Vishnu wins India series in style

Ajay Kini, Vishnu Prasad, Sailesh Bolisetti romped home with emphatic victories in their respective categories of the final round of the 18th JK Tyre Racing Championship at India’s only F1 track, the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida on Saturday.

With the title at stake in all categories — Formula LGB 4, JK Racing India Series and JK Tyre-VW Vento Cup — two races of the Formula LGB 4 and a race each in the JK Racing India Series and Vento Cup were run.

In the Formula LGB4, Chennai’s Kini edged out his nearest rival Krishanraj Mahadik (both of Team Dark Don Racing) by 0.270 seconds, to establish himself as the firm favourite for the title, while the talented Vishnu Prasad, racing with Meco Racing, finished third.

Raghul Rangaswami (Meco Racing), who started the day second on the Championship table, finished fourth. In the fourth and final race of the day, Sudharshana Rao (Dark Don Racing) sealed a narrow win, finishing just 0.112 seconds ahead of Krishanraj Mahadik while Ajay Kini finished third. Going into Sunday, the final day of the championship, Kini will be hoping to add the icing to the cake.

The story of the day was young Vishnu Prasad who clinched the JK Racing India series in style on Saturday itself with two races to spare. Further enhancing Chennai’s growing reputation as the motorsport nursery of India, Vishnu scored a come from behind victory over Constantino Peroni, to emerge a deserving winner.

Meanwhile, the championship title in the JK Tyre-VW Vento Cup remains up for grabs as Bolisetti led from start to finish to notch up an important victory and stay in contention. Championship leader Anindth Reddy Konda finished second while Karminder Singh finished third.