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Asian Le Mans Series: Battles for podium places until final lap

Published

1 year ago

December 5, 2023

After a challenging Race 1 on Saturday, CrowdStrike Racing by APR made an incredible comeback on Sunday to win 4 Hours of Sepang Race 2 of the 2023/2024 Asian Le Mans Series at Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia.

A close battle for the lead broke out in the second hour, and saw the Portuguese team move into third, passing #90 TF Sport. Five minutes later they passed #3 DKR Engineering for second and were on a strong charge to the front of the field.

Once ahead of the pack, the Oreca 07 of George Kurtz, Colin Braun and Malthe Jakobsen controlled the action-packed race for the final two hours and took the chequered flag for CrowdStrike’s first win in Asia.

The winner of Race 1, 99 Racing, took second place in the final moments with an impressive pass by Louis Deletraz, to seal their second podium finish of the weekend for Al Harty Ahmad, Nikita Mazepin and Deletraz. In third place, was Giorgio Roda, Julien Andlauer and Rene Binder in the #22 Proton Competition Oreca 07.

The 2022 Asian Le Mans Series LMP3 champions, CD Sport, took the class victory from fourth on the grid, with Michael Jensen, Nick Adcock and Fabien Lavergne behind the wheel of the Ligier JS P320

After a podium finish in their first race with the Series in Race 1, the #26 Bretton Racing Ligier JS P320 – Nissan of Dan Skocdopole, Julien Gerbi and Stefan Mihnea moved up another position into second for Race 2.

Saturday’s class winners, James Winslow, Alex Bukhantsov and Danial Frost in the #17 COOL Racing Ligier JS P320 – Nissan, finished third.

A start from sixth place did not hinder Alex Malykhin, Klaus Bachler and Joel Sturm in the #91 Pure Rxing Porsche 911 GT3 R, who stayed out of an incident-plagued race for the GT class, to win.

Race 1 GT class victors #42 Sainteloc Racing Audi R8 LMS GT3 EVO 2 of Christopher Haase, Gilles Magnus and Alban Varutti finished in second place, ahead of Mark Radcliffe, Rob Bell and Ollie Millroy in the #27 Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3.

The Asian Le Mans Series now heads to the United Arab Emirates where the Series continues with Race 3 in the Dubai Autodrome, 3 – 4 February 2024.

The calendar is as follows:

Race 1: Sepang (Malaysia) – 2 December 2023
Race 2: Sepang (Malaysia) – 3 December
Race 3: Dubai (UAE) – 4 February 2024
Race 4: Yas Marina Circuit (Abu Dhabi) – 10 February
Race 5: Yas Marina Circuit (Abu Dhabi) – 11 February

For fans

Ariana Television Network has once again made sure Afghans around the country will get the opportunity to watch this thrilling race. The first and second race in the five race Series will be broadcast in the coming days.

To catch up on the action, be sure to watch this space as ATN will soon announce dates and times of broadcasts.

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The standout performer of the match was Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, who took a remarkable 5 wickets, while Rashid Khan supported with 3 wickets. Azmatullah Omarzai and Farid Ahmad each claimed 1 wicket.

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Bangla Tigers lift Lanka T10 Super League title

Player of the match and player of the series was Titan’s skipper Dasun Shanaka.

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3 days ago

December 19, 2024

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Hambantota Bangla Tigers beat favorites Jaffna Titans by 26 runs in Thursday’s Lanka T10 Super League final at the Pallekele Stadium in Kandy.

The Tigers produced a fine all-round performance to beat the Titans, who had won all their matches in the lead up to the final.

Player of the match and player of the series was Titan’s skipper Dasun Shanaka.

Hambantota Bangla Tigers, put into bat first, posted 133 for seven from their allotted 10 overs through some useful contributions from their top order batsmen.

The openers Mohammad Shahzad and Kusal Perera added 35 runs from 2.4 overs before they suffered a middle order collapse and reached 59 for three at the halfway stage of the innings.

However, skipper Dasun Shanaka and Shevon Daniel revived the innings with a fourth-wicket partnership of 44 runs in three overs.

Shanaka made 21 with two sixes and two boundaries while Daniel struck 26 with one six and three boundaries before Kennar Lewis and Dhananjaya Lakshan added the finishing touches.

Chasing 133 runs for victory, Jaffna Titans lost wickets at regular intervals and they eventually finished at 107 for six despite a fighting unbeaten half century from middle order batsman Tom Abell.
Richard Gleeson wrecked the Hambantota Bangla Tigers’ innings with excellent figures of three wickets for 21 while Shanaka captured two wickets for four runs.