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Damok, BSH Racing Team masuk ARRC

Pelumba negara yang lebih dikenali sebagai Damok (Syarifuddin Azman) akan menyertai perlumbaan Kejuaraan Motosikal Asia (ARRC) musim ini.

Pasukan baharunya, Idemitsu Boon Siew Honda (BSH) Racing Team mengeluarkan kenyataan tersebut. Kontrak yang baharu ini bermaksud Damok dapat beraksi dalam kejuaraan perlumbaan yang agak besar setelah beliau tidak lagi beraksi dalam Kejuaraan Moto3 di MotoGP.

Beliau bersama rakan sepasukannya Md Irfan Haykal akan beraksi dalam kelas AP 250cc.

Selain daripada Damok, Md. Zaqhwan Zaidi akan menyambung kariernya di dalam kelas perdana ASB1000 bersama jentera baharu Honda CBR1000RR-R 2024. Md. Helmi Azman dan Azroy Hakeem Anuar pula akan menunggang jentera Honda CBR600RR di dalam SS600cc.

Pengarah Urusan dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif BSH Mitsuharu Funase berkata pihaknya meletakkan sasaran tinggi bagi memburu pelbagai kejayaan, serta menjadikan 2024 sebagai tahun kejayaan pasukan itu.

“Kami sarkan untuk muncul juara keseluruhan kelas SS600. Pelumba kami mempunyai pengalaman dan semangat juang tinggi manakala Syarifuddin dalam kelas AP250 menjanjikan aksi konsisten,” katanya.

Pusingan pembukaan ARRC (Asia Road Racing Championship) itu berlangsung pada 15-17 Mac ini di Litar Antarabangsa Chang, Thailand.

Idemitsu Boon Siew Honda Racing Rolls Out AP250 Team Ahead of 2020 FIM Asia Road Racing Championship Season

Idemitsu Boon Siew Honda Racing rolled out their AP250 team for the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC) today.
The team is slated to join the series full time next year.
The early entry will provide them with experience and data.

Idemitsu Boon Siew Honda Racing rolled out their AP250 team for the FIM Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC) today.

The team is slated to join the Asia Production 250 (AP250) category fully next year. Therefore, the launch today is to “test the waters” in the series with a factory backed team and wildcard riders. The sixth round of the 2019 ARRC season is currently being held at the Sepang International Circuit.

Without a doubt, the experience and data gained this year will be priceless in their participation in 2020.

“The Asia Production 250cc class was added to the Asia Road Racing Championship roster in 2015. To date, the class had been dominated by Thai and Indonesian riders. However, we know that, given the calibre of Malaysian riders, they should be challenging for the title in every single season. After all, the Malaysian riders are dominant in every other category of the ARRC (ASB1000, SuperSports 600cc, and Underbone 150cc), except the 250cc class. By establishing our own factory outfit in the class, we take on the mission of changing the balance of power in this popular category,” said Mr. Keiichi Yasuda, MD and CEO of Boon Siew Honda Sdn. Bhd.

To achieve this, Idemitsu Boon Siew Honda Racing will field two wildcard riders. 18-year-old Muhammad Syarifuddin Azman and 15-year-old Muhammad Idlan Haqimi Raduan will ride the CBR250RR.

Muhammad Syarifuddin was the Yamaha PETRONAS Super Series champion in 2016, and also captured the 2018 Wira category title with Idemitsu Kozi Yam Honda Racing.

Muhammad Syarifuddin (left) and Muhammad Idlan (right)

Meanwhile, Muhammad Idlan was the 2018 Honda One Make Challenge champion.

Idemitsu and Boon Siew Honda also hopes that these riders will be developed into world-class riders of the future.

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