On July 12th, the qualifying rounds for the fourth round of GT World Challenge Asia/Round 7 and 8, the final race 1 and the seventh round were held at Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture, with the 87th Porsche 911 GT3 R from Origin Motorsport, both Bob Yuan and Leo Ye Honly, winning the championship. Among Japanese players, HIROBON/Kanemaru Yu TEAM 5ZIGEN's No. 500 Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 finished 6th overall and won the class.
The fourth round of GT World Challenge Asia is being held as the “SRO GT Power Tour” along with the second round of the SRO Japan Cup. Paid tests were held from July 10th and race week began, and on July 12th, qualifying 1st began at 8:40am. The weather was cloudy and it felt a little chilly for this time of year, but in qualifying 1, Winhear Harmony Racing's No. 96 Ferrari 296 GT3, whose 1 minute and 38.305 seconds were recorded by Kailuo Luo, took pole position. Second place was Kunhu Chen, who drove the No. 45 Audi R8 LMS from the FAW Audi Sport Asia Team Phantom.
Qualifying 2, which started at 9:02, was hit by a lot of professionals, and there were intense attacks, but with only 3 minutes and 50 seconds left, the No. 4 Porsche, driving by Alessio Picalero, went out of the course at the TGR corner. It stopped on gravel and turned into a red flag.
After the reopening, each car launched an attack in a short period of time, but Ben Green's No. 99 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R, which recorded a minute and 38.134 seconds before the reopening, took pole position. Jordan Love's No. 66 Corvette continued at 1 minute 38.469 seconds, with Johor Motorsport Racing JMR taking on the front row for Race 2, which will be held on July 13th.
●The safety car on the first lap will turn the winner and loser on the left.
The final of Race 1, which started at 1:05pm, 10 minutes behind the original schedule, was led by Luo's Ferrari, a car number 96. Car No. 45 Audi continues, but in the rear, Winhere Harmony Racing's Ferrari and Absolute Racing's Porsche crash violently at the start of the second corner. The race suddenly became a safety car run.
However, due to the prolonged safety car run, the top two cars that were silver entries will fall behind Origin Motorsport's No. 87 Porsche 911 GT3 R, which was replaced by Leo Ye Honly after the pit stop.
After starting in third place, Porsche was able to escape from the silver penalty of other cars, and another Origin Motorsport car No. 4 received a time penalty, so Yuan/Ye Hongli group No. 87 Porsche escaped. Second place is the Porsche, the No. 4 Porsche team of Wei Liu/Alessio Picaliero, with five seconds added, with Origin Motorsports taking on one two. In third place was the No. 66 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R of Prince Abu Barker Ibrahim/Jordan Love group Johor Motorsport Racing JMR.
Among Japanese players, HIROBON/Kanemaru Yu TEAM 5ZIGEN's No. 500 Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 showed strong races from the beginning, finishing in sixth overall, and achieved their second win of the season with Silver-Amaclass. Hamaguchi Hiroshi/Thierry Vermullen's Absolute Corse Ferrari, the No. 98 Ferrari, ranked 7th and 5th in the class.
At Porsche Center Okazaki, Uchiyama Kiyoshi/Kondo Tsubasa group, car No. 25, ranked 13th overall and 4th in the class. Nagai Hiroaki/Kodaka Kazuto group came in 19th overall and 11th in class. Yamaguchi Tomohide/Ara Seiji Group PLUS with BMW M Team Studie's No. 5 BMW M4 GT3 is ranked 17th overall and 9th in the class. LM corsa Nakanishi Kei/Wakisaka Kaoruichi's Ferrari No. 60 was approaching Amaclass victory, but they pitted just before the finish. He finished the race in 27th place overall and 3rd place in the class.
