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The Hindu
20-07-2025
- Automotive
- The Hindu
Ishaan and Arjun steal the limelight in the MRF Formula 2000 category
Ishaan Madesh and Arjun Chheda, two 16-year-olds stole the spotlight in the MRF Formula 2000 category, each clinching a race win as the first round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Car Racing Championship 2025 concluded at the Kari Motor Speedway here on Sunday. Chheda completed a double, having won Race 1 on Saturday and returning to the podium again. In the MRF Formula 1600 class, Arjun Nair and Nigel Abraham Thomas emerged victorious in one race apiece in the class. In the Indian Touring Cars (ITC) category, defending champion Biren Pithawalla (Team N1 Racing) pulled off a dramatic win in Race-3, denying former national champion Arjun Balu (Race Concepts) a triple crown. Balu, who was leading the race, suffered a misfire in his car, allowing Pithawalla, despite a turbo issue in his VW Polo, to seize the opportunity and charge towards victory. The results (Provisional – all 14 laps unless mentioned otherwise): MRF F2000 (Race-2): 1. Ishaan Madesh 15:41.539s; 2. Arjun Chheda 15:43.950; 3. Akhil Agarwal 15:52.431. Race-3 (12 laps): 1. Arjun 13:24.051s; 2. Ishaan 13:26.776s; 3. Akhil Agarwal 13:39.242s. MRF F1600 (Race-2): 1. Nigel Abraham Thomas 16:52.562s; 2. Sai Shiva Makesh Sankaran 16:55.351s; 3. Zahan Commissariat 17:07.254s. Race-3 (12 laps): 1. Arjun Nair 14:21.433s; 2. Sankaran 14:21.938s; 3. Thomas 14:22.159s. Indian Touring Cars (Race-2): 1. Arjun Balu 17:36.755s; 2. Biren Pithawalla 17:54.495s; 3. Dhruv Chavan (Buzzing Hornet) 18:00.579s. ITC1625: 1. Suprej Venkat 18:44.318s; 2. D. Vidyaprakash 18:45.078s. Race-3 (12 laps): 1. Biren 15:03.891s; 2. Arjun Balu 15:15.873s; 3. Dhruv 15:32.586s. ITC1625: 1. D. Vidyaparakash 16:03.234s; Suprej 16:06.154s. Indian Junior Touring Cars (Race-2): 1. Rithvik Thomas (Race Concepts) 18:48.451s; 2. Nikunj Vagh (Team N1) 17:41.724s+1 lap; 3. Yug Italiya (Team N1) 17:41.755s+1 lap. Race-3 (12 laps): 1. Rithvik 16:10.084s; 2. Yug 16:20.009s; 3. Nikhunj 16:20.678s. Super Stock (Race-2, 13 laps): 1. Krishanu Dutta Bhuyan (Zion Racing) 18:36.365s; 2. Kesara Godage (Redline Racing) 18:38.743s; 3. Manan Patel (Gameover Motorsports) 18:39.184s. Race-3 (11 laps): 1. Kesar (Redline Racing India) 15:41.190s; 2. Krishanu 15:44.604s; 3. Anirudha Arvind (Strada Motorsports) 15:46.728s. Formula LGB 1300 Open (Race-2): 1. Bhuvan Bonu (MSPORT) 21:02.762s; 2. Bala Prasath (DTS Racing) 21:08.968s; 3. Neythan McPherson (Momentum Motorsports) 21:10.171s. Junior: 1. Bhuvan 21:02.762s; 2. Neythan 21:10.171s; 3. Aditya Patnaik (Momentum Motorsports) 21:12.492s. Volkswagen Polo Cup (Race-2): 1. Aditya Patnaik (Buzzing Hornet) 18:15.689s; 2. Pratik Sonawane (Buzzing Hornet) 18:18.037s; 3. Ojas Surve (Buzzing Hornet) 18:18.904s. Race-3 (12 laps): 1. Aman Nagdev (Buzzing Hornet) 15:31.208s; 2. Aditya 15:39.615s; 3. Pratik 15:43.667s.
The Hindu
18-07-2025
- Automotive
- The Hindu
Young guns ready to battle in MRF National racing
The season's opening round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Car Racing Championship will begin at the Kari Motor Speedway here on Saturday. The two-day event has attracted 75 entries across various categories. The compact 2.3 km long circuit with 16 turns, will witness both single-seaters, the MRF F2000 and F1600, Formula LGB 1300 and saloon cars that include popular Indian Touring Cars (ITC), newly introduced ITC1625, Super Stock and the Indian Junior Touring Cars (IJTC) besides the Volkswagen Polo Cup. The two MRF Formula categories contain several familiar names. Veteran Chetan Korada from Chennai will make another attempt in the MRF F2000 with a few young guns, notably 16-year-old Ishaan Madesh (Bengaluru) who has been making a mark in the karting circuit. The MRF F1600 grid has a promising teenager from Pune, Saishiva Sankaran who made his debut last season with three podiums in six outings after joining the championship for the final two rounds. The Formula LGB 1300 category has attracted 38 entries across Open and Junior classes with a mix of experienced drivers and rookies. But the highlight of the weekend will be the touring cars, headlined by local star and a multiple National champion in the ITC class, veteran Arjun Balu, who returns to the championship after a year's break, driving the super-quick Race Concepts prepared Honda City IVTEC. He will contend with last year's champion Biren Pithawalla (Team N1) from Mumbai who will be racing in a VW Polo. The ITC1625 class will witness the championship's oldest driver, Vidyaprakash Damodaran from Coimbatore who will turn 80 in August, in action along with another local ace Suprej Venkat.
