RNW Staff

MG Choi and Manuel Metzger oversaw a popular home win for Solite Indigo Racing earlier today at the Korea International Circuit where their Mercedes-AMG headed a Race 1 top-four comprising as many different manufacturers.

Audi Sport Asia Team TSRT’s David Chen and Rahel Frey kept their cool amid intense Korean heat to finish fourth in round nine of Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia. The pair fought strongly to bring their Audi R8 LMS GT3 home just out of the podium places as the series debuted at the 5.615km Korea International Circuit. The result continued the unbroken run of top five finishes that the pair have enjoyed since joining forces in round seven of the championship..

The Official Qualifying for the FUJI GT 500mile RACE, Round 5 of the 2019 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series was held on August 3 at Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture (one lap 4,563m). In the GT500, the No. 23 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R (Tsugio Matsuda/Ronnie Quintarelli) completely dominated in both Q1 and Q2 to win its third pole position of the season. In the GT300 class, the No. 52 SAITAMA TOYOPET GB MARK X MC (Shigekazu Wakisaka/Hiroki Yoshida) managed to win its first class pole position. In tomorrow’s final on August 4 that starts at 1:30 in the afternoon, the teams will compete the long 500-mile (approx. 805 km) race.

Solite Indigo Racing’s MG Choi boosted his Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia title chances by taking pole position on home soil for this weekend’s opening race at Korea International Circuit. A Mercedes-AMG also starts tomorrow’s hour-long contest up front after Craft-Bamboo’s Maxi Goetz beat Shane van Gisbergen to top spot during a scintillating second qualifying session.