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TCR 2017
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The inaugural season of TCR China
got underway with two race meetings
at the Shanghai International Circuit.
A field of eleven cars made the grid
and were joined by the TCR Asia
competitors for the second event.
The format of the new series provides
two sprint races and one 60-minute
long race at each event, which
encourages drivers to share cars in
order to reduce running costs.
However, those who want to race by
themselves are allowed but they have
to make a pit stop during the half-
race window for driver changes.
The start of the season immediately
revealed the rivalry between the
NewFaster team that runs two Audi
RS3 LMS cars and one Volkswagen
Golf GTI and the trio of Golf cars
entered by TeamWork Motorsport.
The Audi drivers dominated the
season opener: Huang Chu Han won
the first sprint race, beating Sunny
Wong (TeamWork Motorsport) and his
own teammate Andy Yan. A former
CTCC champion, Yan claimed an
authoritative victory in a wet Race 2,
while Filipe de Souza (TeamWork
Motorsport) completed an excellent
recovery to finish second ahead of
teammate Paul Poon. Yan won the
long race as well, ahead of two
TeamWork cars driven by Wong/Fung
and Poon/Hui.
A close fight
between NewFaster
and TeamWork