The former Asia Dream Cup graduate Sarath Kumar is all set to take on a new chapter in his racing career. He is going to make his SuperSports 600cc debut at Round 2 of the 2016 FIM Asia Road Racing Championship. The race event is scheduled to be held at the Chang International Circuit in Buriram, Thailand on May 7-8, 2016. The Moto2 rider Tomoyoshi Koyama and rising star Taiga Hada will be accompanying Sarath as his mates at the Asia Road Racing Championship. Sarath was the first Indian rider taken by Honda-driven Asia Dream Cup. He had managed to achieve ninth rank overall in 2014 but slipped down to 13th in 2015. However Sarath is not going to be the first Indian to race in the Supersports 600cc class as it was K. Rajini who had already registered his presence at the prestigious event.
This is a perfect time for me to move from 250 class to the 600 class and I am so happy that I will be representing India in ARRC SS600. I have been riding the smaller bikes for over 8 years and because of my physic I had to move up the cc class but I did not expect the opportunity to come so soon that to at such a high level of competition. ARRC SS600 is one of the toughest grid in the world and I want to learn a lot this year before I start thinking about results. Riding with teammates like Koyoma will be a great learning opportunity for me and I hope I can get adjusted with the motorcycle fast. I really want to thank Honda Motorcycles & Scooters India, HM Japan our sponsors Mr. John Sudheer, WOW Digit Company and Mr. Ramji Govindarajan, Ten10 Racing who came forward to support the entire team for the season.said Sarath.
By: Farhan Kashif