Absolute Racing driver Hu Bo was crowned the 2023 GT Super Sprint Challenge (GTSSC) GT3 champion following the announcement from the series organizers, TopSpeed Shanghai, that the fifth and final race weekend of the season has been canceled.
After their overall win in round three, FAW Audi Racing Team’s Cheng Congfu and Chris Chia have extended their lead in the driver standings to 15 points ahead of their closest rival with one race to go.
Starting from P2 in the FAW Audi Racing Team R8 LMS GT3 evo II, Chris Chia made a lightning start, quickly pulling alongside the pole-sitter before rocketing into the race lead.
A first safety car was called out to recover a car. A second safety car intervention just before the 40 minute mark triggered another round of pit stops. Chia remained at the wheel, emerging in third place for the restart. As the field was released, Chia was quickly up to second and rapidly closed in on the race leader, outpacing his rival by some margin.
With 70 minutes remaining on the clock, Chia regained the race lead and, once past his rival, was able to unleash the true pace of the FAW Audi Racing Team GT3, pounding out a succession of rapid, wheel-perfect laps to build a margin of more than ten seconds by the time he handed the wheel to Cheng Congfu.
Cheng picked up the baton for the final hour where his team mate had left off, lapping more than a second faster than his nearest challenger, going on to take a dominant overall victory for the team.
