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Astra Motor Racing Team (ART).

Career

Munandar began to pursue motorbike racing since he was 6–8 years old. Munandar also participated in mini motor racing and Munandar began to pursue the world of motor racing since middle school. Previously, he was introduced to motocross by his late grandfather, Andi Suryana, who was a former motorcycle racer from Tasikmalaya. He won the MP 5 and MP 6 West Java championships in 2013. He strengthened the West Java team in the PON XIX motorcycle racing branch. Competing with

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, and Adly M. Taufik, he presented a silver medal in the team number A underbone at the Bukit Peusar circuit. In the 2017 season, he won the MP 3 and MP 4 region 2. In 2018, Munandar competed in the

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, the 3rd podium at the

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. With the start of 2019 One Prix, he competed in the Four-stroke motorcycle Tune-Up Injection Expert 150cc class for the ART Yogyakarta team. He won 3 wins in total respectively in race 1 round 1, race 1 round 2 (both of which were held at the Bukit Peusar circuit), and race 1 round 3 at the Sentul Karting circuit. In addition, Munandar stayed in the Asia Talent Cup for the 2019 season. He won the race in Buriram, and the

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round 3.

Death

Munandar died on November 2, 2019, due to a fatal accident while racing in the

at the

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. In the final standings, he is ranked 3rd with 142 points. The world's motorcyclists shared their condolences for his death, including

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, who presented his victory at the 2019 Sepang MotoGP dedicated for him,

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gives Munandar's helmet dedicated for him after the Moto3 race and

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, who presented Moto2 world title dedicated for him. As a part of respect, the organizers of the Asia Talent Cup decided that number 4, which was the starting number for Munandar, should be retired and no longer allowed to be used by other riders. Munandar's death was the second time a fatal accident occurred as

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died in what was a similar incident at the

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, eight years previously.

References

External links

Afridza Munandar, Rider Indonesia Berprestasi yang Tewas di Asia Talent Cup Sepang
(in Indonesian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Munandar, Afridza 1999 births 2019 deaths Indonesian motorcycle racers Sportspeople from West Java People from Tasikmalaya Sundanese people Indonesian Muslims Motorcycle racers who died while racing Filmed deaths in motorsport Sport deaths in Malaysia