Krishay Gutte, Ishaan Madesh share MRF F2000 honours

Shivansh Bejoy, Gyan top in MRF F1600. Viswas Vijayaraj completes nine wins in a row.

On a day of twists and turns, Mumbai’s Krishay Gutte and Ishaan Madesh from Bengaluru won a race apiece in the premier MRF Formula 2000 class as the third round of the MRF Indian National Racing Challenge 4W – 2026 concluded at the Madras International Circuit.

MRF Formula 1600 class: 

In race1, Localite Gyan Satish  did well to stay in front of the pack while keeping a sharp eye on points leader Bhuvan Bonu from Visakhapatnam who finished second with Bengaluru’s Tanmay Kothari completing the podium.

It was a Maiden win in the class for the New Delhi's  Shivansh Bejoy who with a very comfortable lead was the winner of the race2, Evan Shrawan from Mumbai came in second and Gyan completed the podium with a difference of .175sec.

It was the second win of the weekend for Gyan as he managed to keep the second finisher Bhuvan by over 4sec to win the race3, Shivansh with less than second difference was third.

MRF F2000:: MRF F2000: Ishaan, who missed the first round, was near-flawless while winning his race1, with a measure of comfort, outpacing points leader Saishiva Sankaran from Pune, just like he did in the third race of the previous round. Displaying considerable maturity and race craft, pole-sitter Ishaan did not have a good start and slipped to second but recovered quickly to regain the lead by Turn-2. Thereafter, he maintained sufficient lead without wearing out the tyres for a fine win. Saishiva, who had won five races in a row, had to be content with second spot, ahead of Mumbai’s Krishay Gutte.

Points leader, Saishiva Sankaran from Pune, went winless in this weekend’s three races. He even received a five-second penalty which dumped him from P1 to P3 in the day’s first race following a collision with Ishaan Madesh.

For Krishay Gutte, it was a memorable outing as he held his own against Ishaan in Race-2 for his first win this season in this class, Saishiva finished third.

In the final race of the round  Ishaan, though, recovered to score a fine win, his second of the weekend. Saishiva, who had won five races in a row, continues to lead the table, well clear of the pack finished in second position while Krishay was third..

Formula LGB 1300 (Open) class: 

Viswas Vijayaraj from Nellore notched his seventh consecutive win across three rounds in the Formula LGB 1300 class. The eight-lap race saw pole-sitter Viswas in the lead until he yielded ground to his DTS Racing team-mate Vinithkumar in the second half of the race. In the penultimate lap, Viswas passed Vinithkumar under late braking into “Anand’s Corner” to regain the lead which he kept to the finish line. Finishing third behind Vinithkumar was another DTS Racing driver, veteran Diljith TS.

In race2, Viswas with less than a second lead managed to keep his teammate Thrissur's Diljith behind him in second with less than half a second difference and Liron Jaden Samuel from Tirunelveli completed the poidum dominance for DTS Racing.

Meanwhile, Viswas displayed a lot of grit and maturity to complete his third consecutive triple crown in the class by winning race3, for a total of nine race wins in a row this season for DTS Racing. Vinith  finished second while Diljith was third.

 “It feels great to win nine races in a row and remain unbeaten after three rounds. Now that we have a three-month break before the next round in January, I will work on my fitness,” Viswas said.

Formula LGB 1300 Junior category: 

In the Junior category, Pune’s Nethan McPherson (Delta Racing) who missed the previous two rounds, made a winning start from race1, holding off a pair of Sri Lankans and Momentum Motorsports team-mates, Kaveen Rajapaksa and Adam Junaid.

Augustine Boby from Greater Noida representing DTS Racing won the race2 Kaveen followed in second and Pune's Neythan McPherson from Delta Speeds finished in third position.

In race3, Noida’s 16-year-old Augustine Boby marked his debut with a double. Meco Racing's Shatveer Shetty from Benglauru finished behind him in second and Kaveen was third. However, Sri Lankan Kaveen Rajapaksa with three podium finishes this weekend, safeguarded his position at the top of the leaderboard.

Super Stock class: 

The class wholly belonged to DTS Racing and Diljith completed a double, Diljith TS with over 4sec lead won the class followed by Lall Kattikulam Bharathan, with less than two seconds difference. Deepa S John from Thiruvananthapuram finished thrid. Race2 was replica of the previous race Diljith was followed by Kattikulam in second and Deepa completed the podium.

Super Stock MRF Saloons: (Race-2): 

Aakash Vivek from Chennai began with a race1 win.  Alisha Abdulla, also from Chennai, and returning to racing after a five-year break, won Race-2 to deny Aakash a clean sweep.

Redline Racing India drivers had a upper hand in race1, winner Aaksh was followed by Gokula Rathinam from Coimbatore in second and Hemachandan R from Puducherry finished in third position. Alisha  with over ,300th of a second lead held on to top position and keeping Aakash behind her and Hemachandran finished third.

Aakash achieved his second podium of the round as Qian Jun Kek from Kuala Lumpur Malaysia with 14sec deficit finished second and Alisha with just less than .300th of a second difference completed the podium.