Malaysia, what a beautiful country for those who love motor sports in general and motorcycles in particular... The highest dignitaries of the State travel under the cameras with Harley-Davidsons escorted by the local "Hells Angels", the same motorcycle is highlighted by the tourist office when it is not the national oil company Petronas which loosens its purse strings to finance both Formula 1 and MotoGP at the highest level of competition... But this is not is not everything. Hafizh Syahrin, the local child who finds himself penniless, will actually receive a government envelope to pursue his career...
Imagine our President Macron on a shiny motorcycle and the news of a ministry supporting the season of a French pilot. We would cry scandal. In Malaysia, it is quite the opposite: it is a national duty... Thus, the Malaysian pilot Hafiz Syahrin, 25, will receive a grant from his home country to finance his new season with the Angel Nieto team in the 2 FIM Moto2020 World Championship.
We will recall that Syahrin had been recruited as a last minute replacement for Jonas Folger on the Monster Energy Yamaha Tech3 team for the 2018 MotoGP season, scoring 46 points and almost earning the Rookie of the Year award. This service allowed him to stay with Tech3 as the team moved from Yamaha to KTM. There he struggled to achieve results in the RC16 to the point that his contract was not renewed for 2020.
Syahrin has nevertheless bounced back with the Angel Nieto team with a view to competing in the 2 Moto2020 World Championship, but according to a January 10 article on freemalaysiatoday.com, Syahrin receives no salary or travel expenses and has been unable to find sponsors to cover his needs.
The Malaysian government, in particular the head of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, therefore decided to grant Syahrin a grant from the National Sports Trust Fund: “ I will help him as much as possible because before this our goal was to find corporate sponsors Rahman told reporters. “ I have discussed the matter with senior management of the department and we will continue to find ways to assist. » Rahman also called on Malaysian businesses to step in to help Syahrin...
