Henry Ho wins dramatic Shanghai CTCC race
Henry Ho took victory in the second round of the 2015 China Touring Car Championship for the Dong Feng Honda Racing team ahead of the KIa of Jim Ka To and Ford’s Andy Yan in a rain-hit event at the Shanghai International Circuit.
The race was delayed by 20 minutes due to rain, with the Hondas and Fords forced to start down the order due to a late call to change tyres which promoted Kia’s Leo Yi Hong Li to pole position, which was originally Ho’s.
Darryl O’Young, who had qualified third, was forced to start from the pits to a mechanical issue with his Changan Ford Focus, and would retire on the third lap with related issues.
Leo Yi led the race at the start, but he was soon overtakane by Andy Yan’s Ford onn lap three. The Kia driver then dropped to fifth position following contact with Henry Ho and was also passed by the other Honda of Martin Xie in the latter part of the race.
Henry Ho took the lead of the lap five after passing both Andy Yan’s Ford and Jim Ka To’s Kia, taking the first win for Honda after Zou Si Rui had been deprived of victory in race one following contact with Jason Zhang’s Kia at Guangdong.
In the newly split off Super Production Cup class for 2.0 turbo cars, Zheng Zhen Dong won for the Shanghai VW 333 Racing team, leading his two team-mates Han Han and Wang Rue, with Sunny Wong the only non-Volkswagen in the top ten in the Citroën of Teamwork Motorsport in fifth, with the Volkswagen Scirocco Cup class filling up the remaining spots.
