Singaporeâ™s Urban Touring Series welcomed its largest race turnout at the weekend with the newly added Formula class. Most of Singaporeâ™s top EP racers were in attendance, ensuring a super competitive field.
TC Open Class
A total of 16 racers took the start and at the end of qualifying, it would be Nicholas Lee who would dominate, winning all 4 rounds of qualifying. Despite an absence of 8 months from racing, XRAYâ™s Daryl Thong would qualify 2nd, while Esmail Apandi ended up 3rd
Due to rain, only 2 of the scheduled 3 legs of the finals would be run. Nicholas took the win in A-Main Leg 1, with PY Tang in 2nd, while XRAYâ™s Dominic Quek came home 3rd. In Leg 2, Nicholas led before becoming involved in a racing incident, handing the lead to PY Tang. PY would just about hang on to take the win from a hard charging Nicholas. Eugene Goh would finish 3rd in Leg 2. With one of the 2 legs to count, the overall results were as follows:
10 racers took the start in the first Formula class run as part of the series. Qualifying was based on the best 2-consecutive laps over a 15-min session. Leonard Sim secured TQ, followed by Joe Hwee and Allister Lim (XRAY).
In the finals, Leonard Sim stamped his authority with relatively easy wins in both legs. XRAYâ™s pair of Allister Lim and Charles Lim took home overall 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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Final Results â“ Formula Class
1. Leonard Sim 2. Allister Lim - XRAY X1
3. Charles Lim - XRAY X1
4. Joe Hwee
5. Smith Kek
6. Chhua Joo Kiah
7. Andrew Law
8. Pason Phua
9. Michael Siow 10. HJ Quek - XRAY X1
