Budak Kimia BRAAAP 2 Hours Endurance 2022 (B2H) akan berlangsung 11 Disember ini di Litar Antarabangsa (Litar Selatan) sebagai perlumbaan endurance dua jam pertama yang berlangsung di sebelah malam.
Lebih menarik, B2H akan turut dihangatkan dengan penyertaan pelumba negara, Hafizh Syahrin yang akan terlibat dalam kategori MP150 Elite.
Hafizh pastinya akan beri saingan sengit apatah lagi bakal turun dengan semangat tinggi selepas kontraknya bersama MIE Racing di WorldSBK disambung lagi bagi musim 2023.
Turut dijangka memberi saingan termasuk beberapa pelumba tempatan lain serta pelumba jemputan antarabangsa.
Sementara itu, orang ramai dijemput hadir memeriahkan B2H dan menyaksikan perlumbaan di Grandstand Utama (masuk adalah percuma).
Menurut penganjur, perlumbaan kali ini menyaksikan penyertaan dari empat negara lain selain Malaysia termasuk Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia dan Singapura dengan kesemuanya membabitkan penglibatan 77 pasukan dan 120 peserta.
Menariknya, pihak penganjur B2H berharap acara itu akan dapat diadakan secara bersiri di setiap negeri selepas ini.
The Yamaha Sepang Racing Team will start from pole position at the 8 Hours of Sepang inaugural FIM Endurance World Championship (FIM EWC) race.
Riders are Hafizh Syahrin, Franco Morbidelli and Michael Van Der Mark.
The race starts at 1pm tomorrow.
The Yamaha Sepang Racing Team will start from pole position at the 8 Hours of Sepang inaugural FIM Endurance World Championship (FIM EWC) race. The team consists of riders Hafizh Syahrin, Franco Morbidelli and Michael Van Der Mark. Syahrin and Morbidelli are MotoGP riders, while van der Mark rides for the factory Yamaha WorldSBK outfit. The team’s #21 Yamaha YZF-R1 is prepared by YART and shod with Bridgestone tyres. They are competing in the premier Formula EWC class.
Morbidelli on the #21 Yamaha YZF-R1. Photo credit FIM EWC
Such a great means the team is poised to gain victory in their “home” race. A win would make up for Morbidelli’s disappointment of finishing in 5th after qualifying second fastest in the Malaysian MotoGP. Besides that, it’ll be a great confidence boost for Hafizh Syahrin as well after being dropped by the Red Bull KTM Racing Tech 3 MotoGP team for 2020.
Hafizh Syahrin and Morbidelli in the pits. Photo credit FIM EWC
The second qualifying session started at 7pm yesterday. The FIM EWC uses combined qualifying times to determine the grid positions. The 10 fastest goes through to the Top 10 Trial shootout, which is like the Superpole format. The teams then put forth their fastest rider for a single flying lap to determine grid positions 1st through 10th.
Thailand’s Somkiat Chantra of Honda Asia Dream Racing set the gauntlet by posting an eye-popping time of 2m 05.440s. That took the team from 9th to 1st. One of Somkiat’s teammate is Malaysia rider Zaqhwan Zaidi who took part in the Suzuka 8 Hours in July.
But Morbidelli, the current MotoGP rider for the Yamaha Sepang Racing Team struck back with a 2m 04.647s lap. The Italian’s effort was a valiant fight given an early crash.
Qualifying third was the F.C.C. TSR Honda France team, who were previous champions in the series.
The BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team did well again to qualify in 4th. Remember, this is only their first season in the FIM EWC since 2015.
By contrast, the championship leading Suzuki Endurance Racing Team (SERT) ended qualifying in 11th.
The Superstock class saw titanic battles for the starting grid up and down the field. In end, it was the Japanese team Tone RT Syncedge 4413 BMW who prevailed, just beating out French based Moto Ain. The former was team were the fastest at the Suzuka 8 Hour, while the latter was last season’s FIM Endurance World Cup winner.
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