Cheng and Yu lead home Phantom Audi 1-2 in Mandalika opener

Cheng and Yu lead home Phantom Audi 1-2 in Mandalika opener

> Result: Mandalika Race 1

Cheng Congfu and Yu Kuai took advantage of a timely Safety Car period to clinch GT World Challenge Asia powered by AWS overall, Silver class and China Cup victory in Race 1 at Mandalika.

The duo led home an FAW Audi Sport Asia Team Phantom 1-2 after Andres Pato and Jaxon Evans came through from eighth on the grid to win Pro-Am, while pole-sitter Sean Gelael (Garage 75 Ferrari) had to settle for third.

Silver-Am victory went to Craft-Bamboo’s Dean Chen and Liang Jiatong who finished an excellent fifth overall behind championship leaders Huang Ruohan and Alessandro Ghiretti (Absolute Racing).

Further back, Origine’s Wang Zhongwei and Liu Hangcheng took the Am spoils to extend their class points lead.

More to follow.