CTCC | 326 Racing Team's two Audi cars compete in the fourth race of the season in Daqing

Last weekend, 326 Racing Team traveled to Daqing Circuit in Heilongjiang to participate in the 4th China Automobile and Motorcycle Sports Conference - CTCC China Automobile Circuit Professional League TCR China Challenge. Wu Yifan and Liu Zichen won the first round of the competition with champion and runner-up, both of them stepped onto the podium and won a lot of points.

The 3.17-kilometer Daqing Circuit obtained the FIA Level 3 certification this year. The first section of the track is mainly a long straight, and the second and third sections are composed of a large number of medium and low-speed corners. The new track requires drivers to use the limited time of the race weekend to familiarize themselves with it and improve their lap times.

The first thing to be held on Friday afternoon was the qualifying competition. The two drivers of the 326 Racing Team were well prepared. In the first qualifying session, Wu Yifan took pole position with a time of 1:29.795, and his teammate Liu Zichen ranked second with a slight gap of 0.014 seconds.

In the second qualifying session, Liu Zichen scored 1:29.383 and ranked pole, while Wu Yifan set his sights on the second round on Sunday and scored 1:30.504 and ranked fifth. In the second round, he will start from second in reverse order.

The first round of the race officially started on Saturday afternoon. Liu Zichen started from pole position and performed steadily. He maintained the lead until the end of the race and achieved Pole To Win. Wu Yifan started from the fifth place and got to the second place before Turn 1. He kept advancing steadily throughout the race, keeping a safe distance from his teammates and crossed the finish line in second place. 326 Racing Team** took the first and second place in the race and won a lot of points.


In the second round on Sunday, Wu Yifan took the inside line after the start and overtook before Turn 1 to lead the race. Liu Zichen, who started from sixth place, was caught in a fight with his opponent. The multi-turn feature of the Daqing track required extra patience for overtaking. Liu Zichen pressed his opponent step by step, drove into the inside line many times to try different cornering angles, and came to second place after five laps.

In the subsequent races, the two drivers continued to improve their lap speeds and continuously refreshed the fastest laps of the entire field. Unfortunately, after the safety car withdrew, Wu Yifan's car had an engine failure reminder. For the sake of the full season, he chose to withdraw from the competition. In the same lap, Liu Zichen encountered a gearbox failure in the car and could not continue to participate in the race.

Thus, Wu Yifan and Liu Zichen of the 326 Racing Team have finished the competition in Daqing Station. The team will hurry back to Ningbo Circuit to conduct a comprehensive inspection and repair of the car, and prepare the car to the best condition before the competition next week.