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WILDCARD NAKATOMI WINS WET RACE TWO
On an afternoon interrupted by torrential rain, Shinichi Nakatomi, no stranger to ARRC and especially to Suzuka, scored a brilliant win in race two on a wet track. Nakatomi had been unable to find the right set-up for the dry race one on Saturday, but revelled in the conditions that Suzuka served up on Sunday.…
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PEERAPONG BOUNCES BACK IN THE RAIN
Peerapong Boonlert put the disappointment of having his unbroken run of wins interrupted in race one by Soichiro Minamimoto with a convincing performance in a wet race at Suzuka. The contest was shortened to five laps after a long delay while race control waited for a severe weather system to pass. Peerapong led from the…
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WET WIN FOR AWHIN, AS FADLY EXTENDS TITLE LEAD
Astra Honda’s Awhin Sanjaya was a class apart in a wet race two, keeping his head while many of those around him were losing theirs, to win by a comfortable margin. It was a good day for the Indonesian team, as Irfan Ardiansyah took another second place and a good day for Andy Fadly, as…
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ALDI BECOMES YOUNGEST EVER ARRC RACE WINNER IN WET THRILLER
An inspired performance from 13-year-old Aldi Satya Mahendra at a rain-soaked Suzuka saw him become the youngest ever winner of an ARRC race in the championship’s 23-year history. After the scheduled start was delayed while oil dropped on the track on the sighting lap by Gupita Kresna was cleared up, Aldi made his presence felt…
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BROC PARKES DIGS IN TO TAKE RACE ONE AT SUZUKA
Yamaha Racing ASEAN’s Broc Parkes had to overcome Suzuka Circuit as well as his rivals to win ASB 1000 race one today. The Australian had crashed at the long, left hand Spoon curve while on a fast qualifying lap, wrecking his R1 and leaving him fourth on the starting grid behind Zaqhwan Zaidi, Ratthapong Wilairot…
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WILDCARD MINAMIMOTO BREAKS PEERAPONG’S WINNING STREAK
AKENOSPEED Yamaha’s Soichiro Minamimoto carried an excellent free practice and qualifying performance through to a convincing win in Supersport 600 race one. In doing so, he denied Yamaha Thailand’s Peerapong Boonlert the chance to equal the all time class record for seven consecutive wins. The Japanese wildcard, who had squeezed Peerapong Boonlert out to the…
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UNTOUCHABLE FADLY TAKES RACE ONE
Andy Fadly continued the form he showed since arriving at Suzuka by leading from the first turn in race one and getting clear with a pace that the rest of the ARRC AP250 field couldn’t get anywhere near. However, the Manual Tech KYT Kawasaki rider didn’t have it all his own way in qualifying, ending…
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GUPITA STORMS THROUGH AT SUZUKA
SND Factory Racing’s Gupita Kresna made up for a poor qualifying performance, which saw him start from 22nd position on the grid, to take a brilliantly judged win in Underbone 150 race one which saw almost half the riders who started lead the race at some point. In the morning’s Superpole contest, Akid Aziz, Friday’s…
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ZAQHWAN LEADS FREE PRACTICE DESPITE CRASH
Honda Asia Dream’s Zaqhwan Zaidi was at his best for most of free practice, combining an apparently sweet machine set-up with his extensive experience of Suzuka to make getting around the circuits 5.8 kilometres of curves and contours look easy. His best time of 2’09.874 was two hundredths clear of Yamaha Thailand’s Apiwat Wongthananon, whose…
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WILDCARD MINAMIMOTO TOPS FRIDAY PRACTICE
AkenoSpeed Yamaha’s wildcard rider, Soichiro Minamimoto, stole the glory from runaway championship leader, Peerapong Boonlert in free practice by clocking the fastest time of the day late in FP3 with a lap of 2’14.046, to lead by 0.061. Wildcards grabbed plenty of attention in the first session, occupying second to sixth places behind Yamaha Thailand’s…
