Rajiv Sethu makes India proud with Top 5 finish at Asia's toughest road race championship

SPORTSLAND SUGO: Honda Racing India celebrated its best ever performance in the Asia Road Racing Championship 2022 (ARRC). It is the first time that India's solo team secured top 5 position at Asia's toughest road race championship.

Saturday's AP250 race was one of the toughest races of the season with 5 riders crashing out in first lap. Starting the wet 12-lap race 1 from 14th on the grid, Indian rider Rajiv Sethu quickly moved to 6th place after lap 1. From thereon, he continued to maintain his position until he fell in lap 5 due to wet racetrack. Determined to finish the race, Rajiv challenged himself and immediately re-joined the race to finally cross the chequered line at 5th place.

Masterful race performance by Rajiv in his very first outing at Sportsland SUGO International Circuit resulted in the team realizing its next step up by securing top 5 position in the Race 1 of AP250 class and earned 11 points.

"Today's race was a true test for all riders as weather conditions were not in favor. I am happy that I didn't rush on the wet track and maintained a steady position in race. Despite meeting a crash, I continued with the same performance as my focus was to earn points for the team. The training from our trainers and experience in past races helped me in countering all race hurdles and set a record for the team in ARRC. Having this performance as one of the biggest motivations, I am looking forward to another best results in tomorrow's race," said Rajiv. IANS

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