KUALA LUMPUR: Moto3 rookie Hakim Danish Ramli was forced to settle for seventh place in the race at the Qatar Grand Prix today.
The Aeon Credit-MT Helmets-MSI rider had the pace to push for a top-four finish at Lusail International Circuit but had to take evasive action and was forced wide in the final lap.
Danish crossed the line seventh (+7.315s).
Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP’s David Almansa claimed victory in 33:09.479s with Leopard Racing’s Adrian Fernandez (+2.516s) and CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar’s Maximo Quiles (+2.585s) completing the podium.
Honda Team Asia’s Veda Pratama (+5.653s) and Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Alvaro Carpe (+5.700s) rounded out the top-five.
Carpe’s teammate Brian Uriarte, who crashed in the opening lap, rejoined the race and finished 14th. It was enough to secure him the Rookie of the Year title.
Danish picked up another nine points in Qatar which moved him one place up to ninth in the overall Moto3 standings with 125 points to his name.
Quiles, who has already secured the title, is first with 392 points with Almansa (253 points) and Carpe (216 points) rounding out the top-three.
Moto3 will next race at the Grand Prix of Portugal on Nov 20-22.
Meanwhile in the Moto4 Asia Cup, Qabil Irfan Azlan concluded a double-podium weekend at Lusail by finishing second in race two behind Japan’s Kotaro Togashi. Indonesia’s Muh Badly completed the podium.
Qabil had won race one yesterday.