Malaysian rider Muhammad Hakim Danish Ramli finishes third at the Italian Grand Prix for his first Moto3 podium finish of the season
KUALA LUMPUR: With a never-say-die attitude as his driving force, Malaysian Moto3 rider Muhammad Hakim Danish Ramli delivered a breakthrough performance to claim his first podium of the season, finishing third at the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello on Sunday.
The AEON Credit-MT Helmets-MSi rider was over the moon with the result, saying he gave it everything from the very start of the race and stayed locked in throughout to secure a well-earned podium finish.
“The race was very intense. The front group kept changing positions and we were racing at maximum pace from start to finish. I knew one small mistake could change everything.
“I was a bit further back on the last lap, but I didn’t give up. I just tried to stay calm and look for opportunities to overtake the other riders one by one, and Alhamdulillah, the strategy paid off and I managed to secure a podium finish,” he said in a statement today.
Hakim Danish finished 0.456 seconds behind race winner Brian Uriarte of the Red Bull KTM Ajo team, who clocked a winning time of 33:07.80.
Second place went to Uriarte’s teammate Alvaro Carpe, who recorded a time of 33:08.219.
Hakim Danish’s result at the Italian Grand Prix ended Malaysia’s Moto3 podium drought, the first since Khairul Idham Pawi won the 2016 Argentine Grand Prix.
The 18-year-old currently sits 11th in the Moto3 championship standings on 43 points, 102 points behind leader Máximo Quiles of the CFMOTO Valresa Aspar Team, who leads the way with 145 points.
Hakim Danish will continue his campaign in the eighth round of the season at the Hungarian Grand Prix from June 5-7.
