THE TIMES OF INDIA
MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 2013
Vishnu and Hataria continue their Dominance in round 2
Coimbatore: Sarosh Hataria was informed late on
Saturday that his win in the race 2 of the LGB Formula 4 category did not stand
and was under probe due to technical infringements in the car. But On Sunday at
Kari Motors Speedway, he was not ready to sit and brood over it.
He was in battle-mode, both on the track and off it. The
Coimbatore driver displayed controlled aggression en route to winning the final
race on Sunday in the LGB Formula 4 category of the JK Tyre Racing
championship. He has appealed against the Saturday 'dis-qualification' to the
FMSCI and the federation is expected to take a call in two weeks. The results
of the first two races in the category have been withheld till then.
The drama on the track was no less. Fortunes swung wildly
till the last lap of the race that had Ameya Bafna starting on pole. Mahfujur
Rahman Tushar of Bangladesh started on pole in the final race of the formula 4
category with Hataria on P2. Even as pole sitter Bafna and Hataria were engaged
in grueling battle for the lead, the race was red flagged in the ninth lap as
Mahfujur Rahman Tushar skidded, hit the sidewall and flipped over on the track.
The driver from Bangladesh was unhurt.
Soon after the race resumed, an unlucky Bafna had to retire
due to engine trouble. Hata- ria took the lead even as Vishnu Prasad and Sa-
ran Vikram kept closing in. In the final lap, out of nowhere, Karthik Krishna
came within touching distance of the trio. In a haste to over- take, Kartik's
wheel touched Vishnu's and further hit second-placed Saran's car. Saran spun
and Vishnu's right rear wheel got affected. Hataria, who was a car's length out
of trouble sped past and crossed the chequered flag. Karthik, who crossed
third, was given a 30-second penalty and was pushed to eighth place.
Vishnu, meanwhile completed a clean sweep in the newly
launched JK series for FB-O2 cars. Starting on pole, Chennai-lad Vishnu surged
ahead and made the best timing in the opening lap itself. From then on, he
built on his lead to finish almost six seconds ahead of Bangalore's Akhil
Rabindra. The next race, however, saw Vishnu being given a stiffer com-
petition by 15-year-old Arjun Maimi. The toughest battle was in the last lap
with Chittesh joining the fight for the top position. "If Vishnu had to
keep looking at his rear-view mirror to keep a tab on me, I had to look both in
the front and back. We were that close," Maini summed up the close battle.
In the end, Vishnu held on and took his fourth win of the weekend.
In a fairly incident-free Race 1 of the JK Tyre VW Polo R
Cup, South African driver Jeffrey Kruger started on pole accompanied by
Prashant Tharani and Yatin Magu. Tharani, whose posters flashed all the way to
the racing track, took an early lead and maintained it till the end, with
Kruger and Rahil Noorani completing the podium.
The next round will be held in New Delhi while JK Tyres also
has plans of holding a night race in Colombo sometime in December.
RESULTS:
JK Racing India Series - Race 2 (15 laps)
1. Vishnu Prasad (16:49.724)
2. Akhil Rabindra (16:55.724)
3. Chittesh Mandody (16:55.524);
JK Raċing India Series - Race 3 (15 laps)
1. Vishnu Prasad (17:01.571)
2. Arjun Maini (17:01.891)
3. Chittesh Mandody (17:02.261);
Polo R Cup - Race 1 (15 laps)
1. Prashant Tharani (19:12.212)
2. Jeffrey Kruger (19:13.271)
3. Rahil Noorani (19:23.552);
Polo R Cup - Race 2 (15 laps)
1. Jeffery Kruger (19:40.847)
2. Prashanth Tharani (19:43.595)
3. Yatin Magu (19:48.293);
Formula LGB 4-Race 3 (7 laps)
- Sarosh
Hataria (11:25.798)
- 2.
Tejasram Caveripa- (11:28.794)
- 3. Akash Gowda (11:31.123)
MD Tushar: Md. Mahfujur Rahman Tushar
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