Charles Leong finishes second at Fuji

After finishing fifth in Race 1 Saturday, Macau driver Charles Leong and teammate Miki Koyama climbed to the second step of the podium after yesterday’s Race 2 at Fuji Speedway in the PRO class.

The races were part of Round 4 of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia (LSTA) held over the weekend in Japan.

Leong’s race could have been even better as the pair driving the Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 for the SJM Iron Lynx Theodore Racing team was leading the final race until a few minutes from the finish, being overtaken in the very last stage by Hong Kong racer Dan Wells.

Leong and Koyama are leading the championship ahead of the next round in Shanghai on the weekend of Sept. 13-15 before the LSTA ends at the Spanish circuit of Jerez de la Frontera on Nov. 14-15 ahead of the World Finals at the same circuit on Nov. 16-17.

After the race, Leong said the racing weekend in Japan had been a “challenging” one for the team but added that they “look forward to Shanghai to continue our championship lead.”

Also part of LSTA and leaders of the Pro-Am class, local racer André Couto and Chinese racer Jason Chen were not on track at all during the Fuji round.

Couto explained before the racing weekend that the Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 of Madness Racing Team would not be leaving the garage this weekend since Chen’s partner was giving birth and so he could not travel to Japan for the race.

Couto took the opportunity to pay tribute to other racers over the weekend as well as meet some long-term fans from the time the racer was featured in the Japanese Super GT Series.