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Unus Alladin

Hong Kong driver Yau Wing-choi described his victory in the CTM Cup as a 'complete surprise' after he snatched the lead from long-time leader Kenneth Look and ran away with victory yesterday.

Look appeared to have the title all sewn up but with three laps remaining  he  crashed into a wall.

Yau happily inherited the win  in his Honda Integra DC5, saying afterwards: 'I thought Kenneth was going to win because he was ahead of me for a long time and there were only just two or three laps left and I thought I was going to finish second.

'But Kenneth encountered brake problems and it's a pity that he couldn't win. Kenneth is so much more well known than me and much more experienced on this circuit. I am really surprised that I have won,' said the 32-year-old businessman.

'If Kenneth hadn't crashed he would have won. I feel quite lucky to have won it and I would like to race him again and see if I can lessen the gap between us.'

Look had been the fastest in practice and had driven a superb race as he steadily worked his way through the field to take the lead by lap eight, having started fifth on the grid.

But lady luck didn't smile on him when he spun out and hit the wall before his car stalled.  Look's car was quickly hauled away by the giant cranes as the red flags were waved.

The race itself was incident-packed with yellow flags waving when Chan Hok-tak's Honda Civic EP3 hit Lisboa Bend on lap one.

Yau, who had conceded the lead on lap eight only to regain it following Look's  crash, built a 16-second lead to finish ahead of second-placed Fung Man-wai. In a Honda Civic EP3 Macau's Cheong Chi-loi was third in his Honda Integra DC5.

In the Macau 2007, second Asian Indoor Games Cup race, Hong Kong's Wong Kwai-wah snatched the lead on the first lap and  easily beat Lo Kai-fung's Honda Integra DC2.

'The race brought out my best performance,' said Wong, who was steering a Honda Integra DC5. 'The whole team did their job well. It gave me a lot of confidence. Overall, I feel very satisfied, but I haven't decided whether I want to race again next year.'

Lo was equally delighted with a podium finish. 'This was my first year of racing so I am very happy with the result. I never imagined I would achieve such a good result. I had an accident, spun out but I managed to keep going. I had luck today,' he said.

Meanwhile, Daniel Amante Gomes kept a cool head to win the Hotel Fortuna Trophy for Macau drivers.

Gomes was delighted with his win and said: 'I am very happy but I felt very worried at the beginning of the race.'

'My strategy was to be cautious in the uphill sections and be more aggressive on the downhill.

'I stayed calm and I think this was the reason that I won. It was lucky for me that the two cars in front crashed and I wasn't involved.'

Lai Kin-fei was triumphant in the 3rd MPGC Scotters Cup on his Yamaha YJ 50, winning with a massive 38.5 second advantage on second-placed Tou Mou-heng in a five-lap event.

Lai Kit-man, the pre-race favourite and last year's runner-up, was leading comfortably before his engine blew on the fourth lap in the event which is increasing in popularity.



Lucky Yau profits from misfortune of Look for surprise win