BOSS GP

Juju Noda

At the TT Circuit in Assen, Netherlands for the latest round of BOSS GP, Juju’s weekend started off great with a P2 qualifying. However, Race 1 was one with many incidents. A slow start led to losing places to avoid a Turn 1 incident and a long safety car left little time at the end to go racing. Despite this Juju climbed through the grid and finished the race in P5. Quite the opposite to this during Race 2, Juju had a perfect start and won the race with over a 24 second lead.

NLS

Akshay Gupta

Despite the shocking accident in Nurburgring on Friday, the NLS series was underway on Saturday. Akshay Gupta, racing with Mertens Motorsport in a Hyundai i30N, qualified in the middle of the pack in P79. By the end of the 24-lap race, he was able to finish in P51 alongside teammate Alex Schneider. This placed them in P2 for the VT2-FWD class, making him the second Indian on the NLS podium.

Kartmasters British Kart Grand Prix

Atiqa Mir

A solid weekend at the Kartmasters British Kart Grand Prix for Atiqa, she qualified P8 in the first session on Friday. Fighting through, she finished Heat 1 in P7 and Heat 2 in P8, ending up P6 in the Friday Classification. On Saturday, she started off to a good start with a P9 qualifying and a P8 finish in Heat 3. However, Heat 4 was a bit off as she finished in P10. This put her in P7 for the Intermediate Classification. For the final day, she started off with a P10 finish in the PreFinals but was able to move up to P7 in the Grand Prix.

Rotax Max Challenge Thailand & Asia Trophy

The Rotax Max Challenge Asia Trophy round 4 was held at the Bira Kart Track in Thailand with a big grid consisting of previous race winners and champions.

Micro Max:

Final: Chinnaphat Vejabhuti took the victory with Thanawarat Vejabhuti and Mason Alexander Kwong joining the podium

Mini Max:

Final: Posh Kongchol claimed victory by less than a couple tenths gap to Poomsit Klombunjong. Peerapongpan Sutumno joined them on the podium.

Junior Max :

Final: Toby Gale stood on the top step after beating Panu Stienmonkong to the chequered flag by 3 tenths of a second as Zarief Rayqal finished P3.

Senior Max:

Final: Austin Gale won the final race with Klifford Kanjanapas and Miguel Quinones joining the podium

DD2 Max Masters:

Final: Luke Armstrong was joined by Chen Ping Hao and Scott John Howard on the final podium of the DD2 Max Masters category

Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship

The Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship round 3 concluded last weekend at Madras International Circuit. The 2 days of racing saw plenty of action across the 10 categories. The biggest winner of this round, winning both races in the ProStock 130-165cc, was Abdul Basin. Bagging huge points for themselves in the championship with consistent podium performances were Manoj Yesuadiyan, Ajai Xavier, Ashwin Sundar, Ryhana Bee and Rakshitha Dave.

In the 301-400cc Novice category, Raj Kumar, Shyam Sarthak, and Savion were in a league of their own, trading places between themselves in both races, a similar occurrence to the ProStock 130-165CC category which saw a dominant Chiranth and Jagan.

Asia Pacific Rally Championship Asia Cup

Hosting the fourth round of the 2024 FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship Asia Cup, the Sumatra Utara Rally returned to this year’s calendar, taking place in the PT PP Lonsum plantation area. With 10 special stages with a combination of repeat and reversed-direction roads through the Rambong Sialang estate, the rally saw Rihan Variza and Co-Driver M. Fahrezi Fadh climb to the top step of the podium.