Zhang Zhi Chiang from China has confirmed his credits and leads after the conclusion of the first day in the Macau Touring Car Cup (MTCC) race that, this year, changed its format to include cars running on the China Touring Car Championship (CTCC).
As a result of the change, the race is now mostly running cars with TCR touring car specifications that come from TCR China and Asia championships and others from CTCC with similar specifications.
Although Zhang is leading the timesheets as expected, the major highlight is the return to Macau of the British racer Rob Huff, the most successful driver in touring cars around Macau who once again took the wheel of an MG to try to battle the Lynk & Co armada that has been dominating both the TCR China championship and the SAIC Lamando. They have a long history of success in the CTCC.
Driving a new MG5 XPower, Huff managed to finish yesterday in second place behind Zhang with a gap of just 0.097 of a second. David Zhu in another Lynk & Co 03 TCR closed the top 3. RM
