Spanish team and its riders Nicky Hayden and Hiroshi Aoyama looking forward to home round for Malaysian energy drink manufacturer DRIVE M7
It may not be the longest track on the MotoGP calendar since the return of Silverstone but its 5.543km of tarmac certainly presents one of the most difficult challenges for the teams and riders. The Sepang International Circuit this weekend plays host to the seventeenth and penultimate round of the 2014 season and with the title already wrapped up in favour of Honda's Marc Marquez the chase is on for second place between Yamaha team-mates Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi. After two straight wins for the Spaniard it was the Italian who triumphed last time out in Australia and there are just eight points between them with 50 still up for grabs.
Excitement has been building for this race in the DRIVE M7 Aspar Team garage for some weeks now, as the Spanish outfit prepare to represent main sponsor DRIVE M7 in their home round. The riders could hardly be in better shape coming into this race having both scored top ten finishes at Phillip Island a few days ago, with Hiroshi Aoyama confirming his form as one of the most consistent performers in MotoGP at the moment and Nicky Hayden reaching something like peak fitness after his long recovery from wrist surgery. The target for both riders is to score strong results again on Sunday in front of the local support.
Nicky Hayden: “Sepang is an awesome circuit – long, wide and with some really interesting sections. I like it a lot but the weather always plays a big part and it can vary dramatically from one session to another. That makes it hard to find the limit of the grip, plus Sepang has a lot of different kinds of corners so you need a good set-up to be able to ride fast and safe. But it's a great track and an interesting challenge for us. The Malaysian Grand Prix is also the home race for our main sponsor so I am sure we will have a lot of support there and hopefully we can pay them back with a strong weekend.”
Hiroshi Aoyama: “It was be a special Grand Prix for us this weekend at Sepang because our main sponsor is Malaysian so it will be like a home race. The first two races of the flyaways have been very productive for us so we go to Malaysia in good spirits and with high hopes for the race. Sepang is a very demanding circuit, both for its characteristics and for the suffocating conditions we usually get there, but it is also my favourite track so I am looking forward to riding this weekend. We have been doing a great job in this last part of the season and we have reached a very high level of performance now so I am sure we can continue this with another strong showing on Sunday. We finished eighth in Australia and I would love to do even better in Malaysia.”
-teamaspar.com.
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