General
ATCC: First AFOS event at Subic Bay review
All Eyes On Top Regional Drivers In 2001 Afos! Final preparation for the first Asian Festival of Speed (AFOS) event of the season is on schedule and the teams have begun testing their cars on the picturesque 2.4km Subic International ...
Edited: Feb 17, 2005, 5:41 AM
Copy link
Share on Viber
All Eyes On Top Regional Drivers In 2001 Afos!
Final preparation for the first Asian Festival of Speed (AFOS) event of the season is on schedule and the teams have begun testing their cars on the picturesque 2.4km Subic International Raceway.
AFOS will again witness top racing drivers competing in the FIA-sanctioned Asian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) and Asian Formula 2000 (AF2000). With confirmed participants from around the world especially from Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Macau, India, and Indonesia, AFOS look set to be a truly international race meet.
Drivers are already settling in and preparing their machines for their 2001 campaign in both ATCC and AF2000, however at this early stage of the season some are still struggling to find the correct set up for their new cars on this bumpy circuit.
The temperature of 340 C in Subic has started to take its toll on several drivers who are competing for their first time in AFOS. Sunny weather throughout the day with 66% humidity gave participants ample opportunity to try out the tyre performance of Michelin on cars like Alfa Romeos, Peugeots, Toyota Altezza, Hondas and Asian Formula 2000.
Leading contenders in AF2000 are the four Indian hopefuls Karun Chandhok, Narain Sathyanarayanan, Asif Nazir, Kaushek Haritha in SMR Team India. Denis Lian of EZ Import Racing showed signs of potential podium finishing which is benefited from his brief AF2000 participation last year.
Local support races have also received good response for this weekend's AFOS season opener. Among the races are SVI Challenge Cup, Blaze Super Saloon, Miata Cup and Production Car Championship.
The season opener will be on 6th-8th April in Subic Bay, Philippines and has attracted many local supporting races. 2001 AFOS is supported by Michelin, Snap-On, PanGlobal and Adobe.
-AFOS-
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article 100 Presentaciones De Honda En Tc 2000
Next article 'Girl Power' comes to Donington Park!
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Karun Chandhok
Karun Chandhok sympathises with Kimi Antonelli after Austrian GP qualifying error
Formula 1
Formula 1
Austrian GP
Karun Chandhok sympathises with Kimi Antonelli after Austrian GP qualifying error
Gianpiero Lambiase exit sparks Red Bull warning from Karun Chandhok
Formula 1
Formula 1
Saudi Arabian GP
Gianpiero Lambiase exit sparks Red Bull warning from Karun Chandhok
Karun Chandhok impressed by Kimi Antonelli: "Had the upper hand" over George Russell all weekend
Formula 1
Formula 1
Japanese GP
Karun Chandhok impressed by Kimi Antonelli: "Had the upper hand" over George Russell all weekend
Latest news
2026 F1 United States Grand Prix starting grid
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
United States GP
3 min
2026 F1 United States Grand Prix starting grid
F1 2026 qualifying head-to-head: United States GP
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
United States GP
16 min
F1 2026 qualifying head-to-head: United States GP
F1 United States GP: Kimi Antonelli takes pole with George Russell sixth
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
United States GP
24 min
F1 United States GP: Kimi Antonelli takes pole with George Russell sixth
Sammy Smith wins NASCAR O'Reilly Talladega race with last-lap pass
NASCAR O'Reilly
NOAP NASCAR O'Reilly
Talladega II
32 min
Sammy Smith wins NASCAR O'Reilly Talladega race with last-lap pass
Feature
Discover prime content
Top 10 Can-Am drivers
General
By Kevin Turner
Top 10 Can-Am drivers
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe