Gerry with a time of 15:12.124s
(PETRONAS Asia Road Racing Championship in Suzuka)
Sunday 01 September 2013;23;39
Yet another double
win at Round 4 of the 2013 PETRONAS Asia Road Racing Championship in Suzuka,
Japan brought Hiroki Ono one step closer to winning his second consecutive Asia
Dream Cup title.
Rain in Race 1 and
Race 2 brought no adverse effects to Ono's consistent and neat riding. The
Japanese rider won the first race within a time of 16:49.096s in the wet,
leading by 1.174s to second placed Mohd Fitri Ashraf Razali. Gerry Salim was
third with 17:09.149s. In fourth place, Taiwan's Chuang An-Yu posted his best
results of the season with 17:09.154s followed by resident Suzuka champion
Reitoku Kurogi in fifth place.
Only the second half of Race 2 ran under rainy conditions which allowed Ono to
go even faster, completing the 14-lap race within 15:09.134s, 2.990s ahead of
the rest.
Interestingly in Race 2, a record number of ten riders were huddled up in the
second pack fighting for P2, including Fitri, newcomer Muklada Sarapuech,
Nakarin Atiratphuvapat, Gerry, Australian Nicholas Waters, Mohd Dwi Satria,
Reitoku Kurogi, Kanatat Jaiman and Chen Yuan Hang.
The intensity of their battle resulted in a crash between Kanatat and Dwi in
the last corner of the final lap. Gerry, who had opted to ride safe during the
group tussle, capitalized on the incident to race to a photo finish going neck
to neck against Nakarin and Fitri. Under the scrutiny of the timekeepers, the
second place was awarded to Gerry with a time of 15:12.124s, Nakarin in third
with 15:12.155s and a disappointed Fitri fourth with 15:12.165s. Asia Dream
Cup's latest addition, Muklada Sarapuech, the only girl in the championship
this year, impressed the entire fraternity when she finished fifth with
15:13.579s.
After four rounds, Ono has extended his lead to 195 points and needs only one
more win to seal the 2013 title. Gerry goes up to second overall with 117
points and Fitri ranked third with 115 points.
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