PETRONAS Raceline Malaysia’s Hafizh Syahrin Abdullah put on another brilliant performance to finish the hotly contested Moto2 race in 10th place during Sunday’s Argentina Grand Prix at the Termes de Rio Honda Circuit.
The PETRONAS Talent Development rider who started 16th on the grid enjoyed another rocket start to immediately join frontrunners in ninth position in the opening lap before Italian, Simone Corse crashed in front of Hafizh and almost took him out.
Following that, Hafizh dropped back to 12th before working himself up the field to complete the 23-lap race in 39’55.813s ahead of Luis Salom and Moto2 reigning Champion, Tito Rabat who finished 11th and 12th respectively.
The South American Moto2 race was won by Frenchman, Johann Zarco who led from start to finish, securing his maiden intermediate class victory in 39’44.497s with Alex Rins and Sam Lowes completing the podium steps.
“We had a great race and got good results here in Argentina. 10th place is quite satisfying for the team considering the tyre troubles we faced duringFriday’s practice,” said Hafizh.
PETRONAS Raceline Malaysia’s manager, Barry Leong was also satisfied with the results Hafizh reeled in the Argentina Grand Prix.
“The team is really happy with the results today. Another top 10 in the bag is pretty rewarding for us. It’s just unfortunate Hafizh got caught up behind Corsi when he crashed. Should Hafizh had that chance to hold his opening lap position place, it would be another chapter totally in the race. Furthermore our boy recorded seventh fastest for best lap and that is concrete proof he is fast and highly capable of sticking with the front group. Anyway, we are heading back to Europe and next round would be the tough Jerez GP.”
Moto2 Race Results
1.Johann Zarco (FRA) 39’44.497s
2.Alex Rins (SPA) 39’47.212s
3.Sam Lowes (GBR) 39’48.658s
4.Mika Kallio (SWI) 39’49.807s
5.Franco Morbidelli (ITA) 39’52.445s
Selected
10.Hafizh Syahrin (MAS) 39’55.813s
GRAN PREMIO RED BULL of ARGENTINA
Date: April 19, , 2015
Rd: 3
Circuit: Circuit of Termas de Rio Hindo
Session: Race day
Weather: Cool and Dry
Air Temp: 23°C
Ground: 34°C
Best Lap: 1:43.349
Diff: 11.316
No of Laps :23
Position:10th place
Points:20
Overall position : 9th
