon their results in qualifying and Round 5, although the torrential rain and slippery surface proved tricky to deal with.
In the GTM class, Jacky Yeung battled through the conditions in his Audi R8 LMS Cup car for Tiger Team Racing, coming from eighth place to score a podium, finishing third in Round 5. So far in the series, the Hong Kong gentleman driver has four podium finishes to his name.
“Overall, it was a very satisfying day, in which the team and drivers worked very hard and performed well. Special thanks to Christopher Mies for his amazing driving in the rain. We should be seeing more from him in Asia,” said Fabien Fior.
Next up in the GT Asia series for the Audi entries is Rounds 7 and 8 on August 15-17 at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia.
A great debut for Christopher Mies in the demanding GT Asia Series. The German Audi factory driver took a great race victory in the Race 2 at the Fuji Speedway.
Christphoer Mies shared the winning R8 LMS ultra with Jeffrey Lee and helped the Audi brand clinch a first victory in GT Asia Series this year.
The #7 Audi R8 LMS ultra from team Absolute Racing won the 30-lap race with style after a great battle with the second placed Ferrari 458 GT3.
Another Audi R8 LMS ultra from Absolute Racing performed well, the #98 car of Alex Young and Philip Ma finished in a strong fifth.
Four Audi entries in Rounds 3 and 4 of the GT Asia series
Team Absolute Racing eyes podium
Autopolis International Circuit suits Audi GT3 car
Four Audi entries are preparing to compete at the Autopolis International Circuit in the third and fourth rounds of the GT Asia series in Japan from May 30 to June 1. With three Audi R8 LMS ultras in the competition, Team Absolute Racing has high hopes for a successful weekend on a technical circuit, which should suit the Audi GT3 cars well.
“I am hopeful that Japan will be good. The Autopolis International Circuit is a very technical track, with lots of ups and downs, and twists and turns, which suits our car very well. With the enlarged GT Asia field in Japan, the competition is difficult. But we want to put in a performance this weekend. We want to win. I at least expect a podium position”, commented Ingo Matter, Director of Absolute Racing.
Former Formula 1 driver, Alex Yoong, will partner talented gentleman driver, Egidio Perfetti in car 98. The Italian won the amateur class of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia in 2013. The new pairing will try to make up for the difficult start to the GT Asia season for Audi in Yeongam, South Korea. Alex Yoong and Matt Solomon were leading for most of the race in Round 2, but in order to avoid a collision, the car was driven over a curb, sustaining damage. This forced them to retire in the final few laps.
Jeffrey Lee from Taiwan and local driver, Hiroki Yoshimoto, will be in car 7 at this weekend’s races in Japan. The Japanese driver’s knowledge of his home track will be beneficial to the pair. Completing the Absolute Racing Audi line-up is car 17, driven by Sun Jingzu, who also drives in the amateur category of the Audi R8 LMS Cup, and Wang Jianwei, who makes his debut in the GT Asia series this season.
Furthermore, Jacky Yeung of Team Tiger Racing will be competing in car 77, the same car he drives in the Audi R8 LMS Cup. Hong Kong driver Yeung had achieved two podium finishes in the GTM category in Rounds 1 and 2 of GT Asia at the Korea International Circuit in May.
The qualifying sessions will be held on Friday May 30, with Rounds 3 and 4 taking place on Saturday May 31 and Sunday June 1 respectively.
Korea International Circuit is hosting the opening round of the 2014 GT Asia Series this weekend. Three Audi R8 LMS ultra cars are entering the event, all of them from Absolute Racing.
Race 1 was synonymous of ups and downs for the Asian Audi Sport customer racing team. Two cars finished within the Top 10, the third car was unlucky and was forced to retire.
The Absolute Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra driven by Alex Yoong and Matt Solomon finished fourth overall showing great pace. In the closing stages the Audi battled hard with an Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 for third place but ultimately finished right behind it and narrowly missed the podium.
The Audi of Ken Look and Sun Jing Zu finished in ninth place. The third Absolute Racing entry driven by Jeffrey Lee and Marchy Lee did not finish the race.
Race win went to the Ferrari 458 GT3 from team Spirit of Raceahead of a McLaren MP4-12C from Clearwater Racing.
The Taiwan Speed Festival held its first round at Penbay International Circuit this weekend. Two Audi R8 LMS entries took part.
The first Audi entry was from Team Audi Taiwan, entered by Absolte Racing, with drivers Jeffrey Lee and Alex Chang behind the wheel of the #7 Audi R8 LMS. D2 Racing Sport entered the #75 Audi R8 LMS for C.J. Huang.
Qualifying saw the Team Audi Taiwan R8 LMS taking second on the grid, whilst the D2 Racing R8 LMS did not take part in the session.
Team Audi Taiwan took the overall victory for the day with Jeffrey Lee and Alex Chang. The R8 LMS success continued with a third place in class for C.J. Huang, who had recovered very well, after having started last, due to the fact that he did not take part in qualifying. He finished seventh overall, third in GT3.
Round two of the TSF will again be held at Penbay, from 14-15 June. Photo credit:Channel Auto汽車頻道 (Screenshots)
By Johan Laubscher Absolute Racing is busy preparing for the 2014 GT Asia Series. The team was out testing with two Audi R8 LMS ultra cars at Sepang this weekend. The two all-black R8 LMS ultra cars at the test were listed with drivers Philip Ma / Alex Yoong and Jeffrey Lee / Marchy Lee.
Absolute Racing entered three full-season Audi R8 LMS ultra cars in GT Asia last year. This team was strong enough to clinch the GT Asia teams' title for Absolute Racing, who was using the team name of Team R8 LMS Ultra. The 2014 GT Asia season will get underway in Korea, with round one taking place at Inje from 2-4 May.
The first Type R Club track day was held at Zhuhai this weekend. One Audi R8 LMS was present and seen on track during the sessions on Sunday.
It was a Supercar Time Attack event hosted by the Hong Kong based Type R Club (TRC), which saw the participation of many potent high performance road and race cars.
The 2013 Audi R8 LMS Cup champion, Adderly Fong, was at the event driving his KAMLUNG Racing sponsored Audi R8 LMS. The car affectionately nicknamed “Bumblebee” was entered by Absolute Racing.
Adderly Fong drove the R8 LMS at Zhuhai on Sunday, but he also drove another Audi related car on Saturday. He was seen behind the wheel of one of the two Gumpert Apollo S cars that were present for the weekend at Zhuhai. Fong drove the white Audi powered Apollo S from CarCity and Ceramic Pro Nanotechnology. These hypercars from Gumpert are powered by Audi-sourced bi-turbo 4.2 V8 engines.
It was great to see an Audi R8 LMS back on track in China so early in the season. Many more of these cars will be seen in the 2014 Audi R8 LMS Cup, where up to twenty-four of these Audi GT3 vehicles will be racing in the third season of the Audi-one make championship in Asia.
Note: Cover photo is from round one of the 2013 Audi R8 LMS Cup at Zhuhai, awaiting photos from Zhuhai this weekend.
The 2013 Audi R8 LMS Cup ventured out of China and into the rest of Asia for the first time this year. It was a very exciting season with a number of highlights.
A grid of twenty Audi R8 LMS cars toured through Asia for the six round calendar. A number of the Audi R8 LMS Cup cars and drivers also took part in other Asian events during 2013, including the MMER (Sepang 12 Hours) and the Macau GT Cup.
The season review has been compiled from the 2013 Audi Motorsport Blog Weekend Round Up posts. Each round has been added as was seen in the individual Weekend Round Up posts during 2013, which can be accessed via the links throughout the review below:
Round 1: Zhuhai
The second season of the Audi R8 LMS Cup held its first round of the year this weekend. The event took place at Zhuhai in China. Twenty Audi R8 LMS cars are taking part in the championship this year. Alex Yoong and Andre Couto were the race winners at this round.
The second meeting of the Audi R8 LMS Cup headed to Ordos in China. An all-Audi R8 LMS grid was ready for the event. Alex Yoong was able to pass Lee and held the lead to the finish. Yoong won the race ahead of Lee, Fong and Cheng. Yoong was later penalized for a false start, which gave the race win to Marchy Lee. The second race again saw Yoong crossing the finish line in first place, this time taking the win ahead of Bamber, Fong and Frey.
The Audi R8 LMS Cup was in South Korea this weekend, debuting at the Inje Circuit. The series is an Audi one-make series, consisting of eighteen Audi R8 LMS race cars this weekend. The first race was won by Earl Bamber from New Zealand, and the second race saw the reigning champion, Marchy Lee, taking victory.
The Audi R8 LMS Cup was also at Sepang this weekend, running as a support event for the MMER. This completed a very busy week for Absolute Racing, who runs the entire Audi R8 LMS Cup grid, along with the addition of the four MMER entries. Alex Yoong took victory in race one, in front of his home crowd in Malaysia. He was joined on the podium by Marchy Lee and Cheng Cong Fu. Race two was again won by the local hero, Alex Yoong. He finished ahead of Cong Fu Cheng and Adderly Fong.
The Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race (Sepang 12 Hours) was held this weekend. Four Audis took part, all run by Absolute Racing. Three Audi R8 LMS Cup team cars took part, entered in the GTC class. One Audi was entered in the top GT3 class, the #777 J-Fly Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra driven by Jeffrey Lee, Marchy Lee, Adderly Fong. Onda’s #888 Audi R8 LMS ultra was also entered and on site, but it was withdrawn from the event during the week running up to the race. The #777 Audi was the best placed during qualifying, having taken tenth spot. Alex Yoong took pole in the GTC class, behind the wheel of the #66 R8 LMS. The race began at midnight on Sunday morning and continued through the dark and into the daylight. The #777 Audi R8 LMS ultra progressed steadily and made it into the top three. An unfortunate issue with the brakes cost them time and they ultimately finished seventh overall. There was an 1-2 Audi finish within the GTC class, as the #66 Audi R8 LMS finished first in class, eighth overall.
The Audi R8 LMS Cup held its fifth and penultimate meeting at Shanghai this weekend. A total of twenty Audi R8 LMS cars took part, all prepared and fielded by Absolute Racing. Rahel Frey made her return to the series this weekend. Alex Yoong arrived at the event as the overall championship leader and he continued his good form. Yoong won both races at Sepang last time out and he qualified on pole for the first race at Shanghai. The grid for race one saw Yoong ahead of Rahel Frey and Marchy Lee. The first race concluded with Yoong getting his hat-trick, by winning ahead of Adderly Fong and Franky Cheng Congfu. The second race again saw Alex Yoong starting from pole. Rahel Frey came home to win the second race in Shanghai, taking victory ahead of Alex Yoong and Marchy Lee. Yoong remains in the lead of the championship points.
The Audi R8 LMS Cup headed to Macau for the season finale this weekend. One race was held as part of the first of two weekends making up the 2013 Macau Grand Prix. A total of twenty Audi R8 LMS cars took part this weekend. A number of additional drivers also took part, headlined by the return of “Mr Macau” Edoardo Mortara in the #5 BRT Audi R8 LMS. Mortara will be taking part in the Macau GT Cup next weekend, an event which he had won in 2011 and 2012. He was untouchable this weekend as he dominated practice, took pole position and race victory.
Behind him there was a championship battle at stake. Alex Yoong arrived at Macau as the championship points leader, leading ahead of Adderly Fong and Marchy Lee. Qualifying saw Mortara on pole ahead of Andre Couto and Adderly Fong. Alex Yoong suffered a very big crash during qualifying, he was luckily unharmed, but his R8 LMS was heavily damaged and he was out for the rest of the weekend. This resulted in the championship being blown wide open, as Fong was only 24 points behind Yoong in the standings. Fong only needed to finish first among the regular Audi R8 LMS Cup entrants and with his third on the grid he was already starting in the prime position, as both Mortara and Couto were guest drivers.
The race on Sunday got underway in wet conditions. Mortara led from the front and took a dominant victory ahead of Andre Couto and Adderly Fong. These results crowned Adderly Fong as the 2013 Audi R8 LMS Cup champion.
The 2013 Macau GT Cup was held as part of the annual Macau Grand Prix this weekend. The Macau GT Cup was held alongside the GT Asia season finale, running together on track this weekend. A number of GT Asia entrants were in the field. Four of the six Audi entries were also entered for the GT Asia finale.
The big news this weekend was the return of the reigning two-time Macau GT Cup champion, Edoardo Mortara, in his his #1 Audi R8 LMS Cup backed Audi R8 LMS ultra. He was joined by his teammate, Marchy Lee, in the #38 Audi Hong Kong Audi R8 LMS ultra, neither were entered as GT Asia competitors. Absolute Racing was also present with their regular three-car GT Asia team, along with another private Audi entry from IMS, all four entered in GT Asia. Absolute Racing, who competed with the team name of "Team R8 LMS Ultra," arrived as the leaders in the GT Asia teams' championship points standings and they were aiming to clinch the title this weekend.
Edoardo Mortara dominated practice on Friday by over two and a half seconds and he continued that form during the first qualifying session with a lap record setting provisional pole position, over half a second clear of the field.
The final qualifying grid was determined by the fastest times from the two qualifying sessions. The second session was dominated by Maro Engel in the Erebus Mercedes-Benz SLS GT3. Mortara was the highest Audi runner and qualified in second position on the grid. His teammate Marchy Lee qualified in eleventh, followed by Jeffrey Lee in seventeenth, Philip Ma in eighteenth, Francis Hideki Onda in twenty-sixth and Shim Ching in thirty-second.
The race itself got underway at 9:20 on Sunday morning and saw Maro Engel in the #36 Mercedes-Benz leading the way as Mortara dropped from second to fourth, being passed by Alexandre Imperatori in the #99 Porsche and Renger van der Zande in the #63 Mercedes-Benz. A massive crash collecting a number of competitors occurred on the first lap, thus prompting the first safety car. The race restarted a few laps later and the top four remained stagnant with another crash bringing out the safety car on the restart lap.
Marchy Lee had a good start to the race and had moved up to sixth by the second safety car. The pair of Absolute Racing Audis of Jeffrey Lee and Philip Ma had progressed well up to tenth and eleventh, well poised for the teams' championship title.
The race restarted for a second time and went green to the flag with racing. The top four remained stagnant until the fourth last lap when race leader, Maro Engel, slowed on track. This promoted Mortara up to third. He then managed a brilliant overtaking manoeuvre to take second away from van der Zande in the infield section of the track. Mr Macau then had two laps to try and pass Alexandre Imperatori in the Porsche for the lead.
Traffic came into play coming out of the hairpin on the penultimate lap and Mortara was able to grab the lead as chaos broke out behind him. Mortara continued to lead as Imperatori collected van der Zande going into Lisboa. Mr Macau continued to lead and brought his #1 Audi R8 LMS ultra home for his third consecutive Macau GT Cup victory, finishing ahead of Watts' McLaren and Imperatori's Porsche. Mortara also set the fastest lap of the race on the final lap, a 2:19.550, the only driver to drop into the 2 minute 19 second bracket during the race.
Mr Macau had it all do and he was able to recover from fourth to first for victory. Marchy Lee rounded out the top four in fourth, ensuring that two Audis finished within the top four. Jeffrey Lee and Philip Ma rounded out the top ten in ninth and tenth respectively. Francis Hideki Onda finished seventeenth and Shim Ching unfortunately retired.
It was another terrific Macau Grand Prix weekend for the Audi entrants. This win for Mortara also marked his sixth straight victory at Macau, as he had won the previous five races that he had been entered for: the 2009 and 2010 Macau Formula 3 races, the 2011 and 2012 Macau GT Cup and the 2013 Audi R8 LMS Cup round at Macau. Edoardo Mortara continues to deserve his title of “Mr Macau”.
