攝影師 : Galen Chan 内文 : AbsoluteRacing

Porsche Asia-Pacific Motorsport customer team absolute team won two podiums in the 2023 AWS Fanatec GT Asian World Challenge Asian Cup opening match Buri South Station.

Saturday was a very busy day for the team, including two qualifying matches and a round of the main race. The Qualifying Competition In The Morning Belonged First. In The First Qualifying Race In The First Qualifying Race In The Gentleman Driver, Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak won the Third Place In The All-round, And Bao Jinlong In The Fourth Place In The All-time. In the second quarter of qualifying, Alessio Picariello won the pole position, while Alexandre Imperatori was trapped beyond the track limit and finally ranked 13th in the game.

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The first round of the first round

Although the qualifying match was held on a sunny day, the first round in the afternoon was postponed for an hour due to a downpour. Benefiting from the penalty from other opponents in front of him after qualifying, the departure order of Vutthikorn and Bao Jinlong was promoted. After a long wait, the race started under wet and dangerous conditions. Vutthikorn made a good start and took a short lead. Halfway through the race, Vutthikorn handed over the car to teammate Alessio with the second place in the game, although in After the station, it briefly fell to the third place due to different strategies from other vehicles, but Alessio played well after taking over the car, and soon returned to the second place with a beautiful overtaking on the outside line. Finally, under the excellent performance of the two drivers, 911 AAS Motorsport by Abs olute Racing's Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) crossed the finish line with the second place in the game.

Bao Jinlong, the champion of the three-time Asian Porsche Carrera Cup Pro-Am group, and the Asian Porsche Carrera Cup young driver talent pool coach Alexandre Imperatori suffered an unfortunate accident in the first round of the competition. Despite the impact of this, the pair of Chinese-Swiss drivers showed extraordinary resilience and a strong rebound in the rest of the race. In the end, the pair of cars drove the eye-catching Chinese Year of the Rabbit's characteristic No. 992 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) and won the sixth place in the game.

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The second round of the main race

In the second round on Sunday, Vutthikorn and Picariello once again successfully reached the podium in a chaotic competition. At the beginning of the race, Alessio performed well from the pole position. Due to the results of the runner-up in the first round, today's 911 car needs to carry 10 seconds of winning overtime. The Belgian did all the work he had to do, always kept the lead on the field, and kept trying to widen the gap with other drivers. However, just before the entrance window opened, a yellow flag and a safety car disrupted the original plan of the team. After entering the station, Vutthikorn fell to the fifth place in the game, but the Thai driver who fought in the mainland did not give up. During another yellow flag period, he was promoted to the third place. When there were two minutes left in the game, there was another accident on the field, causing the game to show the red flag. Because the remaining time of the game was less than 2 minutes, the game was terminated early. Vutthikorn and Picariello finished third in the game.

According to the results of the opening match, Vutthikorn and Picariello currently lead the GT3 overall table and the Pro-Am group driver table.

The car of the sister team No. 992 absolute team regretfully withdrew from the race due to the accident in the second round. Alexandre once again had an excellent performance at the beginning of this round. After the race, Imperatori said: "A chaotic qualifying result, let's start from the middle of the race on Sunday. At the beginning of the group, the racing car still had a great performance. We are moving towards the goal of getting high scores, but unfortunately, we encountered an accident beyond our control, which led to the early end of our race.

Team director Fabien Fior said after the game: "We are really happy to be on the podium in the opening match and proud of the excellent performance of Vutthikorn and Alessio. Since we received the vehicle before the start of the race, we are very satisfied with this result. We can naturally be satisfied to be able to play a performance in the opening match and lead the whole table. Unfortunately, the two rounds of the strong 992 car group were not smooth, and they were hit by an accident in the second round and withdrew early. We are looking forward to the next game in Japan and are eager to continue to show our ability.

In the 2023 season, AWS presents the next stop of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Asian Cup, which will go to Fuji Circuit in Japan from June 16 to 18.

Fanatec GT World Challenge Asian Cup | Absolute team's opening match in Buri Nam appeared on the stage twice