2025 CEC 326 Racing Team's two cars took the stage to win the GT Cup overall championship!

News & Announcements China Ningbo International Circuit July 7

On July 5, the 2025 CEC China Endurance Championship kicked off the first day of competition at Ningbo International Circuit. The No. 50 Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II of the 326 Racing Team started from pole position and led the way to win the GT Cup overall championship! The Audi RS3 participated in the competition for the National Cup 2000T group. Despite the difficulties, it still won the podium with a good result of second place in the group!

In the morning, the competition for the National Cup was the first. The two-hour competition put forward extremely high requirements for vehicle stability and team tactical strategies. Liu Ning served as the starting driver. After the start of the race, he fell into a fierce battle with his opponent, and then stabilized in the second place of the whole field. Unfortunately, in the braking area of Turn 10, the right front wheel pressed against the curb and locked up, falling into the buffer zone.

After the track rescue, the vehicle returned to the maintenance area, 326 Racing Team After cleaning the car, Li Han continued to drive and finally crossed the finish line as the runner-up in the group and successfully took the stage! Teammates Hu Yang and Xu Keming will appear in the second round.

In the afternoon, the first round of the GT Cup officially kicked off, 326 Racing After the team took pole position in the qualifying round, Liu Zichen continued to serve as the starting driver. As the five red lights went out, the race officially began. Liu Zichen successfully blocked the inside line at Turn 2, quickly widened the gap with the opponent behind, and started his own long distance.

Liu Zichen strengthened the protection of tire performance during his lead to avoid premature overheating of the tire. After arriving at the pit window, Liu Zichen entered the maintenance area to complete fuel replenishment and tire pressure inspection, and drove out of the maintenance area at the standard time to avoid time loss.

In the second stage, the team focused on driving steadily, adjusted the braking point according to the tire condition, and continued to expand the leading advantage. The team pitted at the original tactical time, replaced the tires and handed the car to Wu Yifan.

After returning to the track, the direct competitors behind him kept catching up. Wu Yifan remained calm and continued to overtake the slow car. He successfully defended at the last moment and crossed the finish line as the overall champion, bringing back the team's first GT3 championship for the 326 Racing Team!

After the race, Liu Zichen said: "Before the start of today's race, I found that the lighting had changed, which was more conducive to long-distance driving. After running 15 laps, I felt that the temperature of the track rose again, and the tires felt that they were declining more seriously. I did some tire management to protect the tires."

"The team made comprehensive arrangements and deployments for strategy and maintenance work before this game. The strong strength of the opponent requires us to make no mistakes in every detail and do all the work in place. When changing drivers in the second baton, there was a slight mistake in the tire changing process, which increased the time, but we will also make training adjustments tonight to avoid problems."

Tomorrow, the 2025 CEC China Endurance Championship Ningbo Station will start the second round of the competition on Sunday. The 326 Racing Team will continue to work hard and continue to achieve good results in the two events.