A WorldSBK rookie for 2022, ex-MotoGP rider Hafizh Syahrin says learning from Toprak Razgatlioglu and six-time series champion Jonathan Rea are 'for sure' a priority.
Hafizh Syahrin and Khairul Idham Pawi were back on track at their local Sepang circuit yesterday, as guests of Zulfahmi Khairuddin's 'ZK Racing' SIC Junior team.
Aspar's Moto2 and Moto3 riders have all emerged from lockdown and completed their first motorcycle laps, as attention turns to a 'hot and tough' 2020 restart at Jerez in July.
In a repeat of the Sepang team's fortunes in their home MotoGP last month, a stunning qualifying was to be followed by race day disappointment at the inaugural Sepang 8 Hours endurance race.
An iron-man effort by Niccolo Canepa carried the #7 YART Yamaha to victory in a rain-shortened inaugural Sepang 8 Hours, round two of the FIM Endurance World Championship.
Franco Morbidelli may have taken six poles at world championship level in grand prix, but Thursday's EWC pole position at the Sepang 8 Hours was a very different experience.
Track action at the inaugural 2019 Sepang 8 Hours Endurance World Championship event began with a private testing session from 9am-4pm on Wednesday. A two-hour Free Practice will now be held before the Wednesday action concludes with a night Free Practice, from 7:30pm-9pm.
Not content with hosting the inaugural Sepang 8 Hours Endurance World Championship event, the Malaysian circuit has also put together a star-studded team to try and win it.
Marc Marquez has the opportunity to close out a perfect MotoGP campaign in 2019 if he can help Repsol Honda seal the world teams’ title and duly complete its Triple Crown.
The Red Bull KTM Tech3 squad heads to the 2019 MotoGP finale at Valencia with mixed emotions as it gives an early welcome to Iker Lecuona alongside a final farewell to Hafizh Syahrin.
On a dire opening day for all KTM riders at Sepang, both Pol Espargaro and Mika Kallio concede their team will need extreme setup changes to close the performance gap to the front-runners having seen its testing pace at the Malaysian track disappear.
Miguel Oliveira is unsure if he will be able to compete in this weekend's Malaysian MotoGP after an MRI scan revealed some tendon damage to both wrists.
Upon signing Xavi Vierge for Sepang's new second Moto2 entry, team principal Razlan Razali added they are 'hoping' Khairul Idham Pawi will be 'fully recovered and racing alongside Xavi next season'.
Hafizh Syahrin is starting to get 'a little concerned' about his 2020 racing plans. The Malaysian has known since the summer break his Tech3 KTM MotoGP seat will go to Brad Binder next season and, with few premier-class alternatives, has been talking of a return to the Moto2 class.
MotoGP riders Franco Morbidelli and Hafizh Syahrin will join World Superbike star Michael van der Mark in the home Sepang Racing Team squad for December's inaugural 8 Hours race at the Malaysian circuit.
Johann Zarco's decision to leave KTM means the door has not yet fully closed on Hafizh Syahrin's MotoGP career. With Brad Binder signed to replace Syahrin at Tech3 next season, the Malaysian looked certain to return to the Moto2 class in 2020.
Hafizh Syahrin will be fit to return to MotoGP action at the British MotoGP this weekend, following hospital treatment for a concussion and elbow injury in the Red Bull Ring race.