AFR Round 7 Maxx Ebenal P1.
Maxx Ebenal just 0.2 sec off pole in Asia Formula Renault, while Robert Buchheit makes amazing Circuit Hero debut in Porsche GT3
Central District, Hong Kong -- Zhuhai International Circuit – This afternoon, qualifying took place for this weekend's exciting Pan Delta Race Festival at Zhuhai International Circuit. The Festival takes place every March, June, and September and is the largest racing event in Asia apart from F1, with an average attendance of over 30,000 fans and 62+ million television subscribers throughout China.
Asia Formula Renault
In Asia Formula Renault [AFR], PS Racing is again fielding the largest team this weekend with 5 cars on the grid. Leading PSR's charge is current points leader and Ultimo GT driver Maxx Ebenal of Canada, who was only 0.2 sec off pole today behind GP3 driver Alice Powell of England and Japan Formula Renault champion Shigetomo Shimono. With such a small gap, first-season AFR driver Ebenal is looking to take yet another win in tomorrow's AFR Round One.
In the AFR Master's Class Qualifying, Guillaume Cunnington stepped up the game after struggling in yesterday's official practice while fighting illness, going out in qualifying and dominating the Master's class from the very first lap. Meanwhile PSR's new Master's Class AFR driver Markus Engel of Germany took a strong 3rd in the Master's and was only half a second off his teammate Cunnington. PSR's Master's driver Sebastien Mailleux continued to improve after overcoming technical issues through the season to take 5th in the category. Teammate Neric Wei took 3rd in the Asian Class and will be a strong contender to win the Asian Class in tomorrow's Race One.
Circuit Hero One
This weekend PS Racing is running two touring cars, both in the Circuit Hero One events: the Lotus Elise of England's Will Dew and Porsche GT3 of American Robert Buchheit. Dew is currently battling for 1st in class for the season while Buchheit is competing in his very first Circuit Hero race weekend – and off to an amazing debut.
Though Buchheit's entire race experience at the Zhuhai International Circuit consists of just a single race weekend last fall in Asia Formula Renault, he dominated today's official practice by almost 4 seconds, then went on to qualify a fantastic 2nd in GT in his very first Circuit Hero qualifying. Meanwhile Will Dew experienced technical issues but despite this, took 2nd in class, and has a very strong shot at winning his class in tomorrow's Circuit Hero Race One.
Stay tuned for updates this weekend from the amazing Pan Delta Race Festival at http://www.psracing.com.