‘Honda riders’ in great form! First day of MotoGP Thailand, ‘Kong-Somkiat’ overcame injury to hold on to the top 14 in Moto2

Honda riders made a great start to the PT Grand Prix of Thailand on the first day under the close watch of Thai motorsport fans. 'Kong' Somkiat Chantra, the number 35 Thai rider, overcame an injury in the first day of practice, finishing 14th with a lap time of 1 minute 35.916 seconds, putting him in good shape for this weekend's home race. While "Kong-Tatchakorn Buasri", the rising Thai rider number 5 from Honda Team Asia, worked hard on setting up his racing car, ranking 24th in the Moto3 class, with a lap time of 1 minute 42.315 seconds. In the MotoGP class, 'Johann Zarco', the French rider number 5 from LCR Honda, successfully got his ticket to Q2 in 10th place with a lap time of 1 minute 29.682 seconds, just 0.517 seconds behind the leader, followed by his Japanese teammate 'Takaaki Nakagami', number 30, in 15th place, 0.831 seconds behind, while 'Luca Marini', the Italian rider number 10 from Repsol Honda Team, ranked 17th, 0.973 seconds behind, followed by 'Joan Mir', his Spanish teammate number 36, in 19th place, 1.052 seconds behind. In terms of the combined practice results in the Asia Talent Cup, where five young riders from the "Honda Race to the Dream" project competed, "Mai Cue" Kiatisuk, number 20, was the leader with a time of 1 minute 46.716 seconds, while "Austin" Thanachart, number 5, was in 10th place, followed by "Um" Nopparatphong, number 26, in 12th place, while "Hypek" Kritsada, number 23, was in 15th place, followed by "Fer" Pancharuj, number 27, finishing in 17th place. The PT Grand Prix of Thailand will qualify to rank the starting grid on Saturday, October 26. The final round will be held on Sunday, October 27, starting with Moto3 at 12:00, followed by Moto2 at 1:15, and ending with MotoGP at 3:00. The Asia Talent Cup will have its first race on Saturday, October 26, at 4:10 p.m., before the second race on Sunday, October 27, at 9:45 a.m. Source: Thai News Agency