After the entire debacle between Petronas Sprinta Racing, Khairul Idham Pawi, and simply the entire motorsports fraternity, fans, and enthusiasts within Malaysia, team principal Dato' Razlan Razali stated there is a opportunity for Malaysian talents to go in their squad as early as 2022.
It's been a significant messy turn of events regarding the whole Super KIP situation, with Hafizh Syahrin to be the only Malaysian representative in the 2021 grid across the 3 categories, calls for more Malaysian talent have been voiced out, particularly towards the direction of Petronas Sprinta Racing.
It's hard to say how everything will go down within the next few years, but Dato' Razlan is clearly betting on Adam Norrodin or Syarifuddin Azman to help make the cut in the 2021 CEV Repsol championship season. When they prosper, there can be a spot readily available for them within the Petronas squad come 2022.
Things are not that clear cut, considering the fact that their 2021 riders' line-up includes John McPhee and Darynn Binder in Moto3 and Jake Dixon and Xavi Vierge in Moto2. Each one of these riders showed great potential this season, and they'll most likely acquire some serious points in 2021.
If these riders prosper (and both Franco Morbidelli and Valentino Rossi pull in great results), it won't seem sensible for Petronas Sprinta Racing to axe any of them just to make method for a and still developing Malaysian rider. The concept looks brilliant on paper, but everything comes down to results in addition to consistency.
Then again, the Petronas-backed squad has stated previously that they're in the world championship to showcase Malaysian talents in two-wheel motorsports (but that part has been somewhat ‘edited’ around the team’s current website). By axing Super KIP even though he was still dealing with a significant injury and surgery did stir up a number of people, including Hafizh Syahrin who stated publicly that what Petronas Sprinta Racing has been doing does not portray a 'Malaysian team'.
All we are able to say for now is let's watch for what 2021 provides. After all, racing against the best in the planet while attempting to obtain good results is more of the honour and privilege to represent their country, no entitlement (shout out to Harris Iskandar Taib for this truly clear cut and brilliant statement).
