Decha Kraisart berusia 36 tahun (lahir pada 24 Januari 1981 di Saraburi) adalah pelumba dari Thailand yang pernah beraksi di SuperSports 600cc pada 2007 & 2010.

Pelumba Yamaha Thailand Racing Team, Decha Kraisart menamatkan sesi ujian pra-musim Kejuaraan Motosikal Asia FIM (ARRC) dengan muncul sebagai pelumba terpantas dalam saingan SuperSports 600cc yang berakhir di Litar Johor, Pasir Gudang, hari ini. Juara dua kali ARRC itu mencatat masa terbaik 1’31.051s, menghampiri catatan terpantas litar 1’31.016s milik Md Zaqhwan Zaidi (Musashi Boon Siew Honda Racing) yang dilakukan pada musim 2016.

Juara bertahan, Zaqhwan yang menguasai hari pertama semalam kekal memberikan aksi bertenaga apabila muncul pelumba kedua terpantas dengan masa 1’31.381s diikuti seorang lagi pelumba negara, Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman (Manual Tech Kawasaki Racing), dengan masa 1’31.441s.

Aksi Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman bersama jentera Kawasaki ZX-GR untuk saingan SS600 Kejuaraan Motosikal Asia FIM (ARRC) 2017.

“Kempen kami pada musim lepas tidak begitu baik pada peringkat awal musim. Saya hanya tamat di kedudukan ke-12 dalam Perlumbaan 2 dan gagal menamatkan perlumbaan sewaktu Perlumbaan 1 di litar ini. Namun, menjelang pertengahan musim, kami mencapai prestasi terbaik dan diteruskan pada hari ini. Saya berharap dapat tampil cemerlang mengutip seberapa banyak mata apabila turun beraksi pada pusingan pertama yang akan bermula di sini dua minggu lagi,” jelas pelumba berusia 36 tahun itu.

Pasukan Yamaha Thailand Racing turut memperaga aksi bertenaga di dalam kelas Asia Production 250cc apabila Anupab Sarmoon muncul pelumba terpanta dengan catatan 1’43.469s sekaligus membuktikan dia berupaya menggalas tugas selaku pelumba utama menggantikan juara 2016, Apiwat Wongthananon yang beralih ke saingan Moto3 di Sepanyol.

Pelumba Malaysia; Mohd Zaqhwan Zaidi dominasi hari pertama sessi ujian Kejuaraan Motosikal Asia FIM (ARRC) 2017.

Duo Astra Honda Racing, Rheza Danica Ahrens dan Gerry Salim mencatat masa kedua dan ketiga terpantas dengan masa 1’43.536s dan 1’44.432s.

Dalam saingan Underbone 150cc, pelumba RCB Motobatt Yamaha YY Pang, Md Azhar Abdul Jalil dan Tengku Amirul Haffirudin mendahului lain-lain pelumba dengan masa 1’48.907s dan 1’49.127s diikuti pelumba rookie, Md Helmi Azman dari pasukan TKKR Onexox Racing dengan masa 1’49.251s.

 

Keputusan Ujian Pra-Musim ARRC:
SuperSports 600cc
1. Decha Kraisart (THA) Yamaha 1’31.051s
2. Md Zaqhwan Zaidi (MAS) Honda 1’31.381s
3. Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman (MAS) Kawasaki 1’31.441s
4. Chalermpol Polamai (THA) Yamaha 1’31.871s
5. Taiga Hada (JPN) Honda 1’32.045s

Asia Production 250cc
1. Anupab Sarmoon (THA) Yamaha 1’43.469s
2. Rheza Danica Ahrens (INA) Honda 1’43.536s
3. Gerry Salim (INA) Honda 1’43.555s
4. Peerapong Loiboonpeng (THA) Yamaha 1’44.432s
5. Galang Hendra Pratama (INA) Yamaha 1’44.520s

Underbone 150cc
1. Azhar Abd Jalil (MAS) Yamaha 1’48.907s
2. Tengku Amirul Haffirudin (MAS) Yamaha 1’49.127s
3. Md Helmi Azman (MAS) Yamaha 1’49.251s
4. Md Muzakkir Mohamed (MAS) Honda 1’49.413s
5. Md Adib Rosley (MAS) Yamaha 1’49.522s

 

Decha Inches Close to Track Record

While Malaysian rider Mohd Zaqhwan Zaidi dominated the proceedings in the first day of pre-season tests for the 2017 FIM Asia Road Racing Championship, it was Thai rider Decha Kraisart who came close to setting a new benchmark for the SuperSports 600cc class at the Johor Circuit. The Yamaha Thailand Racing rider found his rhythm in the closing sessions of the two-day practice and clocked the fastest time of the class, 01’31.051s.

36-year-old Decha, who was the SuperSports 600cc champion in 2007 and 2010, has shown no sign of slowing down. Having just won second place in the recent World SuperSports Championship race in Thailand as a wildcard last weekend, Decha is in the hunt for his third Asian trophy.

“Our campaign got off to a slow start last year. Here at the Johor Circuit in Pasir Gudang, I was only able to finish 12th in Race 2 and suffered a DNF in Race 1. But we’ve been able to overcome our problems in the second half of the 2016 season and I’m hoping to score major points when the season kicks off in two weeks’ time,” said Decha.

However, Decha’s best time only came close to the existing track record set by Mohd Zaqhwan Zaidi (01’31.016s). As the pre-season test wrapped up, defending champion Zaqhwan posted the second fastest combined time of 01’31.381s followed by Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman with 01’31.441s. Decha’s team mate Chalermpol Polamai was fourth fastest with 01’31.871s while 18-year-old Japanese ace Taiga Hada rounded up the top five with 01’32.045s.

Team Yamaha Thailand Racing was equally strong in the Asia Production 250cc. With defending champion Apiwat Wongthananon jetting off to take part in the Spanish Championship this season, Anupab Sarmoon proved himself an able replacement when he logged the fastest time of 01’43.469s. Anupab’s best time has become the new lap record for the Johor Circuit, smashing Apiwat’s previous laptime of 01’44.959s by more than a second. Indonesians Rheza Danica Ahrens and Gerry Salim, both from team Astra Honda Racing, clocked the second and third fastest time of the session astride their brand new Honda CBR250RR. Newcomer Rheza posted 01’43.536s ahead of Gerry’s 01’44.432s.

In the Underbone 150cc category, it was an all-Malaysian affair at the top end of the timesheets. Team RCB Motobatt Yamaha YY Pang duo Mohd Azhar Abdul Jalil and Tengku Amirul Haffiruddin led the proceedings with times of 01’48.907s and 01’49.127s respectively. Rookie rider Mohd Helmi Azman, representing incoming team TKKR Onexox Racing, was third fastest with 01’49.251s.

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