American Kensei Matsudaira Starts RFME ESBK Moto4 Championship with a Top 10 Finish April 3, 2023 American 12-year old Kensei Matsudaira has started his 2023 racing campaign with the Evike.com Nox#27 Racing Team in Spain with a top 10 finish in Round 1 of the RFME ESBK (Campeonato de España de Superbike) Moto4 championship held at Circuito de Jerez - Ángel Nieto in Andalusia, Spain. On Saturday in one of the biggest grids in the history of the category, Kensei qualified 9th out of 31 riders, with a lap time just 0.850 seconds off of pole position. Starting on the 3rd row, Kensei latched onto the top riders from the start and stayed in the top group until the end of lap 7 when he crashed out of 8th position in the final corner after contact with another rider. On Sunday, Kensei started morning warmup with the 7th fastest time, but would start race 2 from 12th position in the