The 15-year-old delivered one of his best qualifying results, clocking 51.218 on the 1.2 km Bira circuit, just 0.118 seconds behind Thailand\u2019s Pannu Stienmonkong who was fastest.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kiaan started fourth in Heat 2, but lost a place at the start. He soon overtook Japanese racer Shun Sekiguchi and Eason Tseng of Chinese Taipei. Next, he got past Stienmonkong and finished second behind Thailand\u2019s Toby Gale.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Disaster struck in Heat 3, when Kiaan\u2019s engine shut off while running third. A quick-thinking Kiaan found the problem and fixed back a wire. But still finished last.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kiaan started seventh in the Super Heat and drove a brilliant race to finish second. An accident caused a Full Course Yellow, allowing paramedics to attend an injured racer. Rain and chaos ensued, once the race resumed. Kiaan fell to sixth after a mistake, but recovered to finish fourth.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The result from all heats decided the starting grid for the Final. Kiaan had a bad start from fifth and lost a place. He made an extremely daring move and moved to fourth on Lap 1.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
A series of quick laps saw him catch and get past Tseng to move into third. Next, he took down Krish Gupta to get behind the leader. Though he kept pace with the leader, Kiaan was unable to close the gap and eventually finished second, 3.8 seconds behind Gale. Stienmonkong was third. The same grid contested the Thailand Championship and therefore Kiaan won 2 trophies, one for the Asian Championship and one for the Thai.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The result from all heats decided the starting grid for the Final. Kiaan had a bad start from fifth and lost a place. He made an extremely daring move and moved to fourth on Lap 1.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Coach and mentor Rayomand Banajee added, \u201cThe grid was close at the top and Kiaan has had impressive pace all weekend. He has improved his qualifying pace on new tyres and it\u2019s good to see the progress he has made at this level.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n