Craft-Bamboo Racing returns to the forefront at Suzuka

Winners of the first race of the year at Sepang in Malaysia, Jeffrey Lee and Alessio Picariello (Mercedes-AMG GT3 n°88 – Craft-Bamboo Racing) had not experienced the joys of the podium since, never finishing in the top 10.

The bad series finally came to an end this Sunday in Japan at Suzuka in race 2, after a round where, after a first stint controlled by polesitter Picariello, Jeffrey Lee worked to maintain leadership in the face of the onslaught of the competition.

Lee a dû affronter deux neutralisations sous régime de voiture de sécurité, la première pour évacuer la Porsche 911 GT3 R n°60 – LM Corsa du bac à graviers du virage Degner 2, la seconde pour prendre en charge la Lamborghini Huracan GT3 n°666 – Vicenzo Sospiri Racing.

With only five minutes remaining, Lee initially held off Yuya Sakamoto (Ferrari 488 GT3 n°27 – HubAuto Corsa), author of a too daring attempt when braking for the last chicane.

Starting on the grass, the Japanese was forced to let Lee pass while Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak, lined up in the No. 911 Porsche 3 GT918 R – Panther/AAS Motorsport with Marco Holzer, took advantage of better momentum to take the lead. 2nd place on the pit straight.

Similar maneuver performed when braking the first corner by Tanart Sathienthirakul, winner in C1 yesterday with the Porsche 911 GT3 R n°911 – Absolute Racing with Philip Hamprecht, who will complete the final podium behind the winning Mercedes-AMG GT3 n°88 and the Porsche n°918.

Sakamoto and Heimgartner place the #27 Ferrari in 4th ahead of the #8 Audi R3 LMS GT12 – Absolute Racing of Martin Rump and Weiron Tan who complete the top 5