Wu Yifan/Liu Zichen achieved their first GT3 Grand Slam at the 2025 CEC Ningbo Station

From July 4 to 6, 2025, the Xiaomi China Endurance Championship started the second race of the season at Ningbo International Circuit. Wu Yifan/Liu Zichen of 326 Racing Team, who officially joined the GT Cup-GT3 camp this year, faced various masters at home. They first won the pole position in the first qualifying session on Friday. In the final one on Saturday, the two drivers made steady progress and won the first overall championship on the GT3 stage with the pole position! In the final two on Sunday, the two drivers won another victory and achieved two consecutive victories on the weekend!

Home competition, first pole position of the season

On July 4, the GT Cup has entered the official competition phase, launching two rounds of qualifying competitions. Ningbo International Circuit is the home of 326 Racing Team. The team actively prepared the vehicles to the best condition before the race and arranged for the drivers to conduct adaptive exercises in advance. Wu Yifan and Liu Zichen continued to familiarize themselves with the driving conditions of the GT3 car and made rapid progress, with significant improvements in qualifying lap results and long-distance speed.

In the first qualifying session, Liu Zichen appeared three times to find the best window to lap. Finally, at the end of qualifying, he made a lap time of 1:44.390 and won the first place in the whole field! Wu Yifan drove in the second qualifying session. He had already reached purple in two timed sections, but he encountered a slow car behind him, which prevented him from sprinting at full speed. In the end, he ranked second with a lap time of 1:45.998. This means that the No. 50 car driven by Wu Yifan and Liu Zichen will start from the front row in the two 90-minute endurance races on Saturday and Sunday.

After qualifying, pole position winner Liu Zichen said: "In order to wait for a more suitable ground temperature, we started the race relatively late in this section, hoping to maximize the performance of the vehicle. After I made the first effective lap, I encountered slow cars from other groups, so I actively communicated with the team to find a suitable lap window. After some efforts, I finally won the pole position successfully."

**The first round of the decisive battle: leading all the way and winning the whole race! **

On the afternoon of July 5, the Xiaomi China Auto Endurance Championship held a grand opening ceremony. The audience entered the venue enthusiastically and cheered for the racing athletes on the track! After the opening ceremony, the first round of the GT Cup officially started, and Liu Zichen of the 326 Racing Team was responsible for starting. After the start, Liu Zichen successfully stuck to the inside line at Turn 2, quickly widened the gap with the opponent behind, and started his own long distance. During his lead, Liu Zichen strengthened the protection of tire performance to avoid premature overheating of the tire.

After Liu Zichen handed over the baton to Wu Yifan, Wu Yifan's driving strategy was to focus on stability. With his familiarity with the track, Wu Yifan controlled every braking point and continued to expand his lead. Although the opponent behind him kept catching up, Wu Yifan was able to defend successfully and crossed the finish line with the overall championship, bringing back the team's first GT3 championship for the 326 Racing Team!

**Another battle in high temperature, Wu Yifan/Liu Zichen achieved a grand slam! **

On July 6, Xiaomi China Auto Endurance Championship GT Cup had another round. Although the No. 50 car did not start from pole position, it came to the leading position of the whole field through excellent pit stop strategy during the middle stop. However, in the middle and late stages, the No. 1 car group of 33R Harmony Racing Cao Qikuan/Liao Qishun/Shen Jian started the pursuit mode and continuously launched a fierce attack on the No. 50 car group.

Later, the two cars evolved into a close fight and collided in the corner. Fortunately, both the No. 50 and No. 1 cars insisted on returning to the track. Soon after, the two cars competing for the overall championship entered the pits one after another.

In the final stage of the race, the No. 50 car team once again came to the first place of the whole field and maintained it to the finish line. As a result, Wu Yifan/Liu Zichen achieved two consecutive victories in the CEC GT Cup-GT3 at home and became the biggest winner of the whole field!

Thus, the second stop of the Xiaomi China Endurance Championship of the 326 Racing Team has come to an end. In the next stop, let us look forward to the drivers continuing their excitement!