The Thai Super Series, renamed for the weekend – The Super Series – is ready to join the Singapore Grand Prix support programme this coming weekend (30 Sep/2 Oct) with a 25 strong entry of GT3, GT4 and GTC class cars.
The stellar entry list sees a significant entry from GT3 cars with Porsche, Mercedes AMG, Audi, Aston Martin, Lexus, Bentley and BMW all listed.
Rapid Singaporean Yuey Tan and Malaysia’s equally experienced Adrian D’Silva, will both drive Porsche 991 GT3-Rs, for SLK Racing and EBM Giga Racing, respectively.
Sticking with Porsche, and one to look out for in the GTM class, will be the Mongkol Motorsports entry for Tanart Sathienthirakul, the reigning Super Car GTM champion fresh from last weekend’s GT World Challenge Asia round at Okayama.
American driver Greg Bennett will campaign a brand-new Porsche Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport fielded by B-Quik Absolute AFRacing.
Toyota Gazoo Racing Team Thailand enters Lexus RC F GT3s for reigning Super Car GT3 champion Piti Bhirombhakdi and Nattapong Horthongkum, also a former Super Car title winner.
Experienced team owner Suttipong Smittacharch will drive a Supra GTC.
There’s a four strong line up of the new 2022-specification Audi R8 LMS GT3 “Evo 2” divided up between a pair entered by Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute for Yasser Shahin and Andrew Haryanto, who are taking up much delayed “prize drives”, and a brace from B-Quik Absolute Racing, for Dutchman Henk Kiks and Vincente Floirendo from The Philippines. There is also an Audi GT4 for Anderson Tanoto.
Craft-Bamboo field a pair of AMG GT3s for former double Carrera Cup champion Darryl O’Young and successful Taiwanese driver Jeffrey Lee.
Thailand’s YK Motorsports Billionaire Boy By Sunoco will also run an AMG GT3 and draft in Kantasak Kusiri, one of Thailand’s hottest young racing talents.
Experienced Malaysian Douglas Khoo will make his first appearance in an Aston Martin Vantage GT3 while his Viper Niza team will also field a Vantage GT4 for Romain Leroux.
KamLung Racing will field a second generation Bentley Continental GT3 for Hong Kong’s Mak Hing Tak. The team will also run a Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo for ‘Kenneth’ Lau Chi Yung.
First-Team AAI’s meanwhile roll out their BMW M6 GT3 in the hands of emerging lady driver Yin Yu (Betty) Chen, while in GT4, Full Function has a new McLaren 570S for Charun Kietbumrungkul.
And the grid will also feature a pair of V8-tastic Ford Mustang TA V8s, the cars to driven by Craig Corliss and Kel Kearns.
Timetable
The first time on track for TSS The Super Series is Friday (30 Sep), for Official Practice, 14:30-15:00, followed by Qualifying, 15:45-16:15. Race 1 will take place on Saturday (1 Oct) at 1510 and Race 2 the following day, Sunday (2 Oct), also at 1510. Both races will be 25 minutes + 1 lap with the grid for Race 2 decided on the fastest lap times in Race 1.
Sontaya Kunplome (President, TSS The Super Series).: “As the President of The Royal Automobile Association of Thailand which is the organisation that oversees, promotes and supports Thai motorsports we’re very pleased and grateful to have this opportunity. For this event, Thailand Super Series will use the name ‘TSS The Super Series’. This all means we’re taking Thai motorsport to the next step and I can say it’s a really big step to bring high potential drivers and racing teams to world class motorsport and to be able to show our potential to audiences around the world.”
With thanks to Ed Ellison
