Good news for Indian biking enthusiasts, three ace racers from India (Shankar Sarath Kumar, Hari Krishnan Rajagopalan and Sethu Rajiv) made a promising start in Honda Asia Dream Cup and has been selected by Honda on the basis of their strong and consistent performance in the 2014 edition of Honda One Make Race Championship which was held in India. The Indian trio- Shankar Sarath Kumar, Hari Krishnan Rajagopalan and Sethu Rajiv belong from Chennai and now they will be representing India in Honda Asia Dream Cup 2015. They will have to compete against 19 riders of 10 Asian countries in the 6 round Asia Dream Cup 2015 and if they are in the top 8 of Championship, Honda rider gets chance to participate in Moto 3 Qualifying, isn't it amazing?
Honda Asia Dream Cup is a unique motorsport platform through which Honda develops motorsport talent and skills amongst Asian riders.Honda is playing an important role in India by developing Indian racers of international repute and its part of Honda’s game-plan to develop Indian racers of Moto3 and MotoGP calibre. The Indian trio will go to Sentul International Asian MotoGP circuit in Indonesia for the next-round which is going to be held from June 04-07, 2015.On this precious occasion, Muramatsu, President & CEO, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. congratulated the 3 Indian racers for their promising performance of Asia Dream Cup in Round 1 and said," We are rooting for podium win by the Indian contingent of Sarath Kumar, Hari Krishnan Rajagopalan and Sethu Rajiv. Honda wants to popularize motorsport culture in India. As first step, we have handpicked the best talent from home-grown Honda One Make Race platform and are nurturing them through the Asia Dream Cup. Our objective is to see them grow and hopefully represent India in the coveted Moto3 and later Moto GP championships.”
We at Bikesindia congratulate Shankar Sarath Kumar, Hari Krishnan Rajagopalan and Sethu Rajiv for their performance and wish them luck for the next-round and we are thankful to Honda for playing such an important role in developing Indian skills and giving the Indian riders a platform to show their talent to make their country proud.
By: Shafqat