On September 5, according to a report by The Paper, a race car at the China GT Shanghai station caught fire after a collision, trapping the driver in the blaze.

Rescuers, out of fear, dropped their fire extinguishers and fled the scene. A rival driver, disregarding personal safety, abandoned the race to rescue the person.

However, the event's live broadcast falsely reported that "the driver exited the race car on their own."

The FIST AUTO team, to which the trapped driver belonged, immediately issued a statement: expressing strong protest against the event organizer's irresponsible behavior, and demanding that the event organizing committee conduct a thorough investigation and issue a formal apology.

The statement also announced: The team will withdraw from all China GT series events in the future.

Yang Baijie, driver of car No. 33 from the 610 Racing team, later stated that the event arbitration attempted to shift the blame to the drivers in order to mitigate the negative impact of the incident: "I was shocked that the arbitration's first reaction was to try to shift the responsibility to us, communicating with us about whether public opinion could be directed toward us to reduce their negative impact."

On the same day, China GT issued a situational statement on its official Weibo account. In addition to an apology, the statement claimed that the event met national-level standards, but that detailed management needs improvement.