Moreno Suprapto

Moreno Suprapto or Moreno Soeprapto^[1] (born 14 November 1982, in Jakarta) is an Indonesian racing driver. He is the younger brother of Ananda Mikola, another driver.

Crash

Suprapto was involved in a car crash in 2006 at Sentul during the Asian Formula Three Championship when he drove into the rear of James Winslow.^[1] Winslow's car was damaged and he was pushed off onto the gravel, but Suprapto's car rolled with the impact, landing on its side. Winslow left his car to investigate Suprapto's condition and found him trapped in the car, with a broken fuel line spilling gasoline. Familiar with the car because he had previously driven it himself, Winslow turned off the fuel line and managed to dislodge Suprapto so that the pair could flee immediately before the car "burst into flames".^[1]

Neither Suprapto nor Winslow was injured. Winslow finished and won the race in a spare car, while Suprapto was given a precautionary checkup at a nearby hospital. Suprapto later said of the incident, "I ran into the back of James and the next thing I knew I was looking directly up at the sky. Then I heard James shouting at me. I owe my life to James because I was trapped in my car."^[1]

The crash was featured on the BBC programme Accidental Heroes, on 25 September 2008.^[2]

Racing achievements

Year	Series	Information
1996	Formula Cadet	5 Novice Race Win
1997	Formula Cadet	Competed in Super One Championship
1998	Formula Cadet	12th MSA British Championship
1999	Formula Cadet	5th MSA British Championship
2000	Formula Junior	1st British National ABkC Super One Championship 3rd Champions of the Future
2001	Formula Junior KTM	6th British National ABkC Super One Championship
2002	Junior Rotax Max UK	1st British National ABkC Super One Champion
	Gold Cup	Champion
2003	Formula Renault UK	Winter Series
	ZIP Formula	4th MSA British Zip Formula Championship
	Jordan Cup	Vice Champion
	Junior Rotax Max UK	PFI Winter Series Champion
2004	Formula BMW Asia	Winner Shanghai GP
2005	Asian Formula 3	Promotion Class Champion
2006	Asian Formula 3 & A1 Grand Prix	reserve driver for A1 Team Indonesia

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