The
first was somewhat a surprise, but the second win for the Jagonya
Ayam with Eurasia duo composed by Antonio Giovinazzi and
Sean Gelael proved the extension of their talent, even though
this is the second competitive LMP2 entry for them, the 3
Hours of Malaysia, final round of the 2015/2016 season of the
Asian Le Mans Series.
While
it was Algarve Pro Racing that took pole position at Sepang,
the guest Eurasia Motorsport entry again took the upper hand, and as
the main car of the Filipino team, the No. 99 one, retired early in
the race, all the attention has gone to them, as they led from lap 24
to the finish line.
Race
Performance led some laps in the early stages of the race, but
unable to keep pace on par with No. 9 Eurasia ORECA and with the No.
99 Eurasia ORECA without any chances of stealing the class title of
them, they settled for second place. Polesitters from Algarve Pro
Racing had the quickest driver in the field in the person of James
Winslow, but with Michael Munemann and Dean Koutsoumidis unable to
match Winslow's pace, the Portuguese outfit finished in third place,
two laps behind the winners.
The
LMP3 class was another DC Racing show, as they raced
practically alone, even though they needed some emergency parts for
their Ligier JS P3 that came moments before the race start. On the
other hand, all the problems that the Team AAI ADESS 03 had appeared
during the race, making them finish 30 laps behind the class winners.
The
CN class had another race on its own, as the Avelon Formula
Wolf GB08 was the single entrant of the class on track, with the duo
composed by Denis Lian and Giorgio Maggi finishing 14th
overall.
Last
year Audi did quite the show with the new R8 LMS doing a full podium
sweep at the Sepang 12 Hours, and a month later the same model won
again at the Malaysian track with Absolute Racing. Christopher
Mies, runner-up finisher last year, partnered with Alessio
Picariello and Jeffrey Lee to leave the No. 91 Team AAI BMW Z4 behind
by a lap. Completing the podium appeared a somewhat unfortunate
Cleawater Racing as a late race puncture turned impossible to
aim higher than a third place. Luckilly enough, their class title
contenders, Nexus Infinity, didn't make the miracle seen at
Buriram and finished fourth.
In
the first time that the GT-Am class had more than a single
entry on track, KCMG prevailed supreme against the Team
Starspeed Racing squad, with more than a lap and a half separating
the two teams.
About
the class titles to be defined, the LMP2 title went to Race
Performance, which is their first in any ACO-sanctioned
competition since their entry in the Le Mans Series, as well for Niki
Leutwiler, which granted the Swiss squad a spot in the 24 Hours of
Le Mans. Clearwater Racing with Keita Sawa, Mok Weng Sun and Rob
Bell took the GT class crown from the Team AAI and will be the series
entry in the LMGTE-Am class in France. Completing the champions list,
Avelon Formula conquered the CN class title.
The
3 Hours of Malaysia highlights video and the Minamoto Graphics season
review of the Asian LMS will appear here in the coming days.
PHOTOS: ORECA, Race Performance, Audi Sport
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