at Round 2 in Australia, the team is charged up to battle it out with
Asia’s best racers this weekend at the historic Suzuka Circuit.
Honda’s second rider Rajiv
Sethu
will be making a comeback after a wrist injury during practice in
Australia which preventing him from racing at Bend Motorsport Park.
The Suzuka Circuit is team’s SuperSport 600 rider Taiga Hada’s
home race where he will be aiming for a high points finish.
Speaking
on this occasion, Mr.
Prabhu Nagaraj, Vice President, Brand and Communications, Honda
Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. said,
“Racing
is the heart of Honda and Honda 2Wheelers India too has special focus
to develop iconic Indian riders for national & international
championships. After scoring at both the races in Round 2, the team
is fully charged to take on the iconic Suzuka Circuit. Anish Shetty
has been honing his skills with Taiga Hada in Japan while Rajiv
Sethu, recovering from an injury, has been working hard to be race
fit. Suzuka is a very technical track and we are sure this first
Indian team will make the country proud.”
Ecstatic
about the upcoming race at the iconic Suzuka Circuit, Anish
Shetty, the rookie Indian rider of IDEMITSU Honda Racing India team
by T Pro Ten10
racing in Asia Production 250 class, said,
“Scoring
my first international points in Australia on Race 1 and repeating
the performance the next day has been a huge morale booster for me. I
am now familiar with the bike and have started to get a hang of the
pressure of performing amongst the best racers of Asia.
Suzuka
has many fast corners which allow a lot of overtaking opportunities.
I would like to thank Honda 2Wheelers India for making this dream
ride possible and will be trying to score more points this weekend.”
Recovering
from a wrist injury Honda’s second timer in the Asia Production 250
class of Asia Road Racing Championship Rajiv
Sethu said,
“Suzuka
is one of my favourite tracks of the season I am really excited to be
racing here for the second year running. After a successful surgery
of my wrist last month, I’ve been undergoing extensive exercises to
gain mobility and reduce inflammation. Recovering muscle tone the
progress over the last few weeks is very encouraging but my wrist
still has a support plate. Honda engineers have made special changes
to my motorcycle so that throttle inputs are easier to be made. I
would also thank all the fans who sent me messages and helped me to
prepare myself mentally for Suzuka.”
About
2018 FIM Asia Road Racing Championship:
The
23rd
edition of FIM Asia Road Racing Championship is Asia’s most
competitive motorcycle road racing championship, held since 1996. The
2018 season has 64 riders from 8 Asia and Oceania countries (India,
Australia, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the
Philippines) battling it out in an intense 6 round championship.
2018
ARRC calendar:
After
Round 1 in Thailand
in March and Round 2 in Australia
(Bend
Motorsport Park,
Adelaide)
in April, Japan’s
iconic Suzuka circuit is the third battleground from 1st
to 3rd
June. The second half of the season will see the Indian team race on
home-soil as ARRC will return to MMRT, Chennai
from 3rd
to 5th
August. This will be followed by penultimate round at Indonesia
(12th
to 14th
October) and the season finale in Thailand
from November 30 to December 2, 2018.
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