Hafizh Syahrin

Hafizh Syahrin
Nationality Malaysia Malaysian
Born (1994-05-05) 5 May 1994
Selangor, Malaysia
Current team Petronas Raceline Malaysia
Bike number 55
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years20112016
ManufacturersMoriwaki, FTR, Kalex
2016 championship position9th (118 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
60 0 1 0 1 241

Hafizh Syahrin Abdullah (born 5 May 1994) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Malaysia.[1]

Career

Early years

Syahrin was born on 5 May 1994 in Selangor, Malaysia, and grew up in Selangor. He began his career at the age of 9, in pocket bikes; he eventually acquired the nickname "King of Pocket Bikes", when he was discovered by team manager Barry Leong purely by chance. It was not long before his talent began to show after his racing debut on pocket bikes the following year. Dominating the pocket bike category soon after, he was discovered by Leong at one of the pocket bike tracks.

Career development

In 2007 at the age of 13, Syahrin made his debut in the Cub Prix championship in dominating style finishing his first year on the YAMAHA LC135 Cup class second overall.

His form continued the following year as the Petronas Sprinta Raceline team’s then youngest rider finished on the podium taking 3rd overall in the YAMAHA GIVI Cup in 2008, in the process also making waves through his spot entries in the Novice category with impressive results.

Syahrin started the 2009 season on a high winning the opening race of the season at Alor Setar with a win in the Novice category. With 7 wins out of 8 rounds, with the other being a podium finish, his dominance in the category was unrivalled that he opted to forego the final two rounds. The youngster switched to race against his more illustrious and seasoned seniors in the Expert category with podium results. He finished third in the Asia Road Racing Underbone 115cc Championship.

Graduating to take on the expert category in 2010, the switch was seamless as Syahrin literally broke down all the barriers and tore the competition apart. Despite a massive revamp in the technical regulations that led to the renaming of the expert category to become the CP130 category; these changes did little to rattle Syahrin's cage.

By the time the season drew to a close in Penang's Padang Kota Lama, the 16-year-old had obliterated the competition to emerge as the championship's youngest ever CP130 champion, erasing the record set by Norizman Ismail who was the Expert champion in 2005 at the age of 20.

2010 was also significant as the 16-year-old made the step up to the bigger league, the Petronas Asia Road Racing Championship aboard a 600cc SuperSport bike. Against a much older and experienced field, the youngster held his own to finish his debut season in a respectable 12th from 39 riders. He finished fourth in the same series in 2011. He moved into the Spanish Moto2 series in 2012, finishing sixth.

Moto2

In 2012 wild-card Syahrin led during the middle stages of Malaysian Grand Prix on his way to fourth place. The result was later promoted to a third-place finish, after Anthony West's results were expunged in November 2013. In 2013, Syahrin made several more wildcard appearances. He scored a point at his home race in Malaysia.

Syahrin moved into Moto2 full-time in 2014, riding a Kalex for the Petronas Raceline Malaysia team and finish overall in position 19 collected 42 Points. He made futher improvement in season 2015 by collecting 64 point (in 16th position) with season best finish 5th at Japanese Grand Prix. in season running 2016, Hafizh made suprising to other rider and impress more comantators by finish 4th at 3 Grand Prix ( Qatar, Catalunya and Brittish ) and finish 10 of Grand Prix in top 10. This Consistency made Petronas Raceline Malaysia name him as sole rider for next 2017 Moto2 season.

Career statistics

By season

Season Class Motorcycle Team Number Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
2011 Moto2 Moriwaki Petronas Malaysia 86 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2012 Moto2 FTR Petronas Raceline Malaysia 86 1 0 1 0 1 16 23rd
2013 Moto2 Kalex Petronas Raceline Malaysia 55 4 0 0 0 0 1 29th
2014 Moto2 Kalex Petronas Raceline Malaysia 55 18 0 0 0 0 42 19th
2015 Moto2 Kalex Petronas Raceline Malaysia 55 18 0 0 0 0 64 16th
2016 Moto2 Kalex Petronas Raceline Malaysia 55 18 0 0 0 0 118 9th
Total 60 0 1 0 1 241

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Pts
2011 Moto2 Moriwaki QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED ITA GER CZE IND RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL
20
VAL NC 0
2012 Moto2 FTR QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED GER ITA IND CZE RSM ARA JPN MAL
3
AUS VAL 23rd 16
2013 Moto2 Kalex QAT AME SPA FRA
21
ITA CAT
18
NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA MAL
15
AUS JPN VAL
Ret
29th 1
2014 Moto2 Kalex QAT
15
AME
15
ARG
20
SPA
21
FRA
15
ITA
25
CAT
Ret
NED
10
GER
18
IND
7
CZE
13
GBR
8
RSM
20
ARA
11
JPN
8
AUS
Ret
MAL
Ret
VAL
16
19th 42
2015 Moto2 Kalex QAT
12
AME
6
ARG
10
SPA
12
FRA
9
ITA
Ret
CAT
14
NED
15
GER
16
IND
Ret
CZE
14
GBR
16
RSM
18
ARA
7
JPN
5
AUS
16
MAL
8
VAL
Ret
16th 64
2016 Moto2 Kalex QAT
4
ARG
6
AME
16
SPA
11
FRA
8
ITA
5
CAT
4
NED
Ret
GER
7
AUT
21
CZE
6
GBR
4
RSM
7
ARA
14
JPN
13
AUS
Ret
MAL
5
VAL
15
9th 118

References

  1. "PETRONAS Talent Development: Rider Profile – Hafizh Syahrin Abdullah". petmos.com.my. Petronas Motorsports. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

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