Kuala Lumpur – PETRONAS Talent Development rider, Hafizh Syahrin pulled off an encouraging performance to wrap up the hyper-competitive Moto2 race in sixth place at the Argentina Grand Prix on Sunday. Starting from 12th (fourth row) on the grid, Hafizh spent most parts of the 20-lap race battling with experienced Dominique Aegerter for fifth before the Swiss rider got the better of the Malaysian by the tiniest of margins.
Hafizh rounded off the race in 41’15.290s, just 0.1 seconds adrift Aegerter while defending Moto2 World Champion, Johann Zarco romped to victory with 40’57.806s ahead of poleman, Sam Lowes and Jonas Folger. Hafizh and the team will carry the momentum to next weekend’s race in Austin optimistic of grabbing even stronger results. The PETRONAS Raceline Malaysia rider is currently placed fourth overall in the Moto2 World Championship standings with 23 points.
Hafizh Syahrin, PETRONAS Raceline Malaysia Moto2 rider I am a bit disappointed not to finish the race fifth. I had the pace and I know I could do it but I miscalculated the laps and thought that there was another lap to go. I will ensure that I will do better in the next race. Thank you everyone!
Barry Leong, PETRONAS Raceline Malaysia team manager Great ride by Hafizh. He is definitely a contender this year. I am happy to see that we are consistently putting up good lap times thanks to everyone’s hard work. The bike was great throughout the weekend and we can see improvements in every session. The focus now is to improve on Hafizh’s qualifying form and have a better grid position which is crucial to get good results.
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