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The 2nd round of Rotax Max Malaysia Challenge and the Asia Max Challenge was successfully organised lat weekend 12&13 May 2007.
As usual it was very interestinng to watch the karters racing.
The senior category was won by an Indonesian Driver by the name of Haryanto. 2nd was Fariz Fawzi and 3rd was Imran.
The Junior was won by Kelvin Wong, 2nd Ooi Fei Hong and 3rd Bryan Ritchie.
Ikhwan started the Final Race in 3rd grid behind the 2 drivers. His lack of racing experience surfice when he panic and did few mistakes which failed him to challenge the 2 drivers. He did superbly well in Heat1, Heat2 and the pre-finals. Being a new driver nobody knew him and his potential. His present was really felt after Heat2 and the Pre-Finals.
Eventhough his finished was not impressive, but he was the talk of the town just before the finals. Other teams especially the top 2 drivers feared that he would outperform them in the Final. His smooth driving during the Pre-Final was evident. All the other pits were impressed with performance and was like expecting him to challange the 2 season drivers who were the champions before in the finals.
In qualifying he was 6th fastest. In Heat 1 he finished 5th, Heat2 he fnished 4th and the Pre-Final he finished 3rd. He stole the show that day, when he finished 3rd with a big gap between him and the 4th position whom is his team mate Hasif.
In the Final he forgot to peel of the tape at the radiator which was suppose to heat up the engine quickly to give the optimum output for the first few corners after starting. However after couple of laps the engine gets a litlle too hot and the performance degrade. He was for a couple of laps holding position 2nd. As the engine performance degarde he lost 2 more placing to 4th. At this point he was strucgling and later was pushed out by an indonesian driver few laps before the race ends. He finally concluded the race in 8th position.
When he overtook Ooi Fei Hong, all the other teams ran from their pit to watch the race thinking that Ikhwan is already showing his real potential.Unfortunately it was only for 2 laps before his engine got overheated.
He is now even more determine and many believes that he would be able to at least match the top 2 drivers, in the next couple of races.
He will be racing in India this 8th and 9th June for the 2nd AsiaMax Round. Later on the 23rd & 24th for the 3rd Malaysia Max Challenge in Sepang. 30th June & 1st July, he will be racing in Surabaya for the 3rd Asia Max Challenge.
Hope to see you guys at the track, to give him the moral suport that is much needed especially during finals.
Some videos taken for the recent race
Heat 1
Ikhwan driving kart # 76 wearing orange/white suite with red/white air brushed heltmet, started from Grid 6th. After the incident at the 1st corner he was 10th. Made his way up to 5th. His team mate Hasif driving kart # 10 wearing white helmet with red/white suite was asked by the team to stop the race to safe tyres fro Heat 2.
Heat 1 Part 1
Heat 1 Part 2
Heat 2
Ikhwan started from Grid 5th and later made it up to 3rd. Paced the race (so he said) for his team mate Hasif to gain position. Hasif took 3rd and after aggregating Heat 1 & 2, Hasif started from 9th Grid and Ikhwan started in 4th at the Pre-Final.
Heat 2 Part 1
Heat 2 Part 2
The Pre-final. In the pre-final Ikhwan finished 3rd and started 3rd from the grid in the final.
Pre-Final Part 1
Pre-Final Part 2
report taken from Yazid todt
All these while i was wondering how is our lil’bro Ikhwan was doing and from your feedback shows that he’s doing great :up:
I wish him all the best and i’ll be there next time when he have a race in Sepang 🙂Thanks bro for the updates :beer:
This young man will go far with support and encouragement. We saw his talent during his tenure in my-kart K3 races and its no surprise to me that he was soon taken in by Team Swiss Hutless Malaysia. Yazid, its payback time… 🙂
thanks steward and yazid. well done ikhwan!
this is excellent stuff. i would like more updates on ikhwan’s progress. so let’s keep this thread alive.
i’m impressed with the achievements. keep it up. just remember to build on that mental strength. racing is a psychological game!
Thanks guys.Infact there were 2 other my-karters that are involved in the Rotax Max Challenge i.e. Masedenal Ali and Wan Dassila. Masedenal did well in the 1st race where he came 2nd and 7th in Kelantan.
As for Ikhwan, well, the 1st person that he wants me to inform on the Kelantan race was Naza and so I did. Not only I was surprise that he was able to be in the top 3 for the final race but the team and also the other teams were as well as it was only his 2nd race.
As Fazz said it, building mental strength is essential and that was what Ikhwan was lacking and during the final it suffice. He drove with confidence during Heat 2 & the pre-final but during the final the pressure starts to mount.
“Never mind” as Naza said it, he lost the race but gain invaluable experience. He now understand the chasis and is very determine to do well in India which is schedule to take place on the 9th & 10th of June. I was informed that there would be around 20 karters from Malaysia participating in Kolhapur, India.
The team is very confidence that Ikhwan progress will not stop here and that he will improve with every training and races.
My-kart has given Ikhwan the platform to developed his talent and I would like to thank all of you for giving him the the support and the guidance.
I will update you guys on India…
Ikhwan did very well in Kota Bharu but to me Hasif stood out even more.. he clawed his way from dead last place and still finished an impressive 6th position.. unfortunately for Masedenal Ali and I.. we suffered in heat 1 as Ede suffered an engine failure and i met with an accident just before the start… but it was an awesome experience and hope to see more my-karters join the next round in sepang…
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Actually Hasif finished 3rd in Heat 2. But after aggregating he started 9th for the Pre-Final. He DNF heat 1 and finished 4th in the pre-final. He started in the 4th grid besides Ikhwan for the final. Hasif finished 6th.
Yes Dass, I also hope not to see only Tarmizi in Round 3 but the also some of the others. I think some of you would be able to do well.
Rainman apa macam? I think your new but old Toni Kart is perfect for the next round. Kalau tak rasa tak tau. Tapi kalau dah rasa takut tak tau berhenti…
[quote=yazidm]Thanks guys.Infact there were 2 other my-karters that are involved in the Rotax Max Challenge i.e. Masedenal Ali and Wan Dassila. Masedenal did well in the 1st race where he came 2nd and 7th in Kelantan.
I will update you guys on India…
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…Excellent work by Ede in his debut in round 1….very very good indeed for a rookie and so is for Wan Dassila. What’s important here is the experience of learning to protect yourself and the engine to last from qualifying till the Final. All mykarters will be cheering for you when you carry the Bolehland flag in India…..am..mak! 🙂 🙂Interesting point here: Race in my-kart series and you will likely be frontrunners in other races.
The only downside to doing well is people are more cautious now with us.. in sepang Ede proved his potential and in Kota Bharu impressed in a circuit we’ve never been to.. but 2 DNF’s for me made it both unsuccessful races… but as mentioned its good experience..
[quote=Dass]The only downside to doing well is people are more cautious now with us.. [/quote]
Whaddaya mean by “more cautious” ??Mikko, you were just one unlucky fella… next time remember to secure your battery conection. For everyones info. Mikko had problem with his battery connection which stalled his kart and had to finished the Pre-Final in 17th position. He was leading Heat 1 and Heat 2 and also the pre-final until the batter connection failed him.Otherwise it would probably be a more exciting Senior race as Ryan was running solo way-way infront (11 sec) of the pack.
Some of you may be also wondering why was Raja Razman not in Heat 2 & Pre-final. Raja who just came back from Mecca had diarrhoea and with the track having limited restrooms, he skipped the 2 races. In the final he started from the last grid. He had an incident with one of the Sri Lankan driver Rikaaz Khalid in turn 4 or 5 after the start where he skidded and plunged himself into a wet spot of the grass run-off area. He was the only driver that came out wet with mud on his suite from the track. To some it was humor but probably to Raja it was one of the days that was not his.
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