Andhika joins Lux Asia team

Andhika joins Lux Asia team

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's young racing star Andhika
Anindyaguna Hermanto yesterday joined the Formula-Four Lux
Motorsports Asia Team for the Indonesian legs of the Formula Asia
championship scheduled for July and December.

Andhika's admission, recommended by Piers Hunnisett, British
Vauxhall Lotus champion in 1992 and a senior driver with the
team, was sealed yesterday at a signing between Andhika and
president director of PT Ericsson Indonesia, Mats H. Olsson.

The Kuala Lumpur-based team now consists of Hunnisett, Andhika
and Malaysian driver Adam Lokman.

The Lux team signed a US$40,115 sponsorship agreement with PT
Ericsson Indonesia earlier this month. The agreement is valid
until Dec. 31 this year.

Olsson said that it was his preference to choose a young
Indonesian driver on the rise such as Andhika.

"I would rather find an Indonesian driver that is not yet so
established than trying to get one of the top Indonesian drivers
today. I would like to find someone for the future," Olsson said.
"After talking to Piers, we understand that Bagoes is the
person," he added.

Andhika, or Bagoes as his close friends call him, was born in
Jakarta on Dec. 7, 1980. He started his racing career in go-carts
in 1994.

He embarked on his Formula Asia career last December while
continuing his go-carting. In his championship debut at the
Sentul circuit on Dec. 2 and Dec. 3, he finished fifth in the
12th leg, tenth in the 13th leg and eighth in the 14th leg. (arf)