Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Round 5 & 6 Beijing June 11th.

This was the best race for me for this season. When we started testing we got a very good set up and my driver trainer Andy Pardoe gave me very good tips and we were doing well on testing.

When I went for qualifying I did a good lap and came in to see my position but I was 9th. So Andy said I have to go 0.7 seconds faster and he said which might be a little bit difficult. But I went out and did the time he wanted me to do. I felt great and finished 7th in qualifying and 5 cars above me was only within 0.5 seconds and the fastest was only 0.7 seconds faster. But they were all over 1 second faster than me in testing I was overjoyed with the qualifying times. The fast 2 Japanese GT drivers were behind me and 0.5 seconds slower.

Round 5.
My start was not so good so Nishizawa got in front of me but we had a nose to tail fight and I knew I was faster but as this is a very narrow circuit it was difficult to over take. Then I made a mistake and went to the grass and Yamaji also went in front of me. Nishisawa had a spin and Yamaji and I got in front of him. I was trying to overtake Yamaji but was very difficult and the only chance I had was in braking. I tried to overtake him in the first corner and was too fast and had a spin where I had to fall back to 10th from 5th place . It took me a while to start the engine but I over took few and finished 7th.

Round 6
I had a better start and by the 3rd corner I was 6th. Then started battling with Nishizawa and was able to overtake him around the 10th lap on the first hairpin which was risky but I had to do it. Yamaji was away but I was able to catch him but finished 5th which was a very good result and my lap times were faster than Yamaji. I am so happy to beat these 2 as they are very fast and most experienced drivers who have done not Japan GT but Le Mans and so many international races. I think now we know a lot about the car and braking so the next round I am sure we will finish in a very good finish hoping to win. I must thank Andy and my engineer Vince for giving be me the best we were so happy and ended up having a small party at Hard rock cafEin Beijing. I must thank every one who has supported me mainly my sponsor Mr.Hayashi and the Sri Lanka media.

Malaysia Super Car Race Round 2 at Sepang on the 28th

May I took pole position. Which was great and Peter was just 0.01 seconds slower.
Race 1 was on heavy rain I was able to get to the first corner on the front but on the 5th corner I had a big spin and fell back to the last. I thought it was the end of the race luckily the car didn’t get stuck in the mud. I was able to overtake every one except the leader who was driving a 4WD Lancer EVO. So I ended up 2nd. Peter was slow in the wet.

Race 2 on the start the EVO blocked me leaving space for Peter to get to the front as usual he was too fast on the straight to overtake so I finished in the 2nd place. Although I finished 2nd in both races totally I was awarded 3rd place because the other 2 drivers had the same points. Next race of the Malaysian Super car will be on the 25th of June and this will be the whole track so hopefully Will do my best to win as 24th will be my birthday.