Shanxi luminous team won one championship and one season in the 2000T category at the 2025 CEC Ningbo Station

From July 4 to 6, the second stop of the 2025 Xiaomi China Auto Endurance Championship came to an end at Ningbo International Circuit. The No. 98 car of Shanxi Brilliant Team showed excellent competitiveness in the two rounds of competition. The three main drivers Wu Xiaofeng/Jiang Hao/Li Ang won the 2000T category championship with their excellent speed in the first round.

In the second round of the race, despite the failure of the car, the three drivers adhered to the spirit of perseverance in the endurance race and once again entered the top three in the group and brought back the third place.

Round 1: Steady performance, winning

In the first round of the race on Saturday, the Ningbo International Circuit started a hot battle. The scorching air temperature and road temperature brought a tough endurance test to the drivers and cars. At the start, the No. 98 car of the Shanxi Brilliant Luminous Team, which started in the midstream group, chose a more conservative competition strategy and steadily maintained its ranking in the third place in the 2000T group.

Subsequent track accidents led to the deployment of the safety car, which allowed Wu Xiaofeng/Jiang Hao/Li Ang to narrow the gap with the front car. In the middle and late stages of the race, thanks to the excellent stability of the drivers, the No. 98 car group successfully rose to the first place in the 2000T group, and finally successfully crossed the finish line as the first in the group. Wu Xiaofeng/Jiang Hao/Li Ang won the 2000T group championship in the first round of Ningbo.

After the race, Li Ang said: "First of all, I would like to thank the Shanxi luminous team and my two teammates. This is my first time to participate in a race under such high temperatures, which is much more difficult than I thought. In the second half of the race, our brakes had a little problem, but I insisted on bringing the car back and handing it over to my teammates. Thank you again for your trust in me."

Wu Xiaofeng praised the performance of his two teammates in the race: "In fact, my two teammates are not very familiar with Ningbo International Circuit. We started preparing for the race very early. In the past two days, my two teammates have been training very hard and their performance has been continuously improving. In general, they are very stable. Today's race can be said to be full of problems. Our car encountered many problems. It was a very difficult race. We are really lucky and finally won the championship in the 2000T category."

Round 2: Not afraid of adversity, take the stage again

In the second round of the race on Saturday, Ningbo International Circuit once again saw fierce track confrontation. At the beginning of the race, the No. 98 car of the Shanxi luminous team continued the strong momentum of the first round of the race and firmly held the first place in the 2000T category after the start. In the subsequent race, due to the extremely high temperature, the sensor of the No. 98 car malfunctioned and was forced to return to the repair station for repairs, losing some places.

However, the team members quickly repaired the No. 98 car, and Wu Xiaofeng/Jiang Hao/Li Ang were able to return to the race and finally crossed the finish line in third place in the 2000T group and stood on the podium again.

At the press conference after the race, Jiang Hao summarized the situation of the second round of the race: "Today I am the starting driver of the team. The situation was normal at the beginning of the race, but later, due to the high temperature, the car's sensor had problems, and the lap time was also affected. After returning to the station to complete the emergency repair, the problem still occurred intermittently, but no matter what, we still finished the race smoothly."

Wu Xiaofeng said: "Our car has the smallest horsepower and the oldest age in the group. It is not easy for our technician team to prepare this car to the normal state for the competition. It is also incredible that my teammates and I can drive this car together to complete the race. I am very grateful to my teammates for crossing the finish line smoothly in the second round and bringing back the third place. Of course, congratulations to all the winning drivers."

Shanxi Brilliant Luminous Team successfully completed the 2025 Xiaomi China Auto Endurance Championship Ningbo Station. In late September, the team will compete with a number of opponents in the Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone in Fujian Province. Let us wait and see the wonderful performance of Shanxi Brilliant Luminous Team in the Pingtan Station.