KUALA LUMPUR - Less than a week after creating a sensation with his maiden Moto3 victory at the Czech Republic Grand Prix (GP), young national rider Muhammad Hakim Danish Ramli chose not to dwell on the success he achieved last Sunday for too long.
On the other hand, the AEON Credit-MT Helmets-MSI rider, better known as Hakim Danish, described the next race at the Dutch GP from June 26-28 at the Assen Circuit as a new beginning that demands the same level of focus as when he topped the Czech Republic GP at the Brno Circuit.
With growing confidence and experience gained previously, the 18-year-old rider hopes to take advantage of every session throughout the race weekend to chase another positive result, thus maintaining the excellent momentum at the Dutch GP.
"Now my focus is fully on the race at Assen this weekend. In Assen, I need to do the same thing as in Brno, which is to get a rhythm as early as free practice session 1.
"I need to find speed from the start and understand the character of the circuit and the machine quickly. I will try to adapt to the machine as soon as possible so that I can build the confidence needed to face this race weekend,” he said in a statement today.
Hakim Danish also hopes to make the most of every moment at the Dutch GP although he admitted that the Assen Circuit is quite challenging because it has many high-speed corners and is technical.
Despite starting from 14th place at the Czech Republic GP, the Terengganu rider demonstrated mature and aggressive riding by overtaking one by one his rivals before crossing the finish line in first position with a time of 33 minutes 34.26 seconds (s).
Spanish rider Brian Uriarte of the Red Bull KTM Ajo team finished the race in second place, 0.466s behind, while his compatriot Marco Quiles of the CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team, completed the podium (+0.629s).
Last month, Hakim Danish made his first podium of the season after finishing third at the Italian GP at the Circuit Mugello.
Hakim Danish's success at the Czech Republic GP ended Malaysia's 10-year wait to witness the victory of the country's representative in the Moto3 competition since the last time it was won by Khairul Idham Pawi at the Argentine GP and the German GP during the 2016 season. - BERNAMA