Riding Pudium During The Third Series Yamaha Sunday Race Debut, Pandujet: I Dream Of Becoming A MotoGP Racer

Indonesian young racer, Pandu Pademogani Zakat. (Photo: Doc. Personal)

JAKARTA - The young Indonesian racer, Pandu Pademogani Zakat, made an extraordinary appearance on his debut at the Idemitsu bLU cRU Yamaha Sunday Race R25 250cc third series at the Sentul Circuit, Bogor, West Java.

The rider who is familiarly called Pandujet crushed his seniors in his first race.

Starting from sixth position, Pandujet was thrown into 11th position, but his persistence paid off. The 15-year-old racer managed to climb the podium after finishing in fifth position.

"I am grateful to achieve this achievement and very happy, happy. In the future I will continue to strive with active training to achieve my goal of becoming a professional racer and winning in the MotoGP event," said Pandujet in a written statement.

He then thanked the hundreds of supporters who had supported him. The crowd made him look more excited.

Coach Pandujet, Ahmad Marta, admits the rider has quite good talent potential. He also believes that Pandujet can become a champion in the future.

"It just needs to be honed again on the maturity of racing in the track. For today's race, the opponents are seniors. Of the dozens of Pandujet riders, they can finish in the top five and it's not an easy and easy thing," said Ahmad.

"I will evaluate to prepare for the next match," concluded the coach.