In the Karting Nationals organised by Meco, Adithiya Arvind and Varun Hari Praveen shared the honours in the Senior class while Darsh Nawalgaria and Rivaan Dev Preetham won a race each in the Micro Max classes.
While Peregrine Racing swept both the Senior Max and Junior Max classes, MSport took the honours in the MicroMax classes. Fifty-eight karts took part in the Nationals, a record in the last few years at the Rotax Nationals.
Peregrine Racing’s Adithiya Arvind, the 15-year-old 11th-grade student at SBOA Junior College could only take 5th place in the Pre-Final but went on to beat a strong field to clinch the top place on the podium in the Finals beating Mumbai’s Adithya Patnaik of Rayo Racing to second. In the Pre-Finals, it was Varun Hari Praveen, also of Peregrine Racing who took the victory beating teammate Akshat Mishra. Abhay M. of Birel Art came third.
Ishaan Madesh, a multiple National champion, who missed last year’s title by a whisker, began in whirlwind fashion bagging both the point-scoring races, the Finals and the Pre-Finals as he launched his 2023 campaign on a winning note.
He clocked 11 min, 08.545 to win the Pre-Finals beating teammate Nikhilesh Raju by a huge margin of over five seconds. And he went on to clinch the Finals, pushing aside the challenge of Hunner Singh of Birel Art, who got a double podium. Young Aarav Dewan, only 13 years, also from Gurugram, came third.
Bengaluru’s Darsh Nawalgaria, 13, won the Micro Max final after he lost the Pre-finals to Rivaan Dev Preetham following a fierce fight. The 11-year Rivaan earlier won both the heats and qualified on pole. Yatharth Gaur of Faridabad came second in the finals followed by Rivaan. In the Pre-finals, Bengaluru’s Rishik Rohit Reddy of Birel Art came third.
The second round of the Rotax Max Karting Nationals is scheduled to be held at the same venue, Meco Kartopia from September 1 to 3.
Provisional Results:
Senior Max: Finals: (16 laps): 1. Adithiya Arvind (Peregrine Racing, Chennai) (15min, 08.232); 2. Adithya Patnaik (Rayo Racing, Mumbai) (15:11.682); 3. Arjun Chheda (Crest Motorsports, Pune) (15:14.862). Pre-Finals: (14 laps): 1. Varun Hari Praveen (Peregrine Racing, Chennai) (12:57.636); 2. Akshat Mishra (Peregrine Racing, Bengaluru) (12:59.187); 3. Abhay M (Birel Art India, Bengaluru) (12:59.356).
Junior Max: Final: (14 laps): 1. Ishaan Madesh (Peregrine Racing, Bengaluru) (13min, 02.610seconds); 2. Hunner Singh (Birel Art India, Gurugram) (13:04.347); 3. Aarav Dewan (Leapfrog Racing, Gurugram) (13;05.018). Pre-Final: (12 laps): 1. Ishaan Madesh (Peregrine Racing, Bengaluru) (11:08.545); 2. Nikhilesh Raju (Peregrine Racing, Bengaluru) (11:14.246); 3. Hunner Singh (Birel Art India, Gurugram) (11:16.765);
Micro Max: Finals: (12 Laps): 1. Darsh Nawalgaria (MSport, Bengaluru) (12:15.006); 2. Yatharth Gaur (Leapfrog Racing, Faridabad) ( 12:16.103); 3. Rivaan Dev Preetham (Birel Art India, Chennai) (12:16.519). Pre-Finals: (10 Laps): 1. Rivaan Dev Preetham (MSport, Chennai) (10:09.634); 2. Darsh Nawalgaria (MSport, Bengaluru) (10:11.471); 3. Rishik Rohit Reddy (Birel Art India, Bengaluru) (10:13.502).
–Ajit Weekly News
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