The sixth round of the 2017 Ferrari Challenge Asia-Pacific race series opened the weekend in support of the 2017 Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix. A total of 29 drivers took to the Marina Bay Street Circuit for their practice and qualifying sessions under very wet conditions. Fortunately, race-day Sunday’s weather was a great improvement under glorious and sunny skies.
It was a rolling start for all the 488 Challenge cars on the grid. The race saw lots of action on the very challenging track. Ringo Chong of Singapore did his home fans proud by starting in pole position and leading all the way in his #11 racecar, until the safety car was activated to leave time to the marshals to extricate the car of Kent Chen of Taiwan after he lost control and hit the wall.
The safety car stayed on track for four laps and, eventually, the race restarted with 7 minutes left to go. Chong managed to keep his leadership at the restart, while Huilin Han of China launched a massive challenge against Zen Low of Malaysia during the last minutes of the race but found it impossible to overtake him. He came in third while Low took second position. 
Read about Ringo Chong’s beloved 1988 Porsche 911 Carrera.
