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Yuki Ito tops ARRC Test | Aitcho top Aussie

Trev by Trev
April 6, 2015
in Japan / Asian Road Racing, Motorcycle News, Motorcycle Racing, Uncategorized

Yuki Ito tops ARRC Test | Aitcho quickest Aussie

23-year-old Yuki Ito (Petronas Hong Leong Yamaha) headed a Japanese 1-2-3 on top of the overall combined timesheets after the 2015 FIM Asia Road Racing Championship pre-season test at the Sepang Circuit late last week.

Having spent the test adapting to the Honda CBR600R after a career spent on Yamaha machinery, former Moto2 contender, Yuki Takahashi was quickest on the final day of testing but Ito’s 1m05.424 on day two was enough to keep him atop the overall timesheets.  

“This is my first time racing onboard a SuperSports machine so I am quite pleased with what we achieved today. But of course there is still a lot of room for improvement,” said a delighted Takahashi.

“I spent the past two days adjusting to the bike and Dunlop tyres while the engineers collected the necessary data to tune the bike. Indeed there was a lot of catching up to do as our rivals are all quite experienced but our efforts have so far been fruitful,” he added.

“Having Zamri as a teammate helped a lot as well. We shared data and this speed up my progress.”

Speaking about the 2015 SuperSports 600cc grid, Takahashi commented, “It’s quite amazing how fast these riders are. If anything this gives us a clear indication the season is going to be really exciting and filled with a lot of close battles. I am looking forward to the first race two weeks from now.”

Makoto Inagaki (Akeno Speed Racing) rounded out the top three but only 5-hundredths of a second separated the leading trio after three days of testing.

Takahashi’s teammate, Zamri Baba was fourth quickest overall with 1’05.476s on Day Three before crashing out with 20 minutes left on the clock while Ahmad Yudhistira (Manual Tech KYT Kawasaki) completed the top five with 1’05.503s.

Mark Aitchison was the top Australian and 12th overall, just behind Japanese veteran Noriyuki Haga.

Michael Blair was 19th quickest while Callum Spriggs ended the test 21st after high-siding off the Finson Yamaha on the final day of testing.

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Spriggs is still positive looking ahead to the coming FIM Asia Road Racing Championship Supersport season, “Even though today I ended up crashing and missing out on 3 solid testing sessions, I was happy with where I was heading and I am looking forward to returning in a fortnight for Round 1. This has been an awesome experience and I have already learnt heaps from some of the other first class riders. The competition is so close which makes it so great. There are only 1.5 seconds between the first 21 riders.

“I have damaged my right ankle, fractured my tail bone and have hurt my back, but the pain killer injections are helping.”

Aaron Morris ended the three days 23rd in the 24 rider field. Morris had not ridden the R6 in four months and really struggled with set-up at Sepang, when he would fix one problem another would show and cause another. Still despite being near the rear of the field, he is still only 1.7-seconds from the fastest rider.

Separately Takehiro Yamamoto continued his dominance over the Asia Production 250cc (AP250) class as he picked up his pace by another 0.152 seconds, making him the only rider to dip into 1 minute 16 seconds bracket throughout the three days of testing. Underlining his dominance was the face that he was in the 16s in five of the eight sessions held across the three days.

Brandon Demmery was just inside the top ten in what was a 24-rider field and is confident of having good pace come round one.

Brandon Demmery – “In the final session we had a front sprocket come lose while on my first flying lap so I unfortunately didnt get a chance to get any new tyre testing in but thats how it goes sometimes, we will have to work extra hard in practice at round 1.

“We definitely have the speed to run at the front and I feel confident I can get to the lap times that the leader is doing. In the first half of my flying lap I felt amazing, like I had the speed to do 16s. Thanks to the team they worked really hard these last few days i just feel bad that we didn’t get to show our full potential.”

The opening round of the 2015 FIM Asia Road Racing Championship will be held at the Sepang Circuit on April 19.

SuperSports 600cc Asia Road Racing Test Sepang April 2015 Results
  1. Yuki Ito (JPN – Yamaha) 1’05.424s
  2. Yuki Takahashi (JPN – Honda) 1’05.459s
  3. Makoto Inagaki (JPN – Yamaha) 1’05.475s
  4. Zamri Baba (MAL – Honda) 1’05.476s
  5. Ahmad Yudhistra (INA – Kawasaki) 1’05.503s
  6. Tomoyoshi Koyama (JPN – Honda) 1’05.645s
  7. M Fadli Imammuddin (INA – Honda) 1’05.926s
  8. M Farid Badrul Hisam (MAS – Kawasaki) 1’06.031s
  9. Hazlanshah Mohd Noor (MAS – Kawasaki) 1’06.039s
  10. Toshiyuki Hamaguchi (JPN – Yamaha) 1’06.050s
  11. Noriyuki Haga (JPN – Suzuki) 1’06.092s
  12. Mark Aitchison (AUS – Yamaha) 1’06.171s
  13. Mitsunori Okamura (JPN – Kawasaki) 1’06.220s
  14. Ahmad Afif Amran (MAS – Yamaha) 1’06.258s
  15. Dimas Ekky Pratama (INA – Honda) 1’06.281s
  16. Rafid Topan Supcipto (INA – Suzuki) 1’06.304s
  17. Talga Hada (JPN – Honda) 1’06.455s
  18. Anuparb Samoon (THA – Yamaha) 1’06.572s
  19. Michael Blair (AUS – Yamaha) 1’06.722s
  20. Aekkachai Chiengwong (THA – Kawasaki) 1’06.860s
  21. Callum Spriggs (AUS – Yamaha) 1’06.999s
  22. Md Fitri Ashraff Razali (MAS – Yamaha) 1’07.122s
  23. Aaron Morris (AUS – Yamaha) 1’07.147s
  24. Ratthapong Boonlert (THA – Yamaha) 1’08.260s
Asia Production 250cc Asia Road Racing Test Sepang April 2015 Results
  1. Takehiro Yamamoto (JPN – Kawasaki) 1’16.636
  2. Sigit Purno Harjono (INA – Yamaha) 1’17.301s
  3. Galang Hendra Pratama ( (INA – Yamaha) 1’17.335s
  4. Ryunosuke Hyodo (JPN – Kawasaki) 1’17.749s
  5. Rusman Fadhil (INA – Yamaha) 1’17.758s
  6. Imanuel Putra Paratna (INA – Yamaha) 1’17.883s
  7. Peerapong Boomlert (THA – Yamaha) 1’17.971s
  8. Md Amirul Ariff Musa (MAS – Honda) 1’18.107s
  9. Fitriansyah Kete (INA – Yamaha) 1’18.188s
  10. Brandon Demmery (AUS – Yamaha) 1’18.221s
Mark Aitchison in action at the Sepang Asia Road Racing Championship Test, April 2015
Mark Aitchison in action at the Sepang Asia Road Racing Championship Test, April 2015
Callum Spriggs in action at the Sepang Asia Road Racing Championship Test, April 2015
Callum Spriggs in action at the Sepang Asia Road Racing Championship Test, April 2015
Michael Blair in action at the Sepang Asia Road Racing Championship Test, April 2015
Michael Blair in action at the Sepang Asia Road Racing Championship Test, April 2015
Aaron Morris in action at the Sepang Asia Road Racing Championship Test, April 2015
Aaron Morris in action at the Sepang Asia Road Racing Championship Test, April 2015
Aaron Morris and Michael Blair in the pits at the Sepang Asia Road Racing Championship Test, April 2015
Aaron Morris and Michael Blair in the pits at the Sepang Asia Road Racing Championship Test, April 2015
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