Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim and Jordan Love from Triple Eight JMR ended at 5th position in race 2 of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS Round 1 at Sepang International Circuit, Sepang.
As a winner of race 2, Lu Wei and Laurin Heinrich from Origine Motorsport clinched a commanding victory from pole position
The Origine Motorsport Porsche was never troubled after Heinrich pulled nine seconds clear of Daniel Morad in the opening stint before Lu took took the chequered flag 14s ahead of the same Mercedes-AMG also driven by Cao Qi. The result was a tonic of sorts for Craft-Bamboo’s #30 crew, whose Race 1 podium chances were ended by a puncture.
Absolute Racing’s post-race penalty for final lap contact with Climax’s #22 Mercedes-AMG promoted Harmony’s Silver class-winning Ferrari shared by Luo Kailuo and Liang Jiatong to third overall.
Silver-Am was won for the second time this weekend by Origine’s other 911 despite Yuan Bo and Leo Ye Hongli serving a five-second success penalty for their Race 1 overall podium. Further back, The Spirit of FFF Racing’s Mineki Okura and Hiroshi Hamaguchi clinched Am victory in their Audi.
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