FLYING ON THE WINGS OF LOVE, NEWLYWED AZROY CHECKS IN WITH EASY WIN AT CUB PRIX ROUND 3

Newlywed Azroy Hakeem Anuar is literally flying on the wings of love. The young 22-year-old made full use of the extended hiatus from racing by tying the knot with his sweetheart.

As the PETRONAS Malaysian Cub Prix Championship resumed with Round 3 and 4 held over the same weekend at the Sepang North Track, Azroy who races with the Honda Yuzy Idemitsu Team returned to the track buoyed by the wings of love.

Starting the CP150 Final from second on the grid, Azroy looked to be the least affected rider in the thunderstorm. While the rest of the grid slid and slipped behind him, Azroy kept a steady pace at the front to claim his first win of the season with 16’25.297s.

Azroy’s closest competitor, Mohd Izzat Zaidi was a hefty 6.8 seconds behind. 26 seconds behind Azroy, Kasma Daniel Kasmayuddin crossed the finish line in third and celebrated his first podium after his return to the Cub Prix scene.

“The rain definitely played to our advantage,” said Azroy after the race. “We were tracking the weather very closely to see which setup we needed to activate for the race. When the rain started falling during the CP125 Final, I was feeling confident that we would be able to pick up a win this round.”

Azroy’s victory sees him taking over the championship lead with 45 points. Mohd Izzat Zaidi is now up to second overall with 41 points while Mohd Muzakkir Mohamed, after a startling win in Round 1, has dropped to third overall with 33 points.

Meanwhile, Mohd Hafiza Rofa from the ONEXOXO TKKR Racing Team also celebrated his first CP125 win of the season following some deft slipstreaming moves at the last corner of the final lap. Hafiza checked in with 13’15.516s followed by Mohd Fareez Afeez and Mohd Harith Farhan Baharin in second and third respectively.

Team PETRONAS Sprinta Yamaha-31 Racing is proving to be indomitable in the age-capped Wira class. The team’s four-rider line-up virtually threw up an impenetrable green wall at the front of the Wira Final.

For the third time this season, the team founded by former Cub Prix champion K. Sivanesan, made a clean sweep of the Wira KBS podium with Mohd Aqil Danial Nasrul in first place with 8’43.194s, Mohd Danish Aiman Zamrul second and Mohd Syamil Amsyar Mohd Iffende third.