ASIA ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 Rd 1 SEPANG, MALAYSIA

The Supersport competition in 2011 in Asia Road Racing Championship series will be  harsh. There are about 23 riders who will compete for the race on Sunday (05/01). This year is very different, riders came from disparate countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Japan, and Australia. In total there are 7 countries that follow this series ARRC.
In addition, some manufacturers had already glanced at this Asian-level competition. Unlike last year which was dominated by Yamaha motors only. There are 4 brand motor racing series to follow this ARRC, such as Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, and Suzuki each representing his country. This time Yamaha Indonesia Racing Team, the pair Doni Tata and Yoshitaka Miyajima as flagship racer.

In the qualifying session on Saturday (30/04) yesterday Doni managed to start from 9 spot. Doni is the second fastest riders from Indonesia after M. Fadli. Unfortunately until the qualifying session Doni still doing a lot of improvisation. So the result is less from good in qualifying session.

"I still do a lot of adjustment, especially with the circuit. I hope our hard work can pay off in the race, "said Doni Tata.

Yoshitaka Miyajima which is now believed to replace the position Dimas Ekky who are undergoing recovery also must be fought in the qualifying session. He start from 17 position for race.

"I've never racing at Sepang before. And this is my first time riding Yamaha bike, so it is still a lot of adjustments. Race day become very heard for me. But I will try the best things as possible, "said Yoshitaka.

Supersport Qualiying Result (Top Ten)
1#37/Katsuaki Fujiwara/JPN/Manual-Tech Beet Kawasaki Racing/Kawasaki/1:06.538
2#24/Decha Kraisart/THA/Yamaha Thailand Racing/Yamaha/1:07.130
3#65/Chalermpol Polamai/THA/Yamaha Thailand Racing/Yamaha/1:07.286
4#46/Michael Edward Jones/AUS/Petronas Syntium Moto Yamaha Racing/Yamaha/1:07.410
5#64/Toshiyuki Hamaguchi/JPN/Moto-Rev India/Yamaha/1:07.443
6#25/Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman/MAS/Boon Slew Honda Racing Malaysia/Honda/1:07.497
7#162/M. Fadli/INA/Manual-Tech Beet Kawasaki Racing/Kawasaki/1:07.521
8#52/Md Zamri Baba/MAS/Petronas Yamaha Malaysia/Yamaha/1:07.662
9#7/Doni Tata Pradita/INA/Yamaha Indonesia Racing Team/Yamaha/1:07.745
10#26/Ahmad Fuad Baharudin/MAS/Bike A.R.T Racing/Kawasaki/1:08.027
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17#83/Yoshitaka Miyajima/JPN/Yamaha Indonesia Racing Team/Yamaha/1:08.959