Team Roberts rider Kensei Matsudaira makes Moto4 Latin Cup debut with podium finish
Team Roberts rider Kensei Matsudaira made his Moto4 debut in Latin
Representing America this weekend in the Cup with MotoGP in Goiânia, Brazil.
Kensei added 1 in free practice on Friday, the only rider to record
1:39 lap time on a partially wet track, 0.4 seconds clear of the next driver.
Free practice 2 was conducted with rain tires and mixed conditions
He showed strong speed there and finished the session in P3, 0.4
Seconds from P1.
Saturday, qualifying and race 1 was canceled due to the track
After a sink hole appears on the main line, it needs repair
Following MotoGP qualifying. Without a qualifying session, grid b
Sunday’s competition was organized with a combined free practice session
Friday, Kensei starting from the pole position.
The weather-related drama continued on Sunday, and so did the race.
It was red flagged and canceled only 4 times after it started raining.
In the last sector of the circuit. Kensei was fighting on top.
Team, leading for a large part of the race and crossed the line
After lap four, two drivers in P3 passed on the long home
straight ahead. The race is red flagged and then restarted
Abolished, results taken online at the end of lap 4.
This placed Kensei in 3rd place overall in the tournament.
But Kensei was disappointed with the results of the short race
I’m happy to be on the podium and 3rd in the first weekend
Championship.
“I was in the top group of 6 riders, a lot of passing was going on, I
I was mostly in the top 3 places but I know I have the speed to fight and
win in the end. On lap 3 it started to rain but it was manageable and I
I felt that the circumstances would be in my favor, but I honestly didn’t think so
Expect them to change the flag soon. This is not the way I wanted it.
I’m happy to be standing here on the podium to finish the weekend
Brazil. I’m really looking forward to Round 2 at Interlagos in a few weeks!”
Arnie Wick, Team Roberts Co-Principal: “Congratulations to Kensei for such an impressive performance at the opening Moto4 Latin Cup race in Brazil.
He can make that progress at COTA next weekend and into the next round of the Latin Cup, the opening round of the MotoAmerica Talent Cup.
The next round on the Moto4 Latin Cup calendar will take place from April 10-12 at the Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Before that, Kensei will return to action at the MotoGP Red Bull Grand
Prix of the Americas next weekend for the opening round
MotoAmerica Talent Cup, where he competes against Team Roberts
Cream APX-350 MA.
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