Category: 2016

  • TEAM MUSASHI BOON SIEW HONDA SAYS ‘GIVE ME FIVE’

    TEAM MUSASHI BOON SIEW HONDA SAYS ‘GIVE ME FIVE’

    Zaqhwan Zaidi’s victory at the Chang International Circuit handed a fifth consecutive FIM Asian title into the hands of team MUSASHi Boon Siew Honda Racing. The 21-year-old rider continued a five-year trend of the Malaysian racing outfit’s reign at the top of the Asian motorcycle racing arena. Team MUSASHi Boon Siew Honda’s rising star began…

  • ZAQHWAN ZAIDI CROWNED AS ASIAN CHAMPION FOR THE SECOND TIME

    ZAQHWAN ZAIDI CROWNED AS ASIAN CHAMPION FOR THE SECOND TIME

    MUSASHi Boon Siew Honda rider Mohd Zaqhwan Zaidi became the FIM Asian SuperSports 600cc champion for the second time in his career when he did just enough to lift the 2016 trophy at the final leg of the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship in Buriram, Thailand. When the race weekend began, the 21-year-old Malaysian was…

  • APIWAT SEALS THE DEAL ON A HIGH NOTE

    APIWAT SEALS THE DEAL ON A HIGH NOTE

    Race 2 of the Asia Production 250cc class was a showcase performance between the two main actors of the 2016 season – incoming champion Apiwat Wongthananon and 2015 winner Takehiro Yamamoto. The two top riders quickly established themselves as the pace setters for the 10-lap Asia Production 250cc race. The two rivals worked together effectively…

  • WAHYU IS THE FINAL UNDERBONE 130cc CHAMPION

    WAHYU IS THE FINAL UNDERBONE 130cc CHAMPION

    As the curtains came down on the Underbone 130cc category for the very last time in the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship, Wahyu Aji Trilaksana proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that the 130cc class belonged to the Indonesian riders. Going into Race 2 of the ARRC finale at the Chang International Circuit, Wahyu…

  • JEFRI TOSEMA SURVIVED RACE OF ATTRITION TO EMERGE AS SECOND SUZUKI ASIAN CHALLENGE CHAMPION

    JEFRI TOSEMA SURVIVED RACE OF ATTRITION TO EMERGE AS SECOND SUZUKI ASIAN CHALLENGE CHAMPION

    Indonesian rider Jefri Tosema became the second rider to win the Suzuki Asian Challenge when he survived his most difficult race of the season at the final leg of the 2016 FIM Asia Road Racing Championship. Going into Race 2, Jefri was almost a shoo-in as the second SAC winner. He held a 22-point lead…

  • NAKAMURA SAYS FAREWELL WITH ONE LAST VICTORY

    NAKAMURA SAYS FAREWELL WITH ONE LAST VICTORY

    2016 Asia Dream Cup champion Hiroki Nakamura bid farewell to the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship with one last victory in the final race of the season at the Chang International Circuit. With the championship title in the bag, Nakamura was still hungry for more race wins. A clean start from the competitors led to…

  • YAMAHA TRIO SEIZED THE DAY; TITLE CHASE NARROWED TO TWO RIDERS

    YAMAHA TRIO SEIZED THE DAY; TITLE CHASE NARROWED TO TWO RIDERS

    In keeping with the Yamaha momentum in Round 6 of the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship, compatriots and team mates Decha Kraisart, Chalermpol Polamai and Anucha Nakcharoensri reigned supreme on their home track during Race 1 of the SuperSports 600cc. However, all eyes were on the four title contenders who were fighting to become the…

  • ANUPAB: NEVER TOO LATE FOR A FIRST WIN

    ANUPAB: NEVER TOO LATE FOR A FIRST WIN

    In the Asia Production 250cc category, Yamaha Thailand Racing’s Anupab Sarmoon continued in the on-going trend of first-time winners during Race 1 for the final leg of the 2016 FIM Asia Road Racing Championship. Often overshadowed by his more flamboyant team mate Apiwat Wongthananon, Anupab Sarmoon finally came into his own when he deftly sidestepped…

  • NO CLEAR CHAMPION IN SIGHT YET FOR UNDERBONE 130cc

    NO CLEAR CHAMPION IN SIGHT YET FOR UNDERBONE 130cc

    One race remaining on the call cards for the Underbone 130cc category, yet there is still no clear champion in sight for the South East Asian heritage class. The race did not go according to script for early title favourites Wahyu Aji Trilaksana and Ahmad Fazli Sham. Instead, it was newcomer Mohd Haziq Mohd Fairues,…

  • JEFRI TOSEMA BETTERS HIS ODDS ON BECOMING THE SECOND SAC CHAMPION

    JEFRI TOSEMA BETTERS HIS ODDS ON BECOMING THE SECOND SAC CHAMPION

    In the race to become the 2016 Suzuki Asian Challenge Champion, Jefri Tosema seemed to have bettered his odds with an unbeatable combination of skill, determination and a dash of good luck. Although he lost the pole position to arch-rival Rozaliman Zakaria during the qualifying session, Jefri quickly established himself as pack leader at the…