Valentino Catalano and Oscar Andres Tunjo made it back-to-back victories in the #75 GMS Team Duqueine in Race 2. The no85 R-ACE GP Duqueine of Kyuho Lee and Luciano Morano finished second overall, ahead of the no87 CLX Motorsport Ligier of Terrence Woodward and Vic Stevens, who finished third overall and first in LMP3.
LMP3 PRO
After a strategy masterclass and victory in Race 1, no75 GMS Team Duqueine moved from 7th to second at race start. After a power steering failure for polesitter no50 23Events Racing Ligier of Colin Queen, Tunjo overtook for the lead 25 minutes in and remained in place for the remainder of the race.
Kyuho Lee and Luciano Morano finished second in the no85 R-ACE GP Duqueine, making it a one/two for the manufacturer. The no92 Team Virage Ligier of Max Kammerlander and Samuel Ifrid finished third in class, and fifth overall.
Despite the power steering failure and a late race spin, the no50 23Events Racing Ligier of Giovanni Maschio and Colin Queen were able to hold on for fourth in class and sixth overall, ahead of Danny Soufi and Sven Barth in the no11 GMS TEAM Ligier.
LMP3
The no87 CLX Motorsport Ligier of Terrence Woodward and Vic Stevens started second in class, and after the mandatory pit stop Stevens overtook the no12 Brutal Fish by Campos Ligier of Kevin Rabin for the lead in class. The sister car of no86 CLX Motorsport Ligier JS P325 of Laurent Wuthrich and Louis Iglesias moved into second in class to give the team another one/two finish and fourth overall. Rabin and Morten Stromstead ended the day third in class.
A tricky day for the no98 Motorsport98 Ligier or Eric De Doncker and Gillian Henrion saw the team have contact, a drive through penalty and a spin, to finish fourth in class.
GT3
Ralf Bohn and Alfred Renauer made it back-to-back victories for the no91 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R EVO, after Bohn overtook polesitter no10 Racing Spirit Léman Aston Martin AMR GT3 EVO of Sebastian Moreno at race start, and remained in charge despite also serving a 5s time penalty for overtaking off track.
Moreno and and Esteban Gonzalez Beckmann finished second in class, ahead of the no73 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R EVO Jorg Dreisow of Manuel Lauck in third.
The no90 E2P Racing Aston Martin AMR GT3 EVO of Pablo Burguera and Antonio Sainero finished fourth.
Asian Le Mans Cup will return 15 – 17 January at Circuito De Jerez Angel Nieto, Jerez, Spain.
QUOTES FROM THE LMP3 PRO WINNERS
Oscar Andres Tunjo, #75 GMS Team Duqueine D09-Toyota: « Super happy. To come here to the Asian Le Mans Cup and fight with such a great teams and really high level drivers, I couldn’t wish for more. I mean, two wins! Vale did a mega job and the team did a great strategy, great work, and thanks to everyone. I feel super proud to finish my 26th year in such a good way. »
Valentino Catalano, #75 GMS Team Duqueine D09-Toyota: « I was on the track making pictures with my phone and showing our engineer, and then we were deciding and looking whether to go with wets or slicks at the pitstop. Luckily, Oscar said some good things on the radio, and he said it’s too risky for slicks. That was the right decision because the track didn’t dry up so we made the call to stay on rain tyres, which was right.
« In the beginning of my stint, everything was all right. I knew that the gap was really big. Oscar did a great job, so I tried to keep it safe anyway. But in the last 20 minutes, my front tyre started to vibrate a lot, front left, front right, and suddenly I was thinking about yesterday. So, I turned down the pace a little bit. My engineer told me the gap, and I knew if I keep that pace, then everything is fine. So that was my goal. »
QUOTES FROM THE LMP3 WINNERS
Terrence Woodward – #87 CLX Motorsport Ligier JS P325-Toyota: « That feels nice; it’s been a long season. The race was very tricky but the car was really good. Then when the track started to dry, the wet stopped working, and that was when it got really tricky. Vic drove fantastically well in really, really difficult conditions; he was rapid. »
Vic Stevens – #87 CLX Motorsport Ligier JS P325-Toyota: « You know, it’s been a tough race with the weather, it was really slippy, but it all worked out. Terrence did a great job, I try to do my best, and eventually we ended third overall. So, I’m really happy. »
QUOTES FROM THE GT3 WINNERS
Ralf Bohn – #91 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R EVO: « A perfect weekend, I would say. It was difficult conditions though. Changing conditions, I would say. Yesterday it was more difficult. You know what to do, but yesterday it was different. I’m watching this guy bring the car home. Bring the car home is always a target. Bring it home is P1 is the best to achieve. »
Alfred Renauer – #91 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R EVO: « To be honest, it was much easier today than yesterday. Yesterday, with the cold slicks in the wet, driving in the wet was really tricky. Today it was much easier when it goes in. And you have rain tyres. It’s a bit slippery, but it’s easier to manage in in general.
« Before the race, we were sure that we need to change to slicks at the pit stop, but it takes so long, and also it’s not so hot outside, and it took much longer than expected. At the end of the race, I think now you can change to a slicks, but it took too long to dry. »
Jeff Carter,