Hampi (Karnataka), 31 Jan 2021: Samuel Sajan Jacob clinched the National Championship title while defending champion Aishwarya Pissay sealed the Ladies class once again in style with a huge margin in the fourth and final round of the God Speed Racing MRF MoGrip Indian National Rally Championship (INRC) for two-wheelers 2020 organised by Motorsports Academy of Vijayanagar under the aegis of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) here on Sunday.

TVS Racing's RE Rajendra won the Super Bike Pro-Expert Class while Samuel Jacob continued his winning run in the Super Sport 260cc Group B class to clinch the Championship in his class.

TVS Racing also continued their domination in the Ladies Class with Aishwarya Pissay consolidating her position with another facile win but the Hosur company lost their grip in the scooter field which was won by a TVS rider Karthik N but a privateer displaced the established order taking the second place. Ninganna M Handral from Bengaluru, astride a TVS N Torq was streets ahead of Pinkesh Thakkar of TVS Racing. TVS Racing has been sweeping this class for some time now.

Asad Khan who won the Super Bike Expert Class Group A in the Hampi round on Sunday.

The Bullet class was dominated by Himalayans again with three Bengaluru riders sweeping the podium. Privateer Sharath Kumar finished ahead of SD Vishwas and Abhijeet Sarkar even as Naresh was disqualified.

Provisional Results:

Class 1: Super Bike Pro-Expert Group A: 1. #2 Rajendra RE, Hosur (TVS Racing - Apache RTR) (1hour, 9min, 53.686seconds); 2. #1 Nataraj R, Bengaluru (TVS Racing - Apache RTR) (1:11:26.388); 3. #47 Nikhil B, Kodagu (Privateer - Yamaha WR) (1:14:27.967).4. #3; Vinay Prasad, Bengaluru, Hero Xpulse (DNF). 4 Riders took part in this class.

Class 1A: Super Bike Expert Group A: 1. #4 Asad Khan, Chickmagaluru (Pvt - Suzuki RMX 450) (1:13:29.709); 2. #5 Sarath Mohan, Mallapuram (Pvt - Suzuki RMX 450) (1:15:49.166); 3. #7 Amarenda Sathe, Pune (Pvt - TVS Apache) (1:27:37.014).

Class 2: Super Sport 130cc, Group B: 1. #8 Varun Kumar A, Bengaluru (Pvt - Yamaha YBX) (1:23:03.313); 2. #9 Syed Kalaam, Bengaluru (Pvt - Yamaha YBX) (1:31:36.279); Only two of the four riders finished.

Class 3: Super Sport165cc Group B: 1. #17 PV Francis, Chickmagalur (Pvt - Hero Impulse) (1:17:31.427); 2. #18 Shoeb Mohamed Khan, Mysuru (Pvt - Hero Impulse) (1:18:54.571); 3. #10 Abrar Ahmed, Mysuru (Pvt - Hero Impulse) (1:19:33.674). 5 of 7 riders finished the class.

Class 4: Super Sport 260cc Group B: 1. #19 Samuel Jacob, Hosur (TVS Racing - Apache RTR) (1:11:01.565); 2. #21 J Imran Pasha, Mysuru (TVS Racing - Apache RTR) (1:11:15.009); 3. #22 Yuva Kumar, Bengaluru (Pvt - Hero Xpulse) (1:14:59.028). 8 of 9 riders finished the class.

Class 5: Super Sport 400cc Group B: 1. #29 Sajeesh Reghunathan, Bengaluru (Pvt - KTM Duke 390) (1:23:31.810); 2. #30 Harish S,  Bengaluru (Pvt - KTM Duke 390) (1:23:32.588 - Including 1:00 penalty); Only 2 of 4 riders in the class finished.

Class 6: Super Sport 550cc Group B: 1. #34 Sarath Kumar S, Bengaluru (Pvt - Himalayan) (1:18:28.232); 2. #31 Vishwas SD, Bengaluru (Pvt- Himalayan) (1:19:20.126); 3. #35 Abhijeet Sarkar, Bengaluru (Pvt - Himalayan) (1:33:11.197). 3 out of 4 riders finished, 4th rider Naresh VS Disqualified (Dsq).

Class 7: So S3 Scooter 210 Group B: 1. #39 Karthik N, Hosur (TVS Racing -TVS N Torq) (1:22:15.338); 2. #38 Ninganna M Handral, Bengaluru (Pvt -TVS N Torq) (1:23:39.334); 3. #36 Pinkesh Thakkar (TVS Racing -TVS N Torq) (1:30:21.819). 3 out of 5 riders finished. One DNF, one DSQ.

Class 8: Ladies Class: Group B: 1. #41 Aishwarya Pissay, Bengaluru (TVS Racing - Apache RTR) (1:20:30.772); 2. #43 Tanika Shanbhag, Satara (Pvt - Hero Xpulse) (1:23:03.591); 3. #42 Ryhana Bee, Chennai (Pvt - TVS Apache) (1:25:06.192). All 3 riders finished.

Non championship Class: Star of Karnataka: 1. #52 Stephen Roy RA, Kushalanagar (Pvt - Hero Impulse) (1:17:39.868); 2. #49 MD Ansar, Bengaluru (Pvt - Hero Impulse) (1:21:49.531); 3. #45 Akshay Raje Urs, Mysuru (Pvt - Hero Xpulse) (1:22:23.201). 6 of 7 riders finished. One DNF.

Overall Points table at the end of fourth and final round in Hampi

MRF MoGrip Indian National Rally Championship for 2w (INRC) 2020

#NamePositionFinal Points1SAMUEL SAJAN JACOB1832IMRAN PASHA J2483RAJENDRA  R E3434ASAD KHAN4385SACHIN D5366YUVA KUMAR6347NATARAJ R7318SUHAIL AHMED8299SARATH MOHAN92010SANJAY SOMASHEKAR101711NIKHIL B11812NARESH V S12613SINAN FRANCIS13214RAKESH N13215TRINESH V13216ARMUGAM SATHYARAJ13217SUDEEP KOTTARY14118STEPHEN ROY15119FRANCIS P V161

Note: As received from God Speed Racing, prooters of MRF MoGrip INRC 2w 2020