23 June 2024 04:07 am Views - 73
Sri Lanka's Eshan Pieris won the Silver Class at the Fuji Speedway, Japan for the Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia 2024.
Bob Yuan and Leo Ye Hongli won the Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia Powered by AWS championship by scoring their first overall victory since 2019 at Fuji on Saturday.
The #87 Origine Porsche took the chequered flag nine seconds clear of Pro-Am class winners Bian Ye and Edoardo Liberati.
Yuan and Ye’s title chances were aided by a drive-through penalty for Origine’s other Porsche, which featured erstwhile championship leader Lu Wei, and the FAW Audi Sport Asia R8 – which lay second prior to this weekend’s opening race – retiring from second place with a currently unknown technical issue.
Its demise helped Tanart Sathienthirakul and Eshan Pieris (Absolute Racing) win the Silver class, while David Tjiptobiantoro (Garage 75) extended his Am lead by winning with Christian Colombo.