Finnish expatriate Veli-Matti Kaikkonen of Hafele-Tuason Racing returned to the local racing scene with a bang by besting the favorites and sweeping the two races in the recent final leg of the 2015 Yokohama Philippine Grand Touring Car Championships Series at Clark International Speedway.
Kaikkonen ruled both the morning’s nine-lap Sprint race and the 15-lap GT Main Race to capture the GT300 crown over Willie Torres.
He topped the Time Trials with a fast 2:09.767 to claim the pole position for the Sprint Race where he led from start to finish. His fastest lap time of 2:10.511 powered him to GT300 title, 46.778 seconds ahead of Torres.
The 15-lap GT Main Race saw a more confident Kaikkonen posting the day’s fastest time of 2:09 to prevail anew over Torres, who finished 20.954 seconds behind in second place.