Jack Lemvard claimed his second pole to flag win today during Round 6 of the Asian Touring Car Series held at Sentul International Circuit. The Thai driver set a blistering pace with a fastest lap of 1:37.966 and he maintained a constant pace throughout the race to win ahead of Harry Chai and Danny Stacy Chau.
It was a good clean 15-lap race held at 2pm today, where Lemvard’s lead was in no way threatened especially after his close rival, Melvin Choo could not start the race due to engine troubles. Choo was disappointed but was unable to find a replacement engine or car to start the race in time leaving Lemvard to win an uninterrupted race.
“I knew I just had to get a good start today because I knew my car was faster than the rest in the field so I just maintained my pace throughout the race and made sure that they are all behind me, and just keep on going. I also did not want to use the tyres too much because this track eats tyres a lot but I wanted to push just to see what my best lap was and it was a good clean race” said Lemvard during the Post Race Press Conference.
Meanwhile, Harry Chai of S&D Motorsport pulled off a stunning performance and managed to maintain a pace close to the championship leader but was unable to pursue the Liqui Moly Team Engstler driver. In the end, Chai kept his race clean to finish the race in second, 29.757 seconds behind Lemvard.
“For me, I had a good start and pulled away from the rest of the guys behind me. I had a good car and a great team that had set up my car. I am happy to be here and the guys worked hard on my car these past few days and they did a fantastic job” said Chai.
Behind them a battle ensued between five drivers, Danny Stacy Chau, Eric Yeo, Man Ting Yu and Adrian Henry D’Silva. The four changed positions numerous times and had two small incidences which they came out of unharmed. The only damage was to Yeo’s car which happened on lap 4 coming into turn 1, as he tried an overtaking manoeuvre on Danny Chau. Yeo sustained some damage on his bumper but continued to finish fourth overall.
At the start all five drivers got off the lines clean and Yeo was side by side with Danny Chau into turn one but as Danny Chau got the better line and Yeo backed off.
“It was a good race, we had a few unavoidable incidents but we still managed to finish third overall. All of us had a good start but Eric did a better one and as a gentleman he did not want two cars to be out by the first lap so he gave way a little bit and we carried on” said Danny Chau at the Press Conference.
“But then maybe Eric got a little angry at me and hit my back a little bit and damaged his front bumper” said Danny Chau jokingly in closing.
Yeo kept in the mirrors of Danny Chau to lap seven, with George Ong, Man and D’Silva close behind them. Then Danny Chau made a small mistake leaving a gap for Yeo and Man to pass, but only for a while before retaking third place. In the end Danny Chau claimed third overall for Team IMSP with Yeo in fourth, D’Silva, Man and Ong completing the finishers.
Round 7 of the Asian Touring Car Series continues on Sunday, 20 July at 12.05pm at the Sentul International Circuit during the Asian Festival Of Speed.
Prepared by Motorsport Asia Ltd
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