# 99 Z06 GT3.R Corvette wins in the SRO World Challenge Asia Series

Alexander Sims and Prince Jefri Ibrahim, JMR team president, won the 90-minute sprint race on Sunday April 13 at the lavish 2.7-mile Formula 1 Sepang circuit in Malaysia.

It was a grandstand finish after an incident that brought out the pace car which allowed Sims to inherit first place with only one lap remaining. Watch it happen! https://twitter.com/i/status/1911299540080300320

Her Majesty Raja Zarith Sofiah, Queen of Malaysia, watches her son accept the honors.

JMR was scored 3.2 seconds ahead of the # 31 AMG GT3 Evo piloted by Cao Qi and Jayden Ojeda for the Craft-Bamboo team.

In their first outing on Saturday, Sims and Prince Jefri finished 3rd among 16 cars in the Pro Am class.

Jordan Love and Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim in the sister JMR # 66 Corvette did not fare well, going side-by-side with an Audi R8.  A pit repair dropped them to 11th in Pro Am.

On Sunday, Love could not avoid crashing into a stranded Ferrari earlier in the race, resulting in a DNF that ironically helped Sims and Prince Jefri to prevail.

The Saturday winner was the # 87 Porsche 911 GT3.R (992) Bob Yuan and Leo Ye Hongli team Origine, SRO WC Asia Series 2024 champs.  

Malaysa, population 35 mm, is a Muslim Royal Monarchy that won its independence from Britain in 1957 under an Alliance government headed by Tunku Abdul Rahman.

Prince Jefri and Prince Abu Bakar Ibrahim come from a Royal family.  Their JMR Team, a/k/a Johor Motorsports team switched to Corvettes from AMG Mercedes whose F1 team is backed by Petronas, the state-owned oil & gas bemouth.  SRO WC Asia requires there be at least one Asian driver.   The series resumes in Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and in China for the finale on the streets of Beijing.

Photo credits SRO Asia