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Liqui Moly Team Engstler’s Andy Yan won both
races in the third race meeting of TCR Asia at
the Shanghai International Circuit to stake a
serious claim on the Drivers’ title.
Once again his most dangerous rival, Tin Sritrai
(Team Thailand), saw his chances spoiled by
adverse circumstances.
In the first race the Thai driver outbraked
himself and went off while he was attempting
to overtake Yan for the lead. He re-joined but
had lost more than two seconds and was not
able to fill the gap, settling for second position.
Bad luck hit Sritrai again in Race 2, in the
shape of a power steering failure that forced
him to slow down and eventually retire from
the lead, which presented Yan with his fourth
consecutive race victory.
After the first three race meetings, Yan’s
leading margin in the standings has been
stretched to 65 points ahead of Kevin Tse, while
a possible 110 are still at stake.
Andy Yan stakes
a claim on the title
Results
Shanghai, Round 5, Sunday 21 August
1. Andy Yan (Volkswagen Golf GTI); 2. Tin
Sritrai (Honda Civic); 3. Henry Ho (Honda
Civic)
Shanghai, Round 6, Sunday 21 August
1. Andy Yan (Volkswagen Golf GTI); 2.
Kevin Tse (Volkswagen Golf GTI); 3. Filipe
de Souza (Volkswagen Golf GTI)