Dimas Ekky Pratama

Dimas Ekky Pratama (born 26 October 1992 in Depok) is an Indonesian motorcycle rider who last raced in Moto2 Championship for Idemitsu Honda Asia Team.

Dimas Ekky Pratama
Nationality	Indonesian
Born	26 October 1992 Depok, West Java, Indonesia
Current team	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia
Bike number	20
Website	www.dimaspratama20.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2017–2019 Manufacturers Kalex, Honda, Tech 3 Championships 0 2019 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 14 0 0 0 0 0

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.[1]

Suzuka 4 & 8 Hours

Dimas won the 2013 Suzuka 4 Hours race together with fellow Indonesian rider Iswandi Muis, both riding a Honda CBR600RR bike from Astra Honda Racing Team.[2] He had also participated in the higher class, Suzuka 8 Hours between 2014 and 2017. He raced for Honda Team Asia, aboard a Honda CBR1000RR together with Australian Joshua Hook and Malaysian Mohamad Zamri Baba in his first participation of the event where the trio finished 7th overall.[3] The 2015 race saw a major change to the team as they replaced Dimas' partners with Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman from Malaysia, and Thai rider Ratthapong Wilairot. They completed the race in the 18th position.[4] For the 2016 event,[5] the team replaced Azlan with Zaqhwan Zaidi and finished 8th, an achievement that was repeated for the following year with the same line-up.[6][7][8]

Asia Road Racing Championship

From the year 2012 to 2016 he raced in Asia Road Racing Championship 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.[9][10] 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.[11]

CEV Moto2 European Championship

Between 2015 and 2018 Dimas 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 race 1 in 2017 season (3rd) and race 1 Albacete round in 2018 (3rd).

Moto2 World Championship

He made his Grand Prix racing debut as a wildcard at the Malaysian GP in 2017 at Sepang International Circuit. 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 to replace their regular rider, Bo Bendsneyder, who was absent due to injury. Dimas completed the race in 23rd position. He also participated in 2018 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix as a wildcard, where he finished in 24th position.

He secured a full-season contract to race in the 2019 Moto2 season for Hiroshi Aoyama's IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia.[12] In Spanish round at Circuito de Jerez, he was accidentally ran over by other rider in the beginning of the race after crashing, and did not make restart.[13] Later, during Free Practice 1 for TT Assen, he crashed heavily and suffered concussions where he was confirmed unfit for the race.[14] 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 and Silverstone, Andi Farid Izdihar at Misano round, and Gerry Salim at Aragon. He made his comeback after 4 months absent at Buriram and reached his best result of the season at Sepang as he finished 18th.[15][16] His contract was not renewed and he was replaced by Farid for 2020 season.[17]

Personal life

Dimas is married and has a daughter who was born in 2018. His nickname is "Red Forehead".

Career statistics

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Pts
2015	Kalex	ALG1 11	ALG2 29	CAT 10	ARA1	ARA2	ALB Ret	NAV1	NAV2	JER 12	VAL1 9	VAL2 9	13th	29
2016	Kalex	VAL1 Ret	VAL2 15	ARA1 6	ARA2 9	CAT1 Ret	CAT2 8	ALB 6	ALG1 5	ALG2 8	JER 5	VAL Ret	7th	66
2017	Kalex	ALB 6	CAT1 3	CAT2 5	VAL1 14	VAL2 6	EST1 7	EST2 Ret	JER 4	ARA1 5	ARA2 5	VAL 7	6th	102
2018	Kalex	EST1 4	EST2 4	VAL 6	CAT1 6	CAT2 13	ARA1 8	ARA2 DNS	JER 4	ALB1 3	ALB2 5	VAL	5th	91.5

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2017	Moto2	Kalex	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2018	Moto2	Honda	Astra Honda Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		Tech 3	Tech 3 Racing	1	0	0	0	0
2019	Moto2	Kalex	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	11	0	0	0	0	0	NC
Total				14	0	0	0	0	0

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto2	2017–2019	2017 Malaysia			14	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	2017–2019				14	0	0	0	0	0	0

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Pos	Pts
2017	Moto2	Kalex	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL Ret	VAL		NC	0
2018	Moto2	Honda	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT 24	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS			NC	0
		Tech 3																		MAL 23	VAL
2019	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 24	ARG 23	AME 22	SPA DNS	FRA Ret	ITA 24	CAT 21	NED DNS	GER DNS	CZE DNS	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA 24	JPN 21	AUS 26	MAL 18	VAL 25	NC	0

References

1. "Profile : Dimas Ekky Pratama". Dimaspratama20.com. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
2. "Merah Putih Berkibar di Gelaran 2013 Suzuka 4 Hours Endurance Race lewat Astra Honda Racing Team". Tmcblog.com.
3. "Moto Racing JAPAN : Suzuka 8 Hours 2014 Results". Motoracing-japan.com.
5. "2016 FIM Endurance World Championship Series, Round 3 : "Coca-Cola Zero" Suzuka 8hours Endurance Race : 8hours Official Race Results". Suzukacircuit.jp. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
6. Bhaktinusa, PT Uninet. "Dimas Ekky Antar Honda Team Asia Finis di Urutan Ke-8 Suzuka 8 Hours". Juara.bolasport.com.
7. "Hasil Race Suzuka 8 Hours 2017 : Lagi-lagi Yamaha R1 Juara, ZX-10RR Ke-2, CBR1000RR SP2 ke-3, Dimas Ekky ke-8". Warungasep.net. 30 July 2017.
8. "2016-2017 FIM Endurance World Championship Final Round : "Coca-Cola" Suzuka 8hours Endurance Race : 8hours Race Final Ranking". Suzukacircuit.jp. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
9. "SUPERSPORTS 600cc: SUPER-SUB DIMAS CAPS OFF SUCCESSFUL PODIUM HUNT FOR INDONESIA – Asia Road Racing Championship". Asiaroadracing.com.
10. "ASIA ROAD RACING CHAMPIONSHIP : Sentul International Circuit, Indonesia : SUPERSPORTS 600cc - Race 1" (PDF). Asiaroadracing.com. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
11. "RACING CHAMPIONSHIP 2015 : OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS : SUPERSPORTS 600cc" (PDF). Asiaroadracing.com. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
12. "Honda Announces Riders for 2019 FIM MotoGP World Championship Moto2 IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia and Moto3 Honda Team Asia". Honda. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
13. Media, Kompas Cyber. "Usai Kecelakaan Dimas Ekky Dinyatakan Selamat". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2020-01-01.
14. Media, Kompas Cyber. "Harus Istirahat, Dimas Ekky Absen di Moto2 Assen". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2020-01-01.
15. Bolasport.com. "Comeback, Dimas Ekky Kena Jump Start Penalty di Moto2 Thailand - Bolasport.com". juara.bolasport.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2020-01-01.
16. "Hasil Balap Moto2 Malaysia 2019: Alex Marquez Kunci Juara Dunia, Posisi Dimas Ekky Melonjak - Semua Halaman - Motorplus". www.motorplus-online.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2020-01-01.
17. "Andi Gilang Gantikan Dimas Ekky di Moto2 2020". olahraga. Retrieved 2020-01-01.

External links

• Profile on MotoGP.com