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Asia Road Racing Championship Rnd 1

Trev by Trev
April 21, 2015
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FIM Asia Road Racing Championship 2015 – Round One – Sepang Circuit (16-19 April)

Musashi Boon Siew Honda could not have asked for a better start to their 2015 campaign as riders, Yuki Takahashi and Zamri Baba each secured a victory in the gruelling SuperSports 600cc class in the opening leg of the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship at Sepang on Sunday.

Yuki lived up to his name as a former Moto2 rider as he cruised to victory in Race 1 with minimum resistance from the field, completing the 25-lap race in 27’31.626s followed by Zamri in second place with 27’33.199s and Ratthapong Wilairot (AP Honda Racing Thailand) third, 27’43.481s.

Zamri went on to win a dramatic Race 2 that saw countless overtaking and daredevil maneuvers from start to beginning, crossing the finish line first in 27’53.707s, 0.774 seconds ahead of Yudhistira (Manual Tech KYT Kawasaki).

Dimas Ekky (Astra Honda Motor Racing) who initially finished third was demoted to fourth after Race Direction found him guilty of overtaking during a yellow chequered flag. Following that decision, Tomoyoshi Koyama (NTS TPro Yuzy Honda) was moved up to third with 27’54.790s.

Zamri Baba on the SuperSports 600cc Race-2 podium with Yudhistira and Dimas Ekky
Zamri Baba on the SuperSports 600cc Race-2 podium with Yudhistira and Dimas Ekky

Hauling 45 points, Zamri takes the lead in the SuperSports 600cc standings followed by Yuki in second place with 34 points while Dimas holds third, 24 points.

“I feel proud winning one of the two races here today at my home track and in front of my family, friends and supporters,” said Zamri.

“I knew it was not going to be easy to repeat last year’s double win but at least I managed to finish both races on the podium. In fact, I believe this year’s competition is a lot more harder than the previous seasons,” he added.

Reflecting on his outing during both races today, Zamri added, “Race 1 did not go too well. I missed a gear at the start and for the rest of the race I was playing catch up with Yuki who had a menacing consistency.”

Zamri Baba leading the SuperSports 600cc race
Zamri Baba leading the SuperSports 600cc race

“Things were better in Race 2, I enjoyed a smooth start when the lights went out and was able to steal the holeshot immediately. But I did not expect to be fighting throughout with Yudhistira throughout the race. We swapped the lead several times until it started raining at several turns. I did not want to take any unnecessary risks and slowed down my pace and this was when the rest of the field caught up. But once the track dried up I started pushing and managed to pull a slight gap from my rivals. I am very happy with this win and I would like to say thank you to the team and our sponsors for supporting us.”

The Australian entrants in the category did not fare well.  Mark Aitchison in 11th was the highest placed Aussie in race one ahead of Aaron Morris and Michael Blair in 14th and 15th respectively. Putting things into perspective however is the fact that despite those seemingly low results all three finished ahead of Noriyuki Haga!  Clearly there is some serious competition in this series. Callum Spriggs did not take to the track as he is still nursing a shoulder injury sustained during practice at Sepang some weeks ago.

Michael Blair finished 14th in the second race, Aaron Morris came home in 16th place while Michael Blair failed to finish.

Meanwhile Takehiro Yamamoto of Trickstar Racing won Race 1 of the new Asia Productions 250cc while his AP Honda Racing Thailand rivals dominated the podium in Race 2. Takehiro won Race 1 in 20’38.176s ahead of Apiwat Wongthananon and Vorapong Malahuan who timed 20’38.211s and 20’52.270s respectively.

Race 2 saw all Apiwat, Vorapong and Nakarin Athiratphuvapat pressure Takehiro into making a mistake at the final turn, making it an all Thai affair on the podium. Apiwat clinched the chequered flag in 20’45.779s followed by Vorapong with 20’45.865s and Nakarin third, 20’45.870s.

Apiwat leads the Asia Production 250cc standings with 45 points with Takehiro and Vorapong in tow, bagging 38 points and 36 points.

Brandon Demmery took 15th and 19th place finishes in the 250cc Production category at Sepang.

In the last of the open-make category, wildcards Abdul Muhaimin Rosland and Ahmad Fazli Sham did their supporters proud as the PETRONAS Yamaha Maju Motor each took a win in the Underbone 130cc category.

Fazli Sham won Race 1 in 19’14.112s ahead of Indonesian rival, Hokky Krisdianto and Muhaimin who timed 19’17.966s and 19’17.995s respectively.

The seasoned contender was hoping to score another win in Race 2 but his engine gave in with three more laps to go and this gave Muhaimin the perfect opportunity to steal the chequered flag in 19’17.609s. Norizman Ismail (Harian Metro Y-TEQ SCK Honda Racing) made up for the crash he suffered in Race 1 and finished second in 19’17.642s while reigning Underbone 130cc champion, Gupita Kresna (Manual Tech KYT Rextor) took third in 19’17.732s.

Having finished both races on the podium, Muhaimin leads the Underbone 130cc standings with 41 points ahead of Hokky and Fazli Sham with 33 points and 25 points respectively.

Moving to the developmental series, female racer, Muklada Sarapuech put on a brilliant show to overpower her superior male rivals and win Race 2 of the Asia Dream Cup (ADC).

Muklada won the 14-lap gruelling race during the sprint to the finish line, wrapping it up in 19’04.764s ahead of Japanese duo, Yusuke Nakamura and Hiroki Nakamura who had to settle for runner-up positions with 19’04.780s and 19’04.918s.

Earning 41 points from this weekend puts Muklada on top of the overall standings, at a tie with Hiroki followed by Yusuke in third place with 40 points.

Australian youngster Broc Pearson bounced back from a hefty practice crash to take 15th and 12th place finishes.

Lastly Race 2 of the Suzuki Asian Challenge (SAC) saw Indonesia sweep the podium steps while the dominant Patis Chooprathet who aced the practice, qualifying and Race 1 on Saturday retired after two laps.

The race that was restarted with 11-laps after a heavy crash involving Zulhilmi Yazid and Jagan Kumar shortly after the lights went out saw Andreas Gunawan win with 16’15.754s followed by compatriots, Adhi Chandra second and Dedi Kurniawan third in 16’15.758s and 16’16.257s respectively.

Having finished Race 1 second and Race 2 as winner, Andreas now leads the SAC standings with 45 points, two points ahead of Adhi with Patis coming in third with 25 points.

Round 2 of the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship will be held at the Sentul Circuit in Indonesia from 4 to 7 June.

SuperSports 600cc Race 1

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1.Yuki Takahashi (Hond) 27’31.626s 2.Zamri Baba (Honda) 27’33.199s 3.Ratthapong Wilairot (THA) 27’43.481s 4.Farid Badrul Hisham (Kawasaki) 27’44.336s 5.Dimas Ekky (Honda) 27’44.523s

SuperSports 600cc Race 2

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1.Zamri Baba (Honda) 27’53.707s 2.Ahmad Yudhistira (Kawasaki) 27’54.481s 3.Tomoyoshi Koyama (Honda)  27’54.790s 4.Dimas Ekky Pratama (Honda) 27’54.622s 5.Makoto Inagaki (Yamaha) 27’55.293s

SuperSports 600cc Overall Standings

1.Zamri Baba (Honda) 45 points 2.Yuki Takahashi (Honda) 34 points 3.Dimas Ekky Pratama (Honda) 24 points 4.Ahmad Yudhistira (Kawasaki) 20 points 5.Tomoyoshi Koyama (Honda) 20 points

Asia Production 250cc Race 1

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1.Takehiro Yamamoto (Kawasaki) 20’38.211s 2.Apiwat Wongthananon (Honda) 20’38.211s 3.Vorapong Malahuan (Honda) 20’52.270s 4.Nakarin Atiratphuvapat (Honda) 20’52.350s 5.Ryunosuke Hyodo (Kawasaki) 20’52.359s

Asia Production 250cc Race 2

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1.Apiwat Wongthananon (Honda) 20’45.779s 2.Vorapong Malahuan (Honda) 20’45.865s 3.Nakarin Athiratphuvapat (Honda) 20’45.870s 4.Takehiro Yamamoto (Kawasaki) 20’50.325s 5.Ryunosuke Hyodo (Kawasaki) 20’53.645s

Asia Production 250cc Overall Standings

1.Apiwat Wongthananon (Honda) 45 points 2.Takehiro Yamamoto (Kawasaki) 38 points 3.Vorapong Malahuan (Honad) 36 points 4.Nakarin Athiratphuvapat (Honda) 29 points 5.Ryunosuke Hyodo (Kawasaki) 22 points

Underbone 130cc Race 1

1.Ahmad Fazli Sham (Yamaha) 19’14.112s 2.Hokky Krisdianto (Yamaha) 19’17.966s 3.Abdul Muhaimin Roslan (Yamaha) 19’17.995s 4.Ferlando Herdian (Yamaha) 19’18.101s 5.Rozaiman Mohd Said (Honda) 19’18.361s

Underbone 130cc  Race 2

1.Abdul Muhaimin Roslan (Yamaha) 19’17.609s 2.Norizman Ismail (Honda) 19’17.642s 3.Gupita Kresna (Kawasaki) 19’17.732s 4.Hokky Krisdianto (Yamaha) 19’17.833s 5.Ferlando Herdian (Yamaha) 19’17.950s

Underbone 130cc Overall Standings

1.Abdul Muhaimin Roslan (Yamaha) 41 points 2.Hokky Krisdianto (Yamaha) 33 points 3.Ahmad Fazli Sham (Yamaha) 25 points 4.Gupita Kresna (Kawasaki) 25 points 5.Ferlando Herdian (Yamaha) 24 points

Asia Dream Cup Race 1

1.Muklada Sarapuech (THA) 19’04.764s 2.Yusuke Nakamura (JPN) 19’04.780s 3.Hiroki Nakamura (JPN) 19’04.918s 4.Koko Masaharu (PHI) 19’04.982s 5.Febriansyah (INA) 19’05.071s

Asia Dream Cup Overall Standings

1.Muklada Sarapuech (THA) 41 points 2.Hiroki Nakamura (JPN) 41 points 3.Yusuke Nakamura (JPN) 40 points 4.Koko Masaharu (PHI) 23 points 5.Yogha dio (INA) 17 points

Suzuki Asian Challenge Race 2

1.Andreas Gunawan (INA) 16’15.754s 2.Adhi Chandra (INA) 16’15.758s 3.Dedi Kurniawan (INA) 16’16.257s 4.Takeru Murase (JPN) 16’17.132s 5.April King (PHI) 16’21.001s

Suzuki Asian Challenge Overall Standings

1.Andreas Gunawan (INA) 45 points 2.Adhi Chandra (INA) 33 points 3.Patis Chooprathet (THA) 25 points 4.Dedi Kurniawan (INA) 25 points 5.Kai Saito (JPN) 18 points

SuperSports 600cc Race One
SuperSports 600cc Race One
SuperSports 600cc Race Two
SuperSports 600cc Race Two
SuperSports 600cc Points
SuperSports 600cc Points
Asia Production 250cc Race One
Asia Production 250cc Race One
Asia Production 250cc Race Two
Asia Production 250cc Race Two
Asia Production 250cc PointsAsia Production 250cc Points
Asia Production 250cc Points
Asia Dream Cup Race One
Asia Dream Cup Race One
Asia Dream Cup Race Two
Asia Dream Cup Race Two
Asia Dream Cup Points
Asia Dream Cup Points
Suzuki Asian Challenge Race One
Suzuki Asian Challenge Race One
Suzuki Asian Challenge Race Two
Suzuki Asian Challenge Race Two
Suzuki Asian Challenge Points
Suzuki Asian Challenge Points
Underbone 130cc Race One
Underbone 130cc Race One
Underbone 130cc Race Two
Underbone 130cc Race Two
Underbone 130cc Points
Underbone 130cc Points
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