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TCR Asia and TCR Thailand joined
forces for a couple of eventful races
at the infamous Bangsaen Street
Circuit that provided lots of drama.
In the first race Kantadhee Kusiri
(Team Engstler Volkswagen) caused a
pile up at the start that involved six
other cars. When the race restarted,
Lai Wee Sing (R Engineering Honda
Civic) led from Tim Sritrai (Team
Thailand Honda Civic) who was
followed by Shaun Thong (Audi Hong
Kong) and Diego Moran (Team
Engstler Volkswagen). On lap 2 Sritrai
dived inside Lai’s car and overtook it
after a light contact; on lap 4, S.
Thong tried to overtake Lai for
second, but he outbraked himself
Sritrai makes it
a double at Bangsaen
and ran wide; Moran was following
closely and could not avoid the
collision. On lap 5, Pasarit
Promsombat (RMI Racing SEAT)
overtook Jasper Thong (Audi Hong
Kong) for third.
Sritrai was victorious, while Lai beat
Promsombat for second, but the
latter won the TCT Thailand race.
In Race 2, Thai Lady driver Nattanid
Leewattanavaragul (RMI Racing SEAT)
made a good start from pole position,
but J. Thong and Lai managed to
overtake her during the first lap.
Kusiri observed a drive-through
penalty for causing the pile up at the
start of Saturday’s Race 1 and
rejoined at the back.
Results
Bangasaen, TCR Asia Round 7 / TCR
Thailand Round 3, Saturday 1 July
1. Tin Sritrai (Honda Civic); 2. Lai
Wee Sing (Honda Civic); 3. Pasarit
Promsombat (SEAT León)
Bangasaen, TCR Asia Round 8 / TCR
Thailand Round 4, Saturday 2 July
1. Tin Sritrai (Honda Civic); 2. Diego
Moran (Volkswagen Golf); 3. Nattanid
Leewattanavaragul (SEAT León)
Moran and Sritrai were fighting for the
fourth position when the safety car
was deployed on lap 4 after an
incident that eliminated Douglas Khoo
(Viper Niza Racing SEAT), Chariya Nuya
(Billionaire Boy Racing Honda) and Eric
Kwong (Elegant Racing Team SEAT).
When the race resumed on lap 9,
Sritrai overtook Moran and
Leewattanavaragul, moving up to third
and closing the gap from the leading
duo of J. Thong and Lai.
On lap 11, Lai hit the back of Thong’s
Audi at the braking of Turn 18; both
cars crashed into the barrier. The
safety car was deployed once again,
but after a couple of laps the race was
red-flagged with Sritrai in first
position ahead of Moran and
Leewattanavaragul who finished a
brilliant third and won the TCR
Thailand race ahead of her teammate
and Race 1 winner Promsombat.
Only half points were awarded for Race
2, which helped Lai Wee Sing to
maintain the lead in the TCR Asia
standings, 4.5 points ahead of Sritrai;
Moran lies third, a further 9.5 points
adrift.
The two series will resume in August:
TCR Thailand at Buriram (19/20) and
TCR Asia at Shanghai (26/27).