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Aston Martin Cup Asia Championships- Dilantha Wins Again

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Sri Lankan racing driver Dilantha Malagamuwa created history over the weekend by winning the first two legs of the Aston Martin Cup Asia Championships in China. Pictured here is Dilantha celebrating his victory.

WELL DONE DILANTHA !!! I remember in 2001 you were accused of so many things, and it was because they wanted you out of the SPONSORSHIP. But now you have shown that YOU HAVE MADE A BETTER NAME INTERNATIONALY RACING SOME AWESOME EQUALLY MATCHED MACHINES. KEEP FLYING OUR SRI LANKAN FLAG AND MAKE US ALL PROUD. AND WE ARE PROUD OF YOU.

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awsome!

I did see a picture on the sports page of the daily news in the lunch room and was hoping to read up on it during lunch. But i guess i now know what it says :D

I didnt know about the issued Dilantha had in 2001.. I thought he was sponsored by some Japanese company.

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Sri Lanka's Dilantha Malagamuwa Takes 2 Victories In The Opening Round Of The Aston Martin Asia Cup In Shanghai.

The Aston Martin Asia Cup (AMAC) roared into life at the weekend staging its opening rounds at the Shanghai International Circuit, China. The weekend’s two races proved dramatic and action packed much to the excitement of the large crowd who saw Sri Lanka’s Dilantha Malagamuwa take a double victory.

Qualifying augured well for a close race with less than one second covering the top six drivers. Japanese Team Reckless driver, Kota Sasaki stormed to pole position with a 1m58.223 around the 4.6km circuit. Hot on his trail, Mel Choo (Singapore) took second on the grid with Dilantha Malagamuwa in third. The first of the Australian drivers, Team DTM’s Mark Williamson was in fourth position just ahead of Singaporean Ringo Chong.

Peter Boylan (Australia) was forced to sit out qualifying with a mechanical gremlin but a tremendous overnight effort by the AMAC technical crew ensured he would be on the grid for Sunday’s race.

Race One

Race day saw hot and humid conditions as the pack of thundering V8 N24’s crossed the start line to mark the start of the world’s first Aston Martin one-make series .

Sasaki controlled the rolling start superbly and led into the first corner from Choo and Williamson who had both made excellent starts. Further into the pack it was a jostle for position which sadly saw Boylan’s bad luck continue as he and George Ong made contact forcing both to retire.

Whilst Sasaki looked in control of the field in the lead, disaster was to strike when he picked up a puncture. This let Choo take the lead with Malagamuwa and Chong in hot pursuit, with Mark Eddy (Australia) joining the chase whilst his fellow countryman Williamson dropped down the order after spinning at the hairpin after tangling with Tunku Hammam (Malaysia).

Malagamuwa made a flawless move on Choo to take the lead with Chong following into second place. A deflating front left tyre saw Choo slow and the ever threatening Eddy take the final step of the podium.

A delighted Malagamuwa took a well deserved and historic win but there was little time for celebration with just a few hours to prepare for Race Two.

Race Two

With the grid positions decided by Race One, the top three of Malagamuwa, Chong and Eddy were keen to get to the podium again and provided a lights to flag display for a repeat result from Race One. But whilst the top three positions were static is was far from a stagnant race behind.

Sasaki scythed through the field from the back of the pack making some breathtaking overtaking moves on the way. Going around the outside of Williamson into Turn 1, Sasaki spun gracefully, amazingly making no contact with Williamson, and able to rejoin! The battle between Choo, Hammam, Williamson and Sasaki for fourth position had the crowd on their feet. Sasaki was to take the fourth place after a tussle which left many of the crowd hoarse after their wild cheering.

A wonderful start to the season sees Dilantha Malagamuwa in the Championship lead after his clean sweep at Shanghai but the rest of the field have proved with their competitiveness that the fight for the title will be close.

The weekend’s double header event was part of the C1 Celebrity Race Weekend which raises funds and awareness for the One Foundation Charity (www.one-foundation.com). In light of the recent tragedy in the Sichuan Province, The One Foundation are currently channelling their efforts into relief for those stricken by the earthquake and the AMAC organisers and all the drivers were only to pleased to offer their support, making a generous donation to this important cause.

The next round of the Aston Martin Asia Cup will take place on 20-22 June at the Sepang F1 circuit, Malaysia.

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Aston Martin Asia Cup, 25th May 2008

Shanghai Results

Round

1 Dilantha Malagamuwa (Sri Lanka)

2 Ringo Chong (Singapore)

3 Mark Eddy (Australia)

Round 2

1 Dilantha Malagamuwa (Sri Lanka)

2 Ringo Chong (Singapore)

3 Mark Eddy (Australia)

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The man races Astons? He suddenly became my hero :D

Thought he was racing in some Porsche cup series?

So did I, but if they say he did it, i guess he did :D

I always did wonder why he didnt race in SL. saw him only once at pannala in a Toyota Celica i think sponsored by AI Racing ...

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So did I, but if they say he did it, i guess he did :D

I always did wonder why he didnt race in SL. saw him only once at pannala in a Toyota Celica i think sponsored by AI Racing ...

He used to based in Japan in the 1990's

and even now he doesn't reside here afaik

He raced a GTR 32 many years ago

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does anyone have any idea what happened to that car?? :blink:

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He used to based in Japan in the 1990's

and even now he doesn't reside here afaik

He raced a GTR 32 many years ago

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does anyone have any idea what happened to that car?? :blink:

I think all his cars are in Kurunegala. not sure

He has a porsche and celica GT 4 or a GTS not sure what the difference is. That looks hot.

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As I heard in initial races some refused to sponsor him cus he had a sticker of S.L. flag on the car. A true Patriot. Wish him the very best.

Sorry for the d.posts AL timed out. Happens very often now. Wonder y?

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He raced a GTR 32 many years ago

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He brought the Skyline to the Ratnapura roadrace along with a similar colored Impreza (later raced by Dan?) with 'pol thel' decals. :D That was while most of the super car event drivers were fighting over sponsorship... Due to an unfortunate incident the race got canceled and we never saw him run.

Congrats to Dilantha - and the best of luck for the remaining races!

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seriously a very lucky guy with a lot o talent .... keep it up dilanthaa ....the bad part of motor racing in SL is theres no one to sponcer u even though ur really very good may be there are alot of talent in SL which wil just die away after some time ....... hope companies would come up and help the motor sport industry and the people who r there ... to go global and try out there metel in an international arena.....
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A few updated photos have come online

http://www.flickr.com/photos/astonmartinasiacup/

Nice : http://www.flickr.com/photos/astonmartinas...775842/sizes/o/

Hmm, tools : http://www.flickr.com/photos/astonmartinas...774270/sizes/o/

Ah, more tools : http://www.flickr.com/photos/astonmartinas...953359/sizes/o/

Double Winner Dilantha : http://www.flickr.com/photos/astonmartinas...775060/sizes/o/

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The Blue car is Dilanthas right? so who drives this? :huh:

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or is this the same car with a different livery for another race?

Yup. Early races, it was white, later races, it was blue, so they must have painted it midway through the series.

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