Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race 2007 Part 1 - Sepang Circuit. Malaysia. A race review from the ecstatic Honda Malaysia Racing Team. Enjoy the part 1 of our MME 2007 race coverage. Expect Racequeen girls for part 2 and the rest of the coverage and podium shots in part 3. 

Images by: Andy Goh

Quote from Mr Atsushi Fujimoto

HMRT Team Principal

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd

“My heartiest congratulations to the whole HMRT and all the drivers. All of you have done Honda proud! It has been a challenging 12 hours, but the whole team persevered, worked really hard and rose to the challenges. I am indeed very proud of them.”

We are very happy to be able to defend our A title for the 5^th consecutive year through the win by Car 27. Making this win even sweeter is the 1-2 finishing in A for the whole team when Car 26 crossed the checkered flag just seconds behind Car 27.

In the Overall Championship standing, this is also a record for HMRT as Car 27 and Car 26 were in second and third positions.

This is a record we intend to keep and to continue to challenge ourselves for the Overall Championship Title.

This excellent result is a testament of HMRT’s spirit of overcoming “The Challenges Within”. It is the cohesive team work and team spirit of all the HMRT members that made this possible.

Having said that, at Honda, it’s never just about the victory. It’s always about how far we rose to the challenge.

This is because racing and motorsports are deeply rooted in Honda. It is our Reason to Exist! It is also Honda’s DNA and Challenging Spirit in racing which continues to challenge us to compete at the highest level of motorsports, and this includes MME. Today, HMRT demonstrated Honda’s “Challenging Spirit” to the hilt.

Quote from HMRT Car 27 Driver, Mr. Eddie Lew:

“I am very happy to win the A title for the 5^th consecutive year with Hiroki Katoh as my partner. This year’s race has been challenging but I believe the most important factor in helping us win the race is the whole HMRT’s Racing Spirit, which was very strong this year.

Besides that, the racecar was in excellent condition throughout the race.

I would also like to congratulate Car 26. They were very competitive and I am very proud of them as this Car was built locally at Honda’s Melaka plant.

I would like to thank MUGEN engineers, Yokohama and of course, Honda Malaysia for their continuous support. And also, HMRT – the team that made this happened! I am happy to be given the opportunity to race the car and win again this year.

I hope I can race for HMRT again next year.” 

Quote from HMRT Car 27 Driver, Mr. Hiroki Katoh:

“Winning the A title for the 5^th consecutive year is a personal victory for me. I had two challenges for MME this year, this first being that I raced with the Civic Type R for the first time. The second challenge is of course to keep winning the A title.

I am very happy that we did it! The team work and the diligence of the HMRT members was what made this possible. This is their victory!

At the same time, I also congratulate Car 26. They challenged us all the way for the first placing.

Stay tuned for:

• Part 2 - Racequeen Girls of MME 2007

• Part 3 - MME 2007 Sepang Circuit

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