Singaporeâ™s first EP onroad race of 2016 took place on 17 Jan 2016 at the tight rooftop circuit of Urban PlaySpace in the islandâ™s city centre. This round of the 2015/16 Urban Touring Series was concurrently a points scoring round for the 2016 Singapore National EP Onroad Series. The categories were: TC Open and the 17.5T Non-Boosted Classes.
In the TC Open Class, it was Nicholas Lee who dominated qualifying, putting in the only 28-lap run in round 2, and setting the dayâ™s fastest lap at 10.703s. XRAYâ™s Dominic Quek, who set the dayâ™s only other sub-11sec laptime with a 10.955s flyer, clinched P2 on the grid. At the end of 3 rounds of qualifying, 3 XRAY T4â™16s would make the A-Main. The top-5 positions were occupied by drivers piloting 5 different chassis brands in this very competitive race.
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Results of Qualifying
1. Nicholas Lee 2. Dominic Quek - XRAY T4
3. Esmail Apandi
4. PY Tang
5. Bowie Ginting
6. Nelson Lee 7. Colin Tong - XRAY T4
8. Marcus Choo - XRAY T4
9. Wei-Jian Ng
10. Eugene Goh
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A thunderstorm disrupted the race shortly after the conclusion of qualifying. After a 2-hour rain delay, the finals resumed with Nicholas continuing his dominating performance to claim Leg 1 of the A-Main. XRAYâ™s Dominic held off Esmail to take 2nd. In Leg 2, Nicholas turned on the style to take a commanding win, and with it the overall victory. Benefitting from a good start and a quick sequence of laps, PY Tang finished 2nd while Dominic took 3rd. In the final leg, Nicholas chose to run and would finish 1st again to make it a perfect day for him. Dominic once again put in a good run and managed to finish 2nd, 3.5secs ahead of PY Tang in 3rd, and with that seal overall 2nd position in the event.
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Final Results
1. Nicholas Lee 2. Dominic Quek - XRAY T4
3. PY Tang
4. Esmail Apandi
5. Bowie Ginting
6. Nelson Lee 7. Marcus Choo - XRAY T4
8. Colin Tong - XRAY T4
9. Eugene Goh
10. Wei-Jian Ng
