Dimas Ekky Pratama (born 26 October 1992) is an Indonesian
motorcycle racer
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who last raced in CEV Moto2 European Championship for Pertamina Mandalika SAG Stylobike Euvic Team.
Career
Early career
His racing career started in 2010, where he competed in IRS (Indonesian Racing Series) Supersport 600cc class. In his maiden season, he achieved 4th in the final standings, 5th in 2011, and concluded his national level career as a runner-up in 2012.
Suzuka 4 & 8 Hours
Pratama won the 2013 Suzuka 4 Hours race together with fellow Indonesian rider Iswandi Muis, both riding a
Honda CBR600RR
The Honda CBR600RR is a sport bike made by Honda since 2003, part of the CBR series. The CBR600RR was marketed as Honda's top-of-the-line middleweight sport bike, succeeding the 2002 Supersport World Champion 2001–2006 CBR600F4i, which was th ...
bike from Astra Honda Racing Team. He had also participated in the higher class,
Suzuka 8 Hours
The is a motorcycle endurance race held at the Suzuka Circuit in Japan each year. The race runs for eight hours consecutively and entrants are composed of two or more riders who alternate during pitstops.
History
The race began in 1978 as a ...
between 2014 and 2017. He raced for Honda Team Asia, aboard a
Honda CBR1000RR
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together with Australian
Joshua Hook
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and Malaysian
Mohamad Zamri Baba in his first participation of the event where the trio finished 7th overall. The 2015 race saw a major change to the team as they replaced Dimas' partners with
Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman
Azlan Shah bin Kamaruzaman (born 1 October 1984) is a Malaysians, Malaysian professional Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He currently competes in the Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC) ASB1000 Championship aboard a ...
from
Malaysia
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, and Thai rider Ratthapong Wilairot. They completed the race in the 18th position. For the 2016 event, the team replaced Azlan with
Zaqhwan Zaidi
Zaqhwan Zaidi (born 20 July 1995, in Selangor) is a Malaysian motorcycle racer. He currently rides in the MFJ All Japan Road Race JSB1000 Championship, aboard a Honda CBR1000RR and the Asia Road Race SS600 Championship, aboard a Honda CBR600RR. ...
and finished 8th, an achievement that was repeated for the following year with the same line-up.
Asia Road Racing Championship
From the year 2012 to 2016 he raced in
Asia Road Racing Championship
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This championship is part of the production-based ca ...
in the Supersport 600cc class as a full-time rider, also with Astra Honda Racing Team, and a one-off appearance at 2017 Indonesian Round at
Sentul which he won the first race. During his time in the class, he earned the Best Rookie of The Year in his first season, having finished the championship in 6th position. His best ranking position ever was 5th in the 2015 season.
CEV Moto2 European Championship
Between
2015
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and 2018 Pratama competed in the FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship with Astra Honda Racing Team. His best overall result was 5th in
2018 season, and a total of 2 podium finishes in
Catalunya
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Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the northe ...
race 1 in 2017 season (3rd) and race 1
Albacete
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Lying in the south-ea ...
round in 2018 (3rd).
Moto2 World Championship
He made his
Grand Prix
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Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to:
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racing debut as a wildcard at the
Malaysian GP in 2017 at
Sepang International Circuit
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. Unfortunately, he was unable to finish the race as he was involved in a crash. A year later, at the same circuit, he was called up by
Tech 3
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to replace their regular rider,
Bo Bendsneyder
Bo Bendsneyder (born 4 March 1999) is a Dutch motorcycle racer. He was the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup champion in 2015.
Career Moto3 World Championship Red Bull KTM Ajo (2016–2017)
In 2016 he made his debut in the Moto3 class, Riding for the R ...
, who was absent due to injury. Pratama completed the race in 23rd position. He also participated in
2018 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2018 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló on 17 June 2018.
Classification MotoGP
Moto2
Moto3
* Niccolò Anton ...
as a wildcard, where he finished in 24th position.
He secured a full-season contract to race in the
2019
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Moto2 season for
Hiroshi Aoyama
is a Japanese retired Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, and current team principal of Honda Team Asia. Aoyama is best known for winning the 2009 250cc World Championship title. He is the older brother of former 250cc and World Superbike rider, ...
's IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia. In Spanish round at
Circuito de Jerez
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, he was accidentally run over by other rider in the beginning of the race after crashing, and did not make restart. Later, during Free Practice 1 for TT Assen, he crashed heavily and suffered concussions where he was confirmed unfit for the race. He participated in the next two rounds, but also withdrew after taking part in the Free Practice sessions.
He was also absent for 4 rounds due to recovery from his injuries and was replaced by Teppei Nagoe at
Red Bull Ring
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The race circuit was founded as Österreichring (translation: Austrian Circuit) and hosted the Austrian Grand Prix for 18 consecutive years, from to . It was later sh ...
and
Silverstone
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,
Andi Farid Izdihar
Andi Farid Izdihar, also known as Andi Gilang (born 14 August 1997), is a motorcycle racer from Indonesia who currently races in Asia Superbike 1000 class of Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC). He previously participated in Moto3 for Honda Team ...
at
Misano round, and
Gerry Salim
Gerry Salim Laurens (born in Surabaya, 19 April 1997), is a motorcycle racer from Indonesia.
Racing Career
Gerry started his career in the mid-2000s. In 2011, he won the Motoprix National Championship in the MP6 class. The following year saw hi ...
at
Aragon
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. He made his comeback after 4 months absent at
Buriram
Buriram (, , , 'city of happiness') is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in Thailand, capital of Buriram Province, about northeast of Bangkok. The town occupies ''tambon'' Nai Mueang of Mueang Buriram District. In 2012 it had a population of 27,862 ...
and reached his best result of the season at
Sepang
Pekan Sepang is a small border town and also a mukim in Sepang District, Selangor, Malaysia. The Sepang International Circuit in the western part of the town, where the Malaysian F1 Grand Prix was and Malaysian MotoGP Grand Prix is held. Mal ...
as he finished 18th. His contract was not renewed and he was replaced by Farid for 2020 season.
Mandalika Racing Team
After spending a year without a ride, Pratama was approached by Mandalika Racing Team, a project led by Kemal Nasution and
People's Representative Council of Indonesia member Rapsel Ali in aim to contest for
2021 season. The project initially was intended to form a new team in Moto2 class, but eventually switched to become a partner of Stop and Go (SAG) Racing, an existing team. However,
Dorna Sports
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Established in 1988 as an international sports management and marketing company, it is headquartered in Madrid, with branch offices and/or subs ...
,
FIM
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Organizations and companies
* Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, the International Motorcycling Federation
* Flint Institute of Music, in Michigan, United States
* Fox Interactive Media, now News Corp. Digital Media
* ...
, and IRTA advised him to compete in CEV Moto2, considering his racing records. The seat in the team was finally filled by
Bo Bendsneyder
Bo Bendsneyder (born 4 March 1999) is a Dutch motorcycle racer. He was the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup champion in 2015.
Career Moto3 World Championship Red Bull KTM Ajo (2016–2017)
In 2016 he made his debut in the Moto3 class, Riding for the R ...
, who had to cancel his newly-signed contract at EAB Racing in World Supersport 600 class in order to join the team. Pratama still served as a reserve rider in the team and had possible wildcard entries. His chance eventually came as he was given a wildcard entry at
2021 Valencian GP. However he crashed on lap 14 and did not finish.
Return to CEV Moto2
Being unable to secure his full season Moto2 participation, Pratama raced in 2021 CEV Moto2 with SAG Racing, which marked his comeback to the championship since 2018.
Personal life
Pratama is married and has two children.
His nickname is "Red Forehead". He is endorsed by HJC Helmets since 2021, having previously been associated with KYT his whole career.
Career statistics
FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship
Races by year
(
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
By class
Races by year
(
key
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Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pratama, Dimas Ekky
1992 births
Living people
People from Depok
Indonesian Muslims
Indonesian motorcycle racers
Moto2 World Championship riders