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TCR Asia’s fifth race meeting took
place at the Shanghai International
Circuit, where TCR China competitors
joined in the double-header.
Kantadhee Kusiri and Diego Moran
dominated the weekend in their
Liqui Moly Team Engstler Volkswagen
cars, finishing first and second in
both races.
The results helped Kusiri to regain
the lead in the Drivers’
championship, with a margin of 10.5
points ahead of his Thai countryman
Tin Sritrai (Team Thailand Honda),
while Moran lies third with a gap of
eleven points and Lai Wee Sing (R
Engineering SEAT) is fourth, a
further ten points adrift.
During the first race Kusiri and Andy
Yan (NewFaster Audi) delivered a
thrilling fight for the lead, but
eventually the Thai driver was able
to pull away.
Halfway through the race, Moran
climbed to second while Yan’s
teammate Huang Chu Han finished
third overall and so won the TCR
China race. Sritrai completed the TCR
Asia podium in fourth position
overall.
Race 2 was nearly a copy of the first
one. Kusiri took the lead at the green
flag and left the rest of the field
behind, while Moran recovered quickly
to lie in second place after having lost
four positions at the start.
Sritrai was involved in the fight with
the TCR China drivers and finally was
classified sixth overall and the third
of the TCR Asia competitors once
again.
The TCR Asia Series remains in China
for its final event that will take place
at Zhejiang Circuit on October 7th
and 8th.
Kusiri wins twice and regains the lead
Results
Shanghai, Round 9,
Saturday 26 August
1. Kantadhee Kusiri (Volkswagen
Golf); 2. Diego Moran (Volkswagen
Golf); 3. Tin Sritrai (Honda Civic)
Shanghai, Round 10,
Sunday 27 August
1. Kantadhee Kusiri (Volkswagen
Golf); 2. Diego Moran (Volkswagen
Golf); 3. Tin Sritrai (Honda Civic)