Sarath Kumar in action

Sarath Kumar, India’s motorcycle racer, scored his first point in ARRC (Asia Road Racing Championship) in the two-race round of Sentul. Sarath is recovering from his knee injury which he received in the pre-season testing.

For the first race, Sarath qualified on the 20th position and finished 15th scoring himself 1 point. In the second race, he finished 17th riding for the team T-Pro Yuzy NTS Honda Racing and didn’t earn any point, but overall had a successful weekend given his current not-so-perfect physical condition.

Sarath Kumar commented, “I am very happy with the progress and this is the first time I was able to the ride the bike to its fullest potential. I am still having problems with my knee which bothers me towards the end of the races, after about 10 laps. However, it is a good sign that the recovery is happening.

“I have managed to get closer to the experienced guys with about five seconds off the pace in my first full race weekend. I think I will be in good shape for the India round in October. We have already planned a few training methods to improve my confidence and performance on the bike as from this point, it is about learning the nuances and tricks of riding a bigger bike which not the same as riding a 250cc.

“The team T-Pro Yuzy NTS Honda Racing with WOW helped me a lot especially my team owner Yusuke Teshima who just returned from the Suzuka 8-Hour race and also my teammate Tomoyoshi Toyama who gave a lot of inputs.

“Now I am lot more excited and preparing for my home race in Buddh International Circuit on the 1-2 October. Once again, a long break and I will be working hard on my recovery and more practice to get to good pace at the BIC.”

Sarath Kumar is supported by HMSI, Ten10 Racing and WOW Digit HK.