The brand new circuit looked fantastic as the teams navigated their way around the technical 4.2km track, checking both the cars and track for the first time and making any necessary adjustments. The weather was kind to everyone with a dry and clear day, providing favourable conditions for the teams’ first outings. The pits were buzzing with activity all day as teams get ready to start their campaigns to become the champions of Le Mans racing in Asia.

OAK Racing (2013 Le Mans 24 Hours LM P2 winning team) and their #24 Morgan had both the quickest time and highest speed amongst the LM P2s in both testing sessions - with a quickest lap time of 1:29.036 and top speed of 170.14 km/h.

AF Corse (2013 Le Mans 24 Hours GTE-Am double podium team) racing their #77 Ferrari 458 GT3 were also able to achieve the double double of having both the quickest lap time and highest speed, amongst the GT cars, in both testing sessions – with a quickest lap time of 1:33.419 and top speed of 169.05 km/h.

Tomorrow’s two Free Practice sessions will give all the teams another opportunity to warm up the cars and drivers before Qualifying on Saturday.

About Asian Le Mans Series
The 2013 Asian Le Mans Series is the inaugural season of this brand new four-race endurance series open to LM P2, LM PC, GTE, GTC and GTC Am teams. Invitations to race in the 2014 Le Mans 24 Hours will be awarded to the series winner and runner-up in the GTC class, along with the series winner in the LM P2 class. The schedule for the four three-hour races is:

Round 1 - August 4th - Inje Speedium, South Korea
Round 2 - September 22nd - Fuji Speedway, Japan
Round 3 - October 13th - Zhuhai International Circuit, China
Round 4 - December 8th - Sentul International Circuit, Indonesia