3 days ago
Lack of data hampered Hakim Danish, says team boss
KUALA LUMPUR: A lack of wet weather data held back Hakim Danish Ramli at the French round of the FIM JuniorGP World Championships (JrGP) yesterday (July 6), says his team principal Zulfahmi Khairuddin.
Danish (SIC Racing MSI) crashed in the second lap of the race at Magny-Cours but was able to rejoin, albeit with a damaged bike.
He went on to finish a lowly 29th in the race which was won by Brian Uriarte (UAX Seventytwo Artbox). Rico Salmela (Estrella Galicia 0'0) and Joel Esteban (CF Moto Aspar Junior Team) were second and third.
Zulfahmi admitted it was a challenging weekend for Danish, who had also crashed during qualifying on Saturday (July 5).
"There had not been any rain earlier in the week so it was quite challenging for Danish to race in the wet here," said Zulfahmi today (July 7).
"I believe Danish can be strong in the wet (with a good set up). But it was tough for the team to set up the bike as we did not have any wet weather data from this track.
"Danish tried his best but struggled to get a good feeling with the bike. We tried making some changes on the grid but it was not enough.
"Unfortunately Danish crashed in the second lap. It was disappointing, however, that is just how it is in racing sometimes.
"We will continue to focus on improving in our upcoming races."
Danish (38 points) dropped from fourth to sixth in the overall JrGP standings after the race. Uriarte leads the championships on 81 points with four rounds remaining this season. Salmela (68 points) and Esteban (50 points) are second and third overall.
Aragon will host the next round of the championship on July 27 (two races).
Danish will now shift his focus to the Red Bull Rookies Cup (RBR) which will head to the Sachsenring this weekend (July 12-13). Danish currently leads the RBR championship race.
