The final series of the 2023 Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC) which will be held at the Chang International Circuit, Thailand will be staged this weekend (2-3/12/2023).
Quoted from the official release of PT Astra Honda Motor (AHM) as received by Suara.com this final match is guaranteed to be exciting. The reason is that there is an All-Astra Honda Racing Team Final, where three Astra Honda Racing Team (AHRT) riders, namely Rheza Danica Ahrens, Herjun Atna Firdaus, and Veda Ega Pratama will compete with each other to win the Asian race.
Rheza Danica Ahrens in the AP250 class (Doc. AHM) Rheza Danica Ahrens occupies first position in the rider standings. Then Herjun Atna Firdaus was in second place. Then Veda is in third place.
They will fight it out in the final race of the ARRC 2023 Asia Production class (AP250).
Veda Ega Pratama in action [PT AHM] Rheza collected 188 points from the results of three first podiums, three second podiums and one third podium from five rounds participated in this year.
Together with the Honda CBR250RR created by Indonesian children, Rheza will fight to become the first Astra Honda racer to win two championship titles in the AP250 class.
Abundant experience gives me enthusiasm and greater opportunities to be able to compete to win the 2023 season.
“Facing the final ARRC series this year, I have to stay focused and consistently get points in the final two races. I am confident and confident in the current condition of the team. “We ask for your prayers and support in the final ARRC series race in 2023,” said Rheza.
Meanwhile for Herjun, this is his second season at the AP250 class ARRC event.
He has 23 points behind Rheza, so he still has a big chance of being in the championship competition.
“I believe the mechanical team will always support me. “I will focus on giving the best performance in the last two races of the 2023 ARRC season,” he said.
Further strengthening the aroma of the All-AHRT Final, Veda will battle against his two colleagues with third place in the rider standings.
“I am grateful to have succeeded in becoming champion of the 2023 Asia Talent Cup and hope that I will carry this racing spirit into the final ARRC series tomorrow. “Pray for me and the AHRT team to be able to bring the best results for Indonesia,” hoped Veda.
Then in the Supersport SS600 event, Fadillah Arbi Arditama and Adenanta Putra will appear.
Arbi, who has ended the 2023 JuniorGP racing season, will perform optimally with the provisions obtained from racing championships on the European continent.
This experience was also felt in the ARRC race in the Mandalika series when he put up tough resistance and appeared aggressive by competing in the race for the top five positions.
Arbi will replace Gerry Salim who is currently still recovering after an incident on the race track.
“Thank you for entrusting me again as a racer at ARRC and of course I have to quickly adapt to the Buriram circuit tomorrow to be able to fight for the podium with regular ARRC racers. “Please pray and support us at ARRC Buriram this week,” said Arbi.
Adenanta Putra competed in the SS600 class for his first season with the Honda CBR600R.
He gained various experiences and learnings that were able to make him develop every race.
Adenanta, who is in seventh place in the standings by collecting 79 points, will face the final race with a hard fight.
“This year I am increasingly able to adapt my racing style and ability to control the CBR600RR on the circuit. “I feel stronger to be able to fight for the SS600 podium in the races I will face in this final series,” explained Adenanta.
In the closing race of ARRC 2023, the racers trained by PT Astra Honda Motor (AHM) will face two races in each class.
The first race for the AP250 class took place at 14.05 WIB and at 14.55 WIB for the SS600 class on Saturday (2/12/2023).
Meanwhile, the second race which will take place on Sunday (3/12/2023) will be held at 14.15 WIB and 15.10 WIB. Both races can be watched via YouTube Asia Road Racing.
