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05 - 11 November | This Week in Motorsports
All the action from Indians and Southeast Asians in global motorsport, this week.
Christian Ho
Photo Credits: Christian Ho
During the last round of the EuroCup 3 season, Christian secured a P2 and Pole in the qualifying sessions. He finished P2 in Race 1 and won Race 2. He was crowned the Rookie Champion, but his overall championship position is pending.
Leona Chin
Photo Credits: Leona Chin
Leona Chin was crowned the China Circuit Sprint Challenge BMW M235i Cup Overall Champion in the Master Category after securing pole and double wins in the final round held at the V1 Tianjin International Circuit.
Michael Woohyun Shin
Photo Credits: Michael Woohyun Shin
In the last round of the EuroCup 3 Season, qualifying P10 and P11, Michael’s weekend started off great. He went on to finish P8 in Race 1 and P10 in Race 2. He finished seventh in the championship standings.
Suzuka Circuit, Japan
Super Formula Championship 2024
Photo Credits: Super Formula
Tadasuke Makino, Naoki Yamamoto, and Ayumu Iwasa placed in the Top 3 for Qualifying 1. Sho Tsuboi, Kakunoshin Ohta, and Ren Sato placed in the Top 3 for Qualifying 2.
Kakunoshin Ohta set the fastest lap and secured pole for Race 1 with Ayumu Iwasa and Ren Sato in P2 and P3 respectively.
Kakunoshin Ohta won the race with a 4.5 second gap to Sho Tsuboi. Tadasuke Makino joined them on the podium.
Naoki Yamamoto, Tadasuke Makino, and Sena Sakaguchi placed in the Top 3 for Qualifying 4. Sho Tsuboi, Kakunoshin Ohta, and Tomoki Nojiri placed in the Top 3 for Qualifying 5.
Tomoki Nojiri set a laptime of 1:36.542 and secured pole as Kakunoshin Ohta and Sho Tsuboi placed P2 and P3.
Kakunoshin Ohta clinched yet another victory as Sho Tsuboi and Nirei Fukuzumi joined the podium.
Sho Tsuboi was crowned the 2024 Super Formula champion with 117.5 points with a 30-point gap to Tomoki Nojiri.
Coorg, Karnataka
Clash of Motoclans
Round 5 of the Clash of Motoclans in Coorg saw tremendous on-track action.
Amateur Upto 1400CC: Akash Somanna won by half a second to Shafeeque Ahamed in P2. Dilan Ganapathy Sachin rounded out the podium.
Amateur Upto 1650CC: Amruth Marigowda took the chequered flag first, with Ashwin Pugalagiri and Srivatsa M joining the podium
Pro Upto 1650CC: Arvind Dheerendra clinched the victory from Dean Mascarenhas by less than 2-tenths of a second. Suraj Mandanna joined them on the podium
Pro Upto 2000CC: Nikhil J won the race with Dean Mascarenhas and Arvind Dheerendra joining the podium.
Pro Open: Syed Salman Ahmed won the race and was joined by Arvind Dheerendra and Nikhil J on the podium
Pro Ladies: Athira Murali clinched victory and was joined on the podium by Shivani Pruthvi and Renuka G.