The Jackie Chan DC Racing crew of Ho-Pin Tung, Gustavo Menezes and Thomas Laurent have claimed an emphatic victory in the penultimate round of the Asian Le Mans Series at Thailand’s Buriram circuit.
The LMP2 Nissan-Oreca took the chequered flag almost a lap ahead with Menezes at the wheel.
It continues the blistering form of Menezes, who became the first American to lift an FIA World Championship in 35 years when he sealed the WEC LMP2 title for the Signatech Alpine team late last year.
Algarve Pro Racing filled the podium with its pair of Ligiers with the Nissan-powered JSP2 of Andrea Roda, Matt McMurry and Andrea Pizzitola taking second.
The team’s Judd-powered machine of Michael Munemann, Taksung Kim and Mark Patterson was third after turning 151 laps, three laps behind the winner in the 4 Hour encounter.
Giorgio Maggi, Struan Moore and Fabien Schiller claimed fourth in the remaining LMP2 entry, the Swiss-prepared Oreca 03R Judd.
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GT honours were taken out by the Ferrari 488 GT3 of Stephane Lemeret, Michele Rugolo, which was fifth overall, one place ahead of its DH Racing sister car driven by Olivier Beretta, Alex Riberas and Rino MAstronardi.
The LMP3 battle went to the ARC Bratislava Ginetta of Darren Burke, Mike Simpson and Miro Konopka ahead of the second ARC entry driven by Australian Neale Muston and Konstantins Calko.
Australians Scott Andrews and Aidan Read along with Hong Kong’s William Lok were fifth of the eight-strong LMP3 field in the Wineurasia Ligier JSP3.
James Winslow along with team-mates David Cheng and Hiroki Yoshida were sixth in LMP3 and 20th outright in the Jackie Chan DC Racing Ligier JSP3.
The OD Racing McLaren 650S GT3 of experienced Malaysian Fairuz Fauzy, Kiwi Jono Lester and Australian Liam Talbot retired 20 minutes before the flag fell with a brake issue after Astro turf became stuck in the left brake duct.
“It was extremely hot in the car. The worst heat I’ve ever experienced in a race car,” Talbot told Speedcafe.com shortly after the race.
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