14-20 October | This Week in Motorsports

All the action from Indians and Southeast Asians in global motorsport, this week.

Bianca Bustamante

As part of the McLaren Driver Development programme, Bianca is set to join Ella Lloyd in the Formula E Women’s Test for NEOM McLaren.

Yevan David

Qualifying P2 at his debut EuroFormula weekend, Yevan shined with wins in Races 1 and 3 along with a P3 finish in Race 2. He was also the Rookies winner for all three races.

Ritomo Miyata

Qualifying P2 in the LMP2 category, Ritomo and his team won the final ELMS race in Portima

Akshay Gupta

Qualifying P1 in the VT2-FWD category and P54 overall in the NLS series, Akshay went on to win in the category and finished P45 overall.

Takamoto Katsuta

Consistently in the top 5 for the WRC Central European Rally, Taka and his team finished the rally in P4 after skipping the previous round to take a short break. Next, WRC heads to Japan, his home rally.

Katrina Ee

Katrina’s stellar weekend started with a P4 finish in Heat 1. She followed this by finishing P8 in Heat 2, P6 in Heat 3 and P7 in the Finals after braving the weather throughout the weekend

Arjun Maini

Qualifying P12 and P16 in the two sessions, Arjun went on to finish Race 1 in P8 and Race 2 in P13, contributing to the DTM 2024 Manufacturer Championship going to the Mercedes AMG team.

Atiqa Mir

Topping the charts at the first round of IAME UAE Series, Atiqa’s weekend started off to a great start. However, she finished the Heats in P13 and the Prefinals in P20. Not letting this dampen her spirit, she blazed through the field in the Finals to finish P5.

Hyderabad

Rally of Hyderabad

The 2024 Rally of Hyderabad saw an exciting showcase of talent across multiple categories, including the top-tier INRC, as well as INRC2, INRC3, JINRC, Women's Class, Classic (FMSCI), and Gypsy (FMSCI). Here's a breakdown of the results across all categories:

INRC

Position

Driver 1

Co-Driver

P1

Gaurav Gill

Aniruddha Rangnekar

P2

Chetan Shivram

E Shivaprakash

P3

Fabid Ahmer

Milen George Cherian

INRC2

Position

Driver 1

Co-Driver

P1

Chetan Shivram

E Shivaprakash

P2

Fabid Ahmer

Milen George Cherian

P3

Jason Saldanha

Thimmu Uddapanda

INRC3

Position

Driver 1

Co-Driver

P1

Arnav Pratap Singh

Rohit N

P2

Daraius N. Shroff

Arjun Dheerendra

P3

Arjun Rajiv

Vinay Padmashali

P4

Abhin Rai

Moideen Jasheer

P5

Chandan Manchegowda

Venu Rameshkumar

JINRC

Position

Driver 1

Co-Driver

P1

Arnav Pratap Singh

Rohit N

P2

Arjun Rajiv

Vinay Padmashali

P3

Abhin Rai

Moideen Jasheer

Women Class

Position

Driver 1

Co-Driver

P1

Anushriya Gulati

Karan Aukta

P2

Nikeetaa Takkale

Arvind Dheerendra

P3

Phoebe Nongrum

Aravind K P

Classic (FMSCI)

Position

Driver 1

Co-Driver

P1

Aneeshnath S

Amitha Aneesh

P2

Shaik Hussain Pasha

Ashfaque Afrid

P3

Praveen Dwarkanath

Arun V

Gypsy (FMSCI)

Position

Driver 1

Co-Driver

P1

Baljinder Singh Dhillon

Goutham CP

P2

Sachin Singh

Anand Raj

P3

Sanjay Agarwal

Dheeraj Manae

Kari Motor Speedway, Coimbatore

Indian Racing League

Round 4 of the Indian Racing League took place at Kari Motor Speedway last weekend. Both races saw plenty of racing action. Black Bird Hyderabad's Neel Jani made a strong return to the Indian Racing League after missing two rounds, leading Race 1 before a gear issue forced him to settle for second place behind Lancaster. Race 2 saw Hyman dominate, taking pole, the win, and the fastest lap, with Alva finishing second and Patente completing the podium after Jilkova faced car troubles.

Race 1

1. Jon Lancaster (Chennai Turbo Riders)

2. Neel Jani (Black Birds Hyderabad)

3. Sohil Shah (Goa Aces JA Racing)

Race 2

1. Raoul Hyman (Goa Aces JA Racing)

2. Ruhaan Alva (Shrachi Rarh Royal Bengal Tigers)

3. Alvaro Parante (Speed Demons Delhi)

Kari Motor Speedway, Coimbatore

JK Tyre National Car Racing Championship

The JK National Racing Championship saw Diljith TS clinch victory in the first LGB F4 race after an error by early leader Tijil Rao, while Race 2 was won by Abhay Mohan from pole.

Here’s the updated table with the winners, 2nd place, and 3rd place finishers for the JK National Racing Championship:

LGB F4 Race 1

Position

P1

P2

P3

Diljith TS (Dark Don Racing)

Dhruvh Goswami (MSPORT)

Tijil Rao (Dark Don Racing)

LGB F4 Race 2

Position

P1

P2

P3

Abhay Mohan (MSPORT)

Tijil Rao (Dark Don Racing)

Chetan Surineni (Ahura Racing)

Royal Enfield Continental GT Cup Race 1

Position

P1

P2

P3

Navaneeth Kumar S

Rohan R

Soorya PM

Royal Enfield Continental GT Cup Race 2

Position

P1

P2

P3

Rohan R

Kayan Patel

Navaneeth Kumar S

Royal Enfield Continental GT Cup Race 3

Position

P1

P2

P3

Navaneeth Kumar S

Rohan R

Jagadeesh Nagaraj

Kari Motor Speedway, Coimbatore

Indian F4 Championship

Aqil Alibhai showcased a commanding performance at the Indian F4 Championship at Kari Motor Speedway, securing victory in all three races. Ruhaan Alva and Jaden Pariat consistently completed the podium, exchanging second and third positions across the weekend.

Race 1

Position

P1

P2

P3

Aqil Alibhai (Black Birds Hyderabad)

Ruhaan Alva (Srachi Rarh Royal Bengal Tigers)

Jaden Pariat (Bangalore Speedsters)

Race 2

Position

P1

P2

P3

DAqil Alibhai (Hyderabad Blackbirds)

Jaden Pariat (Bangalore Speedsters)

Ruhaan Alva (Srachi Rarh Royal Bengal Tigers)

Race 3

Position

P1

P2

P3

Aqil Alibhai (Black Birds Hyderabad)

Ruhaan Alva (Srachi Rarh Royal Bengal Tigers)

Jaden Pariat (Bangalore Speedsters)

Autopolis

Japanese F4

The Japanese F4 took place at Autopolis last weekend with 34 competitors on the grid. With unfavorable weather conditions through the weekend, the championship saw a few unavoidable session cancellations. When the action did get going in race 2, Honda junior Yuto Nomura won the race ahead of Yuki Sano and Kotaro Shimbara.

Zhuhai International Circuit

Chinese F4

The final round of the Chinese F4 for 2024 saw 4 races in Zhuhai. The championship was wrapped by Oscar Pedersen with a 19 point advantage over Kaishun Liu. The round, however, saw a stellar performance by Yuhao Fu, who won 2 races out of the 4 with Liu and Pedersen winning the other two.

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