AP Honda Racing’s Somkiat Chantra stepped up to a mighty challenge in the PTT Thailand Grand Prix and showed his class in an epic Moto3 battle today, coming through from a lowly position on the starting grid to finish ninth and in touch with the group battling for the podium. Although crowd numbers and other metrics from this weekend have yet to be released, this has undoubtedly been the biggest ever sporting event held in Thailand, which is something to be kept in mind when assessing the achievements of the four home competitors.
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Apiwat takes wildcard honours in Qualifying
With three of the four Thai riders in this weekend’s 15th round of the MotoGP World Championship appearing as wildcards, there was a lot of pride at stake on day two as the process of determining grid positions got underway this afternoon.