Mok Weng Sun in the Clearwater Racing Ferrari 458 GT3 negotiating Turn 1.
Day 2 of Asian Festival Of Speed (AFOS) was held on Sunday, 17th August 2014. As for round 8 of GT Asia, the race started at 3:00pm. Round 8 saw a total of 22 cars battling it out for the podium.
Sasha Chu in the Taiwan Top Speed Racing Audi R8 LMS.
Up Front : Mok Weng Sun’s Clearwater Racing Ferrari 458 GT3
Sunday was a very hot day for the racers, as Thomas Fjordbach of Taiwan Top Speed Racing in the Ferrari 458 Challenge gotten into limp mode. Due to that, Thomas was overtaken by other guys on the main straights. Even after returning to the pits and resetting the system, the team suffered a DNF due to mechanical problems the Ferrari 458 Challenge plagued. “It was disappointing not to finish and keep out strong podium run this year alive,” said Thomas.
Frank Yu in the Craft Bambo Aston Martin Vantage V12 through Turn 1.
With Round 7 winners Frank Yu, Davide Rizzo and Rob Bell incurring penalty, this motivated Mok Weng Sun of Clearwater Racing to challenge them. “The game plan at the beginning of the race was to stay within five seconds of him because we knew that they had nine seconds extra during the pit stop,” said Mok.
Davide Rizzo managed a respectable 3rd position on Round 8.
The awesome blue Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 by Dilango Racing.
With that strategy in hand, Mok Weng Sun emerged as champion for Round 8 of GT Asia, clocking an overall lap time of 1:00:06:968 in the team’s Ferrari 458 GT3. Mok was closely followed by Wiser Massimiliano in NB Team’s Aston Martin Vantage V12 GT3. Third place was held on by David Rizzo from BBT with the team’s Ferrari 458 GT3.
