Ishaan Madesh, Abhay M bag a double: Rotax Max Nationals

Bengaluru, 3 Sept. 2023:  Bengaluru school boy Ishaan Madesh bagged another double to head the championship standings in the Junior Max category as he won both the Pre-final and the Final in the second round of the Meco fmsci Rotax Max National Karting Championship at Meco Kartopia here on Sunday. The 14-year Ishaan from Peregrine Racing won both the races in the first round and is leading the championship table in the Junior class.

Abhay Mohankumar, another 15-year karter from Bengaluru, scored a brace in the Senior Max class winning both the scoring races of Pre-final and Final while Darsh Nawalgaria won the Micro Max Pre-Final race but Yatharth Gaur, who came second in the pre-final, did one better winning the Final by a comfortable margin.

In the Pre-final of the Junior Max class, Oman-based Shivali Sinha,  made everyone take notice as she put in a brilliant show taking the second place in only her second outing at the Meco Kartopia while Shriya Lohia completed the podium to hoist the Women in Motorsport flag high. Competing on equal footing with boys, it is a rare but welcome occasion that two girls found their way to the podium.

Provisional Results: (Official results are yet to be received)

Senior Max: Final (15 laps):

1. #61 Abhay M (Bengaluru) 15:41.242;

2. #72 Adhithiya Arvind (Chennai) 15:45.203;

3. #69 Akshat Mishra (Bengaluru) 15:47.146.

Pre-Final (14 laps):

1. #61 Abhay M (Bengaluru) 12:55.990;

2. #76 Akshat Mishra (Bengaluru) 12:56.906;

3. #76 Aditya Patnaik (Mumbai) 12:57.189).

Junior Max: Final (14 laps):

1. #55 Ishaan Madesh (Bengaluru) 13:02.503;
2. #36 Nikhilesh Raju (Bengaluru 13:07.837;
3. #52 Hunner Singh (Gurugram) 13:12.693.

Pre-Final (12 laps):

1. #55 Ishaan Madesh (Bengaluru) 11:07.976;
2. #42 Shivali Sinha (Oman) 11:10.220;
3. #29 Shriya Lohia (Sundernagar) 11:10.651.

Micro Max Final (12 laps):

1. #21 Yatharth Gaur (Faridabad) 12:18.082;
2. #07 Rehan Khan R (Chennai) 12:19.615;
3. #17 Eshanth Vengatesan (Chennai) 12:23.383.

Pre-Final (10 Laps):

1. #06 Darsh Nawalgaria (Bengaluru) 10:10.924;
2. #21 Yatharth Gaur (Faridabad) 10:11.074;
3. #11 Zephaan Ardeshir (Mumbai) 10:11.256.

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