Norizman Ismail appeared victorious for Round 4 of the PETRONAS AAM Malaysian Cub Prix Championship in a very close race against his rivals grabbing his second CP130 chequered flag for the season here at the Sepang International Circuit (North).

The Harian Metro SCK Honda Racing rider played his game smart throughout the 13 lap race and kept himself very close to the lead pack consisting of Md Zamri Baba, Ahmad Fuad Baharudin, Ahmad Fazli Sham and Abdul Muhaimin Roslan after several failed attempt to break away.

Norizman then opted to trail the leader and go for the kill on the straight at the very end of the race. He executed his plan and surpassed Zamri at turn 9 completing the CP130 race within 18:28.950s followed by Fazli Sham of Shell Advance Yamaha Maju (18:29.011s) and Zamri Baba of PETRONAS Sprinta Yamaha AHM (18:29.011s) second and third respectively.

 

 

 

"Today's race was very challenging. The leaders kept on changing and everyone was very fast. Initially I wanted to run away from the pack but my bike was slow at turns. However, it does pack speed on straights and I made full use of this advantage. I am very grateful and happy to have won the race today. Hopefully I keep the momentum for the race in Kuala Terengganu next month," said the 25 years old rider.

Even so, coming in second was more than enough for Fazli to maintain his lead in the CP130 overall standings. The 27 years old rider now has 76 points under his belt. Norizman registered second with 59 points and Fuad third with 59 points.

A good outing also allowed PETRONAS Sprinta Yamaha AHM to stay ahead in the CP130 team awards with 110 points. Shell Advance Yamaha Maju lands second with 101 points and Harian Metro SCK Honda Racing third with 88 points.

Meanwhile, Md Rozaiman Md Said of Motul Yamaha YY Pang claimed Round 4 winner's trophy for the CP115 category despite Md Ramdan Md Rosli and Shahril Izzuwan Md Noor of PETRONAS Sprinta Yamaha AHM were the ones in control of the race.

Rozaiman timed 15:55.470s while Ramdan and Md Firdaus Musa of CKJ Racing Team registered second and third with 15:55.477s and 15:55.510s respectively.Similar to Norizman, Rozaiman overtook his rivals at turn 9 in the last lap.

"My Yamaha machine played a major role for my success today. Thanks to the team mechanics for providing me with the setup! The race today was definitely hard and there was a lot of fighting on the track. I struggled and at the last turn I decided to go as fast as I could. It was a risky move and I was unsure about it at first. Thankfully everything went as planned," said Rozaiman.

Ramdan now holds the CP115 overall standings lead with 81 points followed by Md Iskandar Raduan of PETRONAS Sprinta Yamaha Raceline and Rozaiman with 76 and 67 points.

PETRONAS Sprinta Yamaha AHM tops the CP115 team standings with 122 points followed by PETRONAS Sprinta Yamaha Raceline with 102 points and Motul Yamaha YY Pang 63 points.

The Wira race was just as exciting as Md Adib Rosley and Amirul Hafiq Md Azmi go toe to toe against each other. But at the end, it was Adib who claimed the chequered with total time 13:26.427s while Hafiq came in second (13:26.544s). Adib's teammate from Motul Yamaha YY Pang, Md Azhar Abd Jalil finished third (13:36.258s).

Adib commented, "I'm glad to win today because I almost lost it in the second last lap to which I overshot and almost fell. I have found back my racing spirit and I am looking forward to the race in Terengganu next month. Hopefully I can score a hat-trick and keep the hope of ending the season as Wira Champion alive," said the 16 years old.

Topping the Wira overall standings with 60 points is Md Syawalludin Md Zaki of Modenas Forty One Racing. Azhar comes second with 57 points while Md Fitri Ashraf Razali of Caviaga Cilik Racing team third with 54 points.

Meanwhile, Tengku Amirul Haffiruddin appeared victorious for the Yamaha 135LC Challenge completing the 8 lap race in first place with total time 12:03.790s. To finish behind the 14 years old was Nurahmad Farinazreen (12:03.847s) and Md Saifudin Azahar (12:03.953s).

The Yamaha one make race overall standings is led by Fariznazreen with 40 points while Md Razmal Md Rohizad falls short by two points (38 points)  in second place. Saifudin stands in third place with 29 points.

The Honda icon Challenge on the other hand was won by Fakhrusy Syakirin Rostam. The 14 years old timed 14:24.408s followed by Has Fauzan Hassan (14:24.507s) in second place and Md Fairuz Abd Rahman (14:24.673s) third.

Three time Champion, Md Hafizuddin who was nowhere to be seen on the podium today continues to lead the Honda one make race standings with 88 points while Md Syakirin Rostam comes second with 70 points. Has Fauzan settles for third with 59 points.

Lastly, two Modenas riders finished first and second today for the Privateer class. Champion of this round would be Md Syawal Md Nor who timed 12:25.210s followed by Wan Md Hadri Wan Mukhtar (12:25.250s). Third to cross the finish line was Yamaha rider, Md Alib Abdul. (12:37.343s).

Round 5 of the Cub Prix Championship will take place in Kuala Terengganu on 9-10 July.