Honda Pilipinas Dream Cup 2019: Jakob Sablaya breaks away from other riders in qualifying round

An exciting Round 3 for the Honda Pilipinas Dream Cup 2019 took place at the Clark International Speedway at the Clark Freeport Zone in Mabalacat, Pampanga, Philippines on July 29, 2019. An unexpected turnout and twist blazed for the podium finishers of Race 1 and Race 2.

Qualifying Round

Rider #01 Jakob Sablaya broke away from the other riders with a speed of 3.755s over Rider #09 Marco Ventinilla. The latter was at 0.063s over Rider #05 Trahvys Paralejas, who can be noted from previous rounds that positioned in sixth place.

Race 1

Wet race transpired during the competition. However, a different twist came out as Rider #02 Andrej Ondillo was able to get the third place though he slides and overshoot in Lap 2 as Rider #06 Chino Hung came back and reigned again as the second placer.

However, Sablaya was still at the  number 1 position compared with the rest of  riders. Meanwhile, Paralejas, who notched third in the qualifying round, got his motorcycle changed as he did experience motorcycle electrical failure because of the intense rain fall and were in eight position during this race.

Race 2

Riders became more  competitive, giving the audience a thrilling and exciting round as Sablaya once again broke  away from his competitors. The battle began for the second and third places as Parelejas was able to come back and compete in a head to head battle against Rider #08 Kurt Villanueva and Rider #06 Chino Hung.

The final result of the competition was unexpectedly satisfying for the winners Sablaya, Paralejas and Villanueva in the respective first, second and third places. The continuous improvement of the Honda Pilipinas Dream Cup Riders was undeniably observed as they  become faster and well-skilled to compete again with each other in Round 4.

Below are the riders result and overall standing:

QUALIFYING ROUND
POS.	RIDER #	NAME	BEST TIME	2ND BEST
1	1	Jakob Sablaya	2:24.467	2:24.787
2	9	Marco Ventinilla	2:28.222	2:28.721
3	5	Trahvys Paralejas	2:28.285	2:28.806
4	7	Christopher John “Kokoy” Mangibin	2:28.360	2:29.306
5	6	Chino Hung	2:28.612	2:28.978
6	8	Kurt Villanueva	2:29.459	2:30.465
7	2	Andrej Ondillo	2:33.445	2:33.820
8	3	Chad Mangulabnan	2:35.243	2:35.505
9	4	Michael Nicol Lee	–	–

 

RACE 1
POS.	RIDER #	NAME	TOTAL TIME	BEST TIME	DIFFERENCE
1	1	Jakob Sablaya	14:08.889	2:46.971	–
2	6	Chino Hung	14:39.223	2:52.857	30.334
3	2	Andrej Ondillo	14:57.023	2:52.366	0.212
4	8	Kurt Villanueva	14:56.811	2:56.702	47.922
5	7	Kokoy Mangibin	14:31.563	2:49.361	22.674
6	3	Chad Mangulabnan	14:59.435	2:53.086	50.546
7	9	Marco Ventinilla	14:24.226	2:50.354	15.337
8	5	Trahvys Paralejas	14:30.579	2:49.270	21.690
9	4	Michael Nicol Lee	–	–	–

 

RACE 2
POS.	RIDER #	NAME	TOTAL TIME	BEST TIME	DIFFERENCE
1	1	Jakob Sablaya	16:50.418	2:24.192	–
2	5	Trahvys Paralejas	17:14.061	2:27.408	23.643
3	8	Kurt Villanueva	17:14.186	2:27.521	23.768
4	6	Chino Hung	17:14.721	2:27.461	23.404
5	7	Kokoy Mangibin	17:20.720	2:28.081	30.302
6	9	Marco Ventinilla	17:22.207	2:28.634	31.789
7	2	Andrej Ondillo	17:49.794	2:32.292	59.376
8	3	Chad Mangulabnan	18:08.917	2:35.254	1:18.499
9	4	Michael Nicol Lee	–	–	–

 

OVERALL STANDING
RIDER #	NAME	ROUND 1				ROUND 2		ROUND 3		TOTAL
		Race 1	Race 2			Race 1	Race 2	Race 1	Race 2
01	Alfred Jakob Sablaya	25	25			25	25	25	25	150
06	Carl James P. Hung	20	20			18	20	20	16	114
08	Marco Gil D. Ventinilla	16	18			20	08	10	12	084
09	Kokoy Mangibin	08	14			16	16	14	14	082
04	Michael Nicol D. Lee	12	12			10	18	–	–	052
02	Sean Andrej R. Ondillo	14	08			12	14	18	10	076
07	Trahvys Lyanjoe P. Paralejas	10	10			14	10	08	20	072
05	Kurt Tristan E. Villanueva	18	16			–	–	16	18	068
03	Charles Daniel V. Mangulabnan	–	–			8	12	12	8	040