Chennai, Oct 2 (UNI) The racing action on day 1 of the final round MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship 2022 closed with Honda SK69 Racing team’s Rajiv Sethu continuing to gain on the points tally after clinching second place on the podium in Pro-165cc.
Starting from fourth on the grid Saturday, Rajiv moved one position down in the first lap. But the strategist maintained his calm and waited for the right moment to get on the top order.
Executing his skills and making full use of opportunities, Rajiv pushed the throttled and climbed up to second place in lap 5. Continuing to give hard time to other riders, he finished the race at 11:51.067 and confirmed his second place on the podium.
His teammate Senthil Kumar did not finish the race due to some technical glitch in the machine.
The 6 laps race 1 of Honda India Talent CUP NSF250R was well fought amongst the 8 next gen-riders.
Pune’s Sarthak Chavan took the headway immediately after starting the race from the second position. Thereafter, the racing action continued between him and the pole starter Mohsin P to take the top honours. Displaying finesse in his riding despite having an injured finger, Sarthak took away the chequered flag and lapped back home at 11:15.886.
Malappuram’s Mohsin P, who brought a tough fight to the golden boy Sarthak, settled for the second position in today’s race. Local rider Shyam Sundar finished third with a total time of 11:17.075.
Recording the best lap of 1:50.950 in Saturday's race, Bengaluru’s AS James finished fourth.
An incredible start to finale round of Honda India Talent Cup CBR150R class by Mumbai’s Raheesh Khatri. The 14-year-old rider once again made his way to the first position with a comfortable lead of 8.136 seconds and recorded the best lap of 2:08.263.
Bengaluru’s Harshith V Bogar finished second (Total time - 13:06.690) and Kolhapur’s Siddesh Sawant placed third with a total time of 13:06.845, missing the second spot with a difference of only 0.155 seconds.
In the Honda Hornet 2.0 One Make Support Race, Chennai’s G Balaji secured first position with a total time of 13:37.03 and recorded the best lap of 2:14.498.
Despite the tough qualifying, Romario John quickly climbed to P2 from his 8th position start in lap 1 but he could not finish the race due to a crash in the third lap.
The battle for podium finishes then continued between Mumbai’s Kayan Zubin Patel and Valliyor’s T Ramakrishnan, who ultimately secured second and third position respectively, having a difference of 0.341 seconds in their total timing.
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