Dancing in the rain
2008.03.31

The three highly-acclaimed ART Motorsports Racing School of the year was organized in partnership with The Lotus Club of Hong Kong on the 31st of March. Apart from the pouring rain, the 1-Day Basic Course was rated success by the participants and the team.

The track conditions were tricky but the expert driving tips methodologies of single seaters aces Philippe Descombes and Rodolfo Avila were actually followed rigorously and meticulously by all the participants and the course finished without a single accident to report.

Rolling out the batch of successful course finishers were Anthony Chan, Nick Fok Siu Kou, Eric Law, Alan Law, So Yiu Ming, Stanley Lee, Karajan Kwok and Albert Liu. Private ART Motorsports car owners and The Lotus Club of Hong Kong members Stephen Fan and Michael Wong had opportunity to lap with the group and gain those extremely valuable wet experiences.

The daily torrential rain storm hit the track in the end of the day, which meant the ART Motorsports Team Manager had to stop the Racing School on the final stages due to safety reasons. To compensate the participants, ART Motorsports gave to all of them one voucher with one Open Practice Session with the team that can be used until the end of the year.

"The planning, organization and execution of the course was second to none", held the Director of The Lotus Club of Hong Kong Ltd Stephen Fan on www.lotusclubhk.org.

Commenting on the course, ART Motorsports Team Manager Philippe Descombes said: "It is a real shame we had rain again! Despite the group reacted very well to the wet conditions, I hope they will come back for some dry sessions. Then they will be able to understand the real potential of the car…"

The ART Motorsports Racing School is recognized by both the Hong Kong Automobile Association (HKAA) and the Associação Geral Automóvel Macau-China (AAMC) and is supported by Michelin tyres and Motul lubricants.

The next two-day basic course is tentatively being set before August, depending on Zhuhai circuit availability.