Round 2 of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Car Racing Championship – held at the Madras International Circuit – saw some standout performances from Jaden Pariat, Abhay Mohan and Biren Pithawalla.
MRF Formula 2000
Pariat continued his strong run in headlining the MRF Formula 2000 category. The 17-year-old started off the season with two wins in Round 1. And he followed that up with a clean sweep in Round 2, winning all three races across the weekend.
Results
Race 1
1. Jaden Rahman Pariat – 12mins 33.263secs
2. Chetan Surineni – 12mins 44.187secs
3. Tarun Muthiaiah – 13mins 36.416secs
Race 2
1. Jaden Rahman Pariat – 15mins 56.427secs
2. Chetan Surineni – 16mins 05.412secs
3. Tarun Muthiaiah – 16mins 29.927secs
Race 3
1. Jaden Rahman Pariat – 12mins 39.637secs
2. Chetan Surineni – 12mins 52.399secs
3. Tarun Muthiaiah – 13mins 14.384secs
MRF Formula 1600
15-year-old Abhay Mohan also won all three races. In fact, Race 2 saw him battle his way through the field from P7 on the grid.
“I was very patient and I knew that I had to grab the opportunity when the guys in front made a mistake, which they did eventually,” said Mohan, who has so far won all the races in the Formula 1600 category.
Results
Race 1
1. Abhay Mohan – 13mins 43.696secs
2. Raaj Bakhru – 13mins 50.840secs
3. Zahan Commissariat – 13mins 53.611secs
Race 2
1. Abhay Mohan – 17mins 22.437secs
2. Zahan Commissariat – 17mins 23.209secs
3. Raaj Bakhru – 17mins 24.049secs
Race 3
1. Abhay Mohan – 13mins 46.722secs
2. Monith Kumaran – 13mins 50.171secs
3. Zahan Commissariat – 13mins 54.781secs
Indian Touring Cars
Over in the Indian Touring Cars category, Team N1 Racing’s Biren Pithawalla secured his fourth straight win in as many races. While he won the first race from pole position, he had to fight his way up from P3 in the reverse grid Race 2. Deepak Ravikumar made it to the podium in both races, finishing P2 in the first race and P3 in the second race.
Results
Race 1
1. Biren Pithawalla (Team N1 Racing) – 15mins 22.341secs
2. Deepak Ravikumar (Team Performance Racing) – 15mins 29.202secs
3. Ananth Pithawalla (Team N1 Racing) – 16mins 18.191secs
Race 2
1. Biren Pithawalla (Team N1 Racing) – 18mins 54.472secs
2. Ritesh Rai (Buzzing Hornet Motorsports) – 18mins 58.377secs
3. Deepak Ravikumar (Team Performance Racing) – 19mins 14.141secs
Indian Junior Touring Cars
Srinivas Teja scored two back-to-back wins in the Indian Junior Touring Cars category. Yokeshwaran featured on the podium in both races as well, with a pair of third place finishes.
Results
Race 1
1. Srinivas Teja (Team Performance Racing) – 15mins 46.971secs
2. Hatim Shabbir Jamnagarwala (Team Performance Racing) – 15mins 47.191secs
3. Yokeshwaran (Team Performance Racing) – 16mins 02.475secs
Race 2
1. Srinivas Teja (Team Performance Racing) – 19mins 34.279secs
2. Nikunj Vagh (Team N1 Racing) – 19mins 49.189secs
3. Yokeshwaran (Team Performance Racing) – 20mins 09.989secs
Super Stock
Despite crossing the chequered flag in first place, Buzzing Hornet Motorsports’ Angad Matharoo was disqualified due to a technical infringement. This handed victory to Redline Racing India’s Anirudha Arvind.
But Matharoo bounced back the next day to win Race 2 ahead of Justin Singh and Arvind.
Results
Race 1
1. Anirudha Arvind (Redline Racing India) – 16mins 52.643secs
2. Balaprasath (DTS Racing) – 17mins 01.063secs
3. Jarshan Anand (DB Motorsports) – 17mins 08.532secs
Race 2
1. Angad Matharoo (Buzzing Hornet Motorsports) – 20mins 51.551secs
2. Justin Singh (Redline Racing India) – 18mins 53.444secs + 1 lap
3. Anirudha Arvind (Redline Racing India) – 18mins 58.579secs + 1 lap
Formula LGB 1300
DTS Racing’s Viswas Vijayaraj won two races – Race 1 and Race 3 – in the Formula LGB 1300. But he couldn’t pull off a clean sweep, with his teammate Balaprasath defeating him to win Race 2
Results
Race 1
1. Viswas Vijayaraj (DTS Racing) – 11mins 22.235secs
2. Balaprasath (DTS Racing) – 11mins 28.841secs
3. Mohit Aryan (Delta Speeds) – 11mins 31.682secs
Race 2
1. Balaprasath (DTS Racing) – 18mins 55.936secs
2. Viswas Vijayaraj (DTS Racing) – 18mins 56.118secs
3. Gokul Krishna (Delta Speeds) – 19mins 16.631secs
Race 3
1. Viswas Vijayaraj (DTS Racing) – 17mins 49.603secs
2. Balaprasath (DTS Racing) – 18mins 01.713secs
3. Mohit Aryan (Delta Speeds) – 18mins 08.432secs
Also see:
MRF Formula 2000: Jaden Pariat scores double wins in Round 1