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.
2015 Audi R8 LMS Cup, Sepang Circuit, results
Race 1 (12 laps) Driver/ Nationality/ Total Time/Difference
- Alex Yoong Malaysia 26:38.248
- Marchy Lee Hong Kong 26:41.129 2.881
- Rahel Frey Switzerland 26:47.469 9.221
- Kyong-Ouk You South Korea 26:48.416 10.168
- Cheng Chongfu China 26:49.232 10.984
- Thomas Fjordbach Denmark 26:51.141 12.893
- Stefano Montesi Hong Kong 26:51.569 13.321
- Jeffrey Lee Taiwan 27:08.044 29.796
- Qin Tian Qi China 27:08.762 30.514
- Andrew Kim South Korea 27:13.398 35.150
- Daniel Bilski Hong Kong 27:14.965 36.717
- Alex Au Hong Kong 27:22.920 44.672
- Lim Keong Wee Singapore 27:43.365 1:05.117
- Johnson Huang Taiwan 27:50.977 1:12.729
- 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
- Marchy Lee Hong Kong 26:19.961
- Cheng Chongfu China 26:20.314 0.353
- Rahel Frey Switzerland 26:21.427 1.466
- Alex Yoong Malaysia 26:28.149 8.188
- Aditya Patel India 26:28.828 8.867
- Stefano Montesi Hong Kong 26:33.342 13.381
- Thomas Fjordbach Denmark 26:37.755 17.794
- Andrew Kim South Korea 26:48.699 28.738
- Daniel Bilski Hong Kong 26:50.321 30.360
- Johnson Huang Taiwan 26:50.930 30.969
- Qin Tian Qi China 26:51.713 31.752
- Lim Keong Wee Singapore 26:57.994 38.033
- Jeffrey Lee Taiwan 27:06.969 47.008
- Massimo Vignali Singapore 27:14.293 54.332
- Yoon Sanghwi Italy 26:16.811 1 Lap
DNF
Alex Au Hong Kong
Kyong-Ouk You South Korea