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Chennai’s Nirmal, Bengaluru’s Ishaan, Mihir star in X30 Round 1
Winners of Round 1 of JKNKC X30 Senior Class. From Left: Debarun Banerjee (2nd) Nirmal Umashankar (Winner) and MR Rishon (3rd). Photos: JK Tyre Motorsports Bengaluru, 26 May 2019: Chennai’s Nirmal Umashankar and Bengaluru’s Mihir Suman Avalakki emerged as the heroes of Round 1 of the JK Tyre-FMSCI National Karting Chamionship 2019, X-30 class, at the Meco Kartopia here on Sunday.
Nirmal, a regular in the Euro JK category of JKNRC, proved to be the man with nerves of steel as he strolled into the lead in the Senior category. He finished third in the opening race of the day but won the next three to accumulate a total of 36 points.
Delhi’s Debarun Banerjee surged to the second spot by picking up 24 points; thanks to his two second-place finishes in the last two races of the round. Another local boy M R Rishon is on their tail with 23 points with two third places and one second-place finish.
In the Junior category, Mihir did not have the best of the starts, finishing sixth in the opening race. However, he won the next three races to register a total of 33 points to go atop the leaderboard. With three podium finishes and 24 points in his kitty, Mihir’s city-mate Arjun S Nair ended the round in the second spot.
Another local boy and one of the favourites of the championship, Ruhaan Alva, is on the third spot with 23 points. He started the round on a glorious note winning the opening race and finishing second in the next race. It looked like it was going to be his day but a DNF in the third race cost him. He recovered well in the final race finishing third, to be pushed down to the third place.
X30 Cadet Winners: From left: Saathvik Raju (2nd), Ishan Madesh (winner) and Shriya Lohia (3rd) at Meco Kartopia in Bengaluru on Sunday. A JK Tyre image In the Cadet category, Ishaan Madesh from Bengaluru took the first spot with three wins and one second-place finish with 37 points. Trailing on the second spot is Bengaluru’s Saathvik Raju (30 points) and 9-year-old Shriya Lohia (25 points) of Pune.
Standings after Round 1 – X-30:
Senior: Nirmal Umashankar (36 points); Debarun Banerjee (24 points); M R Rishon (23 points)
Junior : Mihir Suman Avalakki (33 points); Arjun S Nair (24 points); Ruhaan Alva (23 points)
Cadet : Ishaan Madesh (37 points); Saathvik Raju (30 points); Shriya Lohia (25 points.
Results: (Unaudited results): X 30 Senior Class:
Race 1 (15 laps): 1. Aditya Swaminathan 14:30.208; 2. Mihir Suman Avalakki 14:30.316; 3, Nirmal Umashankar 14:31.455; Best lap: Debarun Banerjee 56.936 (4th place)
Race 2 (15 laps): 1. Nirmal Umashankar 14:20.166; 2. MR Rishon 14:28.593; 3. Aditya Swaminathan 14:28593; Best lap: Debarun Banerjee 56.672 sec (4th place)
Race 3 (15 laps): 1. Nirmal Umashankar 14:49.633; 2. Debarun Banerjee 14:50.891; 3. MR Rishon 14:52.133; Best lap: Mihir Suman Avalakki 56.362 secs (4th place)
Race 4 (4 laps): 1. Nirmal Umashankar 3:50.159; 2. Debarun Banerjee 3:50626; MR Rishon 3:51.602; Best Lap: Debarun 56.649.
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Ishaan, Shahan, Debarun emerge champions in Rotax Max Karting Nationals
National Karting champions (from Left) – Shahan Ali Mohsin (Agra, Junior Max), Ishaan Madesh (Bengaluru, Micro Max) and Debarun Banerjee (Delhi, Senior Max) at Meco Kartopia on Sunday. Photo: MMS Bengaluru, 4 Nov 2018: Bengaluru boy Ishaan Madesh (Micro Max), the youngest of the Madesh brothers, Agra’s Shahan Ali Mohsin (Junior Max) and Debarun Banerjee (Senior Max) from Delhi emerged champions in their respective categories in the Meco Motorsports FMSCI National Rotax Max Karting Championship at the Meco Kartopia track, here on Sunday.
The proceedings in the final round of the championship had the spectators on the edge of their seats as races in all three classes witnessed close competition with just a few hundredths of a second separating the top drivers.
The Championship winners of the three classes now get to represent India at the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals in Brazil (Nov 24 to Dec 1).
Rajkot’s Jagrat Detroja of Peregrine Racing team was declared as the `best New Comer of the Year’ while Shahan Ali was named as the
Best karter of the Year'. Ishaan Madesh won both theMaximum number of Wins' andMaximum number of Poles’ awards.The Akbar Ebrahim Award for the `Most-Improved Karter of the Year’ was not declared yet.
The results:
Micro Max – Pre-Final (10 laps): 1. Rohaan Madesh (Peregrine Racing) (10mins, 26.370secs); 2. Ishaan Madesh (Peregrine Racing) (10:26.440); 3. Saathvik Raju (Peregrine Racing) (10:26.557). Final (12 laps): 1. Ishaan Madesh (12:26.874); 2. Rohaan Madesh (12:27.839); 3. Saathvik Raju (12:32.017). Individual Champion: Ishaan Madesh (Bengaluru, 439 points). Team Championship: Peregrine Racing.
Junior Max – Pre-Final (15 laps): 1. K Suriya Varathan (MSport) (14:06.505); 2. Mihir Suman Avalakki (Birel Art) (14:06.952); 3. Shahan Ali Moshin (MSport) (14:08.527). Final (18 laps): 1. Suriya Varathan (16:50.602); 2. Mihir Suman Avalakki (16:52.369); 3. MR Rishon (Birel Art) (16:59.877). Individual Champion: Shahan Ali Mohsin (Agra, 432 pts). Team Championship: MSport.
Senior Max – Pre-Final (15 laps): 1. Shahan Ali Mohsin (MSport) (14:08.398); 2. A Bala Prasath (MSport) (14:09.495); 3. Arjun S Nair (MSport) (14:10.170). Final (20 laps): 1. Shahan Ali Mohsin (18:46.882); 2. A Bala Prasath (18:48.870); 3. Danesh Vakharia (18:55.704). Individual Champion: Debarun Banerjee (Delhi, MSport) (425 pts). Team Championship: MSport.
Special Awards – Ishaan Madesh (Maximum Number of Pole Positions); Ishaan Madesh (Maximum Number of Wins); Jagrat Detroja (Best Newcomer); Shahan Ali Mohsin (Best Driver of the Year).
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Donison, Manav and Shahan start firm favourites
Kohlapur, 18 August 2016: High octane racing will return to Kolhapur after a year’s gap, with the fourth and penultimate round of the 13th JK Tyre-FMSCI National Rotax Max Karting Championship scheduled to take place at the state of the art Mohite Racing Academy over the August 20-21 weekend.
The round promises an exciting fare with all eyes set on Ricky Donison of BPC Racing who has been in supreme form throughout the season. Bengaluru’s Donision with a tally of 252 points is leading the charts, and will aim for an encore, that not only will maintain his 100% record this season but also consolidate his position at the top. However, it will not be an easy run out there for Donison, as he will be up against a strong challenge from Chennai’S Vishnu Prasad of Meco Racing (247 points) and local lad Dhruv Mohite of Mohite Racing (243). Both the drivers will be go out all guns blazing and aim to narrow the gap at the top. Dhruv will perhaps fancy his chances a little more as he will literally be racing in his backyard, being a Kolhapur racer and also the owner of the Mohite Racing Academy track.
JK Motorsport’s president Sanjay Sharma believes that this round may well be the most critical one for the championship. “All the racers know that a big prize awaits them if they win the national championship. They will be rubbing shoulders with 360 of the finest racers from 50 nations,” he said.
In the Junior Max (for kids between 13 and 16) and Micro Max categories (for kids between 7 and 12), Manav Sharma and Shahan Ali are in much more comfortable positions, with 9-point and 16-point leads. Manav of BPC is ahead with 257 points, having won the first round and taking the fourth and second positions in subsequent rounds. But Meco’s triumvirate of Nirmal Umashankar (248 points), Yash Aradhya (240) and Paul Francis (231) will surely come up with a joint strategy to unseat him from the leader’s position.
Twelve-year-old Shahan, who suffered some bad luck in the Rotax Euro finals over the last weekend and finished 29th, has reason to believe that life will be much easier back home: he might even believe that the Micro Max championship is almost in his pocket. He has been virtually untouchable in the earlier three races and is sitting pretty on 262 points. Ruhaan Alva (246) of Perigrine, Arun Nair (241) of Meco and Arjun R (239) of Birel Art can only hope to fight for the second and third positions.
The action will begin at the Mohite Academy on Saturday with practice rounds in the morning. The four races in each of the categories will take place over the weekend, the first two eachon Saturday and the last two each on Sunday, with drivers from across the country ready to burn rubber.
Championships standings after Round Three:
Senior Max
Position Name Team City Points 1 Ricky Donison BPC Racing Bengaluru 252 2 Vishnu Prasad Meco Racing Chennai 247 3 Dhruv Mohite Dhruv Mohite Kohlapur 243 Junior Max
Position Name Team City Points 1 Manav Sharma BPC Racing Faridabad 257 2 N.Umashankar Meco Racing Chennai 248 3 Yash Aradhya Meco Racing Bengaluru 240 Micro Max
Position Name Team City Points 1 Shahan Ali Meco Racing Agra 262 2 Ruhaan Alva Peregrine Racing Bengaluru 246 3 Arjun Nair Meco Racing Chennai 241
