Eshanth Vengatesan, Rishik Reddy and Jishnu Seralathan all three dominate the finals

Points mattered more than victory as Krish Gupta (Senior Max), Rivaan Dev Preetham (Junior Max), Arshi Gupta (Mini Max) and Ayansh Patil (Micro Max) emerged Overall champions in the MECO FMSCI Indian National Karting Championship RMC India 2026 which concluded at the Meco Kartopia, here on Sunday.

None of the four National champions won the Finals race in their respective categories but picked up sufficient points to annex the titles as the sixth and final round of the championship witnessed thrilling battles up and down the grid.

Krish Gupta, Rivaan Dev Preetham and Arshi Gupta earned tickets to the World Rotax Max Grand Finals to be held at the Kartódromo Internacional do Algarve circuit in Portugal from November 7-14. The global event will see 432 elite racers from 60-plus nations go head-to-head on one of Europe's most thrilling circuits.

Senior Max: Mumbai’s Krish Gupta (Rayo Racing) finished third in the Finals and second in the Pre-Finals even as the challenge from his closest rival, Bengaluru’s Akshat Misra (Peregrine Racing) faded. The points helped him to survive a late surge from Chennai’s Eshanth Vengatesan (MSPORT) who won all the sessions (Practice, Qualifying, two Heats, Pre-Finals and Finals) in the Senior class but still fell short. Eshanth, last year’s Junior champion, was simply outstanding this weekend and delivered a flawless performance.

Chennai's Eshanth was the winner of Pre-finals with over a second lead over the second finisher over Mumbai's  Krish, Bengaluru Ruhaan Alva with  further .600th of a second diference was third.

In the finals Chennai's Eshanth Vengatesan from MSport was the winner followed by Ruhaan Alva from MSport in second and Mumbaikar Krish Gupta from MSport finished third.in finals, Eshanth Vengatesan from Chennai was the Best Rookie.

In the Junior Max category, Chennai’s Rivaan Dev Preetham (MSPORT) expectedly took the title despite by a wretched weekend when he was overshadowed by his team-mate Rishik Rohit Reddy from Bengaluru who won all the sessions only to miss the title by just a handful of points. On Sunday, Rivaan got caught up in a mid-grid incident in the Pre-Finals and was classified 15^th. Later,  he was placed sixth in the Finals which fetched him sufficient points to pip Rishik in the championship stakes.

In Prefinals, Rishik initially had to defend his position, but later on was looking comofortable with over two second lead which he maintained till the end, Pune's Hridaan Sanadhya from Crest Motorsports  finished second as he had less than a second gap on his teammate Hamza Murtuza Balasinorwala from Mumbai. As the Pr-finals finish was the start order for the finals, the results remained unchanged Benglauru boy Rishik Rohit Reddy from MSport won the class with over 3sec lead on the second finisher Hridaan, while Murtuza with .400th of a second difference finished third.Hamza Murutuza Balasinorwala was the Best Rookie.

Mini Max: Faridabad’s Arshi Gupta (Leapfrog Racing) went into the weekend with a comfortable lead in the championship points table but suffered a series of setbacks that saw her finish without a win in any of the sessions. However, she was classified ninth and 10^th in the Pre-Finals and Finals, respectively, which gave her just enough points to annex the title. Bengaluru’s Jishnu Seralathan (Peregrine Racing) drove well to win the Finals while team-mate Micah Hayden Andrews from Eruvadi topped the Pre-Finals. Hyderabad's Shiv Tummala from Peregrine Racing with 7sec difference was second and Coimbatore's Raghav Krishnaraj from MSport with over 2sec difference was third.  The finals winner Jishnu with just over .150sec difference managed to keep Tirunelveli's Micah Hayden Andrews from Peregrine Racing behind him in second, Bengalurian Ridhaan Anil Kumar from Red Rabbit Racing with less than a second difference finished in third. Jishnu Seralathan was declared the Best Rookie.

Micro Max: Kolhapur’s Ayansh Patil (MSPORT) secured two podium finishes in the Pre-Finals and Finals which saw him finish ahead of Aarav Sureka (MSPORT) from Mumbai in the Micro Max final championship standings.

Aarav with a thin margin of .100th of a second won the Pre-finals, Zidaan finished in second while Ayansh finished third. Nirthik Veera Karthi from Chennai representing from Birelart India was the Best Rookie.

In the finals, Bengaluru's Zidaan Arshaan Anees from peregrine Racing was the winner followed by Mumbai's Aarav Sureka from Rayo Raing in second with less than a second difference, While his teammate Kolhapur's Ayansh Patil with less than a second difference finished third.

The National Champions:        

Mumbai's Krish Gupta from Rayo Racing was the Senior Max Champion, while best Rookie  was Eshanth Bengatesan from Chennai representing from MSport, Team Championship was bagged by MSport.

Junior Max: Chennai's Rivaan Dev preetham from MSport was the winner, while the Team Championship was bagged by MSport and Rivaan Dev Preetham was the Best Rookie and Msport won the Team Championship.

Mini Max  championship was won by Faridabad's  Arshi Gupta from Leapfrog  Racing won the class and the Best Rookie in the class was Jishnu, while the team championship was bagged by Peregrine Racing.

Kolhapur's Ayansh Patil from MSport was the Championship winner, Yeshwin Vinay Kishore from Peregrine Racing was the best Rookie and Peregrine Racing won the team championship title.