Double for Bengaluru’s Ishaan Madesh

Rivaan Dev Preetham, Shiv Tummala dominate

Top honours for Shonal Kunimal, Arafat Sheikh

The sibling rivalry between Madesh brothers from Bengaluru and Peregrine Racing team-mates, Ishaan and Rohaan, added a spark to the second round of the MECO-FMSCI National Karting Championship Rotax Max Classes with SIDVIN Energy Engineering as the Presenting Sponsor and MRF Tyres as the partner sponsor, at the CoASTT circuit .

The younger Ishaan, a seven times National champion across various categories, held off Rohaan in both the Pre-Finals and Finals in the Senior Max class for a grand double after both fought tooth and nail for track positions and thus providing some thrilling fare.

Shonal Kunimal from Kozhikode (Birel Art India) and Pune’s Arafat Sheikh (Crest Motorsports) won the Finals and the Pre-Finals, respectively, in the Junior Max category.

Expectedly, Chennai’s Rivaan Dev Preetham (MSPORT) dominated the newly introduced Mini Max category, winning both the Finals and the Pre-Finals to complete a double as did Shiv Tummala from Bengaluru (Peregrine Racing) who was an equally facile winner in the Micro Max class where he comfortably held off his rivals.

The second round of the championship attracted a massive 74 entries from across the country.

The results (Provisional):

Senior Max – Finals (20 laps): 1. Ishaan Madesh (Bengaluru, Peregrine Racing) (15mins, 06.320secs); 2. Arjun Vijay Chheda (Pune, Crest Motorsports) (15:14.080); 3. Rohaan Madesh (Bengaluru, Peregrine Racing) (15:15.424). Pre-Finals (15 laps): 1. Ishaan Madesh (11:24.689); 2. Rohaan Madesh (11:34.956); 3. Laksh Manish Bafna (Kochi, Kart Crew Motorsports) (11:35.157).

Junior Max – Finals (18 laps): 1. Shonal Kunimal (Kozhikode, Birel Art India) (13:51.050); 2. Eshanth Vengatesan (Chennai, MSPORT) (13:53.974); 3. B Kumar Gowda (Bengaluru, Rayo Racing) (14:04.270). Pre-Finals (16 laps): 1. Arafath Sheikh (Pune, Crest Motorsports) (12:04.909); 2. Hridaan Sanadhya (Pune, Crest Motorsports) (12;21.680); 3. Shonal Kunimal (Kozhikode, Birel Art India) (12:24.750).

Mini Max – Finals (16 laps): 1. Rivaan Dev Preetham (Chennai, MSPORT) (12:31.339); 2. Hamza Balasinorwala (Mumbai, Crest Motorsports) (12:35.028); 3. Yatharth Gaur (Faridabad, Leapfrog Racing) (12:35.630). Pre-Finals (14 laps): 1. Rivaan Dev Preetham (10:59.312); 2. Yatharth Gaur (11:04.510); 3. Danish Dalmiya (Pune, Rayo Racing) (11:14.365). 

Micro Max – Finals (13 laps): 1. Shiv Tummala (Bengaluru, Peregrine Racing) (10:34.726); 2. Zidaan Arshaan Anees (Bengaluru, Peregrine Racing) (10:39.957); 3. Aarav Surekha (Mumbai, Rayo Racing) (10:40.030). Pre-Finals (12 laps): 1. Shiv Tummala (09:43.943); 2. Zidaan Arshaan Anees (09:47.055); 3. Aarav Surekha (09:54.239).