Syahrin makes Moto2™ return with Angel Nieto Crew

Recent Red Bull KTM Tech 3 MotoGP™ rider Hafizh Syahrin will step encourage into the Moto2™ ranks for the 2020 season with Angel Nieto Crew, partnering Moto3™ title contender Aron Canet.  

Syahrin is a two-time Tall Prix podium finisher in the Moto2™ class, both of those coming in the 2017 season at Misano and Motegi earlier than he made the jump as much as the premier class in 2018. An improbable rookie season has been adopted by a trickier second campaign in MotoGP™ and for the 2020 season, Syahrin will be hoping he can adapt to the Triumph 765cc engine swiftly and be troubled for prime finishes from the off.

Jorge Martinez ‘Aspar’: “I would adore to welcome Hafizh Syahrin to our team. It’s a long way huge recordsdata for us to impress such an skilled rider to our fresh be troubled in the Moto2 class. We are planning an unlimited step forward in 2020, we’re elevating the bar and I know that both Hafizh and his future teammate Aron Canet will wait on us reach it. Syahrin is a rider who already has a entire lot of years of abilities in this category and now we contain self belief in his potential to entire huge things.”

Hafizh Syahrin: “I mediate that alongside with the Angel Nieto Crew we can kill a upright job subsequent season. Moto2 just isn’t a fresh category for me because I already spent a entire lot of years there, but now I will contain a particular chassis, a particular engine with more strength and totally different tyres. I in actual fact contain raced against the majority of riders in this class and I mediate I’m in a position to mix it up at the front. I will give my most efficient to be a top five rider, I in actual fact contain faith in the team because I in actual fact contain labored with about a of them earlier than, and I mediate we can kill a upright job.”

Razlan Razali (CEO of Sepang Global Circuit): “We are extraordinarily delighted to be supporting Hafizh for 2020 in the Moto2 category with Angel Nieto Crew. We are assured that Hafizh can mount a severe be troubled to Championship subsequent yr. Hafizh is a nationwide icon, mentor and an inspiration to the childhood of Malaysia and it’s miles huge that he’ll proceed his efforts and a imaginable comeback to the MotoGP category in 2021. Hafizh is an knowledgeable and aggressive rider and his presence in the enviornment championship will be wonderful that persisted success of Asian riders.”

YB Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman (Minister of Childhood and Sports activities): “Hafizh is a proficient Malaysian athlete and the Ministry fully supports his decision to proceed collaborating in the global racing scene in the Moto2 category. His outdated abilities and achievement would grant him a aggressive edge over his pals and this would obtain him a severe contender to wrestle for more podium locations subsequent yr. I want him successfully and can not wait to listen to our ‘Negaraku’ track being performed in his honour all over the enviornment.”