原标题:CTCC天马山排位赛战罢 长安福特车手揽前三

一场毛毛细雨从本周四开始降临上海,虽然曾在周六的排位赛前停了下来,但是天气依然很不稳定。即使在不稳定的条件下,长安福特车队的
车手们依然在今天的排位赛取得完美的成绩:甄卓伟取得今年
赛季第一个杆位;何晓乐稳定发挥,夺得第二名;小将范高翔的成绩也有所提高,取得超级量产自然进气组第三名。
官方自由练习
四名长安福特车手在上午08:30开始的第一节官方自由练习中,并没有着急着冲出赛道,小将范高翔是车队里唯一参加了第一场自由练习的车手,最后10分钟的练习中,他以1:09.894的时间一直处于前列,这个成绩比他在第一站天马山的成绩要更进一步。
第二节的官方自由练习在中午11:20准时开始。四名长安福特的车手都参加了此节练习,并占据了时间表上的前5位。甄卓伟在第一圈就做出最快圈速1:08.947,是所有参赛车手里面唯一进入1:08时段的车手,位居第一,紧接着是队友江腾一,时间为1:09.322. 另外两名队友何晓乐和范高翔也有不错的成绩,位列前5名内。
排位赛
由于赛道比较狭小,所以18辆赛车被分为两组进行,长安福特车队四名车手都被分在第一组进行排位赛。延续着官方练习时的良好状态,四名车手在排位赛的一开始就有不俗的表现。
甄卓伟在今天的表现几乎可以用完美来形容,他在排位赛的第一圈就做出最快圈速—1:08.842,比第二节自由练习的最快圈速还要快,他以这个成绩一路领先直到排位赛结束。队友何晓乐在排位赛的前半段一直处于第三位,后来在第五圈结束后,他回到维修区并更换了轮胎。当他再一次回到赛道后,速度明显提高,并在第六圈做出自己的最快圈速,以1:09.225的时间夺得第二发车位。但是,由于车队决定在第五站结束后更换何晓乐赛车的发动机,所以他将在正赛退后10位,即以第12位发车。
再看小将范高翔的成绩,明显比第一站进步了许多。他在第一圈就做出个人最快圈速,时间为1:09.412。虽然他也在第四圈结束后返回维修区更换轮胎,但是由于雨势越来越大,赛道越来越滑,一直到排位赛结束,他都未能超越个人第一圈的时间。最后他获得超级量产车自然进气组第三位。而另一名队友江腾一,很遗憾因为机械故障,没能在本次排位赛取得好成绩,明天的
比赛将在第九位发车。
由于这一场突如其来的小雨让赛道从新变湿滑,第二组的车手都没能超越第一组的车手做出的时间。在赛后的新闻发布会上,范高翔表示:“这是我参加CTCC以来第一次参加排位赛的新闻发布会,我很感谢长安福特这个团结的车队教会我许多关于赛车的知识,也很感谢我的队友这一路以来给我的鼓励和帮助。明天我一定会尽最大的努力再一次站在颁奖台上。”

The rain started on Thursday this week, though it finally stopped before the official practice on Saturday, weather was still unstable. But Changan Ford Racing Team still did a very good job at the qualifying session of CTCC Round 6 in Shanghai Tianma Circuit (STC), Andy Yan gained his first pole position, Rainey He and Fan Gaoxiang was 2nd and 3rd.
Official practice
The four Changan Ford Racing Team drivers did not rush to the circuit immediately when the first practice session started at 8:30AM. Fan Gaoxiang was the first Changan Ford Racing Team driver went out to the circuit with the already warmed up tire, and stayed in the circuit for 10 mins. In this session, he sat on top with 1:09.894, which is a time much improved time comparing to his own time in CTCC Round 1.
The second session started at 11:20AM, all four Changan Ford racing cars went out to the circuit and took the top position immediately. Andy Yan was the only one broke the 1.09 wall and made the fastest time in lap 1 with 1:08.947, following by Jiang Tengyi with 1:09.322. Rainey He and Fan Gaoxiang also stayed on top 5 of the time sheet.
Qualifying
Because of the length of circuit, qualifying was separated into two groups. All four Changan Ford Racing Team drivers were assigned to the first group. Continued the good performance in the official practices; the team maintained the top positions after the qualifying began.
Andy Yan looked like a shinning star in this cloudy day, he made the fastest time in lap 1 with the time 1:08.842, even better than his time in the morning practice; and stayed on top until the qualifying finished. His team mate Rainey He occupied the third position at the beginning of qualifying. But after lap 5, he came back to pit garage and changed new tires. When he went back to the circuit, he made the fastest time with 1:09.225 and became 2nd on the time sheet. Since the team decided to change Rainey’s engine after Round 5, he will take the 10 places penalty and start on position 12th Sunday.
Compared with the first round in STC, Fan Gaoxiang did a much better job this time. His fastest time was in lap 1 with 1:09.412. Although he came back to the pit garage to change the tire after lap 4 hoping to be faster, the rain started raining heavily, he cannot beat his fastest time anymore, and gained 3rd position of the NA Group. Unlucky for Jiang Tengyi, because of a technical problem, he only could achieve 9th position for tomorrow’s race.
As a result of the rain, the drivers in the second group cannot make any faster time than the first group drivers. In the press conference afterward, Fan Gaoxiang indicated: “This is the first time I attended a qualifying press conference, and I feel very exciting about it. Changan Ford Racing Team teaches me a lot about car racing and my teammates give me huge help. Tomorrow I will try my best to stand on the podium.”
原标题:CTCC天马山排位赛战罢 长安福特车手揽前三
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