Trying to keep up with the yesterday pace was a really tough job for Shafiq Rasol who win the Race 1 of the Shell Advance Asia Talent Cup. On the first lap, the one and only female rider, Sarapuech, from Thailand manages to lead the race followed by Date. Unfortunately it happens to be a crash between the two that makes them unable to finish the race. There is the effort from Date to continue to ride the bike, but the bike is not fit for the race anymore that force him to retire.
After that, Shafiq takes the opportunity to lead the pack. Adam Norrodin also shows impressive riding that enables him to be in fast pack. Adam finishes on 5th position. On a race of lots of exchanges in position, Shafiq always be in cool minded state and keep focus. It seems that to break the Japan domination is not easy, but being at 2nd position to be at the podium is always a good thing.
