VIET NAM FASTEST IN RACE 1

Race 1, Round 1 of the Malaysia Superbike Championship began with a sunny day at the Sepang International Circuit. Cao Viet Nam of Vietnam raced impressively to clock in fastest in the Honda CBR250RR Challenge Cup.

During the qualifying session earlier today, Cao Viet Nam of Vietnam once again went on to make the fastest lap time at 2’31:479s. His countryman, Nguyen Duc Thanh made the second fastest lap time at 2’32:295s. At the fastest was Haziq Hamdan of Malaysia who clocked in his best at 2’32:987s.

Viet Nam was quick to take the lead in his race category with Duch Thanh at P2. By the end of lap 2, Haziq overtook Duch Thanh. Mid-race, Duch Thanh managed to get ahead of Haziq. Meanwhile Viet Nam seemed to be in control of his position as he went on to take control of the race. He has drawn a comfortable gap with the rider in tow. The more apparent battle was between Duch Tanh and Haziq and with another two laps to go, Haziq superseded Duch Thanh.

The duo went on to exchange positions but Viet Nam played it cool with the right amount of space with the troop behind. In the last few laps, Firdaus managed to move in between Duch Thanh and Haziq. As Viet Nam went on to complete the race fastest at, Duch Thanh managed his position at P2 before completing second fastest at 20’18:615s.

Commenting on the session, Viet Nam said, “It was a fun race today. I managed to get a good pace and stayed at the same position throughout the race. The weather today was alright although it rained earlier today. There is another race to go tomorrow and hopefully I retain my position as today.”

Duch Thanh of Vietnam clocked in at 20’33:471s.

At third fastest, Md Firdaus Hamdan completed the race at 20’52:557

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