Pastor Maldonado was the hero of Barcelona on Sunday afternoon. The Venezuelan’s speed in his Williams FW34 came out of left field on Saturday, and in the race he became the fifth different winner this season and the seventh in seven races when he steered it to the British team’s first victory since Brazil 2004.

In a clear battle for bragging rights, Ahmad Zamani Baharuddin upstaged Mohd Syahnas Shahidan – both former Asia  Road Racing Championship (ARRC) riders – in a keenly contested opening race of the Malaysian Super Series at Sepang Circuit today.

The new season of the Malaysian Super Series bike competitions opened today with Malaysia’s multiple motocross champion Mohd Al-Amirul Ashshahid Mohd Salleh even surprising himself with an impressive debut in the national championship racing series at Sepang Circuit today.

Zulfahmi Khairuddin made Malaysian Road Racing history on Saturday at the qualifying in Portugal and will start on Sunday from the fifth place to the season´s third moto3 GP at Estoril circuit. The qualifying result is Zulfahmi´s best during his career. The best one until today was seventh place, which he took from the season opener held in Qatar.  AirAsia-SIC-Ajo Team´s KTM-rider who will start to the GP of Portugal from the second row of the grid made his fastest lap in time of 1.48,083 at the 4,2 kilometres long track. Fahmi kept his head cool and made the time at last lap when he improved his placement with five places.