Jimmy Lin leads all the way in the Tian Si Lightweight Sportscar Challenge Qualifying

In the morning of 20 June 2008, Tian Si Lightweight Sportscar Challenge Series qualifying session was held at the Zhuhai International Circuit. Taiwan superstar Jimmy Lin, driving a Radical SR3 racer, stormed to pole position with a time of 1:44.978 to secure pole position.

Today’s weather was hot and dry, compared with the week before this is a great improvement. Track temperature was very high, allowing the tyres to grip the track and the drivers were able to run as hard as they liked.

The race has attracted 13 entries, among them, 7 are Radical SR3s. Compared with the 5 cars in March, 2 more have joined the race. This shows that the Le Mans endurance type race car is gaining popularity in among racers and fans in China, with the support of Frestech Pan Delta Super Racing Festival. In future, hopefully more and more drivers will commit to this type of race cars.

The top seven qualifiers are all Radical drivers. Second behind Jimmy Lin is Lai Zi-Cong, third is Zhang Shan-Qi. Their times are 1:46.233 and 1:48.137 respectively. They are more than one second behind and it looks like Jimmy will be the hot favourite for tomorrow’s race.

In the open class, the fastest driver is no. 44 Steve William Garner in the Atom. Second and third went to no. 66 Albert Liu and no. 22 Anthony Chan. Both are driving Lotus 2-Eleven.

In the open class, the fastest driver is no. 44 Steve William Garner in the Atom. Second and third went to no. 66 Albert Liu and no. 22 Anthony Chan. Both are driving Lotus 2-Eleven.

1.
Jimmy Lin
Radical SR3
1:44.978

2.
Lai Zi-Cong
Radical SR3
1:46.233

3.
Zhang Shan-Qi
Radical SR3
1:48.137

4.
Chan Fook-Sing
Radical SR3
1:49.478

5.
Chen Wei-Liang
Radical SR3
1:49.928

6.
Graham M Stephenson
Radical SR3
1:50.135

7.
Paul Ip
Radical SR3
1:51.190

8.
Steve William Garner
Atom
1:52.694

9.
Albert Liu
2-Eleven
1:53.415

10.
Anthony KM Chan
2-Eleven
1:54.902

11.
Stephen Fan
Elise
1:57.761

12.
Nigel Farmer
Europa
1:58.664

13.
Anthony Chan
2-Eleven
2:05.130