Peerless Peerapong has done it again. A day after scoring a hattrick of wins in the SuperSports 600cc category, Peerapong put in yet another imperious performance at Race 2 for the second leg of the 2019 FIM Asia Road Racing Championship.
Peerapong owned the 4.95km The Bend Motorsport Park circuit with a lights-to-flag effort that saw him take his fourth consecutive win with 19’36.910s.
Almost a second behind the speedy Yamaha Thailand Racing Team rider, Andi Farid Izdihar chalked up his first podium of the year in second place after relegating polesitter Mohd Ibrahim Mohd Norrodin to third.
“It’s been a perfect weekend so far, and I’m very pleased that everything had gone according to script. Although I must add that Race 2 was definitely not easy, especially with Ibrahim Norrodin stuck to my tail for the first half of the race,” said Peerapong.
Just off the podium, Ahmad Afif Amran put in his best SuperSports 600cc performance to date by taking fourth place with 19’44.344s. Afif was at the head of a trio of Malaysian riders – Azroy Hakeem Anuar completed Race 2 in fifth place while Helmi Azman who is nursing an ankle injury after two crashes at The Bend Motorsport Park, finished sixth.
Passawit Thitivararak completed his campaign in seventh spot followed by 600cc newcomer Rheza Danica Ahrens in eighth. Fakhrusy Syakirin Rostam took ninth place ahead of a very creditable performance by 600cc rookie, Mohd Akid Aziz.
Peerapong will be carrying the maximum 100 points to the next round at the Chang International Circuit, his home track.