黎智聪携手ART车队重返赛场

前FIA F3欧洲锦标赛车手PeterLi黎智聪，决定参加在珠海国际赛车场举办亚洲雷诺方程式系列赛第3、4轮赛事，重新回归其赛车生涯。

暂离赛场的一年半时间里，现年25岁的黎智聪，一直专注在其家族企业。日前，Peter已正式报名参加亚洲雷诺方程式系列赛本赛季第二站赛事，即将驾驶雷诺2.0/13方程式赛车，与队友布鲁诺.卡内罗、倪伟亮及陈运图并驾齐驱，这将是黎智聪第一次驾驶系该类型赛车。

黎智聪在过往各个系列赛中都积累了丰富比赛经验，并在GT亚洲系列赛和FIA F3欧洲锦标赛中一举成名。在GT亚洲系列赛的历史上，曾在2012年获得该系列赛并取得胜利的唯一中国赛车手。与此同时，也参加了竞争非常激烈的英国三级方程式锦标赛，然后晋升到FIA F3欧洲三级方程式锦标赛，并获得了与世界顶级年轻车手竞赛的经验。在经历了2016年欧洲三级方程式锦标赛中那场重大事故后，黎智聪不得不放弃该赛季余下的所有赛事。在2017年，通过参加Blancpain GT亚洲系列赛重返GT赛场。

谈到本轮方程式赛事的回归，黎智聪说道：“能有机会重返到亚洲雷诺方程式系列赛和ART车队真是太棒了，回到车队就像是回到家的感觉一样，车队非常专业。我的上一个方程式比赛是在2016年，而这次参赛所驾驶的是跟之前完全不同类型赛车。对于即将到来的赛事周末，不管赛果如何，我的目标是好好享受再次比赛的乐趣。”

车队经理艾明达，对于黎智聪的回归评论道：“自2010年开始Peter就已经加入我们车队，是车队大家庭里重要成员之一，非常高兴他能回归赛场并成为我们比赛队伍中的一员。随着赛前测试计划的实施，我们相信Peter会从一开始就跟上进度。有着雄心壮志的领航，肯定是没有压力的。” 

赛事时间表（暂定）：

星期五 6月14日

10：40 - 11：10 官方练习1

14：55 - 15：25 官方练习2

星期六 6月15日

9：05 – 9：30     排位赛

14：00 – 14：35 比赛1

星期日 6月16日

16：10 – 14：45 比赛2

-完-

车队合作伙伴

亚洲雷诺方程式系列赛2019赛历：

第1、2回合，3月23-24日，珠海国际赛车场，中国

第3、4回合，6月15-16日，珠海国际赛车场，中国

第5、6、7回合，7月13-14日，天津V1汽车世界，中国

第8，9，10回合，8月24-25日，雪邦国际赛车场，马来西亚

第11、12、13回合，9月28-29日，雪邦国际赛车场，马来西亚

Li Zhi Cong Is Making His Return to Racing with Asia Racing Team

Former FIA F3 European Championship driver Peter Li Zhi Cong, is making his racing comeback as he joins the Asia Racing Team in the Asian Formula Renault Series Round 3 and 4 at the Zhuhai International Circuit.

After one year and half out of racing to concentrate on family business, the 26 year old has signed up to race for Asia Racing Team in the second Asian Formula Renault Series event of the season. He’ll be driving a Formula Renault 2.0/13 along side Bruno Carneiro, Ni Weiliang and Jack Chan inwhat will be his first ever race with this car.

Li has gained experience in various series and made a name for himself especially in the GT Asia Series and the FIA F3 European Championship.In the history of the GT car series he was the Chinese driver who has ever won an FIA international series in 2012. There he competed in the highly competitive British Formula 3 championship before moving up the ladder to the FIA European Formula 3 Championship where he gained experience fighting against the world’s top junior drivers. Li made his racing return to GT cars in the 2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia, after a big accident in European Formula 3 saw him ruled out for the rest of the 2016 season.

Reflecting on his racing comeback, Li said: “It is fantastic to have the chance toreturn to Asian Formula Renault Series with Asia Racing Tem. I feel like home within the team and they are very professional in their approach. My last race with formula cars was in 2016 and this is a very different car. My goals for the weekend are to have fun and enjoy the pleasure of racing again regardless the results.”

Commenting about Li Zhi Cong’s racing return, Rodolfo Avila, Team Manager of Asia Racing Team said, “Peter is part of Asia Racing Team family since 2010, and we are delighted to have him back in one of our cars. With the testing programme we have put in place, we’re confident that Peter will be up to speed from the start.  The ambition is to be at the front, but there is certainly no pressure.”

Timetable (Provisional):

Friday, 14 June

1040-1110 – Free Practice 1

1455-1525 – Free Practice 2

Saturday, 15 June

0905-0930 – Qualifying

1400-1435 – Race 1

Sunday, 16 June

1610-1645 – Race 2

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Asian Formula Renault Series 2019 Calendar:

Rounds 1& 2, March 23-24, Zhuhai International Circuit, China
Rounds 3& 4, June 16-17, Zhuhai International Circuit, China
Rounds 5& 6 & 7, July 13-14, Tianjin V1 Circuit, China
Rounds 8& 9 & 10, August 24-25, Sepang Circuit, Malaysia
Rounds11 & 12 & 13, September 28-29, Sepang Circuit, Malaysia