Ishaan Madesh remains unbeaten; Shahan Ali, Rishon shine: JK Tyre Karting Nationals

David Bodapati August 10, 2019

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Ishaan Madesh of Peregrine Racing keeps his unbeaten record in the Micro Max Championship and leads the table. Photo FB @SharithaDivakar

Bengaluru, 10 August 2019: Ten-year-old local schoolboy Ishaan Madesh of Peregrine Racing kept his slate clean winning all the four races to retain his place at the top of the leaderboard in the Micro Max category after final and pre-final races of Round 3 & 4 in the JK Tyre fmsci Indian National Rotax Karting Championship 2019 at Meco Kartopia here on Saturday.

Agra’s Shahan Ali Mohsin of MSport and Bengaluru’s Rishon of Birel Art won three races each in the Senior Max and Junior Max categories, respectively but both lost the top spot in the pre-final on Friday. While Shahan leads the Senior Max table with 351 points, Mohamed Ryan is still ahead with 322 points in the Junior Max category, thanks to his three 5th place finishes along with a sixth.

On Podium from left: Ruhaan (2nd), Rishon (1st) and Mihir Avalakki (3rd). Birel Art won 12 of the 13 podium places in two rounds in the Junior Max category.

Ishaan, a student of Vidya Shilp Academy in Bengaluru, and the youngest of the two Madesh brothers, won both the Final and Pre-Final races of Round 3 on Friday and went on to win both the races on Saturday to complete a clean sweep and retained his position at the top with 356 points with an unbeaten record. His teammate Jagrat Detroja could only take third places in all the four races but is second in the championship standings with 330 points ahead of Anshul Sai Kumar (317) who failed to get a podium in the two rounds this weekend.

Rishon lost some points coming second to Mihir Avalakki in the Pre=Final race in Round 3 on Friday. Mihir came second in two other races while Ruhaan Alva took a second and two third places on the podium in the Junior Max category.

In the Senior Max class, Vishnu Prasad who won the Pre-Final in Round 3 on Friday, took the second place in the final but could not make it to the podium in Round 4 on Saturday. Yash Aradhya and Manav Sharma shared the minor spoils.

Ishaan Madesh (centre) keeps his unbeaten record intact. An INDIAinF1 photo

Provisional Unaudited Results: Round 4:

Senior Max Final (18 laps): 1. Shahan Ali Mohsin (MSport, Agra) (16:42.810); 2. Yash Aradhya (MSport, Bengaluru) (16:43.229); 3. Manav Sharma (Peregrine Racing, Faridabad) (16:46.895). Best lap: Shahan 55.349. Pre-Final (15 laps): 1. 1. Shahan Ali Mohsin (MSport, Agra) (13:58.934); 2. Manav Sharma (Peregrine Racing, Faridabad) (14:03.310); 3. Yash Aradhya (MSport, Bengaluru) (14:06.307). Best lap: Shahan 55.555.

Junior Max Final (15 laps): 1. Rishon (Birel Art, Bengaluru) (13: 56.109); 2. Ruhaan Alva (Birel Art, Bengaluru) (13:58.513); 3. Mihir Avalakki (Birel Art, Bengaluru) (13:58.650). Best lap: Mihir 55.214. Pre-Final (15 laps): 1. Rishon (Birel Art, Bengaluru) (13: 54.462); 2. Mihir Avalakki (Birel Art, Bengaluru) (13:55.251); 3. Ruhaan Alva (Birel Art, Bengaluru) (13:56.592). Best lap: Mihir 55.278.

Micro Max Final (12 laps): 1. Ishaan Madesh (Peregrine Racing, Bengaluru) (12:16.823); 2. Ranvir Singh (Birel Art, Pune) (12:19.106); 3. Jagrat Detroja (Peregrine Racing, Morbi) (12:28.624). Best lap: Ranvir 1:00.619. Pre-Final (10 laps): 1. Ishaan Madesh (Peregrine Racing, Bengaluru) (10:13.062); 2. Ranvir Singh (Birel Art, Pune) (10:13.188); 3. Jagrat Detroja (Peregrine Racing, Morbi) (10:22.374).Best lap: Ishaan 1:00.539.

Round 3:

Senior Max Final (18 laps): 1. Shahan Ali Mohsin (MSport, Agra) (17:10.686); 2. Vishnu Prasad (MSport, Chennai) (17:10.940); 3. Manav Sharma (Peregrine Racing, Faridabad) (17:11.267). Best lap: Vishnu 55.686. Pre-Final (15 laps): 1. Vishnu Prasad (MSport, Chennai) (14:24.349); 2. Manav Sharma (Peregrine Racing, Faridabad) (14:26.656); 3. Shahan Ali Mohsin (MSport, Agra) (14:27.219). Best lap: Manav 55.993.

Junior Max Final (15 laps): 1. Rishon (Birel Art, Bengaluru) (14: 06.573); 2. Mihir Avalakki (Birel Art, Bengaluru) (14:07.052); 3. Ruhaan Alva (Birel Art, Bengaluru) (14:07.308). Best lap: Mihir 55.644. Pre-Final (15 laps): 1. Mihir Avalakki (Birel Art, Bengaluru) (14: 58.517); 2. Rishon (Birel Art, Bengaluru) (14:59.020); 3. Rohaan Madesh (Peregrine Racing, Bengaluru) (15:01.429). Best lap: Rishon 55.765.

Micro Max Final (12 laps): 1. Ishaan Madesh (Peregrine Racing, Bengaluru) (12:25.032); 2. Ranvir Singh (Birel Art, Pune) (12:25.417); 3. Jagrat Detroja (Peregrine Racing, Morbi) (12:36.178). Best lap: Ranvir 1:01.372. Pre-Final (10 laps): 1. Ishaan Madesh (Peregrine Racing, Bengaluru) (10:16.907); 2. Ranvir Singh (Birel Art, Pune) (10:17.502); 3. Jagrat Detroja (Peregrine Racing, Morbi) (10:33.340). Best lap: Ranvir 1:00.949.