NEW AGE Youth
Bangladesh for the time in Formula
Ahmed Shatil Alam
2013
JUST like in many other countries across the globe. Formula
race, the motor racing sport is extremely popular amongst sports lovers in
Bangladesh. In the history of Formula series which in-clouds different levels
like Fl, F2, F3 and F4, nobody from Bangladesh has ever participated until this
year. Twenty-four-year-old Md Mahfujur Rahman Tushar is the first one from the
country who qualified in 2012 to enter the Formula 4 championship this year
that will begin on Chennai, India on July 19.
Tushar is flying to India to attend the single seat open
wheel class enabled car racing F4 competition titled 17th JK Tyre FMSCI Racing
Camgionship-2013. from July 19 to 21, the race will be held at Kari Motor
Speedway, Chennai. The prize money for the cham-pion, first runner up and
second runner up are 60, 40 and 35 thousand Rupees respectively. Tushar is set
to compete against 23 racers and play for Madras Motor Sports Club.
F4 is a platform, which is very useful for drivers for
gaining experience and aiming to enter the upper tiers like F2, F3. Formula 4,
first organized in England, in now held in a few countries including India,
Malaysia and Singapore. It is a preliminary stage for Formula 1. the most
expensive racing event of the world. Only a qualified racer of F4 can
participate in F3 and ballooning the same course.
One can step up to enter F3. However, only the top three
winners of an F2 competition are eligible to take part in F1.
How it all began
`In 2002, on TV. I watched F1, where the legendary Ferrari
driver Michael Schumacher became the champion of British Grand Prix by beating
his other Ferrari team-mates, Rubens Barri chelloo and juan Pablo Mon toya.
That’s when I became motivated to participate in Formula series and become a
legend in racing’ says Tushar, the aspiring and am bitious racer while
recalling his early days.
Tushar sat behind the steering wheel at a very young age and
on one occasion, he managed to park the car safely near his grandparents'
residence in Gazipur. He learnt to manipulate the vehicle by watching his
driver maneuver the car earlier.
In 2011, he became the champion of the Speed Racing Go Kart
Track Master 2011, a national racing competition that amassed 300 participants
from all over the country. Although in Bangladesh, the speed limit of Go Kart
is set quite low, winning the competition fueled the fire to chase my dream. It
was a milestone in my life,' said Tushar.
Overcoming barriers
TUSHAR, like many other young talents had to over- come
obstacles in his journey. In 2012, he got the necessary training and passed the
qualifying round held in Chennai for the F4 competition, but due to a short age
of funds, he could not participate in the expensive racing event the same year.
However, this did not deter Tushar from trying harder and making it happen for
himself. He got lucky in 2013 as a local company has stepped forward to sponsor
him.
Tushar has completed his graduation in automobile
engineering from Dhaka Polytechnic Institute. Being the son of a devout Muslim,
Tushar spent about nine years of his childhood in a city madrassah, from where
he completed his Dakhil (SSC equivalent) in 2006. "Though I had spent
years abiding by the stringent rules of madrassah, I managed to find ways to
stay in close touch with cars and the racing world, Tushar said while narrating
his experience
A chance for glory
THE Bangladeshi racer vows to bring back glory for his
country through participating in the upcoming racing event. He aims to compete
eventually in the prestigious Formula 1 with- in the next five to six years. He
wants to establish a motor racing association that would train and groom
aspiring racers of the country. He hopes that the government and private
organizations will become interested to hold motor racing competitions in
Bangladesh. Narain Karthikeyan is an F1 racer from India. He is largely the reason
F1 started happening in India. I wish to see that happen soon in my country,'
says Tushar with his fingers crossed.
Note: "Most of my news has vanished since 2022 from the internet, this news is dedicated to those three guys who are directly involved in this kind of contempt”.
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