Dhruvh, Mehul share day’s honours

Dhruvh Goswami (MSport) and Mehul Agarwal (Dark Don Racing) shared a race win each in the LGB Formula 4 class of the 28^th JK Tyre – FMSCI National Racing Championship at the Kari Motor Speedway here on Saturday.

With a double podium finish, Dhruvh has worked his way up and may well spring a surprise on championship leader T.S. Diljith of Dark Don Racing going into the final day.

The penultimate round of the FIA-certified Formula 4 Indian Championship, part of the Indian Racing Festival (IRF), turned out to be a tight fight to the finish. However, Sachel Rotge of France, representing Kichcha’s Kings Bengaluru, clocked 26:50.931s for the prime spot on the podium.

Anish D. Shetty, as expected, finished on top among professionals in the Royal Enfield Contiental GT Cup ten-lap race. Defending champion Navaneeth Kumar and Kayan Zubin Patel wrested the next two spots on the podium.

Sidharth Balasundaram brought some cheer for the home crowd winning the opening race of the JK Tyre Levitas Cup, India’s newest single-make racing series, while Jai Prashant Venkat did likewise in the second race.

The results (provisional):

Levitas Cup: Race 1 (10 laps): 1. Sidharth Balasundaram 14:32.727s; 2. Jai Prashant Venkat 14:53.680; 3. S. Vinod 14:59.745. Race 2: 1. Jai Prashant Venkat 14:30.848; 2. Sidharth Balasundaram 14:31.491; 3. A.R. Nitin 14:46.828.

Novice Cup: Race 1 (10 laps): 1. Bhuvan Bonu (MSport) 13:57.813s; 2. Lokithlingeash Ravi (DTS Racing) 13:59.863; 3. Abhijit Vadavalli (Momentum Motorsports) 14:00.429. Race 2: 1. Bhuvam Bonu 14:07.700; 2. Avi Malavalli 14:09.755; 3. OJas Surve (Momentum Motorsports) 14:12.130.

LGB Formula 4: Race 1 (15 laps): 1. Dhruvh Goswami (MSport) 19:58.578; 2. Ruhaan Alva (MSport) 19:59.261; 3. T.S. Diljith (Dark Don Racing) 20:00.012. Race 2 (15 laps): 1. Mehul Agarwal (Dark Don Racing, Kolkata) 24:20.393; 2. Dhruvh Goswami 24:20.551; 3. Ruhaan Alva 24:20.812.

F4 Indian: Race 1 (25:00 & 1 lap): 1. Sachel Rotge (Kichcha’s Kings Bengaluru) 26:50.931; 2. Ghazi Motlekar (Kolkata Royal Tigers, Mozambique) 26:56.598; 3. Shane Chandaria (Chennai Turbo Riders, Kenya) 26:57.794.

Royal Enfield Continental GT Cup: Race 1: (10 laps): 1. Anish D. Shetty 14:02.338; 2. Navaneeth Kumar 14:02.667; 3. Kayan Zubin Patel 14:05.996.