Aditya Patel continued his winning streak with another podium at the Penbay International Circuit in Taiwan. This was the third round of the Audi R8 LMS cup. This was also a three-race round and Aditya had a great day seeing him leading the championship table.
Chennai star, Aditya started race 1 from sixth on the grid. He had a good start and moved two places ahead to finish fourth. Edoarda Mortara, DTM driver won this race comfortably.
It was race two which saw Aditya Patel clicnhing a podium finish claiming the 2nd spot. He started fourth on the grid and moved to 2nd place behind 1st race winner, Edoarda Mortara. Mortara was later penalized for an incident. Frankie Cheng, who was on better tyres soon challenged Aditya and managed to take a lead.
Aditya started race three hoping to win the race. However, he was at a disadvantage right from the beginning as he started the race on used tyres. Aditya lost the lead and dropped to sixth place due to damage from the incident on the first lap.
Aditya managed to collect enough points to lead championship table. Patel now leads the title with 80 points ahead of Thomas Fjordbach with 76 and Frankie Cheng with 68 points. The next race will be in Malaysia on the 4th and 5th of September.
"It was a tough weekend both in terms of conditions as well as competition. It still feels good to lead the championship after the halfway mark. I did make some wrong decisions in terms of strategy but I guess I won’t make the same mistakes again! I now look forward to the second half of the season."
Chennai star, Aditya started race 1 from sixth on the grid. He had a good start and moved two places ahead to finish fourth. Edoarda Mortara, DTM driver won this race comfortably.
Aditya started race three hoping to win the race. However, he was at a disadvantage right from the beginning as he started the race on used tyres. Aditya lost the lead and dropped to sixth place due to damage from the incident on the first lap.
Aditya managed to collect enough points to lead championship table. Patel now leads the title with 80 points ahead of Thomas Fjordbach with 76 and Frankie Cheng with 68 points. The next race will be in Malaysia on the 4th and 5th of September.
"It was a tough weekend both in terms of conditions as well as competition. It still feels good to lead the championship after the halfway mark. I did make some wrong decisions in terms of strategy but I guess I won’t make the same mistakes again! I now look forward to the second half of the season."
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