Syazwan Mohd Noor established himself and his GP Racing GP10 as the combination to beat in the junior class in Malaysia with a dominant display during the 1st round of the Rotax Max Asia and Malaysia championship at Speedway Plus Circuit in Kuala Lumpur on 12th March.
In DD2 Syazwan showed very good speed for most of the weekend but was plagued by gear selection problems. In the final, Syazwan took the lead initially but the problems resurfaced and he had to retire from the race.
In the junior class, Syazwan and his GP Racing GP10 dominated from the start of the weekend and set the fastest lap in all sessions and races. In the pre-final, he initially was led by main rival Gilbert Ang but passed after a few laps and gained enough lead to cruise to an impressive victory. The final was more straightforward, Syazwan taking an immediate lead and pulling away to a very comfortable win, with Gilbert again finishing 2nd. Syazwan said after the race: “My new GP10 was really good all weekend and I always felt in control. The DD2 was disappointing but if I win next time I’ll recover most of the points lost today. It’s great to be leading the junior championship but Gilbert and some of the others are tough competitors so I have to keep practicing and improving”.
Team Manager John King said “Syazwan will now be the clear favorite for the championship so there’s a lot of pressure on him and the team but I’m sure we can all cope with this. Syazwan’s driving was tremendous – in the final once he established a small lead, he consistent set laps fastest than any of his competitors could match and ended up with an unassailable lead. All the hard work he’s done during testing to get the right set-up for the kart really paid off. The new GP10 was simply amazing – Syazwan looked like he was on rails all weekend. “
The new DD2 driver from Singapore KEN SMITH in his first race in DD2 start dominating the DD2 class but have to settle to 4th place due to wrong flagging by marshals and due to throttle jam at the Finals.
He was doing fastest lap through out the heats and went in to finals with high hope to rapping up for GP for 1st and 2nd with shyswan for the DD2 but has to settle for 4th place. Overall we are very happy with our team performance.
GP RACING ASIA
Kapila Jayasiriwardena
Managing Director
GP RACING ASIA
