2018 Round 5 Asian Road Race Championship
Indonesia Sentul Circuit
October 13 (Fri) - 14 (Sun)
SS600
#23 Taiga Hada
Preliminaries: 9th fastest
Race 1: 6th place
Race 2: 10th place
AP250
#80 Sethu Rajiv
Preliminaries: 23rd fastest
Race 1: 23rd place
Race 2: 21st place
#81 Anish Damodara Shetty
Preliminaries: 27th fastest
Race 1: 25th place
Race 2: 24th place
2018 Round 5 Asian Road Race Championship Indonesia Sentul Circuit
Run off without giving up until the end!
The Asian Road Race Championship (ARRC), which kicked off in March, was also at the end of the season, and the fifth round of the series was held at the Indonesia Sentul Circuit.
This circuit has a rough road surface and has a favorable ran to the locals, but last year, Hada was also on the podium and started to run to the top.
When you start running, the state of the road surface is worse than last year, it is a step rather than a gap with full of joints, and in some cases there is also a place where materials like urethane are used instead of asphalt, it had a very special course.
Sure enough, from the first day Indonesian riders lead the session.
Hada advances the machine set while checking the status of the course and shorten the time for each session.
On the first day, we had a reasonable position with 6th fastest.
In the official preliminary session on Saturday, the time will be shortened by 1 minute and 31 seconds 022 but the time is also raised at 9th.
It was a race that was contested in 6 laps.
Hada is going to fight for the fourth fastest of the three after deciding the start and finishing the opening lap with fifth place.
On the fifth lap, when it dropped to the 6th place by the race player Decha, however, the racer player Irfan, who had been catching up from behind, got on the ninth lap and became 7th placer, but race player Decha went out of the track and again went up to sixth 6th place.
And, at the end of the race, the race player Koyama approached, but I picked up the checkered flag at the 6th place with less control.
It was sunny on Sunday and the weather was hit by heavy weather.
In the morning, it was a warm-up driving, and the changing setting went in a good direction and felt the response.
Hada with the team change the setting further for the final, but this took a backfire and race 2 will endure racing.
Still, he ran and scored in 10th place without giving up until the end.
Sethu Rajiv of AP250 Class fall and crashed the machine in Free Practice 2.
Even he himself did not have a fracture but injured his ribs, yet he still fought a tough race.
Anish Damodara Shetty has also completed both races.
Race Player Commentary
Taiga Hada
My condition was not bad from the first day, but the local was fast as expected.
Last year I was on the podium, I was aiming this time, but did not reach.
I think it was a race to set up the machine as a united team and to do all the best.
It is a tough race like Thailand final game but I just do my best to make the best possible driving.
Thank you for for you support.
Yusuke Teshima
The Sentul Circuit is a very difficult course with a special track, but in that quest, I went after each session to find out how to set up the machine for each race.
The ranking was not going to be satisfying, and there was also a portion that was too far, but I think it was a race that gave me what I had experienced as a team.
It was a difficult race for both racer of the AP250, but we appreciated that they finished the race.
We would like to make everything to race out of what we have cultivated up to now because the next race will be the final battle.
Thank you for your continued support.
