Sunny skies greeted the drivers today giving the majority their first taste of the Goldenport Track in the dry. O’Hara led Jones and Goddard once the dust had settled.

Christian Jones was fastest in the first two sessions but O’Hara set a blistering 1m 01. 828 second lap in the third, final and fastest session. Jones set a 1m 2.472 lap on official watches, after his fastest final lap of 1m 2.0 was disregarded as he had completed two laps after the chequered flag was shown! Mark Goddard was third fastest, and first car not using new tyres which seem to be worth up to a second a lap. His fastest was 1m 2.786.

Richard Joson was next up on 1m 4.308 with Roland Hermoso heading the Promotion Class with a great 1m 4.430 with Kenkou Muira and Mars Hsieh next up on 5.077 and 5.292 respectively. Pepon Marave was struggling to find a balance and could only manage 4.412 earlier in the day. Don Pastor recorded 5.435 whilst brother Enzo struggled but still managed 4.512 in between “offs”.

Anton led Machida and Wong who completed the runners with Ananda Mikola sitting out the final session after recording 1m 3.716.

Tomorrows qualifying is looking hard to call – watch this space for the news.