Honda Pilipinas Dream Cup Riders Live the Thrill of Racing in Batangas Racing Circuit

June 1-2 – Batangas Racing Circuit, Rosario, Batangas: Round 2 of Honda Pilipinas Dream Cup (HPDC) has commenced, wherein the HPDC is a step-up race program using the CBR150R motorcycles, designed for young Filipino riders to develop their skills, talent and prepare them for international racing.

June 1: Qualifying and Race 1

Qualifying Race, Rider #01 Jakob Sablaya has made strong P1 position as he clocked at 2:03.985, while Chino as rider #06 Chino Hung made a +1.266 sec. for P2 as he was trying to break away from #09 Ventinilla competing also for the front row but landed in P3 with a time of +1.33 from Chino. On the other hand, #07 Kokoy Mangibin, #05 Travys Paralejas and #02 Andrej Ondillo were trying to out-best each other during the qualifying, which composed the 2^nd row, while #04 Nicol Lee and #03 Chad Mangulabnan, who were making a comeback has completed the grid of the HPDC.

Race 1, as the lights went off, riders gave the audience an exciting race as the 1^st lap all riders were making a statement inside the track however, at Turn 1, #01 Sablaya, #09 Ventinilla and #06 Hung were able to break away from the pack as they pass at turn 3. It was a show of endurance and strong will for the 3 riders as they take on the full 8 laps. While the 2^nd group was not so far behind as #05 Travys Paralejas was making also a show of force with #07 Kokoy Mangibin, but was able to take the front position from the group keeping the pace steady until the chequered flag.

The Race ends with Jakob Sablaya in the 1^st Place, Marco Ventinilla in 2^nd Place and Chino Hung in 3^rd Place.

June 2: Race 2

After the result of Race 1, the riders were eager to make improvements in their ride and in their time. Race 2 was only 6 laps due to time adjustments made the race officials.

The same level of skills was shown by the riders #Jakob Sablaya (1^st Place) the leading young rider of the Program gives a satisfying performance as he competed with Chino Hung (2^nd Place) and Marco Ventinilla until the latter slide off at Lap 5, making way for #04 Nicol Lee to take charge and get the 3rd place.

Overall results for the Honda Pilipinas Dream Cup are as follows:

QUALIFYING

RACE 1

RACE 2

Here is the overall standing of the riders:

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