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Vishnu Prasad back at the top

Chennai, 19 Oct 2011: The excitement is mounting with every round of the JK Tyre Volkswagen Polo R Cup 2011. The minimal points difference after Round Five has left the Championship wide open with the top 4 drivers having a clear shot at being the Champion. Noorani and guest driver, Gaurav Dalal, emerged as the winners of Race One and Race Two respectively. Vishnu Prasad, who was leading the championship till Round Three is back on the leadership position with 320 points. Vishnu is followed by Rahil with 315 points and Oshan Kothadiya with 288 points.  Fourth and fifth positions are taken up by Avdumber Hede (277 points) and Mihir Dharkar (235 points) respectively.

In Race One, Oshan in car # 14 could not take advantage of his pole position due to extra wheel spin of his car. This incident gave Rahil the opportunity to take the lead into the first corner. He held the lead from there on and went on to win the race with Oshan right behind him. Avdumber in car # 2 started fifth on the grid and quickly overtook Munjal Savla. He maintained his fourth position till the eighth lap, where he overtook Mihir Dharkar in car # 19 to grab the final podium position. Vishnu, who had the second best time in qualifying, started the race from the 10th position owing to the previous round’s penalty. He finished 5th to grab 32 points from Race One.

In Race Two, Guest Driver Gaurav Dalal in car # 10, took advantage of starting second on the grid and went around the outside of pole sitter, Vidit Jain in the first corner. Vishnu in car # 22 who also had a great start, got past Vidit on lap two and stayed in second place for the rest of the race. Race One winner, Rahil Noorani had a dismal race after spinning out of fourth position and finally finished down in thirteenth position. Mihir who was in third place was followed by Munjal and Oshan in fourth and fifth position respectively. Vishnu was able to grab 60 points in this race as Gaurav was a guest driver and was not entitled to any championship points.

The Championship standings after Round Five of JK Tyre Volkswagen Polo R Cup 2011, as well as the podium results from the two races:

SR NO

DRIVER NAME

RD 1 -RACE 1

RD 1 -RACE 2

RD 2 -RACE 1

RD 2 -RACE 2

RD 3 -RACE 1

RD 3 -RACE 2

RD 4 -RACE 1

RD 4 -RACE 2

RD 5 -RACE 1

RD 5 -RACE 2

TOTAL

1

Vishnu Prasad

30

30

20

30

60

EX

32

26

32

60

320

2

Rahil Noorani

17

3

30

15

40

30

40

60

60

20

315

3

Oshan Kothadiya

16

15

17

24

34

40

60

DNF

48

34

288

4

Avdumber Hede

15

16

16

12

32

60

34

40

40

12

277

5

Mihir Dharkar

24

24

15

14

24

10

24

18

34

48

235

6

Munjal Savla

14

17

7

8

22

26

48

DNF

30

40

212

7

Alisha Abdullah

13

20

3

16

28

28

16

30

20

14

188

8

Angad Singh Matharoo

8

4

4

3

18

24

14

48

26

32

181

9

Vidit Jain

5

5

6

10

26

34

30

20

28

10

174

10

Abhinav Aditya Agarwal

11

13

13

11

10

14

26

34

12

24

168

11

Aditya Pawar

9

12

5

4

8

20

20

28

24

28

158

12

Sourav Bandyopadhyay

10

8

DNF

6

20

22

28

22

14

16

146

13

Achintya Mehrotra

7

11

10

9

16

18

12

16

16

18

133

14

Swamathia Rayen

4

6

8

DNF

12

16

18

32

10

22

128

15

Ajay Kini

DNP

DNP

24

20

48

32

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

124

16

Donovan Vaz

6

10

14

5

14

12

6

DNS

22

30

119

17

Lawrence Taur

DNF

7

9

7

DNP

DNP

22

24

18

26

113

18

Prateek Dalal

DNF

DNF

11

17

30

48

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

106

19

Sayeed Shaikh

12

9

DNP

DNP

DNF:  Did Not Finish
DNP: Did Not Participate
EX:   Excluded from the race

Podium Positions for Race One of Round Five

Position

Car Number

Driver

City

Total Time

1.

20

Rahil Noorani

Mumbai

20:46.700

2.

14

Oshan Kothadiya

Pune

20:49.075

3.

2

Avdumber Hede

Goa

20:51.552

Podium Positions for Race Two of Round Five

Position

Car Number

Driver

City

Total Time

1.

10

Gaurav Dalal

Chennai

20:43.175

2.

22

Vishnu Prasad

Chennai

20:48.082

3.

19

Mihir Dharkar

Mumbai

20:52.651

Thanks to its proven concept of promoting young talent abroad, the Polo Cup enjoys the reputation of being an ideal stepping stone to enter professional racing. Building on its success with the debut Polo Cup India last year, Volkswagen Motorsport will continue to make Polo R Cup the premier touring car championship in the country.

Motor sports enthusiasts interested in getting further information can log on to the website, www.polocup.in. This website displays information about the format of Polo R Cup, race updates and driver profiles. Follow Polo R Cup on www.facebook.com/vwpolocupIndia.

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