Yoong and Lee share 2015 Audi R8 LMS Cup Wins at Sepang

07 Sep. 2015 | AFOS; PCCA, Motorsport
 2015 Audi R8 LMS Cup grid, Yoong at turn 2 race 1 It is always difficult for a driver to win the double for car races held at Sepang circuit, as was the case for the 2015 Audi R8 LMS Cup, which is part of the Asian Festival Of Speed (AFOS) event over the weekend.

Former F1 driver and local boy Alex Yoong won Race 1 of the Audi R8 LMS Cup by nearly 3 seconds from Hong Kong’s Marchy Lee. In fact, at the beginning of the race, Yoong had a comfortable margin over the rest of the pack, leading by almost 6 seconds from Lee and 3rd-place Rahel Frey of Switzerland, before slowing down in the last 3 laps that enabled Lee to close the gap.

Yoong also posted the fastest lap of the race with his time of 2 minutes, 10.277 while Lee’s best lap was 2:10.567. Yoong completed Race 1 in total time of 26 minutes, 38.248 seconds while Lee clocked 26:41.129s and Frey did 26:47.469s.

But Lee turned the odds into his favor in Race 2 when he won the race ahead of China’s Cheng Congfu with an improved total time of 26 minutes, 19.961 seconds. Frey clocked the fastest lap of 2 minutes, 10.004s to finish in 3rd place behind Lee and Cheng. Yoong was 4th and 8.188 seconds behind the winner.

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2015 Audi R8 LMS Cup, Sepang Circuit, results

Race 1   (12 laps)        Driver/ Nationality/ Total Time/Difference

  1. Alex Yoong Malaysia 26:38.248
  2. Marchy Lee Hong Kong 26:41.129   2.881
  3. Rahel Frey Switzerland 26:47.469   9.221
  4. Kyong-Ouk You South Korea 26:48.416  10.168
  5. Cheng Chongfu China 26:49.232      10.984
  6. Thomas Fjordbach Denmark 26:51.141   12.893
  7. Stefano Montesi Hong Kong 26:51.569   13.321
  8. Jeffrey Lee Taiwan 27:08.044   29.796
  9. Qin Tian Qi China 27:08.762    30.514
  10. Andrew Kim South Korea 27:13.398  35.150
  11. Daniel Bilski Hong Kong 27:14.965    36.717
  12. Alex Au Hong Kong 27:22.920   44.672
  13. Lim Keong Wee Singapore 27:43.365  1:05.117
  14. Johnson Huang Taiwan 27:50.977  1:12.729
  15. Yoon Sanghwi Italy 28:48.829    2;10.581

DNF
Massimo Vignali  Singapore
Aditya Patel     India

Race 2  (12 laps)           Driver/Nationality/Total Time/Difference

  1. Marchy Lee Hong Kong 26:19.961
  2. Cheng Chongfu China 26:20.314    0.353
  3. Rahel Frey Switzerland 26:21.427  1.466
  4. Alex Yoong Malaysia 26:28.149       8.188
  5. Aditya Patel India 26:28.828      8.867
  6. Stefano Montesi Hong Kong 26:33.342  13.381
  7. Thomas Fjordbach Denmark 26:37.755  17.794
  8. Andrew Kim South Korea 26:48.699    28.738
  9. Daniel Bilski Hong Kong 26:50.321     30.360
  10. Johnson Huang Taiwan 26:50.930      30.969
  11. Qin Tian Qi China 26:51.713    31.752
  12. Lim Keong Wee Singapore 26:57.994   38.033
  13. Jeffrey Lee Taiwan 27:06.969  47.008
  14. Massimo Vignali Singapore 27:14.293   54.332
  15. Yoon Sanghwi Italy 26:16.811   1 Lap

DNF
Alex Au  Hong Kong
Kyong-Ouk You  South Korea

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