Circuit Hero 700km Endurance Race

Circuit Hero 700km Endurance Race was first held in 2010 as Circuit Hero 500km Endurance Race. It was planned as a fun event before the Chinese New Year holidays. The race was divided into 5 classes: Open, A, B, C and D. GT cars, supercars and prototypes are all welcome to race. Class A is for cars with engine capacity over 2,001cc. Class B is for race cars with engine capacity between 1,601 and 2,000cc and class C is for race cars with engine capacity between 1,301 and 1,600cc. Finally, class D is for GT4 or approved race cars.

The race distance was 500km or 3 hours but increased to 600km in 2017. As soon as the leading car completes the race distance, then the race is over. Each race car can be shared by a maximum of 4 drivers. Each driver can drive continuously for 45 minutes, after that he must rest for a minimum of 15 minutes before he can drive again. All participating teams must complete 70% of the winning team's race distance and still running in order to be classified as a finisher.

The race distance was increased once again to 700km in 2019, which is 163 laps at ZIC, with a time limit of 5 hours. The race was won by Zun Motorsport Crew #77 Adderly Fong/Ma Ka-Chun/Lin Yi-Ming/Shaun Thong, they completed 163 laps in 4:45:56.254 in a Audi R8 LMS GT3.

Previous winners:

Year Class Drivers Race Car Time / Laps
2010 Open Chen Wei-Liang/Zhang Shan-Qi Radical SR3 91 laps
  B Bill O Brien/Steve Garner/Nigel Farmer  Caterham SR7 91 laps
  A Zhou Zhi-Rong/Li Shu-Lim/He Zi-Xian  Honda Civic 86 laps
  C Hu Ti-Biao/Zuo Ming-Wen/Liang Xiao-Ming  Suzuki Swift 66 laps
  Fastest lap Chen Wei-Liang/Zhang Shan-Qi Radical SR3 1:48.552
2011 B Sun Zheng/Zhang Zhi-Qiang/Chen Chao Honda Civic EP3 87 laps
  D Tang You-Xi/Zhang Han-Biu/Liang Da-Ming Honda Accord 85 laps
  A Kenneth Ma/Frank Yu Renault Megane 84 laps
2012 Open Frank Yu/Darryl O'Young Ford GT 96 laps
  A Bill O Brien/Scott Wrayton/Nigel Farmer Caterham SR7 93 laps
  B Wayne Shen/Francis Tjia Renault Clio 85 laps
  C Liao Xiao-Hong/Li Yong-Han VW Polo 80 laps
2013 B Philip Callow/Jon Flinn Lotus 88 laps
  C Deng Guang-Yao/Zheng Jian-Wen Toyota Yaris 80 laps
  A Fang Zi-Qiang/Fang Wei-Ji/Fang Wei-Guang Toyota 86 74 laps
2014 Open Xu Wei/Tommy Chan Ferrari 458 95 laps
  A Bill O Brien/Scott Wrayton Caterham 500 93 laps
  D William Lok/Richard BradleyJohn /Michael Soong VW Scirocco R 88 laps
  B John Shen/Mike Renault Clio 84 laps
  C Li Jun-Jie/Liu Yi-Cheng Nissan Sunny 74 laps
2016 Open Xie Jia-Qing/Zhang Jun Lamborghini 101 laps
  A Bill O Brien/Peter Olson/Maxx Ebenal Caterham 96 laps
  D Chen Chun-Hua/Chang Wei-Chung/Lee Yen-Chieh VW Scirocco R 88 laps
  B Chen Xi/Kelvin Leong/He Hong-Xi/Su Ying-Kang Honda DC5 87 laps
  C Shu Lui Yip/Sin Ling-Fung/Chao Wai-Yew Wicent/Peng Li Shen Honda Civic 81 laps
  Fastest lap Xie Jia-Qing/Zhang Jun Lamborghini 1:37.741
2017 Open Xu Wei/Ling Kang Radical RXC 130 laps
(600km) A Yuan Sheng-Ping/Marco Lee Seat 120 laps
  B Liu Yi/Jiang Jian-Bin Honda FD2 111 laps
  C Wang Yuan/Lao Jian-Wei/Lai Bo-Ge Honda Fit 105 laps
  D Gao Lei-Yong/Hu Jia-Xin/Ou Yang Zhen-Wei/Yu Fu-Hong Honda SI 96 laps
  Fastest lap Xu Wei/Ling Kang Radical RXC 1:37.182
2018 Open Marchy Lee/Shaun Thong/Smart Tse/Alex Yoong Audi R8 LMS GT3 140 laps
  A E. Wong/R. Webb/A. Chan/Domi Lotus Evora 125 laps
  B Gary Sham/Xu Lei-Ye/Zeng Huan-Yao/Cao Jin-Jun Honda Civic FD2 116 laps
  C Yiu Lung/Wang Jian-Feng/Li Ying-Xi/Zeng Zhi-Feng Toyota Yaris L 112 laps
  Mixed Cup Weng Jia-Ling/Jia Rui Honda Fit 90 laps
  Fastest lap Marchy Lee/Shaun Thong/Smart Tse/Alex Yoong Audi R8 LMS GT3 1:33.927
Jan 2019 GT Ma Ka-Chun/Lin Yi-Ming/Adderly Fong/Shaun Thong Audi R8 LMS GT3 163 laps
(700km) A Daisuke Yamawaki/Akira Mizutani/Sou Fujii Seat Leon TCR 145 laps
  B Gary Sham/Lu Tian-Yi/He Shi-Le/Chen Hao-Tian Honda Civic 124 laps
  C Wu Wan-Fa/Long Xu-Hao Honda GK5 134 laps
  Fastest lap Ma Ka-Chun/Lin Yi-Ming/Adderly Fong/Shaun Thong Audi R8 LMS GT3 1:33.793
Dec 2019 GT Lin Yi-Ming/Adderly Fong/Ma Ka-Chun/Julio Acosta Audi R8 LMS GT3 162 laps
  A Xie Jia-Xing/Deng Yong-Lai Audi RS3 LMS TCR 147 laps
  D Chen Xi/Anson Wong/Gary Sham/He Hong-Jin BMW M4 GT4 146 laps
  B Yiu Lung/Hu Jia-Xin/Ouyang Zhen Wei/Wang Wen Bin GAC Trumpchi GA4 139 laps
  C Ryan Kuang/Lu Jia-Le/Kelvin Leong Honda GK5 129 laps
  Fastest lap Lin Yi-Ming/Adderly Fong/Ma Ka-Chun/Julio Acosta Audi R8 LMS GT3 1:31.329
2021 D Erc Zang/Evan Mak BMW M4 GT4 151 laps
  A Wu Wen-Fa/Lv Zheng-Ming/Huang Zi-Jun Audi RS3 LMS TCR 147 laps
  B Hu Jia-Xin/Ouyang Zhen Wei/Wang Wen Bin/Huang Zhi-Cong GAC Trumpchi GA4 139 laps
  C Liang Xue-Bin/Feng Wei-Jun/Chen Cong-Wen/Chen Jian-Wei Toyota Yaris L 130 laps
  Fastest lap Chen Zun-Cheng/Deng Zhi-Bin BMW M4 GT4 1:42.868