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Another Successful Weekend for Afiq at Fuji Speedway

4/18/2017

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Fuji 18 April 2017; Carguy Racing Team owner Takeshi Kimura and his co Driver Afiq Yazid secure a win in Round 1 held on Saturday 15 April 2017. Earlier in the morning during qualifying, Takeshi Kimura who was on board of the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 clocked the fastest qualifying time of 1.39.518 to secure the pole position for Round 1 of the four rounds series. The grid position for Round 2 which was held on Sunday 16 April was determine by the race position of Round 1.

Takeshi Kimura who started the 50 min race of Round 1 on Saturday drove off well from pole and managed to distance himself from the other cars with a gap of more than 30 sec before passing the Car to Afiq Yazid during the mandatory pitstop. Afiq continued the race and clocked the fastest lap of the Race with a time of 1.38.684 in lap 17. He finally brought the car home in first place with a huge  gap of 1.29.555 from another Lamborghini Huracan GT3 bearing the number 63 driven by the duo from TopSpeed Racing, Taiwan.

For Round 2 which was held on Sunday 16 April 2017, Takeshi Kimura & Afiq Yazid as the winners of Round 1 were given a 15 sec handicap as required by the regulation, started the race of Round 2 and pulled of a 20 sec margin from a Lamborghini Super Trofeo car driven by Kei Cozzolino before passing the car over to Kimura. Afiq again clocked the fastest lap of the Race with a time of 1.38.937. After the mandatory Pit Stop, Kimura continued the race and took the car home in pole. Though they finished the race in first place, they however were given a drive through penalty for an infringement during the pit stop which pushed them to finish the race in second place. The race was won by Car 63 of TopSpeed Racing Taiwan driven by Samson Chan & George Chau.

The next two rounds will be held on 16 & 17 September 2017 at Fuji Speedway.
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Afiq & Team Lamborghini Osaka - Clazzio Racing Secure Their First Win of The Season

4/10/2017

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Sepang 10 April 2017 - Afiq Ikhwan Yazid and his team Lamborghini Osaka - Clazzio Racing secure their first win of the season at Race 2 of the first Round ofthe Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia 2017 held from 8-9 April 2017 here in Sepang.  During qualifying on Friday both the team drivers Afiq Yazid & Kei Cozzolino showed their pace by qualifying on top for the races. In qualifying one, Afiq took the top spot with a records breaking time of 2.03.56 sec, making him the only driver thus far to clocked below 2.04 sec mark. Afiq was 0.7 sec clear of the next qualifier Rik Bruekers who is the 2017 Lamborghini Middle East Champion.

In Race 1, the race was declared wet but it was not wet enough for the drivers to put in Rain tires. Afiq started off with a good pace in the damp track condition and was leading the pack with over 7 sec. However, the weather change as the rain started to fall making the track slippery towards the end of his stint. A flaw during the mandatory pit stop, Clazzio Racing lost significant of time, dropping 4 places into fifth. However, a good drive in the wet by Kei Cozzolino managed to overtake 2 cars to put them in third place. Towards the end of the race, Kei caught up with the second place driver and there was a very close fight for the second place till the flag. They were finally separated with a margin of 0.025 sec where Team Clazzio had to settle for third overall.

Team Clazzio is currently  sharing the lead with Team GDL with 27 points each in the PRO Class Category. The next round of the series will visit Buriram, Thailand for its second round scheduled to be held from 20-21 May 2017. 

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    I am race driver from Malaysia racing in Formula Masters China Series and now in Blancpain Lomborghini Super Trofeo Asia Series

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