Geely Super Cup Pro upgraded to national level competition

From May 30th to June 1st, the Geely Super Cup Pro kicked off the 2025 season in Chengdu, Sichuan. The three-round showdown at Tianfu International Circuit was full of stories, whether it was the challenge of alternating dry and wet track surfaces, or the strong dialogue between the Touring Car World Champion and the Geely Super Cup Pro Champion, or the tense competition pattern built by a group of drivers. There is no doubt that the "Ji Speed Feast", which has been upgraded to a national A-level professional automobile event, will open another splendid chapter.

R1: Zhu Shengdong's "dream start" became the winner

The continuous rain on Friday night made the opening match of the 2025 Geely Super Cup Pro a "wet war". The lights went out and the 18 Binrui COOL sequential racing cars entered the first corner together. 326 Racing Team #7 Zhu Shengdong completed a dream start and killed from sixth to first place on the slippery road. However, his teammate #3 Wang Zifan fell into the gravel buffer zone in the heavy braking area of the last timing section. Since the race needed to clear the car, the safety car came on stage.

The safety car withdrew after leading the field for up to 10 minutes. Zou Yunfeng, the #14 "master" of the Black Mamba shock absorber by TRACKFUN team, who rose from fourth to second at the start, began to be aggressively attacked by the pursuers behind. At the last moment of the race, the imbalance in driving rhythm caused the master to be overtaken by Yang Wenbin of Hongxin team #96 and Yang Haoyu of Jiekai team #95, who won the second and third place in this station, and finally missed the podium.

Zhu Shengdong, who won two victories in the rain at the Ningbo Station in the first year of Geely Super Cup Pro, summed up his victory in this way. He said: "I chose to run an extra lap on the start lap, so that I could have a preliminary understanding of the road traction. My start was quite good, and I was promoted to third before entering the corner. After the next three corners, I successfully overtook and took the lead. After that, I was much more relaxed. This is undoubtedly a satisfactory start to the weekend."

R2: Xiao Yang likes "Geely Super Cup Pro Champion"

The "World Champion VS Geely Super Cup Pro Champion" that attracted much attention was staged in the drizzling showers on Sunday morning. After the start, Team DIXCEL #63 Chen Sicong and independent driver #168 Yann Ehrlacher (Xiao Yang) fought back and forth in the first few corners, while leading the group behind. Although Chen Sicong made a mistake in the last corner of the first lap, Xiao Yang chose to continue to fight with him in accordance with the theme of the competition "Coach & Race". However, the fierce offensive and defensive battle of two and a half laps was interrupted by the thrilling rollover of Yan Jiazhen of the Magic Racing Team #33.

After the safety car withdrew, the offensive and defensive battle between Xiao Yang and Chen Sicong became more and more intense. The former launched an attack with an aggressive line. There were even continuous position exchanges in the same lap. This lap was also rated as the most exciting lap in the history of Super G League PRO. Unfortunately, in the 8th turn of the next lap, Chen Sicong accidentally slipped, which put an imperfect end to this conversation.

Xiao Yang said after the game: "Bringing a world-class confrontation experience to Chinese drivers is my main task in participating in the competition. Considering that Chen Sicong beat me in the qualifying round, I also want to give him a double challenge - I decided to 'play with him' and give him more opportunities to fight with me. It's a pity that the conversation ended with his mistake." But the two-time WTCR world champion still gave a very high evaluation to the Super G League PRO champion. "Chen (Sicong) is very fast and very smart. His driving skills in the rain are great. It should be pointed out that he should be more relaxed during the race and not too tense. I hope this duel can give him inspiration for his future racing career."

Finally, Xiao Yang was the first to cross the finish line. #222 rookie Yin Weihao, who made his debut in the Hi Run Osa team, won the runner-up with a stunning performance, and Tangzhu won the third place.

**R3: The battle lasted the entire race, and Zhu Shengdong won with a "kill"! **

The third round (endurance race) finally ushered in the first dry race of the season. The leading group and the midstream group fought against each other, and the situation was stalemate. Zhu Shengdong won the championship with a "kill" in the last lap; independent driver #112 Huang Ying failed to win and finished second. The master played steadily and took the stage again, for two consecutive rounds.

In this round, the battle between #7 and #112 ran through the whole game, showing the playability and competitiveness of Geely Super Cup Pro. Zhu Shengdong, who scored twice at the weekend, said: "I enjoyed this race very much. In the rolling start, I attacked the first corner very well from the inside and took the lead. During the pit stop during the safety car period, we lost time and fell behind Huang Ying after leaving the pit. In the last 15 minutes, I fought with him. Until the last lap, my pressure worked. He (turn 6) hit the water and slipped. I seized the opportunity and succeeded."

Before this round, many fans were looking forward to the drama of the #168 "Yang Yang" combination rushing from the back to the front. Unfortunately, the timing of the safety car was not good. Replaying the situation at that time, we can know that if "Old Yang" had not spun or did not pit under the yellow flag, he would not have been suppressed by the safety car------entering the first group, which would have provided conditions for "Little Yang" to perform after the safety car was lifted.

Geely Holding Group Vice President Yang Xueliang also regretted not being able to see "Xiao Yang"'s teaching in this round, but he was also very happy to participate again: "The overall level of drivers in Geely Super Cup Pro is very high, and they are very close to each other! I think all the participants compete seriously and professionally. Everyone is happy to compete and has improved their driving skills. In addition, "Xiao Yang" came to communicate with everyone as a world champion. The drivers all reported that they got a lot of new ideas and found new space for growth and improvement."

In addition, Yang Xueliang also announced a good news about the event: Super Geely League PRO was approved by the China Automobile and Motorcycle Sports Federation as a national A-level professional automobile event. This is not only a recognition of this domestic mid-to-high-end RV unified regulation event, but also a spur to the sustainable development of Geely Automobile Sports. He added: "We will make our 'race pyramid' more perfect. In addition to introducing methanol racing cars into the Super Geely League PRO next year, we may also create a more down-to-earth event than the PRO. Geely hopes to contribute to the development of Chinese motor sports while allowing more people to enjoy the charm of motor sports."

After 3 rounds of exciting competition, in terms of team points, the Black Mamba Shock Absorber by TRACKFUN team led the pack with 52 points; the Hi Run Osa team and 326 Racing Team scored 39 points and 37 points, ranking second and third in the team standings. From June 27 to 29, the Super Geely League PRO will move to the Zhejiang International Circuit to start the second race of this season.