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YAMAHA RACING TEAM ASEAN DOMINATES WITH PARKES AND ITO AT THE HELM
AMAHA Racing Team ASEAN’s domination of the ASB1000 pre-season test continued as the 2-day session closed with Broc Parkes and Yuki Ito at the top of the overall timesheets with 2’06.075s and 2’06.767s respectively. Parkes was the only rider to achieve his personal best as early as the third practice while Yuki Ito showed steady…
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PEERAPONG BOONLERT UNBEATEN AT THE TOP OF 600cc LAPTIMES
Peerapong Boonlert of the YAMAHA Thailand Racing Team is still the man to beat in the SuperSports 600cc. After dominating the first day of pre-season tests, the Thai rider continued to better his time and set a new benchmark of 2’11.015s in the third practice session. In all, the top six riders managed to clock…
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ANDY MUHAMMAD FADLY TOPS ALL SESSIONS
Into his third season in the AP250, Manual Tech KYT Kawasaki Racing’s Andy Muhammad Fadly has managed to top all the sessions in the 2019 pre-season tests. The Indonesian rider closed the two day session with a personal best of 2’25.734s. However, the ever-present threat from rival team, the Astra Honda Racing Team, is now…
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AKID PAVES THE WAY FOR POTENTIAL TITLE COMEBACK
Malaysian rider Mohd Akid Aziz could potentially be crafting an Underbone 150cc title comeback in the new 2019 season. The Asian UB150 champion in 2017, Akidlost the title last year to Honda’s Mohd Helmi Azman. As a new season unfolds, Akid and the UMA Racing Yamaha Maju Motor Asia Team seemed to have regrouped and…
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PARKES SET THE PACE IN FIRST DAY OF PRE-SEASON
YAMAHA Racing Team ASEAN’s Broc Parkes has positioned himself as the pace-setter in the new ASB1000 class. The Australian rider with seven years worth of racing experience astride the Yamaha R1 went quickest in the first day of pre-season test with 2’06.937s. Parkes’s time was half a second quicker than that of his closest competitor,…
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PEERAPONG QUICKEST IN REVAMPED 600cc CLASS
2-times Suzuka 4 Hour Champion, Peerapong Boonlert, placed himself and his Yamaha YZF-R6 at the top of the timing sheets during the first day of pre-season tests for the 2019 FIM Asia Road Racing Championship. The newly revamped 600cc class has resulted in a grid split evenly among familiar names and new upcoming young riders…
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ANDY MUHAMMAD FADLY EYES HIS CHANCE AT THE TITLE
Manual Tech KYT KAWASAKI Racing’s Andy Muhammad Fadly is keeping a sharp eye on the Asia Production 250 title this season. The Kawasaki rider, who has beengrowing stronger with every season, finally looks to be in position as title contender in 2019. The Indonesian youngster clocked quickest in the first day of pre-season test with…
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YOUNGSTERS ALDI SATYA AND GUN MIE STUN IN PRE-SEASON UNDERBONE 150 TEST
13-year-old Underbone 150 freshies Aldi Satya Mahendra and Gun Mie stunned the Underbone 150cc crowd when they came out tops of the timesheet in the first day of pre-season test. Yamaha Racing Indonesia’s Aldi Satya Mahendra came out with guns blazing as he clocked 2’34.473s on the 5.542km Sepang Circuit. Aldi’s time was followed closely…
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MALAYSIAN PARTS MAKER CARDINALS RACING MAKES UB150 DEBUT
Underbone racing has long been acknowledged as a form of racing unique to the South East Asian region. However, the uniqueness of this class lies beyond the aggressive, close-contact racing that has come to characterize this special South East Asian heritage class. Unlike other race categories, many of the teams who specialize in Underbone…
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WHEN THE SUPERBIKES COME TO TOWN
Provisional Entry List – Round 1 – Sepang Int. Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia NO NAME TEAM NAME NAT MAKE 1 Md Zaqhwan Zaidi Honda Asia Dream Racing With Showa MAS HONDA CBR1000RR SP2 2 Broc Parkes Yamaha Racing Team Asean AUS YAMAHA YZF-R1 3 Apiwath Wongthananon YAMAHA Thailand Racing Team THA YAMAHA YZF-R1 4 Azlan Shah…
