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Craft-Bamboo Racing takes second Shanghai win to lead drivers’ championship

Darryl O’Young is now four points clear of second place, with only one round left in the championship scheduled for next month in Thailand.

#88 Craft-Bamboo Aston Martin:  Frank Yu, Richard Lyons

#88 Craft-Bamboo Aston Martin: Frank Yu, Richard Lyons

Ho KC

#88 Craft-Bamboo Aston Martin: Richard Lyons, Frank Yu
#99 Craft-Bamboo Aston Martin: Darryl O’Young, Daniel Lloyd
Darryl O’Young and Daniel Lloyd
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#55 Craft-Bamboo Racing V12 Vantage GT3
#55 Craft-Bamboo Racing V12 Vantage GT3
Darryl O'Young
#97 Craft Bamboo Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3: Darryl O'Young, Alex MacDowall, Stefan Mücke
#007 CRAFT Bamboo Racing Aston Martin Vantage: Frank Yu, Stefan Mucke, Warren Luff
#007 CRAFT Bamboo Racing Aston Martin Vantage: Frank Yu, Stefan Mucke, Warren Luff
Bamboo Racing: Warren Luff and Frank Yu
#97 CRAFT Bamboo Racing Aston Martin Vantage: Frank Yu, Stefan Mucke
#107 Beechdean AMR Aston Martin Vantage GT3: Andrew Howard, Daniel Lloyd, Stefan Mücke
#107 Beechdean AMR Aston Martin Vantage GT3: Andrew Howard, Daniel Lloyd, Stefan Mücke
#99 Craft-Bamboo Racing Aston Martin Vantage V12 GT3: Darryl O’Young, Jonathan Venter

Darryl O’Young now leads the drivers’ championship after a dominant race two win in Shanghai, where Daniel Lloyd helped the #99 pair to lead from start to finish. O’Young is now four points clear of second place, with only one round left in the championship scheduled for next month in Thailand. The #88 Interush Aston Martin of, Richard Lyons and Frank Yu, proved to be even quicker, setting the fastest lap of the race but were unable to capitalize on their speed after having to fight their through their way through the midfield.

O’Young’s teammate, Daniel Lloyd, started on pole position and was dominant from the start, creating a 2.9 second gap by the end of the first lap. From here, the Craft-Bamboo driver stormed away, nailing consistently quick times to put them ahead of the competition who were busy fighting among themselves. By the time Lloyd entered the pits for his compulsory stop, he was over 13 seconds ahead of their season rivals in the Bentley. With a 10 second time penalty due to their win in race one, the lead that Lloyd had built was essential to the #99’s success.

We must focus on Thailand now and concentrate on doing a good job to take the championship.

Darryl O’Young

After a flawless pit stop, O’Young hit the track ahead of the Bentley and continued the pair’s run at the head of the pack. The gap had been eroded but the championship winning Hong Kong driver put his head down and focused on increasing his lead. From there, O’Young disappeared at the front of the field, building a gap over the scrapping pair of cars behind him. Running a faultless race, the #99 of, Darryl O’Young and Daniel Lloyd, crossed the line with a lead of 9.310 seconds and took the only double win of the GT Asia Series season so far.

Frank Yu started the race in P8 and after fighting hard during his stint was once again hit from behind. Frank was undeterred and did not give up his challenge, continuing to fight with the competition. The GT Asia veteran was able to complete a fantastic in lap to hand the car over to his teammate, Richard Lyons. The Irishman had shown great pace all weekend and race two was no exception. The GT ace fought his way from P12 and was able to move up several positions thanks to his string of fastest laps. Lyons was hunting down the competition with great speed. Unfortunately, there wasn’t enough time on the clock but Lyons was able to take P7 and a chunk of championship points to help Craft-Bamboo Racing remain in the hunt for the teams’ championship.

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#88 Interush Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3

Richard Lyons, Driver

“It has been a tough weekend with some pretty poor results but we managed to get the fastest lap in race two and I was really pleased with the car's speed. The mechanics did a great job and the speed was increasing all weekend. So we are looking forward to Thailand and want to finish on the podium there.”

Frank Yu, Driver

“My start was a little slow due to my vision being blocked by the rear wing of the Bentley in front of me so I lost two positions, I managed to gain one back and I was hit again from behind. After the bump I was about three or four lengths back, but I did a great in lap and gained a few positions."

#99 VLT Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3

Darryl O’Young, Driver

“Really pleased with the weekend, Daniel drove a fantastic stint to pull that gap. He had new tyres on and he pushed the limit and he opened enough of a gap so we could gain track position when I took over. Thankfully, our main competitors were kept busy fighting with each other which played into our hands. It was a really good decision by the team to stay on used tyres, this gave me hot tyres to really push on the out lap so I could instantly start building a gap. From there, it was about remaining consistent and not make any mistakes. I am really happy to gain the championship lead; the team has done an amazing job on helping us get there. We must focus on Thailand now and concentrate on doing a good job to take the championship.”

Daniel Lloyd, Driver

“Great race two, starting from pole I knew it was going to be tough with the success penalty from yesterday. I knew I had to get a big gap, so I started on new tyres. My first lap was great, I got a good gap and that allowed me to relax. From then on it was about being consistent, I then handed the car over to Darryl with a gap of about 12 seconds. This was enough to keep in front of the Bentley and the Ferrari. Darryl was really quick with his out lap and from then on, and the Ferrari and Bentley were battling among themselves. We managed to come out with the championship lead and that’s just fantastic.”

Richard Coleman, CEO of Craft-Bamboo Racing

“Really proud that the team achieved two poles and two wins, it was a real shame for the #88 that has been very fast all weekend and it was a real shame it didn’t win one of those races. I am really happy that we were able to take the lead in the drivers’ championship and are still in the hunt for the teams’ championship. Great effort by everybody this weekend and we look forwarded to Thailand.”

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