• 2016.3.15 SUZUKI ASIAN CHALLENGE to start its second season at Johor

  
  SUZUKI ASIAN CHALLENGE (SAC) is a new category that started in FIM Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC) last year. It is produced and managed by former World Superbike rider, Yukio Kagayama, as a rider development program for asian SUZUKI riders using the single platform SUZUKI FU150 (Raider in Thai, Vietnam, and Thai/Belang in Malaysia/Satria in Indonesia) If successful, the chosen rider will have the chance to step to a higher category in ARRC, national championships in Japan and Europe, and in the future beome a MotoGP™ rider.

  Patis Chooprathet of Thailand have been chosen from the first year, and will be racing full season in the ARRC Supersports 600 class this year with Team KAGAYAMA SUZUKI Asia.

  The second season for SAC will be seeing once again a wide variety of riders from all over asia. Riders from Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Japan, India,Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Nepal will be meeting at the ARRC Official Test in Johor on March 23-24. After final tryout, 16 riders will move on to race full season, which starts also at Johor March 31-April 2.

  Former WGP GP500 rider and current motor journalist, Shunji Yatsushiro will be partipating as rider coach.

  The SUZUKI FU150 have done a full model change this year, and SAC is now testing and preparing the new FU150, which will be brought to the series during the season.

  Riders attending the Official Test

  Jagan Kumar India (2nd year)
  April King Mascardo Philippines (2nd year)
  Mario Borbon Jr. Philippines (2nd year)
  Eane Jaye Solacito Sobretodo Philippines
  Rizal Feriyadi Indonesia
  Muhammad Sapril Indonesia
  Jefri Tosema Indonesia
  Nguyen Ngoc Ho Vietnam
  Aaron Alexander Gunawardena Sri Lanka
  Muhamad Rozaliman Zakaria Malaysia
  Tharpa Bikram Nepal
  Arysad Rusydi Bin Shaharum Singapore
  Akhand Pratap Singh India
  Kannan Subramanian India
  Maxi Hattori Japan
  Shinnosuke Sato Japan
  Akito Haga Japan

  Yukio Kagayama | General Manager

  I would like to thank SUZUKI, our sponsors, supporters and fans for making the SUZUKI ASIAN CHALLENGE start its second season.

  I found how difficult it is to gather riders coming from different race environment, experience, countries, and culture last year. But I also found out the their passion towards racing were the same. Every rider have shown growth over the season, and every rider had the same goal: to become a fast rider. Other than the 3 riders that will continue with us this year, I believe that all of them will be continuing to race this year, and I will follow them and support them in any way I can.

  I will once again try my best to develop a SUZUKI rider than can race in the world level, and hope to see your support as you did last year.

   

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