Asia Racing Team will team up with Humpuss Racing Junior Team for Round 6 and 7 of AFR Series on June 14/15 at the Zhuhai International Circuit, People’s Republic of China.
Humpuss Racing Junior Team protégés Darma Hutomo and Yasuo Senna Iriawan will drive the Asia Racing Team run Formula Renault 2.0 in the third event of the season. The Indonesian duo will follow in the footsteps of compatriot Rio Haryanto who raced with Asia Racing Team in the 2008 Asian Formula Renault Challenge and Formula Asia 2.0.
With vast experience and titles in Indonesian national karting championship, Darma Hutomo and Yasuo Senna Iriawan are both competing this year in Formula Masters China Series. Hutomo and Senna are both Asian Karting Open Championship (Junior Class) former champions.
Hutomo and Senna are no strangers to the team or the circuit, having prepared Formula Masters China Series season for two days under Asia Racing Team supervision last winter.
Philippe Descombes, Team Manager of Asia Racing Team: “We are very proud that the Humpuss Racing Junior Team have entrusted us with Darma and Senna. They don’t have much Formula Renault experience but they are both young and quick drivers with exactly the right attitude to be AFR Series front-runners from the very start.”
Stanley Iriawan, Manager of Humpuss Racing Junior Team: "We are pleased to cooperate with one of the Asia’s prominent racing teams. We will be looking to use this event as preparation for the remaining races of Formula Masters China Series. I am sure that Darma and Senna will be a strong force in this race and can deliver a good result."