D'Station Racing move up to third in class after Super GT return to Malaysia
Sunday, June 29, 2025
That of course included the #777 D’Station Racing Aston Martin Racing Vantage GT3 of Tomonobu Fujii and Charlie Fagg as a full season entrant but also with another ad-hoc entry from the Earl Bamber Motorsport team for their GT World Challenge Asia customer driver Kerong Li alongside local favourite Jazeman Jafaar.
Again, competing under intense heat at the Sepang International, the weekend did at least stay dry for the combined GT500 and GT300 runners with both Aston Martins competing within the nineteen strong lower class. The #333 EBM entry benefitted from local knowledge to beat its #777 stablemate during Friday’s Free Practice 2 before the combined driver qualifying process did see the D’Station qualify in P7 whilst the #333 had to make do with P17.
Come the race and whilst the faster GT500 class made off in the distance, the #777 held station during the opening laps for the Japanese driver but appeared not to have the performance needed to move forward as the fifty-two-lap race progressed. Li, meanwhile, kept his first AMR powered lap clean as he mainly diced with his Team EBM Porsche powered counterpart before both pitted just after the halfway stage.
The same continued for both crews within the second half as the success-based balance of Performance continued to hamper the #777 but at least, they were able to come home for some more valuable championship points – eventually finishing in sixth with the #333 finishing P19 and two laps down at the end.
The #777 crew now move up to third within the GT300 class as the series moves back to Japan and its next round from their home track of Fuji Speedway in early August.
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