KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 (Bernama) -- Malaysian motorcycling star Muhammad Hakim Danish Ramli started the 2025 Junior Grand Prix (JrGP) World Championship campaign in style when he finished second in the opening round at Circuit do Estoril, Portugal, Sunday.
UAX SeventyTwo Artbox rider Brian Uriarte emerged as the champion with a time of 27 minutes 45.045 seconds (s) leaving Hakim Danish representing SIC Racing-MSI in second place (+7.931s) and Rico Salmela from Estrella Galicia 0,0 completing the podium in third position (+10.403).
Hakim Danish in a statement was grateful to be able to provide resistance to Uriarte despite having a rather poor start at the beginning of the race.
"I know Brian has a better pace, and in the group just now I tried to follow but the pace of my group was a bit slow. For the next race, I will try to stay with him," he said.
The achievement sees the 17-year-old rider now in second place on the overall standings with 20 points behind Uriarte in first place with 25 points.
In his debut in the JrGP last season, Hakim Danish finished in 15th place overall after collecting 46 points.
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