Formula E

Jehan Daruvala

For the final rounds of his debut season in Formula E, Jehan qualified P15 for Round 15 and took the chequered flag in P18. Despite qualifying P11 for Round 16, a terrible incident during the race made him retire. He is P21 in the Driver’s Championship with 8 points.

Formula 2

Kush Maini

Putting in a good lap time, Kush qualified P9 for the Hungarian Feature Race, starting P2 in the Sprint Race. Although he took the chequered flag in P2, after post-race disqualifications were handed out, Kush inherited the win, claiming his first F2 victory. In the Feature Race, he gained some places and finished P7, getting a good few points in the bag.

Formula 2

Ritomo Miyata

Although qualifying didn’t go as planned for Ritomo, starting in P18, he was able to pick through the field and finished the Sprint Race in P12, just outside the points. However, he continued to charge through the field and gained a few points in the Feature Race by finishing in P8.

Formula 3

Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak

Qualifying P10 for Round 8, Rookie Tasanapol, one of the drivers of the all new team PHM AIX, finished the Sprint Race on the podium in P2, but a few mistakes on track meant he finished the Feature Race just outside the points in P14.

Fun Fact -

Jehan Daruvala was the first indian to ever win a Formula 2 race and it was at the outer circuit of Bahrain International Circuit in December, 2020.

Italian Formula 4

Dion Gowda

A solid weekend for Dion, he qualified P8 and P14 for the latest round of the Italian F4 championship. He went on to maintain his place and finished Race 1 in P8 while he was able to make some place up in Race 2 to finish in P11. Starting Race 3 in P7, he defended it to finish the race in the same place.

Italian Formula 4

Kabir Anurag

While the first qualifying session was decent to start Race 1 in P12, the second session wasn’t the greatest as Kabir wasn’t able to set a competitive lap time, causing him to start on the back row for Race 2. A messy first lap in Race 1 pushed him back to P18 but he was able to finish P13, which he kept despite being handed a post-race penalty of 5 seconds. In Race 2, he picked through the field and finished P19. However, Race 3 was disappointing as he finished P29 after starting in P16.

Italian Formula 4

Akshay Bohra

Qualifying P1 in both sessions, Akshay translated these poles into a race victory in Race 1 and took the chequered flag in P2 for Race 2. However, a 3 second post-race penalty pushed him down to P3. Race 3 was one to forget as the mixed conditions and boxing to change tyres pushed him down the grid where he finished in P25.

Italian Formula 4

Kai Daryanani

Although the weekend didn’t start off well for Kai, with qualifying for an finishing Race 1 in P35 and unable to set a competitive lap time in Q2, he turned around the weekend by finishing Race 2 in P20 and Race 3 in P12.

FRECA

Nikhil Bohra

In Group B for qualifying, Nikhil placed P11 and P5 in the sessions respectively. This put him in P22 for Race 1 and P10 for Race 2. Managing to get some overtakes done, he finished Race 1 in P16 and Race 2 in P9. However, a post-race 5 second penalty for Race 2 pushed him down to P12.

FRECA

Zach David

In Group A for qualifying, Zach placed P7 and P6 respectively in the two sessions. Starting in P13 for Race 1, contact during the race dropped him down to P17. Not letting this get in the way of Race 2, he fought hard from P11 to finish P8.

Freca

Alex Sawer

Also in Group A, Alex placed P14 in Q1 and P13 in Q2, meaning he would start Race 1 in P27 and Race 2 in P25. Despite this, he fought through and gained a few places to finish in P22 for both races.

Super Formula

Juju Noda

Back in Fuji for Round 4 of Super Formula, Juju qualified in P11 in the Qualifying B category, starting the race in P21. Despite her pace in the first half of the race, a pit stop issue and needing to slow down cost her 15 seconds and she finished the race in P19.

Le Mans Karting International Circuit

Atiqa Mir

At the Le Mans Karting International Circuit for the Rotax Max Challenge International Trophy, Atiqa’s weekend started off great with a P10 in Qualifying Practice and P9 in Qualifying Heat 1. In Qualifying Heat 2, she was able to overtake and won the race. However, things didn’t go well in Qualifying Heat 3 where she finished in P15. She finished P5 and P6 respectively in the Intermediate Classification and Final Intermediate Classification. She finished P12 in the Super Heat and the Final.

(01/03)

2W Rally Sprint Championship

Historic one make EV Category Debuts in FMSCI Rally Sprint Championship in Bengaluru

The FMSCI Indian National Rally Sprint Championship 2024 South Zone 2W Qualifiers held at the Stella 23 Farms in Sarjapur, saw stand out performances from the likes of Sinan Francis, Suhail Ahmad, Asad Khan, Naresh VS and Sanjay Somashekar. The marquee competition saw over 140 entries registered to participate and featured an unprecedented one make EV category with the Ather 450X.

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(02/03)

Malaysia Speed Festival

The Malaysia Speed Festival (MSF) is a national-level racing series sanctioned by the Malaysia Automotive Motorsport (MAM). It aims to promote affordable motor racing and offer track day sessions for non-racer enthusiasts. The first MSF race, named SNF (Saturday Night Fever), debuted in 2010, and it has expanded to include superbikes, drifting, gymkhana, hill climb and supermoto racing.

The racing festival contains 4 disciplines of racing: MSF SuperTurismo (saloon racing series with over 10 categories), MSF Superbikes (superbike racing series for 600cc & 1000cc machines), MSF Touge Hillclimb, and MSF SuperMoto.

MSF under Kelab Sukan Motor MSF is also a motorsports event organiser, running the races for the Malaysian FIA MiniGP Series, and Rotax Max Challenge Asia Trophy.

(03/03)

MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Car Racing Championship

The FMSCI MRF National Car Racing Championship returned back to Madras International Circuit last weekend. With 8 categories of racing through the weekend, it was an action-packed weekend. The biggest winners this round were Abhay Mohan, Hatim Shabbir, Biren Pithawala, Kesara Godage, and Vishwas Vijayaraj, who all take a clean sweep, winning 3 of 3 races in their respective categories (MRF1600, IJTC, ITC, MRF Saloons, and LGB1300 respectively)

Other strong performances include Aditya Patnaik and Dhruv Chavan's incredible run in the Polo Cup, winning 2 races each. And Jaden Pariat in the MRF2000, who won 2 out of 3 races last weekend. All 3 races of the MRF Saloons category also featured 2 women - Diana Pundole and Tarushi Vikram sharing the podium positions.

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