2019 Petron Motorcycle Racing season on this weekend

MANILA, Philippines — Defending champions Marvin Mangulabnan, John Emerson Inguito and Gian Carlo Mauricio return to the track this weekend as the 2019 Petron National Motorcycle Racing Championships fire off the season at the Batangas Racing Circuit in Rosario, Batangas.

Mangulabnan, lead rider of the BMW Motorrad Racing, takes a crack at a third national title in the six-leg Pirelli Philippine Superbike Championships on his powerful S1000RR machine.

Mauricio sets out to prove his selection as 2018 Golden Wheel Driver of the Year was no fluke when he defends his FDR Philippine Scooter Racing Championship while Inguito is the heavy favorite to put away another FDR Philippine Underbone King crown in the kickoff races that also features competitions in the Pirelli Cup Groups 1 and 2, Ducati Cup, Yamaha One Make event, Honda Pilipinas Dream Cup, MTRT Clubrace and Moto IR.