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TCR CHINA
After a successful campaign in the 2018
TCR China, drivers' champions Sunny
Wong and Alex Hui are looking to flex
their muscles in 2019, as they and their
Hong Kong-based operation Teamwork
Motorsport look further afield in the
new year.
The team began its association with
TCR as soon as the first customer racing
Volkswagen Golf GTI TCRs became
available at the start of 2016, and after
finishing as runner-up in their first TCR
Asia Series season, they claimed their
first TCR title at the end of 2018, with
Wong and Hui winning the drivers' title
at the TCR China championship season
finale at the Guangdong International
Circuit.
"
2018 has been a good year for Alex and
I with our TCR programme
," said Sunny
Wong.
"We're aware that our main
competitor
(MacPro Racing)
didn’t finish
the entire season, but that didn’t stop us
from trying our best at each outing, and
we had outstanding records during the
season, especially in the one-hour relay
races, which played a big part in our
success. We weren't always the fastest
individual drivers on the grid in the
sprint races, but when we paired up, we
were very efficient because we shared
our knowledge and observations
selflessly between us. We have always
put the team's results over any
individual's.
"
Wong underplays the team's results
during the special one-hour races,
which incorporate an optional driver
change. Teamwork Motorsport won all
five of these heats during the course of
2018, with the second round at Ningbo
delivering one of the most dramatic
races of the year, with a substantial rain
shower hitting the circuit just after the
start.
Many drivers failed to make the finish,
with Wong himself going wide at the
first corner whilst in the lead, but he
was able to avoid contact with the
barriers and carefully drove the Golf
around the circuit in the treacherous
conditions, holding the lead and going
on to win the red-flagged race.
The season finale was on December
30th, but there's been no off season so
far for the outfit, with the team already
having taken part in both the 24H
Dubai and the opening round of the
new TCR Malaysia championship in
January.
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HONG KONG-BASED TEAMWORK MOTORSPORT HAS AMBITIOUS PLANS