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Chennai, October 8: Sai Sanjay, a teen from Salem, stormed to a superb victory within the MRF F2000 class whereas Thrissur’s Diljith Shaji took the honours within the Formulation LGB 1300 class as the primary spherical of the MRF MMSC fmsci Indian Nationwide Automotive Racing Championship 2022 commenced on the Madras Worldwide Circuit, right here on Saturday.
Within the day’s final race, 20-year previous Justin Singh from Gurugram, claimed the honours within the MRF Saloons (Toyota Eitos) class with a lights-to-flag win forward of Pune’s Diana Pundole and Angad Matharoo (Chandigarh).
Sai, 19, began from P2 on the grid and after a great begin, moved into the lead. He then defended his place with aplomb regardless of coming beneath strain from Agra’s Shahan Ali Mohsin for a lot of the 10-lap race for a deserving win.
Shahan Ali, final 12 months’s MRF F1600 champion, needed to be content material with second place after ranging from P4, whereas Yash Aradhya got here in third, holding off pole-sitter and fellow-Bengalurean Rishon Rajeev.
Earlier, 29-year previous Diljith led a 1-2 end for DTS Racing with Viswas Vijayaraj from Nellore for firm whereas Bengaluru’s Arjun Nair (Momentum Motorsports) was third. The eight-lapper, after a lot jostling within the early phases, settled down with Diljith forging his method to the entrance adopted by Viswas.
The pair pulled away from the pack to complete in that order, nicely forward of Bengaluru’s Arjun Nair (Momentum Motorsports) who did nicely to make 4 spots after ranging from P7.
Coimbatore ace Arjun Balu, 47, the defending champion from Race Ideas (Bengaluru) steady, set the tempo within the premier Indian Touring Vehicles class, by qualifying for pole place with a scorching lap of 01min, 50.000secs. He was nicely forward of 2017 winner, Arjun Narendran (01:52.560), additionally from Coimbatore, and who’s returning to full-time racing after a five-year break.
The 2 Volkswagen Virtus vehicles, making their debut within the championship, and pushed by Jeet Jhabakh (Hyderabad) and Sandeep Kumar (Chennai) had been fourth and fifth, respectively, some 2.9 seconds off Balu’s tempo.
Chennai veteran Gurunath Meyyappan (Race Ideas), staging a return to racing after a protracted break, took pole place within the Indian Junior Touring Vehicles class as did one other native racer, Ritesh Rai (Efficiency Racing) within the Tremendous Inventory class.
Provisional Outcomes
MRF F2000 (Race-1, 10 laps)
- Sai Sanjay T (Salem) (15min, 47.253secs)
- Shahan Ali Mohsin (Agra) (15:47.856)
- Yash Aradhya S (Bengaluru) (15:51.725)
Formulation LGB 1300 (Race-1, 8 laps)
- Diljith Shaji (Thrissur, DTS Racing) (14:59.136)
- Viswas Vijayaraj (Nellore, DTS Racing) (15:03.587)
- Arjun S Nair (Bengaluru, Momentum Motorsports) (15:12.926)
MRF Saloons (Toyota Etios – Race 1, 8 laps)
- Justin Singh (Gurugram) (16:32.066)
- Diana Pundole (Pune) (16:34.812)
- Angad Matharoo (Chandigarh) (16:41.338)
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